Disabilities and Special Education

Types of Childhood Disabilities and Other Special Needs
http://www.ciccparenting.org/ChildhoodDisabilities.aspx 
Explanations, research, and resources for many disabilities/special needs, including: ADHD, Autism, Mental Retardation, Emotional Disturbance, Learning disabilities, speech and language impairments. Prepared by the National Dissemination Center for Children with Disabilities (English and Spanish).

Developmental Delays http://www.keepkidshealthy.com/WELCOME/conditions/developmentaldelays.html
Explanation of identifying factors and resources, including a list of early speech and language milestones.

Protection and Advocacy, Inc.
http://www.pai-ca.org/index.htm
Federally mandated and funded, national disability rights advocacy system, with offices serving individuals throughout the United States. This site includes several publications to assist advocates represent clients in obtaining appropriate services and
CA Office Directory - http://www.pai-ca.org/connect/contact.htm

Special Education Rights and Responsibilities (SERR) Manual
(by PAI, in English, Chinese, Spanish, Korean and Vietnamese)
This 12 chapter manual covers special education and early intervention law and advocacy guidance, for youth ages 0-22. It also includes information on discipline rights for youth with disabilities (ch.8) and inter-agency responsibility for related services (ch. 9).
http://www.pai-ca.org/PUBS/504001SpecEdIndex.htm

Regional Centers
http://www.dds.ca.gov/rc/RCinfo.cfm
Regional centers help coordinate the services and supports for individuals with developmental disabilities, mental or physical disabilities, such as cerebral palsy or mental retardation, that arise before adulthood and usually lasting throughout life.
Directory of California’s 21 Regional Centers
http://www.dds.ca.gov/rc/rclist.cfm

California Children’s Services
http://www.dhs.ca.gov/pcfh/cms/ccs/
CCS is a statewide program that evaluates and treats children with certain physical limitations and chronic health conditions or diseases. CCS can authorize and pay for specific medical services and equipment provided by CCS-approved specialists.
Local/County CCS Office Directory
http://www.dhs.ca.gov/pcfh/cms/ccs/directory.htm

Addressing the Effects of Trauma on Education

National Early Childhood Technical Assistance Center
http://www.nectac.org/partc/partc.asp
Minibibliography on the Impact of Abuse, Neglect and Foster Care Placement on Infants, Toddlers and Young Children: Selected Resources.
http://www.nectac.org/~pdfs/pubs/abuseneglect.pdf

Recognizing Trauma and Helping Traumatized Children Learn
http://www.massadvocates.org/helping_traumatized_children_learn
Downloadable version of 117 page research and policy publication, documenting the effects of trauma on educational progress. Includes a description of the Massachusetts Trauma Sensitive Schools Grant Program.

Child Welfare Information Gateway
http://www.childwelfare.gov/can/impact/
http://www.childwelfare.gov/pubs/focus/earlybrain/
Information on how child maltreatment during infancy and early childhood has been shown to negatively affect child development, including brain and cognitive development, attachment, and academic achievement. These include enduring physical, intellectual, and psychological repercussions into adolescence and adulthood.

Childhood Trauma Academy
http://www.childtrauma.org/ctamaterials/states_traits.asp
Adapted version of Bruce D. Perry's article on the neurodevelopmental implications of adaptive mental and physical responses to trauma, including physiological hyperarousal and dissociation. Found in Infant Mental Health J, 16 (4): 271-291, 1995. Also in Working with Traumatized Youth in Child Welfare, edited by Nancy Boyd Webb, 2006

"Foster Care Education Fact Sheets"- revised.
These factsheets, written by members of the California Foster Youth Education Task Force and produced by Casey Family Programs, are included in hard copy and the resource CD, in your Education Summit materials. They will also be available on many websites of the organizations involved in the task force. The updated factsheets provide overviews and key legal cites in several areas, including: AB 490, Education Rights, Special Education, Nonpublic Schools, AB 3632 (mental health), Functional Behavior Assessments and Behavior Intervention Plans, School Discipline, and Special Ed. Discipline.