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.
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
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:
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
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 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/
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
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
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
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/