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- Arkansas Speech-Language-Hearing Association
- Arkansas Psychological Association
- Pacer.org, Students with disabilities and school discipline
- Autism Tennessee
- International Dyslexia Association
- Apraxia-Kids
- Child Mind Institute, mental health resources
- NEA Neuropsychology, expert assessment and therapies in NE Arkansas & SE Missouri
- Woodridge Care, both acute and residential psychiatric treatments in Tennessee, Arkansas, and Missouri, and with a new counseling center in Jonesboro
- How late is late speech? Check out this easy, progressive chart published by the Missouri Department of Elementary & Secondary Education
- Do you know a child struggling to learn to read? Watch this movie and see if you think you can figure out why. Rather than spend thousands on a private program, start with an advocate. We’re here to help children learn to read, even during an epidemic, with public school. The system is not “broken.” We can help you use it to fix the problems you find.
- Thompson Center for Autism and Neurological Disorders: “Autism Prevalence Rate Increases”. Please check out their website. The Thompson Center is a premier Missouri resource for information and services for children and adults on the autism spectrum.
- Disabled students have a right to virtual education, just like nondisabled students. Know your rights: https://communicationfirst.org/students-know-your-virtual-access-rights/
- SurvivingSpecialEducation.com
- Wrightslaw.com
- Missouri Parents ACT, (““MPACT”, a terrific website to find information for special needs parents)
- *MPACT is a 501(c)(3) whose mission is “Empowering families to advocate for themselves so that children with special educational needs can reach their full potential in education and life – through support, training and education.” Our services are free and are for Missouri families only.
- STEP-TN, another excellent special needs parent resource
- Council of Parent Attorneys and Advocates
- Disability Rights Arkansas
- MyVirtual.Lawyer, Arkansas law firm handling divorce, child support & child custody, adoptions & guardianships, wills & estates, other matters as arranged. “Access Your Lawyer from Anywhere”
- NEA Family Crisis Center, Domestic violence resource
Planning for life New resources to help disabled children (and adults) plan for better lives, using available resources. These portfolio-style materials assist families work with schools, community and medical providers, and build more effective advocacy through knowledge. Check these out, and please let us know if you make them work for you! Contact here for help on any questions that might arise while you try them out.
For parents of children with cerebral palsy, finding the right educational resources can be difficult, often made worse by location. The Cerebral Palsy Group, on its website (https://cerebralpalsygroup.com ) has a page devoted to explaining educational options for children affected by cerebral palsy.
You can find it, here: https://cerebralpalsygroup.com/support/special-education/
Disabled persons who perform work in Arkansas are entitled to be paid equally to nondisabled persons, where the work, the time, and the jobs are equal. If you or your child is being paid below minimum wage for working, either for a nonprofit organization or in the open, competitive market, there may be a real problem. You should seek competent legal advice and preserve future earnings.
- Teach Me To Talk A wonderful resource for questions that parents may have about language and communication questions in their birth-to-three-years children. Information comes from a pediatric speech-language pathologist, Laura Mize, of Kentucky. The link goes to her podcast, so you can listen where and whenever is convenient for you.
- Have You Heard? For the deep dive on public school policy and the true meaning of educational life. On Apple, Google, and Patreon (for paid supporters, any amount).
- School Psyched Podcast! Where you can get inside the mind of real life school psychologists! Assessments diagrammed! IEPs dissected and skinned! Interventions unpacked! How to deal with the principal! This is always a fun hour, more or less.
New streaming video series from Alcoa Elementary School, featuring real people! Good behavior, encouragement, human kindness are the main plot themes. We can look forward to more exciting episodes, too!
Relax underwater with the best swimmers on the planet, on Coral City Camera
- Arkansas Education Law Blog
- DrugRehab.com, Bullying and Substance Abuse; Who does it affect? Here is a very good brochure on bullying of special needs students, how to spot, what to do, and so on. Remember, if a disabled student is bullied, the school must take measures to stop the violation of ADAA and possibly other laws. Don’t wait to report!
- Expert medical and teacher advice to share with your school board for how to better reopen schools in time of mass sickness
- “Masks Toolkit” from Strong Center for Developmental Disabilities at University of Rochester Medical Center
- The Special Ed Advocate, Is It Time to Consider a Different Plan for Your Child’s Education?
- From the National Center for Learning Disabilities, [Student Privacy and Special Education: An Educator’s Guide During and After COVID-19]
If your district doesn’t have a clear plan, these guides can be used to help you decide whether you send your children to school or keep them home. There is no point in flying blind on everything.
- Williamson County (Tennessee) School District reopening guid. Notice the metric on page 6, followed by school activity patterns for each level of community infection.
- Dickson County (Tennessee) School District has a similar plan, too.. Another Middle Tennessee district, Dickson County School District’s severity chart is on page 4.
Here’s a reliable new study from National Education Policy Center (NEPC): https://nepc.colorado.edu/sites/default/ files/publications/RB% 20Virtual%20Schools%202021.pdf