The Resources section of our web site is full of informative links to resources for our members.
We have separated the resources into groupings in an effort to make it easier to find the resources you are looking for.
General Information Sites
College Information Sites
Local Resources
Autism/Asperger’s
Other Learning Disabilities
Government Sites/Regulations
Gifted and Talented
Advocacy
Speech and Language
Educational Sites/Products
ADHD
Mental Health
Should I get my child a Neuropsychological Evaluation?
General Information Sites
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- Continuum of Special Education Services
- Learning Disabilities Online
- NAPCSE – National Association of Parents With Children in Special Education
- LDA – Learning Disabilities Association of America
- NICHCY – National Dissemination Center for Children with Disabilities
- NLD – Non Verbal Learning Disorder
- Schwab Learning – Parents guide to helping children with learning disabilities
- Smart Kids with Learning Disabilities
- Parent to Parent
- NOD – National Organization on Disability
- Special Olympics
- The Council for Exceptional Children
- The Center on Positive Behavioral Interventions and Support
- Sensory Processing
- The Prompt Institute
- NY Sex Offenders Registry
- Wrightslaw
- NCLD – National Center for Learning Disabilities
- All Kinds of Minds
- National Center for Learning Disabilities
- New York State Developmental Disabilities Council
- Advocates for Children (also has Spanish translated documents
- IncludeNYC (has Spanish translated documents)
- PACER (Spanish and English)
- Parent Center Hub (part of OSEP) Spanish Glossary
- Parent Center Hub
- https://www.cerebralpalsyguide.com/
College Information Sites
- Think College
- AHEADD:Achieving Higher Education with Autism/Developmental Disabilities
- Adelphi Office of Disability Support
- ACCESS VR
Local Resources
- Port Washington School District
- Port Washington Public Library
- School Safety Hotline
- Port Washington Educational Foundation
- Parent Resource Center
Austism/Asperger’s
- Autism Digest Magazine
- Autism Support Network
- Autism Spectrum Newsletter
- Autism United
- Cody Center for Autism and Developmental Disabilities
- Autism Society of America
- Asperger Syndrome and High Functioning Autism Association
- North Shore Autism Circle
- Autism Today
- The Elija Foundation
- Achieving in Higher Education with Autism/Developmental Disabilities
- NY State Website to Assist Adults and Children on Autism Spectrum
- Autism after 16
Other Learning Disabilities
- Alexander Graham Bell Association for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing
- ADD Warehouse
- CHADD Long Island
- Epilepsy Foundation of Long Island
- International Dyslexia Association
- Long Island Dyslexia Association
- National Down Syndrome Society
- National Institute of Mental Health
- ADDitude Magazine
- Tourette’s Syndrome Association
- Resource for Girls with ADD
- Sensory Processing
- American Speech-Language-Hearing Association
- College of Optometrists in Vision Development
Government Sites/Regulations
- New York State Education Department
- Special Education Quality Assurance 631-952-3352 (for questions about regulations)
- Special Education in Plain Language
- Early Intervention Age 0-3
- Community Resource Database of Long Island
- US Department of Education – Info on IDEA
- Part 200 and 201 of the Regulations of the Commissioner of Education
- ACCESS VR Office of Vocational and Educations Services for Individuals with Disabilities
- Office for People with Developmental Disabilities (OPWDD)
- Office of Special Education (Feds)
- Guidance Letters from OSEP
- NYSED Diploma Options
- Dignity for All Students Act (anti bullying)
- NYS TEACHS- NYS Technical Assistance and Education Assistance for Homeless Students (McKinney Vento Act)
Gifted and Talented
- National Association for Gifted Children
- Hoagies’ Gifted Education Organization
- Long Island Twice Exceptional Children
- AGATE of Port Washington
- AGATE New York State
- Uniquely Gifted
- The Council for Exceptional Children
Advocacy
- Wrightslaw
- Long Island Advocacy Center
- Parent to Parent Long Island
- Long Island Parent Center
- Early Childhood Direction Center
- ACCESS VR
- American with Disabilities
- Learning Disabilities Online
- IDEA Partnership
- Council of Parent Attorneys and Advocates
- Downs Syndrome Advocacy
- Nassau Region PTA
- NY State PTA
- PHP – Parents Helping Parents
- Long Island Family Support Services Advisory Council
- Accommodations (PACER Center)
Speech and Language
- The Prompt Institute
- National Institute on Deafness and Hearing
- Apraxia-KIDS
- Long Island Speech-Language Association
- Kornreich Technology Center
- NYSSLHA – New York State Speech Language Hearing Association
- Stuttering Foundation of America
Educational Sites/Products
- Quialanguage
- Edhelper
- Starfall
- National Institute for Literacy
- Brain Connection
- Scientific Learning
- Earobics
- GameGoo
- Wilson Language Training
- TouchMath
- Pocket Full of Therapy
- Educators Publishing Service
- SuperDuper Publications
- Fact Monster from Information Please
- Math Playground
- The Center for Applied Learning Strategies
- The What Works Clearinghouse
- Brainpop
- Florida Center for Reading Research
- Center for Instruction
- ReallyGoodStuff
- How to Study
- Creating routines
- Pro Ed Educational Supplies
- Handwriting without Tears
- Brain Gym
- FastForward
ADHD
- CHADD – Children and Adults with Attention Deficit Disorder
- ADDitude Magazine
- Resource for Girls with ADD
Mental Health
- Nassau County Guide to Mental Health
- NAMI
- Northwell Health Whole Teen Healing
- Mental Health Association 516-489-2322
- Cohen’s Children’s Pediatric Behavioral Health Urgent Care 917-480-4495
- The Derner Hempstead Child Clinic
- North Shore Family and Guidance
- Hispanic Counseling Center 516-538-2613
- Nassau County Mental Health