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 |