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The National Dissemination Center for Children with Disabilities (NICHCY) has new and updated guidance documents for families of children with disabilities:

Truth in Labeling: Disproportionality in Special Education
The National Education Association (NEA)
First Edition 2007

Positive Behavioral Interventions & Supports
The TA Center on Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports has been established by the Office of Special Education Programs, US Department of Education to give schools capacity-building information and technical assistance for identifying, adapting, and sustaining effective school-wide disciplinary practices.

National Center on Response to Intervention
The American Institutes for Research and researchers from Vanderbilt University and the University of Kansas -- through funding from the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP) -- have established the National Center on response to intervention. The Center’s mission is to provide technical assistance to states and districts and building the capacity of states to assist districts in implementing proven models for RTI/EIS.

IDEA Partnership
The IDEA Partnership is dedicated to improving outcomes for students and youth with disabilities by joining state agencies and stakeholders through shared work and learning. The IDEA Partnership reflects the collaborative work of more than 55 national organizations, technical assistance providers, and organizations and agencies at state and local level. Together with the Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP), the Partner Organizations form a community with the potential to transform the way we work.

National Center for Special Education Personnel & Related Service Providers
Working to increase the nation's capacity to recruit, prepare and retain diverse highly qualified special educators, early intervention and related service providers.

National Dropout Prevention Centers
The National Dropout Prevention Center Network and the National Dropout Prevention Center for Students with Disabilities provide knowledge and promote networking for researchers, practitioners, policymakers and families to increase opportunities for youth in at-risk situations to receive the quality education and services necessary to successfully graduate from high school.

National Center for Urban School Transformation
NCUST helps urban school districts and their partners transform into places where all students achieve academic proficiency, evidence a love of learning, and graduate well prepared to succeed in post-secondary education, the workplace, and their communities.

Regional Parent Technical Assistance Centers:

Statewide Parent Advocacy Network
The Regional Parent and Information Center for Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island, and Vermont (Region 1), SPAN provides statewide training and technical assistance for families of children with developmental delays or disabilities or those who are at risk for academic failure due to poverty, limited English proficiency, inadequate education, special health, emotional or other needs.

The Exceptional Children’s Assistance Center
The Regional Parent and Information Center for Delaware, Kentucky, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, Washington DC, and West Virginia (Region 2), ECAC provides individual assistance to parents and families with children who have disabilities.

Partners Resource Network
The Regional Parent and Information Center for Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, Oklahoma, Puerto Rico, Texas, and the U.S. Virgin Islands (Region 3), PRN’s services include training, education, information, referral, emotional support, and technical assistance.

The Wisconsin Family Assistance Center for Education, Training, and Support (WI-FACETS)
WI-FACETS provides technical support to Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin (Region 4). This includes: serving as a resource to directors and program staff; providing targeted technical assistance related to content, management, outreach, and technology; linking parent centers to current national resources, and facilitating collaboration and communication amongst centers in the region.

PEAK Parent Center
PEAK Parent Center serves as the Parent Technical Assistance Center (PTAC) for Parent Training and Information Centers (PTIs) and Community Parent Resource Centers (CPRCs) in a 10-state region as part of the national technical assistance Alliance for the U.S. Department of Education. The centers in Region 5 are:

Matrix Parent Network
Matrix serves as the leading agency for the West Regional Center for the Alaska, California, Hawaii, Idaho, Nevada, Oregon, Washington, the outlying areas of the Pacific Basin, and the Freely Associated States (Region 6), providing assistance to Parent Centers in eight states to ensure they have the information and training needed to provide quality services to families in their areas.

Bentiva Education Solutions
Bentiva Education Solutions was founded in 2002 to help English speakers communicate with the growing number of Spanish-speakers on the job and in the community--without knowing Spanish. Products and training are based on developing cultural competence, rather than linguistic competence. Language is a part of culture, not separate from it. By better understanding the values and norms common to Hispanic cultures and Spanish speakers, you increase your chances of being understood. Educational products range from childcare settings through high school for Hispanic and Spanish-speaking students.

The Access Center
Improving access to the general education curriculum for students with disabilities.

www.biaeducationjobs.com
Bureau of Indian Affairs Educational Employment Board

Edutopia logo

The George Lucas Educational Foundation (GLEF) is a nonprofit operating foundation that documents and disseminates information about exemplary programs in K-12 schools to help these practices spread nationwide. We serve this mission through the creation of media -- from films, books and e-newsletters, to CD-ROMs and DVDs. We use our magazine, Edutopia, our Web site, and documentaries to celebrate the unsung heroes across our nation who are making "Edutopia" a reality. www.edutopia.org

IRIS Center for Faculty Enhancement
Online Learning Modules and Related Materials
Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee

The National Center for Urban School Transformation NCUST helps urban school districts and their partners transform into places where all students achieve academic proficiency, evidence a love of learning, and graduate well prepared to succeed in post-secondary education, the workplace, and their communities.

Project Forum
Each year, Project Forum:

  • identifies 15 critical topics within the field of special education;
  • conducts policy analyses on these topics;
  • convenes policy forums on two of these topics;
  • distributes information that will contribute to better results for children with disabilities.

United We Ride (UWR)
UWR is a Federal interagency initiative aimed at improving the availability, quality, and efficient delivery of transportation services for older adults, people with disabilities, and individuals with lower incomes. This work is in response to an Executive Order related to human service transportation coordination, and includes the participation of the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (OSERS) on a Federal Interagency Coordinating Council on Access and Mobility.
The recent fact sheets include: United We Ride, Mobility Management, Family of Transportation Services, and Transportation Services Coordination Plan.