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Below are several resources that may be helpful to anyone.  These may be websites, links to documents or publications available online.  If you have a link you would like to share, email jrz@parentnetworkwny.org.

• Connect With Kids - Your resource for the latest research-based parenting tips, teacher information and news about kids.
• Glossary of Terms Child and Adolescent Mental Health - This glossary contains terms frequently used when referring to the mental health needs of children and adolescents.
• Guide to Understanding Genetic Conditions - Genetics Home reference is a website that provides consumer-friendly information about various genetic conditions.
• Help for College Students with Disabilities - Wright's Law put together this list of resources to help students make the transition from high school to college. 
• Medicare Solutions Complete Disability Resource Guide - A collection of links to resources on a variety of disability topics.
• NCLB and IDEA: What Parents of Students with Disabilities Need to Know - This report discusses the intersection between the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) and the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). IDEA, in its latest update by Congress, has been more closely aligned with NCLB, making it equally important that parents become familiar with the ways the two laws have been positioned to work together to improve academic achievement of students with disabilities.
• NCLB New York State Field Memo #05-2006 - An updated Fact Sheet with Highlights of the NCLB's and IDEA's Requirements for Teachers and Title I Paraprofessionals in New York State.
• Resource Guide to Understanding OMRDD Supports and Services - A guide compiled by Parent to Parent of NYS to help inform families and people with disabilities about supports and services offered and funded by the Office of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities (OMRDD).
• Social Security Administration (SSA) Red Book - A summary guide to employment support for individuals with disabilities under the Social Security Disability Insurance and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) programs.
• Special Needs Articles and Resources - Care.com shares links to several articles and resources for families of persons with special needs.
• Ten Big Effects of NCLB on Public Schools - A document published by the Center on Education Policy in Washington, D.C. describing some of the effects of the NCLB Act on public education.

 Recommended Books

There are also plenty of helpful books for those seeking more in-depth information about particular topics. Below are just a few suggestions:

• "How Well Does Your IEP Measure Up?" by Diane Twachtman-Cullen and Jennifer Twachtman-Reilly
• "What's Wrong with Timmy?"by Maria Shriver
• "Wrightslaw: Special Education Law" (both editions) by Pete and Pam Wright
• "Wrightslaw: From Emotions to Advocacy" by Pam and Pete Wright
• "Writing Measurable IEP Goals and Objectives" by Barbara Bateman and Cynthia Herr
• "Why Johnny Doesn't Behave" by Barbara Bateman and Annemieke Golly
•  "My Friend Isabelle" by Eliza Woloson

• Amazon http://www.amazon.com
• Starfish Press http://www.starfishpress.com
• Woodbine House Publishing http://www.woodbinehouse.com
• Wrightslaw Bookstore http://www.wrightslaw.com/bkstore/bks_educate.htm