Welcome to the Special Education Department

Special Education Team

Events & News

Child Find

Evaluations

Local Links

Medical Assistance

Early Intervention

Special Education Program Reports and Plans

The Resource Center is an area that is available for parents who are seeking information about a particular disability or looking for resources for their child. It is organized alphabetically and each page contains links or documents that can be downloaded from our website. 

Activities

• Miracle League of the Lehigh Valley

• TOPSoccer League for children with special needs

ADD/ADHD

• Children and Adults with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (CHADD)

• National Attention Deficit Disorder Association (ADDA)

Autism Spectrum Disorder

• ASA Symptoms--Do you recognize any of these symptoms?

• Autism/PDD Resources Network

• Autism Research Institute

• Autism School Community Tool Kit

• Autism Society of America

• Autism Spectrum Connection

• Division TEACCH Treatment and Education of Autistic and related Communication Handicapped Children

• Social Skills Groups for Children with ASD

• The Stonking Steps

Blind/Low Vision

• American Council of the Blind

• American Foundation for the Blind

• American Printing House for the Blind, Inc.

• Hellen Keller National Center for Deaf-Blind Youth and Adults

• National Federation of the Blind

BrainSTEPS

Communication Disorders

• AAC Intervention.com

• American Speech-Language-Hearing Association

• National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders

Current Trends & Issues

• Center for Effective Collaboration and Practice

• Children's Defense Fund

• Inclusion.com

Deaf & Hard-of-Hearing

• Alexander Graham Bell Association for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing

• American Society for Deaf Children

• American Speech-Language-Hearing Association

• ASL Dictionary

• Better Hearing Institute

• Council on Education of the Deaf

• Hearing, Speech, and Deafness Center

• Helen Keller National Center for Deaf-Blind Youth and Adults

• National Association of the Deaf

• National Institute on Deafness and other Communication Disorders

Emotional & Behavioral Disorders

• Behavioral Health Services (CLIU 21)

• CEC's Council for Children with Behavioral Disorders

• Child Welfare Information

• Federation of Families for Children's Mental Health

• National Alliance for the Mentally Ill

• National Committee to Prevent Child Abuse

• National Mental Health Association

• Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention

• Prevent Child Abuse

Exceptionality & Special Education

• Center for Parent Information & Resources

• Office of Special Education Programs

• Special Education Network

• World Institute on Disability

Family Educational Rights & Privacy Act

Getting Medical Assistance for a Child (under 18) with a Severe Disability, Behavioral or Autism Spectrum Disorder

Intellectual Disability

• American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities

• The Arc of the United States

• The Association for Persons with Severe Handicaps

• Association of University Centers on Disabilities

• Division on Developmental Disabilities

• National Association for Down Syndrome

• National Down Syndrome Society

• National Organization on Fetal Alcohol Syndrome

• Special Olympics

• Williams Syndrome Association

Learning Disabilities

• Council for Exceptional Children’s Division for Learning Disabilities

• Dana Alliance for Brain Initiatives

• Hello Friend/Ennis William Cosby Foundation

• The International Dyslexia Association

• LD Online

• LD Resources

• Learning Disabilities Association of America

• National Center for Learning Disabilities (NCLD)

Parent Resource Center

• Parent Documents

• American Medical ID

• Beach Center on Disability

• Ed Law Center

• Lehigh County Family Respite Services - Valley Youth House

• PACER Center

• Parentpals.com

• Parent to Parent of PA

• Resolution Meetings - A Guide

• Special Kids Network

Physical Disabilities

• Birth Defect Research for Children

• Closing the Gap-Computer Technology in Special Education and Rehabilitation

• Cystic Fibrosis Foundation

• Epilepsy Foundation

• Families of Spinal Muscular Atrophy

• March of Dimes

• Muscular Dystrophy Association

• United Cerebral Palsy Association

State Testing Information

Transition Information

• Transition Documents

• Job Accommodation Network

• National Center on Secondary Education and Transition

• PA Secondary Transition Website

• Preparing for Post-Secondary Education: Knowing Your Rights and Responsibilities