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  INFORMATION ON THE WEB
  The Internet can be a wonderful tool in your search for information about your child’s unique needs. You can access the latest research on treatments and instructional technology.

There is information from special interest groups and advocates for various methodologies.

The information available can range from wonderfully informative to blatantly misleading.

In using the Internet, we recommend you search the websites of nationally recognized organizations with established credibility. Here are a few you might want to check.

• American Foundation for the Blind (Consulting services, recordings, talking books, etc)
  www.afb.org/
• Council for Exceptional Children: Division for Learning Disabilities
  www.dldcec.org/
• National Institute of Mental Health: Learning Disabilities
  www.nimh.gov/publicat/ldmenu.cfm
• Schwab Foundation (Help for parents, information, activities)
  www.schwablearning.org
• Children & Adults with Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (CHADD)
  www.CHADD.org/
• American Libraries Association: Learning Disabilities Initiative “Roads to Learning”
  www.ala.org/roads/
• Autism Society of America (Research, Newsletter, Information, Trainings)
  www.autism-society.org/
• American Association on Mental Retardation (Newsletter, Information, Advocacy)
  www.aamr.org/index.shtml
• Simplified Technology for Children with Communication Disorders (Resource Directory)
  www.lburkhart.com/main.htm
• Educational Resources Press (Publications & videos. Many are free)
  www.cde.ca.gov/cdepress
• Matrix Parent Network
  www.matrixparents.org/
• California Department of Education, Special Education Division
  www.cde.ca.gov/spbranch/sed/
• California Department of Rehabilitation
  www.dor.ca.gov/
• California Department of Developmental Services
  www.dds.cahwnet.gov/
• North Bay Regional Center
  www.nbrc.net/
• California Children’s Services
  www.dhs.cahwnet.gov/pcfh/cms/ccs/
• California Association of School Psychologists
  www.casponline.org/
• Association of California School Administrators
  www.acsa.org/
• California Association of Resource Specialists and Special Education Teachers
  www.carsplus.org/
• The California Speech-Language-Hearing Association
  www.caspeechhearing.org/
• The UC Davis M.I.N.D. Institute
  www.ucdmc.ucdavis.edu/mindinstitute/
• California Department of Educations, Special Education Laws and Regulations Database
  http://eit.otan.dni.us/speced/laws_search/searchLaws.cfm
• IDEA Practices
  www.ideapractices.org/
• LD Online
  www.ldonline.org