Advocacy
Coping.org
Tools for coping with life's stressors.

Council of Parent Attorneys and Advocates (COPAA)
Mission is to secure high qualilty educational services for children with disabilities.

Family and Advocates Partnership for Education (FAPE)
Links families, advocates, and self-advocates to information about the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). The project is designed to address the information needs of families whose children with disabilities receive special education services.

Federation of Children with Special Needs
Offers a variety of advocacy services to parents, parent groups, and others who are concerned with children with special needs.

PACER Center
Champions and advocates for children with disabilities.

Parent Advocate Website
Learn about your rights as a public school parent or guardian, as well as those programs, monies and more to which your child may be entitled.

Parents Reaching Out
A network of programs, inlcuding advocacy, woven together to meet the ever changing needs of New Mexico families.

Wrightslaw Special Education Law and Advocacy
A fantastic website about special education law and advocacy, with thousands of articles, cases, and free resources.

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Behavior Issues
ADHD Behavior Toolkit
This toolkit provides excellent resources for clinicians and others.  (NOTE:  All files are in pdf format.)

Dr. Mac's Amazing Behavior Management Advice Site
Lots of great tips on managing student behavior.

Functional Behavioral Assessment
The functional behavioral assessment is generally considered to be a problem-solving process for addressing student problem behavior.

Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports
Provides capacity-building information and technical support about behavioral systems to assist states and districts in the design of effective schools.

Parent Warrior
Strategies for better parenting.

SchoolBehavior.com
Site for educators and parents about neurobehavioral disorders in children and teens, with practical tips for accommodations and classroom management.

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Disability Information (General)
Beach Center on Disability
Really rich site with lots of general disability information here. 

Complete Disability Resource Guide 
As the name implies this is almost a "one-stop" shop for information on current law, trends, resources and more for people with disabilities.  The site asserts that "Accessibility to goods and services is a human right, not a privilege."

Council for Execptional Children
Training, resources and peer-to-peer support.

Disability is Natural
Good news about people with disabilities.

Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund
A national disability rights law and policy center that advances the civil and human rights of people with disabilities.

National Council on Disability
An independent federal agency making recommendations to the President and Congress on issues affecting Americans with disabilities.

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Education Issues
IDEA

IDEA Law and Practices
Updated Information on IDEA.

No Child Left Behind

Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (OSERS)

Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP)

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Inclusion
Circle of Inclusion
For early childhood service providers and families of young children. This web site offers demonstrations of and information about the effective practices of inclusive educational programs for children from birth through age eight.

Inclusion.com
Check this site for a comprehensive list of links on inclusion.

Inclusive Education
Inclusive education happens when children with and without disabilities participate and learn together in the same classes.

Project Jericho
Information on Alta Mira's ground-breaking early childhood inclusion program.

Project Participate
Provides school-based teams with strategies to increase active participation of students with diverse needs in the classroom.

TASH
Promoting equity, opportunity and inclusion for people with disabilities.

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Reading
Partnership for Reading
Information about the effective teaching of reading for children, adolescents, and adults, based on the evidence from research.

Reading Research

Reading is FUNdamental

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Recreation
National Center on Physical Activity and Disability (NCPAD)

Best Buddies New Mexico
Creates opportunities for, and fosters, one-to-one friendships and leadership development for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities.  

Special Olympics New Mexico
Provides year-round sports training and competition for people with intellectual disabilities.

VSA Arts of New Mexico

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