Attachment Skills - This site offers a comprehensive model for the healing of attachment trauma in children, and presents breakthroughs in both theory and therapy made in recent years and which must now reach a wider audience. My goal for the site is to create a community of support for all whose lives are touched by these exceptional children, including both parents and professionals of all types whose work includes contact with them.

Autism Society  - Features all kinds of information on Autism. (Autism is the 3^rd most common developmental disability).  

Children's Disabilities Information - Articles and resources empowering parents of children with disabilities and special needs.

Children With Disabilities Resource List - This is a partial listing of resources relating to the arts and children with disabilities complied by the Office for Accessibility at the National Endowment for the Arts.

ComeUnity - Support for Special Needs, and Parenting, and Adoption - This outstanding parenting site provides hundreds of definitive articles, resource directories, expert interviews and exclusive book reviews on parenting, adoption and children's special needs. Celebrating our tenth year of parenting, adoption, and special needs support for unique families.

ConsultLine - Is a toll free help line for your special education questions and concerns. ConsultLine advisors will answer your questions and provide information about special education programs and the laws governing these programs for parents of and advocates for children with disabilities, or those who are thought to be disabled.

Disabilitiesbooks - Serves the community of individuals with disabilities and their families and friends as well as the professionals who provide services to the disability community.  Disbilitiesbooks sells top quality books in collaboration with publishers and authors. Because we want our customers to be able to make informed choices, Disabilitiesbooks features detailed information about each book we sell.

DRN - Disability Rights Network of Pennsylvania (DRN) is a statewide, non–profit corporation designated as the federally–mandated organization to advance and protect the civil rights of adults and children with disabilities. DRN works with people with disabilities and their families to ensure their rights to live in their communities with the services they need, to receive a full and inclusive education, to live free of discrimination, abuse and neglect, and to have control and self–determination over their services.  

DOT - The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) has established a toll-free hotline to assist air travelers with disabilities.  The hotline will provide general information to consumers about the rights of air travelers with disabilities, respond to requests for printed consumer information, and assist air travelers with time-sensitive disability-related issues that need to be addressed in “real time.”    The line is staffed from 7 a.m. to 11 p.m. Eastern time, seven days a week.   Air travelers who experience disability-related air travel service problems may call the hotline at 1-800-778-4838 (voice) or 1-800-455-9880 (TTY) to obtain assistance.  

Easter Seals -  Provides exceptional services to ensure that people living with autism and other disabilities have equal opportunities to live, learn, work and play.

ED PUBS - The ED Pubs web site is intended to help you identify and order U.S. Department of Education products. All publications are provided at no cost to the general public by the U.S. Department of Education.

EDUCATIONAL LAW CENTER - The Education Law Center in Pennsylvania has updated their wonderful advocacy publication:  Special Education in a Nutshell 2005 Edition.  This is a wonderful, easy-to-read booklet that explains special education timelines, IEP strategies, and more.  ESY season is coming!!

EROD - EDUCATION RESOURCE ORGANIZATIONS DIRECTORY  - The ultimate directory of education resource organizations that currently contains contact and descriptive information about more than 2,900 national, regional, and state organizations.

ELC - Education Law Center - A non-profit legal advocacy and educational organization, dedicated to ensuring that all of Pennsylvania's children have access to a quality public education.

Employment and Training Administration - Welcome to ETA's Disabilities Program home page, Disability Online. The Disabilities Program develops and implements workforce disability policy and program initiatives to address structural, programmatic, and systemic employment barriers for people with disabilities.

Family Village - A Global community of Disability-Related Resources.    

FirstGov EN ESPANOL - A federal Spanish-language version of FirstGov, a government-run Web site that provides information about official programs and services, as part of President Bush's plan to use the Internet to improve public access to government information. FirstGov en Espanol, is a centralized collection of major federal agencies' Web pages translated into Spanish. 

Pennsylvania's Juvenile Justice System - This fact sheet answers common questions about Pennsylvania’s juvenile justice system.

Kids Together, Inc. - The Goals of Kids Together, Inc. include a desire to remove barriers that exclude people with disabilities. We support the belief that children with disabilities, like all children, have the need to be welcomed, cherished and embraced in our communities.

LD On-Line - An interactive guide to learning disabilities for parents, teachers and children.  

Heart 2 Heart - Heart 2 Heart is an alliance of parents and professionals in Western Pennsylvania intent on affecting their communities for the benefit of families and children experiencing the effects of behavioral and mental health disabilities.  We work diligently to bring healing through education, advocacy, support, resources and training with a specialization in the adoptive and foster family dynamic.

