Informational Links
Speech-Language
- American Speech and Language Association
www.asha.org - Apraxia Information & Building Hope
www.apraxia-kids.org - PROMPT Institute
www.promptinstitute.com - Picture Exchange Communication System (PECS)
www.pecs.com - Stuttering Foundation of America
www.stutteringhelp.org - Books on Speech
www.childrensdisabilities.info/speech/speechbooks.html
Occupational Therapy
- Information on Sensory Processing Disorder
www.sensory-processing-disorder.com - The American Occupational Therapy Association
www.aota.org - Sensory Processing Disorder Foundation
www.spdstar.org - Carol S. Kranwitz’s, Recognizing & Coping with Sensory Processing Disorder
www.out-of-sync-child.com
Social Learning
- Social Thinking, Michelle Garcia Winner
www.socialthinking.com - Online Asperger Syndrome Information & Support (OASIS)
www.aspergersyndrome.org - Software for Social Skills
www.socialskillbuilder.com
Self-Regulation
- Leah Kuypers and The Zones of Regulation®
www.zonesofregulation.com - The Alert Program® & How Does Your Engine Run?®
www.alertprogram.com - Kari Dunn Buron & Bitzi Curtis, The Incredible 5-Point Scale
www.5pointscale.com
Learning Disabilities
- Learning Disabilities Association
www.ldaamerica.org - LD Online
www.ldonline.org - National Center for Learning Disabilities
www.ncld.org
Autism
- Autism Research Institute (ARI)
www.autism.org
- The SCERTS® Model, Education Approach for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders
www.scerts.com - Developmental, Individual Difference, Relationship-Based Model (DIR/Floortime)
www.icdl.com
Psychological Support /
Local Support Groups & Organizations
- Connecticut Parent Advocacy Center
https://www.cpacinc.org
Behavioral Information
- Collaborative & Proactive Solutions
https://www.cpsconnection.com/
- Lives in the Balance
https://www.livesinthebalance.org/
- BCBA (Board Certified Behavior Analyst)
https://www.bacb.com/index.php
- Association for Behavior Analysis
www.abainternational.org
Early Intervention
- The Hanen Centre
www.hanen.org - Pathways Awareness Foundation
pathways.org - Department of Developmental Services
https://www.ct.gov/dds/site/default.asp - Birth to Three
https://www.birth23.org/
Legal
- Disability Rights Education & Defense Fund
www.dredf.org - Council of Parents, Advocates, & Attorneys
https://www.copaa.org/
- Information on Special Education
www.wrightslaw.com - Special Ed Advocacy
www.thoughtco.com/special-education-4132499 - IDEA Information
https://idea.ed.gov/ - Connecticut Special Ed Law
https://portal.ct.gov/SDE/Publications/Assistive-Technology-Guidelines-Section-1-For-Ages-3-21/Laws-and-Policies#CTlawsAndRegs
- Birth Injury Guide
https://www.birthinjuryguide.org - Status of Dyslexia Under Special Education Laws
https://www.cga.ct.gov/2014/rpt/pdf/2014-R-0058.pdf