Programs at SWJDC

Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP): www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/osers/osep/index.html?src=mr. The website contains relevant special education law and regulations, opinion letters on various issues, technical assistance, and policy papers.

U.S. Department of Education: http://www.idea.ed.gov. This website contains practices, policies, toolkits, etc. related to special education law.

Texas Education Agency: http://www.tea.state.tx.us/.

http://www.tea.state.tx.us/special.ed/hearings/logg.html. This is a link to a search engine for all due process hearing decisions in Texas from 1995 to present.

http://www.tea.state.tx.us/rules/tac/index.html. This is a link to the current Texas Administrative Code.

U.S. Office of Civil Rights: http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ocr/504faq.html. This site contains information on the rights of children with disabilities.

National Dissemination Center for Children with Disabilities: http://www.nichcy.org/. This site has a wealth of information on disabilities, research-based practices, training manuals and a variety of publications.

Yellow Pages for Kids with Disabilities: http://www.yellowpagesforkids.com. This website provides listings by state for attorneys, advocates, evaluators, advocacy groups, state agencies and other resources available to families with children with special needs.

Wrightslaw: www.wrightslaw.com. This is a website managed by Pete Wright, a special education attorney who provides training and resources to families, advocates and attorneys. This site contains articles and links to law and policy.

Companion site to Wrightslaw: www.Fetaweb.com. This site contains articles, checklists, sample letters, evaluation examples and explanations and book suggestions.

Counsel of Parent’s Attorneys and Advocates: www.copaa.org . This is a non-profit professional organization that provides resources and support to attorneys and advocates practicing in the area of special education law. There is an attorney listserve, sample decisions, sample motions and briefs, etc. There is a fee to join.

Texas Organization of Parents, Attorneys and Advocates: www.topaa.com. This is a state-wide version of COPAA and offers listserves, monthly meetings and training opportunities with the focus on special education law in Texas.

Advocacy, Inc.: http://www.advocacyinc.org/handoutEducation.cfm. Advocacy, Inc. is the Protection and Advocacy organization for Texas. Their website contains information on the law, how to file a complaint, how to utilize their services and has a new interactive guide to dealing with discipline issues.

Council for Exceptional Children: http://www.ideapractices.org/. This website contains articles, links and news related to special education and disabilities in general.

Federation for Children with Special Needs: http://fcsn.org/index.php. This site contains information on disabilities and provides resources and publications.

Texas Education Consumers Association: http://www.nychold.com/hirsch-termin.html. This is a glossary of special education terms.

Reed Martin: http://www.reedmartin.com/specialeducationarticles.htm. This site contains articles and strategies regarding special education law.

LD Online: http://www.ldonline.org/. This site provides information and resources on learning disabilities.

National Center for Learning Disabilities: http://www.ncld.org/. Information, resources and research on learning disabilities.

Children & Adults with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (CHADD): http://www.chadd.org. This site contains information, research and resources on ADD/ADHD.

Schwab Learning Organization: http://www.schwablearning.org/. This site offers information on numerous issues affecting parents with children who have learning disabilities such as tax benefits, handbooks, resource guides, and civil rights information.

Casey Foundation: A Guide to Special Education Advocacy for Resource Families (.pdf). This is a link to a Guide to Special Education Advocacy for Foster Families.