Some children may need extra help at school through special education. Special education is for children who have a disability. Schools must follow certain procedures to decide if a child is eligible for special education. These procedures are written in state and federal laws.
Procedural Safeguards (Notice of Parental Rights)
Information for Parents/Guardians
Early Childhood: Child Find
Special Needs Scholarship Program
Special Education Terms
Resources:
- Parents United: A non-profit consortium of 18 Southeastern Wisconsin special education departments that provides free presentations on various topics to help parents and educators of students with special needs.
- Parent 2 Parent of Wisconsin: Connects parents who have similar experiences with their special needs child.
- Parents Place: The organization focuses on strengthening families and protecting children through community education, parenting classes, support groups, child advocacy, and supervised visitations.
- Wisconsin First Step: Information and referral hotline that serves Wisconsin families with children/youth who have special needs
- Katie Beckett Program: Special eligibility process that allows certain children with long-term disabilities or special healthcare needs to obtain healthcare coverage under Wisconsin's Medicaid Program
- Sibling Support Project: Provides peer support & information opportunities for siblings of persons with special needs
- Disability Scoop: Developmental disability news
- Broadscope Disability Services: Provides programs, services, and resources for people and families with disabilities
Attention Deficit (Hyperactivity) Disorder (ADD/ADHD) Resources
- Attention Deficit Disorder Association
- Children and Adults with Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (CHADD)
- One ADD Place
- ADDitude Magazine
Learning Disabilities & Dyslexia Resources
- Reading Resource: Resources for struggling readers and those with dyslexia
- Learning Disabilities Association of Wisconsin
- Learning Disabilities Association of America
- National Center for Learning Disabilities
- International Dyslexia Association
- Guide to Overcoming Dyslexia
Autism Resources
- Autism Society of Wisconsin
- Autism Society of Southeastern Wisconsin
- Global Autism Collaboration
- National Autism Association
- US Autism & Asperger Association
- American Autism Association
- Autism Research Institute
- Autism Speaks
Down Syndrome Resources
- Down Syndrome: Health Issues
- National Down Syndrome Society
- National Association for Down Syndrome
- Down Syndrome Association of Wisconsin
Cerebral Palsy Resources
Mental Health Resources
- The Balanced Mind: Resources for bipolar disorder
- National Institute of Mental Health
- National Alliance on Mental Illness
- Mental Health America of Wisconsin
Speech & Hearing Resources
- American Speech-Language-Hearing Association
- Childhood Apraxia of Speech Association of North America (Apraxia Kids)
- International Stuttering Association
- American Academy of Audiology
- National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD)
- National Association of the Deaf
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