This submodule provides guides to government information resources on special education topics.

Contents

Guides to Resources

National Dissemination Center for Children with Disabilities (NICHCY)

http://www.nichcy.org/

The National Dissemination Center for Children with Disabilities is a good place to start for information on special education. The NICHCY webpage is a cooperative effort between the Academy for Educational Development and the Office of Special Education Programs of the U.S. Department of Education.

Resources include:

• Publications: basic information for parents, students, and educators.
• State Resources: a directory of disability-related resources by state
• A-Z topics: web resource guides for teachers with educational materials and links to related agencies.
• NICHCY Research Center (http://research.nichcy.org/): includes a "research-to-practice" database of articles and studies on which practices and interventions work best for children with disabilities.
• Zigawhat?: a page designed for young people with disabilities and their peers
• En Español: the same resources are available in Spanish (http://www.nichcy.org/spanish.htm)

National Rehabilitation Information Center

http://www.naric.com

Resources include:

• Librarian's Picks: Education (http://www.naric.com/public/ed.cfm?id=4): a list of agencies and organizations that can assist children with disabilities
• Research using NARIC databases (http://www.naric.com/research/default.cfm): three NARIC databases - REHABDATA, a collection of articles and abstracts related to disability and rehabilitation research; NIDDR Project Database, data on projects funded by the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation; and the NARIC Knowledgebase, a collection of resources for "information and referral" (agencies and organizations, as well as journal articles)

U.S. Department of Education

http://www.ed.gov

Portals/Internet Resource Guides:

• For Parents: "Special Education Technical Assistance and Dissemination Network" (http://www.ed.gov/parents/needs/speced/resources.html)
• For Teachers: "Help Students with Disabilities" (http://www.ed.gov/teachers/needs/speced/edpicks.jhtml?src=ln)
• Office of Special Education Programs (http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/osers/osep/index.html)

Other Resources

• Publications from the NCAC - National Center on Accessing the General Curriculum
  http://www.cast.org/publications/ncac/index.html
  
  Providing "a vision of how new curricula, teaching practices, and policies can be woven together to create practical approaches for improved access to the general curriculum by students with disabilities."
  
• Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), USDE
  
  http://idea.ed.gov/explore/home

Related Resources

• Laws, Acts & Regulations guide