Brookline SEPAC - External Resources

GENERAL SPECIAL EDUCATION RESOURCES

GENERAL LEARNING DISABILITY RESOURCES

Learning Disabilities Association of America
www.ldanatl.org

The Gram: Learning Disabilities Association of California’s quarterly
newsletter
www.ldaca.org/gram

LD Online
www.ldonline.org

National Center for Learning Disabilities
www.ncld.org
see also NCLD Parent Center

Schwablearning
www.schwablearning.org

All Kinds of Minds
www.allkindsofminds.org

Families and Advocates Partnership for Education
www.fape.org

MASSACHUSETTS ORGANIZATIONS

MASSPAC
Massachusetts Association of Special Education Parent Advisory Councils
http://www.masspac.org/

Concord SPED PAC list of local SEPAC websites
http://concordspedpac.org/Pacs-in-Mass.html

SpEdWatch
http://www.spedwatch.org/

ADVOCATES

Find An Attorney — Council of Parent Attorneys and Adovcates
http://www.copaa.org/find/index.php
(Please note that these listings include only those attorneys and advocates who are members of COPPA who asked to be included, and Brookline SEPAC does not endorse any of the attorneys listed.)

INFORMATION ON SPECIFIC DISABILITIES

ADD/ADHD:

Children and Adults with Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (CHADD)
www.chadd.org

ADD/ADHD Links Project�
www.attentiondeficitdisorder.ws

Anxiety Disorder:

Anxiety Disorders Association of America
www.adaa.org

Autism Spectrum:

Asperger’s Association of New England; 617-527-2894
phone consultation, referrals, seminars
aane.autistics.org

Asperger Syndrome Coalition of the US
www.asperger.org

Autism Society of America
www.autism-society.org

Autism Resources
www.unc.edu/~cory/autism-info

Center for the Study of Autism
www.autism.org

CAN: Cure Autism Now
www.cureautismnow.org

Families for Early Autism Treatment
www.feat.org

Behavioral:

Positive Behavioral Interventions and Support Center, US DOE; 541-346-2505
for schools and families; positive behavioral interventions and support
www.pbis.org/english/index.html

Bipolar Disorder:

Children and Adolescent Bipolar Foundation
www.bpkids.org

Deafness and Hearing Impairment:

NIDCD: National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders
www.nidcd.nih.gov

Down Syndrome:

National Down Syndrome Society; 212-460-9330
link to Massachusetts Down Syndrome Congress; 1-800-664-MDSC
www.ndss.org

Dyslexia:

International Dyslexia Association; 410-296-0232
www.interdys.org

Mental Illness:

NAMI (National Alliance for the Mentally Ill); 800-950-NAMI [6264]
www.nami.org

NIMH: National Institute of Mental Health
www.nimh.nih.gov

Mental Retardation: