SPECIAL EDUCATION RESOURCES

Girl Reading

You can learn more about special education below.
If you have specific questions or concerns about your own child, please 
contact his/her classroom teacher or your school principal.
   

Top Ten Common Questions re. Special Education

http://www.specialeducationadvisor.com/top-ten-common-questions-about-special-education/

RI Special Education Procedural Safeguards in English

http://www.ride.ri.gov/Portals/0/Uploads/Documents/Students-and-Families-Great-Schools/Special-Education/Special-Education-Regulations/RI-Special-Education-Procedural-Safeguards-Notice-Model-Form.pdf

RI Special Education Procedural Safeguards in Spanish

http://www.ride.ri.gov/Portals/0/Uploads/Documents/Students-and-Families-Great-Schools/Special-Education/When-Schools-and-Families-Do-Not-Agree/Procedural-Safeguards-01-12-2011-SPANISH.pdf

Rhode Island Parent Information Network

http://ripin.org/

Paul V. Sherlock Center on Disabilities, Rhode Island College

http://www.ric.edu/sherlockcenter/

Rhode Island Parent Support Network

http://www.psnri.org/

Rhode Island Technical Assistance Project

http://www.ritap.org/ritap/

The Importance of Including Your Child in IEP Meetings

Dennise Goldberg is the mother of a child with special needs, an advocate, and the owner of Special Education Advisor. In this week's guest blog, she shares why it is important to teach your children to be their own advocates, and that it starts with including them in their own IEP meetings.

http://nichcy.org/including-your-child-in-iep-meeting

National Dissemination Center for Children with Disabilities

This site provides some great bilingual resources, including Developing Your Child's IEP / Desarrollando el IEP de Su Hijo.

http://www.nichcy.org/Pages/Home.aspx

Exceptional Family Member Program, for our military

http://www.npc.navy.mil/CommandSupport/ExceptionalFamilyMember/

US DOD Educational Directory for Military Dependents with Special Needs

http://cs.mhf.dod.mil/content/dav/mhf/QOL-Library/MHF/260593.html

Rhode Island Department of Education, Office of Student Community & Academic Supports

http://www.ride.ri.gov/Special_Populations/Programs_Services/default.aspx

United States Office of Special Populations, Dept of Education

http://www2.ed.gov/parents/needs/speced/edpicks.jhtml