Education, Advocacy, and Law:

Access Center – improving education for k-8 students with disabilities

Americans with Disabilities Act Document Center
A large collection of links to ADA regulations, technical assistance manuals and other assistance documents. The page is maintained by attorney Duncan C. Kinder, who has also collected an impressive set of links to other disability and law sites on the Web.

CADRE
The National Center on Dispute Resolution encourages the use of mediation and other collaborative strategies to resolve disagreements about early intervention and special education programs.

CARS California Association of Resource Specialists

California Department of Developmental Disabilities

California Directory of Regional Centers on Developmental Disabilities

The California Department of Education has a website with information on special education issues. Be sure to check the Special Education division's home page for announcements and news on a regular basis. The newly updated California Special Education Programs Composite of Laws is included, and allows you to search for sections in the Composite pertaining to specific issues.

California Official Legislative Information (website to look up California laws)

The California Senate Home Page
If you want to track a bill, click on "legislation" and then you can search for a bill by keyword. You will see the content, analysis and status of the bill, and then you can subscribe to the bill, to receive an email alert any time there is a change. This site tracks California Assembly and Senate legislation.

CAST Center for Applied Special Technology

Center for Law and Education: CAPS
CAPS (Community Action for Public Schools) is a membership based initiative comprised of parents, students, community members, educators and advocates all working to make high quality public education a reality for ALL students.

COPAA Council of Parent Attorneys and Advocates

DREDF
Founded in 1979 by people with disabilities and parents of children with disabilities, the Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund, Inc. (DREDF) is a national law and policy center dedicated to protecting and advancing the civil rights of people with disabilities through legislation, litigation, advocacy, technical assistance, and education and training of attorneys, advocates, persons with disabilities, and parents of children with disabilities.

Education in Juvenile Justice

Educators in Private Practice

Family & Advocates Partnership for Education (FAPE)
The Partnership is a new project which aims to inform and educate families and advocates about the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act of 1997 and promising practices.

Family Center on Technology and Disability

National Association of School Psychologists

National Center on Secondary Education and Transition

National Center on Student Progress Monitoring

NHA National Home School Association

National Institute of Child Health and Human Development

OSEP Reviewed Materials on IDEA 2004

PACER Parent Advocacy Coalition for Educational Rights
The PACER Center is a funded parent center providing support and advocacy for children with disabilities and their families.

PEER Parents Engaged in Education Reform

Protection and Advocacy, Inc.
PAI works in partnership with people with disabilities - to protect, advocate for and advance their human, legal and service rights. We strive toward a society that values all people and supports their rights to dignity, freedom, choice and quality of life.

PENT Positive Environments, Network of Trainers (Behavior planning)

Regulations on IDEA 2004: US Department of Education Resources

SchwabLearning A comprehensive on-line resource for parents of children with learning difficulties

SSA Information from the Social Security Administration.

Support for Families Legislative Web Page

Transition to Adulthood: An Information and Resource Guide, Calif. Dept of Ed

University of Kansas Center for Research on Learning

Wrightslaw The Special Ed Advocate. Up-to-date information.