Special Education - Local, State & National Resources

The ARC-Dane County
Cerebral Palsy Group
Dane County Human Services
Division Vocational Rehabilitation (DVR)
Family Support and Resource Center
Madison Area Down Syndrome Society
Journey Mental Health Center
Parental Stress Center
Prevent Child Abuse (The Exchange Center)
Rainbow Project
United Cerebral Palsy of Greater Dane County
Waisman Center
LINK - Dane County
This site takes you to the LINK which is a coalition of Dane County agencies and programs for children with developmental disabilities and their families. The purpose of LINK is to provide a regularly scheduled forum for members to work together to promote coordinated service for children and families, collaborative systems planning, and sharing of information.

CESA 2- Cooperative Educational Service Agency (CESA) provides leadership & coordination of services for 74 school districts in WI
Disability Rights of Wisconsin
Family Village Community Center - Wisconsin Resources: additional links to sites for state and regional disability resources.
Special Olympics Wisconsin
Wisconsin Assistive Technology Initiative: WATI--a WI project to increase availability of assistive tech devices/services for children with disabilities.
Wisconsin Council on Developmental Disabilities
Wisconsin DPI Special Education Team DPI publications; Info Update Bulletins, IDEA complaints &state special education initiative
Wisconsin Early Autism Project
Wisconsin FACETS
Wisconsin Family Ties
Wisconsin Lions Camp - quality camp experiences for youth and adults with disabilities

Autism Society of America: The Autism Society of America is a grassroots autism organization
Closing the Gap, Inc: an organization focusing on technology for people with special needs through its newspaper & annual international conference
Family Village: This site integrates information, resources, and communication opportunities on the internet for persons with cognitive and other disabilities, for their families, and for those that provide them services and support.
LD Resources: LD Resources is a collection of resources on various aspects of learning disabilities with comments from community members.
Learning Disabilities Association of America: This site is the home for the Learning Disabilities Association of America (LDA) which is a group of concerned parents representing children with Learning Disabilities.
National Alliance for the Mentally Ill
The National Dissemination Center for Children with Disabilities (NICHCY); This site offers a wealth of information for children with disabilities.

Last link check: 2.27.2013