Resources
- ADHD & Executive Functions
- Advocacy and Special Education
- Assistive Technology
- Autism Spectrum Disorders
- Developmental Disabilities, Cognitive Impairment and Special Needs
- Development & School Readiness
- FAS/FAE
- Giftedness and Twice Exceptional
- High Stakes Exams and Accommodations
- Learning Disabilities
- Memory & Working Memory
- Mood Disorders, Depression and Anxiety
- Neurological and Genetic Disorders
- Nonverbal Learning Disorders
- Social Skills
- Speech & Language and Hearing Loss
ADHD & Executive Functions
 Children & Adults with ADHD |
 ADDA: Attention Deficit Disorder Association |
 ADHD Coaches Organization (ACO) |
 ADDitude Magazine |
 ADD WareHouse |
 What is Executive Functioning? |
Executive Function Fact Sheet |
Advocacy and Special Education
 Wrightslaw |
 Idea Partnership |
 Disability & Special Education Acronyms |
 Team of Advocates for Special Kids: TASK |
 GreatSchools: Involved Parents, Successful Kids |
 Michigan Department of Education: Special Education |
 Michigan Protection & Advocacy |
 COPAA: Council of Parent Attorneys and Advocates |
 CEN MI |
Assistive Technology
 Jamie Martin: Assistive Technology Solutions for Students and Adults with Dyslexia |
 ABLEDATA: searchable databases sponsored by the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research |
 Do2Learn: information on behavior management and visual schedules |
 Kelker & Holt’s Family Guide to Assistive Technology |
 MITS: Michigan Integrated Technology Supports Lending Library |
 AbleNet: assistive technology and curriculum solutions |
Autism Spectrum Disorders
 Autism Society of America |
 Autism Society of Michigan |
 US Autism & Asperger Association |
 National Autism Center |
 Tony Attwood |
 ASPEN: Asperger/Autism Spectrum Education Network |
 Social Thinking |
Developmental Disabilities, Cognitive Impairment and Special Needs
 State of Michigan Special Education Rules |
 Bridges4Kids |
 Michigan Rehabilitation Services (MRS) |
 Renewal Institute: Feuerstein |
 International Our-Kids |
 Down Syndrome Information Alliance |
 The ARC: Michigan |
 TASH |
 Disability Network of Michigan |
 PACER Center: parent training and information center |
| The International Center for the Enhancement of Learning Potential: Feuerstein |
Development & School Readiness
 Early On: Michigan |
 School Readiness Indicators Initiative |
 Tools of the Mind: early childhood self-regulated learning |
 Building Thinking Skills |
FAS/FAE
 National Organization on Fetal Alcohol Syndrome |
 Centers for Disease Control & Prevention |
 Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration |
Giftedness and Twice Exceptional
High Stakes Exams and Accommodations
| Michigan Merit Exam (see ACT below) |
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 SAT |
 ACT |
 GRE |
 GMAT |
 MCAT |
 USMLE |
 LSAT |
Learning Disabilities
 LDA of America |
 LDA of Michigan |
 International Dyslexia Association |
 National Research on Learning Disabilities |
| LD OnLine |
 NCLD: National Center for Learning Disabilities |
 Schwab Learning |
 Dyslexia Help at the University of Michigan |
 Florida Center for Reading Research |
 What Works Clearinghouse |
 Learning Ally: audiobooks |
Memory & Working Memory
 Working Memory and Academic Learning by Milton Dehn |
 Helping Students Remember: Exercises and Strategies to Strengthen Memory by Milton Dehn |
 Working Memory and Learning: A Practical Guide for Teachers by Susan Gathercole & Tracy Alloway |
 Cogmed Working Memory Training Program |
Mood Disorders, Depression and Anxiety
 Mental Health America |
 National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) |
 American Psychological Association– Psychology Topics |
 Balance Mind Foundation– bipolar disorder |
 Childhood Anxiety |
 Anxiety and OCD |
 Depression |
Neurological and Genetic Disorders
 National Tourette Syndrome Association |
 Brain Injury Association of Michigan |
 NORD (National Organization for Rare Disorders) |
 NIH (National Institutes of Health) |
 NINDS (National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke) |
 MyChild: cerebral palsy |
 United Cerebral Palsy |
 Epilepsy Foundation |
Nonverbal Learning Disorders
 Signs & Symptoms of NLD |
 Gifted NLD |
 NLDline |
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Social Skills
 Maple Leaf Center |
 Rick Lavoie |
| Social Thinking |
Speech & Language and Hearing Loss
 Apraxia |
 American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) |
 Aphasia |
 Alexander Graham Bell Association for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing: Listening and Spoken Knowledge Center |
 Speechville |
