Useful Resource Links
Please click to view our collection of useful links, organized by topic:
ARTICLES:
- Caught in the Middle – Chicago Tribute 3/17i/24
- Hard Words: Why aren’t kds being taught to read?
- Restraint and Seculsion in Schools
- New Laws that Impact Special Education
- Progress: How much is enough?
- Illinois School Discipline Reform Act
- Accelerated Placements
- Create a Sensory Safe Yard for Children with Special Needs
SPECIAL EDUCATION:
- Mistakes to Avoid at Special Education Meetings and What Helps
- Individuals with Disabilities Education Act
- Wrightslaw
- Illinois State Board of Education
- Illinois Special Education Statute – School Code
- Illinois Special Education Rules and Regulations
- Illinois Due Process Hearing Decisions
- Harrisburg Project
(List of ISBE approved special education facilities, including residential) - Dyslexia Handbook
DISABILITIES:
- How to Find your Way Through the Developmental Disability System in Illinois
- The ARC of Illinois
- Disability.Gov
- Family Resource Center on Disabilities
- Center for Independent Futures
- Supportive Housing Workbook
- Diverse City Press Inc. (Publisher)
- Cerebral Palsy Group
- Sensory Processing Treatments
- Moving with Special Needs Kids
LEARNING DISABILITIES:
- National Center for Learning Disabilities
- The International Dyslexia Association
- Testing Accommodations
- Accelerated Placements
- Understood (for learning and attention issues)
JUVENILE JUSTICE:
- Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
- Models for Change
- Videos providing guidance for juveniles with developmental disabilties navigating the criminal justice system
- Sex Offenders with Intellectual/Developmental Disabilities: A Call to Action for the Criminal Justice Community(The Arc National Center on Criminal Justice and Disability)
AUTISM:
- Autism Speaks
- Autism Speaks – Illinois Chapter
- Autism Society of America
- Autism Learning Partners – Home Support Services
- Asperger Syndrome Support
- How to Calm a Child with Autism
- Sex Education, Sexual Health, and Autism Spectrm Disorder (Paper)
- Intimate Relationships and Sexual Health (Curriculum)
- Sex Offenders with Autism Spectrum Disorder (The Arc)
- Internet Safety Guide
- Digital Resources for Students with Autism
OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER:
MENTAL HEALTH:
- National Alliance on Mental Illness
- Child and Adolescent Bipolar Foundation
- Dept. of Healthcare & Family Services: About the Family Support Program (FSP)
- Dept. of Healthcare & Family Services: Family Support Program (FSP) Application