Special Education Online Resources

Federal and state agencies

• United States Department of Education
• U.S. Department of Education Office of Special Education
• Virginia Department of Education
  • Training and Technical Assistance Center - College of William and Mary
    (mild and moderate disabilities; transition-secondary)
  • Training and Technical Assistance Center - Old Dominion University
    (early childhood; severe disabilities-birth to 21)
  • Statewide TAC System
  • Department for Visually Handicapped
• Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (OSERS)
• Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP)

Guidance Documents

• Parent’s Guide to Special Education
• Frequently Asked Questions about Earning a Virginia High School Diploma
• Parent’s Guide to Dispute Resolution
• Other Parent Resources

Advocacy

• The ARC
• The ARC of the Virginia Peninsula
• Autism Society of America
• Peninsula Autism
• Children and Adults with Attention Deficit Disorders (CHADD)
• Council for Exceptional Children - Special Education
• Family Village
• Idea Partnership
• Idea Practices - Council for Exceptional Children
• Learning Disabilities Association of America (LDA)
• Learning Disabilities Association of Virginia
• LDonline
• Parent Educational Advocacy Training Center (PEATC)
• Partnership for People with Disabilities - VCU
• SMART-One, Inc.
• Special Olympics Virginia

Assistive Technology

• Alliance for Technology Access
• Apple Computer - "People with Special Needs"
• Closing the Gap, Inc.
  

Professional Organizations

• The American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA)
• Virginia Council of Administrators of Special Education (VCASE)
• Council for Exceptional Children