Resources
- ADHD & Executive Functions
- Advocacy and Special Education
- Assistive Technology
- Autism Spectrum Disorders
- Developmental Disabilities, Cognitive Impairment and Special Needs
- Development & School Readiness
- FAS/FAE
- Giftedness and Twice Exceptional
- High Stakes Exams and Accommodations
- Learning Disabilities
- Memory & Working Memory
- Mood Disorders, Depression and Anxiety
- Neurological and Genetic Disorders
- Nonverbal Learning Disorders
- Social Skills
- Speech & Language and Hearing Loss
ADHD & Executive Functions
 Children & Adults with ADHD |  ADDA: Attention Deficit Disorder Association |
 ADHD Coaches Organization (ACO) |  ADDitude Magazine |
 ADD WareHouse |  What is Executive Functioning? |
Executive Function Fact Sheet |
Advocacy and Special Education
 Wrightslaw |  Idea Partnership |
 Disability & Special Education Acronyms |  Team of Advocates for Special Kids: TASK |
 GreatSchools: Involved Parents, Successful Kids |  Michigan Department of Education: Special Education |
 Michigan Protection & Advocacy |  COPAA: Council of Parent Attorneys and Advocates |
 CEN MI |
Assistive Technology
 Jamie Martin: Assistive Technology Solutions for Students and Adults with Dyslexia |  ABLEDATA: searchable databases sponsored by the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research |
 Do2Learn: information on behavior management and visual schedules |  Kelker & Holt’s Family Guide to Assistive Technology |
 MITS: Michigan Integrated Technology Supports Lending Library |  AbleNet: assistive technology and curriculum solutions |
Autism Spectrum Disorders
 Autism Society of America |  Autism Society of Michigan |
 US Autism & Asperger Association |  National Autism Center |
 Tony Attwood |  ASPEN: Asperger/Autism Spectrum Education Network |
 Social Thinking |
Developmental Disabilities, Cognitive Impairment and Special Needs
 State of Michigan Special Education Rules |  Bridges4Kids |
 Michigan Rehabilitation Services (MRS) |  Renewal Institute: Feuerstein |
 International Our-Kids |  Down Syndrome Information Alliance |
 The ARC: Michigan |  TASH |
 Disability Network of Michigan |  PACER Center: parent training and information center |
| The International Center for the Enhancement of Learning Potential: Feuerstein |
Development & School Readiness
 Early On: Michigan |  School Readiness Indicators Initiative |
 Tools of the Mind: early childhood self-regulated learning |  Building Thinking Skills |
FAS/FAE
 National Organization on Fetal Alcohol Syndrome |  Centers for Disease Control & Prevention |
 Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration |
Giftedness and Twice Exceptional
High Stakes Exams and Accommodations
Learning Disabilities
 LDA of America |  LDA of Michigan |
 International Dyslexia Association |  National Research on Learning Disabilities |
| LD OnLine |  NCLD: National Center for Learning Disabilities |
 Schwab Learning | Dyslexia Help at the University of Michigan |
 Florida Center for Reading Research |  What Works Clearinghouse |
 Learning Ally: audiobooks |
Memory & Working Memory
 Working Memory and Academic Learning by Milton Dehn |  Helping Students Remember: Exercises and Strategies to Strengthen Memory by Milton Dehn |
 Working Memory and Learning: A Practical Guide for Teachers by Susan Gathercole & Tracy Alloway |  Cogmed Working Memory Training Program |
Mood Disorders, Depression and Anxiety
 Mental Health America |  National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) |
 American Psychological Association– Psychology Topics |  Balance Mind Foundation– bipolar disorder |
 Childhood Anxiety |  Anxiety and OCD |
 Depression |
Neurological and Genetic Disorders
 National Tourette Syndrome Association |  Brain Injury Association of Michigan |
 NORD (National Organization for Rare Disorders) |  NIH (National Institutes of Health) |
 NINDS (National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke) |  MyChild: cerebral palsy |
 United Cerebral Palsy |  Epilepsy Foundation |
Nonverbal Learning Disorders
Social Skills
Speech & Language and Hearing Loss
 Apraxia |  American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) |
 Aphasia |  Alexander Graham Bell Association for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing: Listening and Spoken Knowledge Center |
 Speechville |
