Parent Liaison: Resources

Valuable Resourses on the Internet
Florida Department of Education	Comprehensive website for students, parents and educators in the State of Florida.

Bureau of Exceptional Education and Student Services	Programs for students with disabilities and gifted students.

SUNLINK	An accessible database of school library media center holdings in Florida K-12 schools. Resources for students, parents and educators.

Just Read, Florida	Reading resources for students, parents and educators.

Just Read, Families!	A summer reading program with information about actively reading with their children during the summer.

U. S. Department of Education	The United States Government education website.

IDEA 2004	The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) is a law ensuring services to children with disabilities throughout the nation. IDEA governs how states and public agencies provide early intervention, special education and related services to more than 6.5 million eligible infants, toddlers, children and yourth with disabilities.

Clearning House Information Center - Resources for Florida's educators and families:

Loan Materials: The Clearning House lending library contains more than 6,000 items produced by commercial publishers and national, state and local programs. The loan items include books, videotapes, insturctional materials, and parent and teacher education materials.

Free Materials: All materials are listed on the publications index on the Firn Website or call 850-488-1879

Advocacy Center for Persons with Disabilities, Inc. (Florida)

Advocacy Instititue (National)

ARM (A reference manual) - Sarasota County Schools Pupil Support Services for Exceptional Student Education

CARD - Center for Autism and Related Disabilities

CHADD Chapter Locator - Children with ADD (Attention Defecit Disorder)

ERIC - the Education Resources Information Center database of journal and non-journal education literature

Family Network on Disabilities

The Florida Department of Education student advising Web site- Personal Education Planner and new high school graducation requirements as well as Major Areas of Interest (MAI)

The Florida Inclusion Network

Florida Yellow Pages for Kids

FDLRS - Florida Diagnostic Learning Resources Systems

http://www.help4adhd.org

Library of Congress

National Center for Learning Disabilities -Non profit organization providing information to parents, professionals and individuals with learning disabilities

National Secondary Transition Technical Assistance Center- New technical assistance center and resources for parents, professionals. and others interested in transition.

NICHCY- National Information Center for Children and Youth with Disabilities

The Parent Training and Information Center for Central & Northeast Florida-Provides parents of children with disabilities information, training, assistance and support. There is an online message board and chat room on the site.

Schwab Learning