If you would like a link added e-mail us Click the bold highlighted words to bring you to the website described: A training curriculum on IDEA 2004 Purpose: To provide authoritative information about, and training materials on, IDEA and its final Part B regulations. The Building the Legacy training curriculum is a product of the National Dissemination Center for Children with Disabilities (NICHCY), produced at the request of the Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP) at the U.S. Department of Education The Advocacy Center   Aim High Down Syndrome  Assistive Tech and the IEP Behavior Analyst Certification Board Check 'certificant registry' if someone claims to be a Board Certified Behavior Analyst Brain Injury Association of NY Coalition for Transparency in Public Education The Coalition for Transparency in Public Education ("the Coalition") is a nascent organization of professionals, parents and parent groups, and members of the public advocating for educational integrity, effectiveness, and safety for all children in New York State Council of Parent Attorneys and Advocates COPAA NYS Developmental Disabiliites Planning Council NYS DDPC  Disability News & Views Radio Disabilities Studies for Teachers This website contains lesson plans and materials designed to help teachers integrate disability studies into social studies, history, literature, and related subjects in grades 6-12.  The plans and materials also can be adapted for use in postsecondary education Disability Is Natural People First Language by Kathie Snow Down Syndrome Advocacy Foundation ELIJA Conferences Empowering Long Island's Journey through Autism, ELIJA's mission is to "Educate the Educators"  Needs based scholarships available GRASP  The Global and Regional Asperger Syndrome Partnership Info on No Child Left Behind NCLB Jennica's Notes ELIJA Conference notes for Autism and related disabilities NYS Office of the Professions (check out if a professional is liscensed in NYS) OMRDD  NYS Office of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities  Parents of A.N.G.E.L.S.  Autistic children Need Guidance, Education, Love and Support Welcome to the home page of Parents of A.N.G.E.L.S. We post our home page with the current events for our organization. Please check our mission page and the rest of this site for more information about our organization. Don't forget to check the calendar page for a list of meetings and speakers Parent to Parent of New York State  Welcome to Parent to Parent of NYS -- a place where families of individuals with special needs and the professionals who support them can meet and share information Parent Support Group Online Parent Support Group is a Message Board exploring issues surrounding Children with Special Needs, such as Early Intervention, CSPE, School Age Challenges, Therapies, Websites, Play Spaces, Services Available, Physicians, Workshops/Classes, Books, Daily Chats, progress and much much more! Please visit and register with us today! Partners In Policymaking Resources for Partners Includes links to topics such as activism, community inclusion, education, health care, self-determination, employment, history, family resources, technology and general resources (everything from disability resources, to CDC to Federal Agency  Directories) People Inc Site has an interactive museum of disability history. People Inc. is Western New York's leading non-profit human services agency. Through a variety of services including residential, employment, community outreach, health care and recreation programs, we help seniors, families and people with disabilities live more healthy, independent and productive lives.  Prader-Willi Alliance of New York Quality Mall Person-Centered Services Each of the Mall stores has departments you can look through to learn about positive practices that help people with developmental disabilities live, work and participate in our communities and improve the quality of their supports. The Self-Advocacy Association of New York State, inc. Spina Bifida Association of Long Island Supplemental Needs Trust Site describing trusts and how they can be used to protect Medicaid & SSI eligibility  Traumatic Brain Injury Central Rehab. Research, Training, Interventions..  VESID Vocational and Educational Services for Individuals with Disabilities   Western Law Center Legal forms and publications  WRIGHTSLAW cutting edge info on advocacy,legal cites, case law, regulaitons  The nth Degree some excellent T-shirts!!