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All Kinds of Minds
American Occupational Therapy Association
Asperger's Disorder
Autism Education Network
Autism Recovery Resources of Washington (ARROW)
Autism Research Institute
Autism Speaks - How to Cope Video Series
Autism Speaks 100 Day Kit
Behavior Analyst Certification Board (BACB)
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Building Inclusion Together
Center on Human Development and Disability
Child & Adolescent Bipolar Foundation
Child Development Media
Children's Alliance
Children of the Code
Children/Adults with Attention Deficit Disorder (CHADD)
Council for Learning Disabilities
Council of Educators for Students with Disabilities
Disability Rights Washington
Dyslexia Awareness and Resource Center
Dyslexia Parents Resource
ED in 08 - Strong American Schools
Early Childhood.com
Educational Acronyms
Educational Aspects of Autism Spectrum Disorders
Every Child Matters
Families for Effective Autism Treatment (FEAT) of Washington
Family Education
Family Voices of Washington
Father's Network
Federaton for Children with Special Needs
Find Your Legislator
Floortime Foundation
Foundation for Autism Information & Research, Inc.
Generation Rescue
Great Schools
Hank Zipzer
Inclusive Schools Week
International Association of Orofacial Myology
International Dyslexia Association
International Dyslexia Association - WA Branch
Irlen Institute
LD Online
LD Pride OnLine
LD Resources
LDA of America
Learning Disabilities Association of WA
Marysville School District
Marysville YMCA
National Center for Learning Disabilities
National Down Syndrome Society
National Down Syndrome Congress
National Institute of Mental Health
National PTA
New Jersey Statewide Parent Advoccacy Network
No Child Left Behind
Nonverbal Learning Disorders
Northwest Educational Service District 189 - Lending Library
Office of the Superintendant of Public Instruction (OSPI)
Online Asperger Syndrome Information and Support
Organization for Autism Research
OSPI, Special Education Operation
Our Kids with Dyslexia
Outdoor for All Foundation
Parents Active for Vision Education
Partners In Education
Put Children First.org
Reading Rockets
Recording for the Blind and Dyslexic
Safe Minds
Schwab Foundation for Learning
Special Education Services
Teaching Children with Autism
Technical Assistance Alliance for Parents Center
The Arc
The Arc of Snohomish County
The Center for Children with Special Needs
The Ennis William Cosby Foundation
The Kaufman Children's Center For Speech, Language, Sensory-Motor, and Social Connections
The Relationship Development Intervention
Tony Attwood
U. S. Dept. of Education
U. S Department of Education Free Publications
WA Office of Superintendant of Public Education
WA State School Directors' Association
WA State Special Education Coalition
Washington Autism Advocacy
Washington Learns
Washington PAVE
Washington Protection & Advocacy System
Washington State Legislature - Revised Code of Washington (RCWs)
Washington State Legislature - Washington Administrative Code (WACs)
Washington State PTA
Washington State Special Education Coalition
Washington State, Superintendent of Public Instruction - Title 392 WACs
World of Dyslexia
Wrights Law
Your Little Professor


YAHOO GROUPS:

Marysville Special Ed. PTSA
Seattle Special Ed. PTSA
Washington Families for all Disabilities
Pave Parent Training and Information

Other:

The ARCs of King and Snohomish Counties maintain comprehensive calendars full of local events, workshops, support groups, etc. Most events are open to residents of other counties, with priority to residents of their county in the few instances where events are likely to fill up.

http://www.arcofkingcounty.org/guide/events/index.html

http://arcsno.org/index.php?option=com_events&Itemid=60

The Parent Coalitions of King and Snohomish Counties also provide lots of information about local workshops, and legislative issues. To sign up for their mailing lists contact the people below  (You can also ask them about legislative & election issues -- such as I-1029 -- a good idea but wrong way to go about it)

King Co: Cathy Murahashi <cmurahashi@arcofkingcounty.org>

Snohomish Co: Kelly Church <kelly@arcsno.org>

Children's Hospital publishes a resource guide called "Starting Point":

The Starting Point Guide: Resources for Children with Special Needs in Washington State has been updated for 2008-2009.

http://www.cshcn.org/resources/guides.cfm?intro=yes

The Spanish version of the guide, Gua para Padres con Nios que Necesitan Cuidado Especializado (Guide for Parents with Children that Need Special Care) is also available for download at - http://www.cshcn.org/resources/guides.cfm?intro=yes

  Keyboard Classroom is a first of its kind, learn-to-type program designed by educators at the internationally renowned Ben Bronz Academy in West Hartford, CT, specifically to meet the needs of children. Children gain typing proficiency at HOME, at their own pace, away from the pressure of a classroom environment.

  Keyboard Clasroom teaches typing skills in fast one-minute sprints, quickly developing speed and accuracy. It's especially effective for a child with special education needs like those with ADD/ADHD, Dyslexia, Dysgraphia, Asperger Syndrome, and some other forms of Autism.

  http://www.keyboard classroom.com/page/ show/home

 

BookShare Program 
BookShare <http://www.bookshare.org/> is a members-only online club that  allows students with a *qualifying* Individual Education Program (IEP) to obtain a free membership to access hundreds of books, newspapers and  magazines. BookShare lets students with print disabilities download books to their computer or handheld device and through the use of software, reads the  books aloud to them. There is also the option to have the books downloaded in Braille for students with visual impairments. As a result, students now  can have access to books that they would not be able to read independently.
 
The website catalogs titles from the New York Times Bestsellers List, Newbery Award winners, as well as popular and international titles. You can
 also download books in Spanish. Having access to this technology is beneficial to parents, teachers, as well as students. Students want to have
 availability to books on their grade level, but are unable because the book is higher than their reading level. Using a technological resource such as BookShare in the classroom, allows the teacher another way to modify the curriculum for special education students, and allows students to feel more included with their peers.
 
The software that BookShare uses is Victor Reader Soft Bookshare Edition by Humanware <http://www.humanware.com/en-usa/home> and also READ:OutLoud Bookshare Edition by Don  Johnston<http://www.donjohnston.com/products/read_outloud/index.html>,
which are available for download free on the website.