Special Education - Local, State & National Resources

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 Dane County & Madison

• 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.

 State of Wisconsin

• 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.
• 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

 National Organizations

• 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