Related Links

 

• State

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

Indiana State Improvement Grant

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

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

First Steps
Indiana’s Early Intervention System for Infants and Toddlers and their families

Indiana Center for Family, School & Community Partnerships
Statewide parent information and resource center

Indiana Council of Administrators of Special Education (ICASE)
ICASE serves the professional needs of its members and provides professional leadership

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

Indiana Paraeducator Support Project
It's purpose is to improve special education paraeducator training efforts across Indiana by creating a network of support for existing as well as newly developed local school district initiatives and providing model training program opportunities.

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

Indiana Special Education Administrator’s Services (ISEAS)
Statewide dissemination and technical assistance project to support special education administrators in solution seeking (ISEAS)

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

Division of Professional Standards
Teacher licensing, renewal, teacher preparation, beginning teachers

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

IDEAL
Indiana Designs Equitable Access for Learning offers instructional and informational modules intended to be used as supplemental materials to support existing lessons for teacher education students.

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

Listing of U.S. Government Agencies

• 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 6 million children with disabilities.

Council for Exceptional Children
This site is designed to answer your questions about the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, keep you informed about IDEAS That Work, and support your efforts to help ALL children learn, progress and realize their dreams.

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