Websites of Interest

for those Working with Special Education Law

a work in progress

Please suggest additions to: John Farago farago@mail.law.cuny.edu  I am particularly interested in supplementing the sections on specific disbilities and on methodologies, adding ones on schools, and on advocacy groups.


Special Ed Statutes and Regs

NYS Law: Article 89 http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?cl=30&a=95

NYS Regs: Part 200/201 http://web.nysed.gov/vesid/sped/pubs/Coverpage.htm

Federal Statute (1997) Official Site (sections numbered as in House Act; to convert, numbering to USC scheme, substitute "20 USC §14" for "§6" throughout) [Text not online; links for download in Word Perfect or .pdf format] http://www.ed.gov/offices/OSERS/IDEA/the_law.html

Federal Regs in .pdf: 34 CFR 300 http://www.ed.gov/legislation/FedRegister/finrule/1999-1/031299a.pdf

Excerpts, online, of Federal Law & Regs http://www.wrightslaw.com/lawlibrary_statute.htm

§504 Regs http://www.ed.gov/offices/OCR/regs/34cfr104.html

ADA http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/42/12101.html

Confidentiality Statute, federal (FERPA) http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/20/1232g.html

FERPA Regs  http://www.icase.org/ferpareg.htm

 

Special Ed Law Sites

IDEALinks http://www.ideapractices.org/idealinks.htm

IDEA Practices http://www.ideapractices.org/

Disability Rights Defense Fund http://www.dredf.org/index.html

Special Ed Advocate http://www.wrightslaw.com/

SpecialEdLaw.net http://www.specialedlaw.net

Law & Special Ed (Yell) http://www.ed.sc.edu/spedlaw/lawpage.htm

Disability Rights Advocates http://www.dralegal.org/

EdLaw http://www.edlaw.net/frames.html

Education Law Ass’n (NOLPE) http://www.educationlaw.org/index.html

 

Government-Based Special Ed Websites:

US Department of education

OSEP (Office of Special Education Programs) 1997 IDEA Amendments http://www.ed.gov/offices/OSERS/IDEA/

OSEP http://www.ed.gov/offices/OSERS/OSEP/index.html

OSERS (Office of Special Education and Rehabilitation Services): http://www.ed.gov/offices/OSERS/

OCR (Office for Civil Rights) http://www.ed.gov/ocr/

Federal Resource Center for Special Ed http://www.dssc.org/frc/

Policymaker Partnership http://www.ideapolicy.org/home.htm

NYS Education Department

VESID (Vocational and Education Services for Individuals with Disabilities: http://web.nysed.gov/vesid/

Special Education : http://web.nysed.gov/vesid/sped/spedmain.html

NY State Special Ed Publications: http://web.nysed.gov/vesid/pubpage.html
State Review Office:

SRO http://seddmznt.nysed.gov/sro/

SRO Decisions http://seddmznt.nysed.gov/sro/dec.htm

SRO Index http://seddmznt.nysed.gov/sro/topicalindex.htm

 

Special Ed Websites, General

Special Ed Resources http://seriweb.com/

NYC Resources for Children http://www.resourcesnyc.org/rcsn.htm

Council on Exceptional Children http://www.cec.sped.org/

Disabilities Links http://janweb.icdi.wvu.edu/kinder/linkframe.htm

Special Ed Links http://www.mts.net/~jgreenco/special.html

Special Ed Metwork http://www.specialednet.com/

National Parent Network o0n Disabilities http://www.npnd.org/

Yahoo http://dir.yahoo.com/Education/Special_Education/

 

Specific Disability Resources

Attention Deficit Disorder

ADD Documents http://janweb.icdi.wvu.edu/kinder/

CHADD http://www.chadd.org

Autism:

Autism Network: http://www.albany.edu/psy/autism/autism.html

Gary Mayerson’s site http://www.mayerslaw.com/

Blind/Visually Impaired

Blind/Visually Impaired Resources http://www.irsc.org/blind.htm

Deaf Blind

Deaf Blind http://www.tr.wosc.osshe.edu/dblink/ovrview2.htm

Deaf/Hard of Hearing

Deafness Links http://www.notepage.com/dahoh/dlinks.htm

National Assn of Deafness Links http://nad.policy.net/

Developmental Disabilities

ARC http://www.thearc.org/

Down Syndrome http://www.ndss.org/

Learning Disabilities

Landmark College http://www.landmarkcollege.org/

LD Assn http://www.ldanatl.org/

LD Online http://www.ldonline.org/

LD: Internet Special Ed Resources http://www.iser.com/

National Center on LD http://www.NCLD.ORG/

Dyslexia

Intl Dyslexia Assn http://interdys.org/

Speech Disorders

Speech on the Web http://fonsg3.let.uva.nl/Other_pages.html

 

Programs, Methodologies, and Services

Assistive Technology http://www.nls.org/specedat.htm

Orton-Gillingham Methodology http://www.orton-gillingham.com/

Preschool

National Early Childhood Technical Assistance System http://www.nectas.unc.edu/

 

Diagnostic Testing and Evaluation

APA Test FAQ http://www.apa.org/science/faq-findtests.html#findinfo

Sample Psychological Reports http://138.86.6.82/pub2/~bardos/cases674.html

Test Descriptions http://138.86.6.82/pub2/~bardos/instruct674.html

Simple Test Descriptions http://www.pangea.ca/~mwady/tests1.html

School Psych Resources http://www.bcpl.net/~sandyste/school_psych.html

School Psych Assns http://138.86.6.82/pub2/~bardos/psychorg.html

WISC FAQ http://www.gtworld.org/gtwisc.htm

IQ Tests Desc http://www.parentsoup.com/library/bsa063.html

WRAT http://www.widerange.com/achievement.html

Bender http://138.86.6.82/pub2/~bardos/bender.html

Woodcock Johnson Pub http://www.riverpub.com/products/clinical/wj3_indepth.htm

Woodcock Johnson and LD http://www.netacc.net/~gradda/sp93wood.html

American Guidance Svc (Vineland,)http://www.agsnet.com/templates/category.asp?Market=36

Neuropsych Assessment http://psychology2.semo.edu/PY531/chap15/tsld001.htm

Neuropsych Tests http://www.mtdesk.com/psychdef.shtml

Neuropsych Instruments List http://www.mtdesk.com/lstpsych.shtml

 

Specific Issue Areas

Disproportional Impact6

VESID Chapter 405 Report http://web.nysed.gov/vesid/sped/policy/chapter405.htm

High Stakes Testing

Oregon High Stakes Testing Rept http://www.dralegal.org/publications/

Inclusion

Inclusion http://www.uni.edu/coe/inclusion/

TASH http://www.tash.org/misc/index.htm

Consortium on Inclusion http://www.asri.edu/cfsp/brochure/abtcons.htm

Systemschange (Syracuse Univ Inclusion) http://www.systemschange.syr.edu/

OT/PT/Rehabilitation Training materials http://www.nchrtm.okstate.edu/index_3.html

 

Research/Reference

Ed Stats http://www.nces.ed.gov/index.html

ERIC Disabilities http://ericec.org/

ERIC Assessment http://ericae.net/

American Institutes for Research http://www.air-dc.org/program_areas/speced/speced-set.htm

Special Education Expenditure Project http://www.seep.org/