ICDR - Interagency Committee on Disability Research - The Interagency Committee on Disability Research  facilitates the effective exchange of information on disability and rehabilitation research activities among its 70-plus member agencies. We coordinate activities that span the areas of assistive technology and universal design; medical rehabilitation; data and statistics; employment; and community participation.

MHAPA - The Mental Health Association in PA, which reflects the ethnic and cultural diversity of the Commonwealth, works on behalf of mental health through advocacy, education, and public policy.

NAMI PA - Founded in 1983, NAMI PA ( National Alliance on Mental Illness of Pennsylvania)  is the largest statewide non-profit organization dedicated to helping mental health consumers and their families rebuild their lives and conquer the challenges posed by severe and persistent mental illness.

NCLD - The National Center for Learning Disabilities is an online guide to essential information about learning disabilities, early literacy and learning resources, support for adolescents and adults with learning disabilities, public policy and advocacy tools. 

The National Center of Medical Home Initiatives for Children with Special Needs - Provides support to physicians, families, and other medical and non-medical providers who care for children with special needs so that they have access to a medical home.

NICHCY  - National Information Center for Children and Youth with Disabilities - National information and referral center focusing on ages birth to 22.  

NIDRR - New National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research - Provides leadership and support for a comprehensive program of research related to the rehabilitation of individuals with disabilities.  All programmatic efforts are aimed at improving the lives of individuals with disabilities from birth through adulthood.

ODR - Provides the resources for parents and educational agencies to resolve disputes concerning the identification, evaluation, educational placement, or the provision of a free appropriate public education for students with disabilities, students who are gifted and children with disabilities served by the early intervention system.

OSERS - New Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services - Is committed to improving results and outcomes for people with disabilities of all ages.  OSERS provides a wide array of supports to parents and individuals, school districts, and states in three main areas:  special education, vocational rehabilitation, and research.

OVR - The Office of Vocational Rehabilitation.  The goal of the OVR is to assist Pennsylvanians with disabilities to secureand maintain employment and independence.

PACER - Parent Advocacy Coalition for Education Rights - Serves families of children and adults with disabilities.   (Materials also available in Spanish).    

PACER Centers Kids Against Bullying - Bullying prevention website.

PaTTAN - The Pennsylvania Training and Technical Assistance Network is an initiative of the Pennsylvania Department of Education, Bureau of Special Education. PaTTAN supports the Department of Education's efforts to lead and serve the educational community by offering professional development that builds the capacity of local educational agencies to meet students' needs. PaTTAN's primary focus is special education. However, services are also provided to support Early Intervention, student assessment, tutoring and other partnership efforts, all designed to help students succeed.

Parent Education - A variety of resources and information can be found at this site.

Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfare - This website contains a multitude of links and information.  One very useful link is to ODP or the Office for Developmental Programs.

PEAL Center - Serves Western and Central Pennsylvania. We're here to provide you with information on children and youth with disabilities.

Pennsylvania Yellow Pages for Kids with Disabilities - We built the Yellow Pages for Kids with Disabilities so people can get reliable information and support.  Your state Yellow Pages includes many resources - government programs, grassroots organizations, and parent support groups.

PHLP - Provides free legal services and advocacy to Pennsylvanians having trouble accessing publicly funded health care coverage or services. For assistance, call our helpline at 1-800-274-3258 or 1-866-236-6310 TTY or e-mail us at staff@phlp.org.

Schwab Learning - Welcome to Schwab Learning. You and countless other parents face similar challenges. To help parents like you, we created Schwab Learning, a nonprofit organization, dedicated to providing reliable, parent-friendly information from experts and parents. So when you need information you can trust, log onto SchwabLearning.org. 

Team Children - Team Children’s goal is to have a significant impact on how we as individuals, schools and communities relate to and raise babies and children. Such that all families realize their full potential to bring about a more peaceful, compassionate, and productive planet. We are on the leading edge of creating new possibilities for new futures. We are firmly committed to providing every family with the tools and opportunities to realize their full potential.

Understanding The Mental Retardation System in Pennsylvania - This book is a comprehensive guide to the mental retardation system. It was written by parents and reviewed by the toughest critics; Self-Advocates, Parents, Family Members, Agencies and the Office of Mental Retardation. We have gone to great lengths to insure accuracy and that the book is updated frequently to reflect changes in the system that is important to the people who use it.

Washington Learning - Parent-child early literacy activity materials available for downloading at no cost.

Wrights Law - Parents, educators, advocates, and attorneys come to Wright's Law for accurate, reliable information about special education law, education law, and advocacy for children with disabilities. Begin your search for information in the Advocacy Libraries and Law Libraries. You will find thousands of articles, cases, and resources about dozens of topics.