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State

Parent Advocacy

Indiana Resource Center for families with Special Needs (INSOURCE)
A statewide organization that provides parents, families, and service providers with information and training to assure effective educational programs and appropriate services for children and young adults with disabilities

About Special Kids (ASK) (formerly IPIN)
An organization where parents, professionals, and volunteers work together to support children with special needs by providing information, peer support, and education

ASK Resource Directory

Indiana Parent Information and Resource Center

Indiana Resource Center for Autism offers a Roadmap to Services brochure

Early Childhood Resources

First Steps
Indiana's Early Intervention System for Infants and Toddlers and their families (Birth to Three)

Early Childhood Meeting Place
An events calendar for Indiana's Early Childhood Community

Other State Resources

Blumberg Center for Interdisciplinary Studies in Special Education
The Blumberg Center includes faculty, students, and staff from the Department of Communication Disorders and Special Education and the Department of Educational and School Psychology at Indiana State University

Indiana Institute on Disability and Community
University Affiliated Program. Indiana University Center for Excellence on Disabilities

Promoting Achievement through Technology and INstruction for all Students (PATINS)
An assistive technology systems change initiative, the project builds organizational capacity of public schools and professional capacity of school staff in delivery of assistive technology services

Protection and Advocacy
Assists citizens of Indiana who have a disability and are either being denied a right or are being discriminated against because of that disability

Very Special Arts Indiana
A non-profit organization providing art opportunities for children and adults with disabilities

Federal

U.S. Department of Education

Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services

Office for Civil Rights

U.S. Department of Justice

National

Educational Resources Information Center

National Information Center for Children and Youth with Disabilities(NICHCY)
The Families and Advocates Partnership for Education (FAPE), representing families and advocacy - links families, advocates, and self-advocates to communicate the new focus of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). The project represents the needs of six million children with disabilities.

The Policymaker Partnership for Implementing IDEA
The Policymaker Partnership at the National Association of State Directors of Special Education is education's policy connection to the 1997 amendments of the Individuals With Disabilities Education Act