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ADVOCACY and/or PARENT INFORMATION  
Achieva                                                                               
Myositis Association of America                                         
Arc US                                                                                 
ARC of PA                                                                             
Beach Center on Families & Disabilities, BCFD                        
Cystic Fibrosis Foundation                                                       
Easter Seal of Western Pennsylvania Corp. Office 
Family Resources - State Specific
Institute on Disabilities Temple University 
Mentor Parent Program
National Down Syndrome Society
National Dissemination Center for Children with Disabilities
PALS (Providing Assistance Love and Support)
PA Families, Inc. (PFI)
Parent Education Network
PA Training and Technical Assistance Network (PaTTAN) 
PDE Resource Center
PA Association for the Blind
PA Council of Children, Youth & Family Services
PA Department of Public Welfare
PA Education for All Coalition
PA TASH The Association for Persons with Severe Disabilities
Partners for Growth
Social Security Administration
TASH
The Advocacy Institute
The Families and Advocates Partnership for Education (FAPE)
The Family Advocacy Network (FAN)
Tri-Couty Patirots for Independent Living (TRIPIL)
Yellow Pages for Kids with Disabilities
Military K12 Partners
 www.achieva.info/
www.myositis.org     
www.thearc.org
www.thearcpa.org/   
www.beachcenter.org
www.cff.org   
www.easterseals.org   
www.pealcenter.org
http://disabilities.temple.edu/
www.mentorparent.org
www.ndss.org
http://www.nichcy.org

http://www.pafamiliesinc.com/
http://www.parentednet.org/
www.pattan.net
www.pdeinfo.state.pa.us
www.pablind.org/
http://www.pccyfs.org/
http://www.dpw.state.pa.us/
www.paedforall.org
www.tash.org/chapters/pennsylvania/
visit www.eriesprout.com/epg
www.ssa.gov
www.tash.org
www.advocacyinstitute.org/
http://www.fape.org/
www.familyadvocacynetwork.com/
http://www.tripil.com
http://www.yellowpagesforkids.com/
http://militaryk12partners.dodea.edu

ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY

Center for Implementing Technology in Education (CITEd)
Pennsylvania Assistive Technology Foundation (PATF)
Pennsylvania's Initiative on Assistive Technology (PIAT)

  
www.cited.org/index.aspx            
http://www.patf.us/
http://disabilities.temple.edu/programs/assistive/piat/#b       

AUTISM
ABOARD-Advisory Board on Autism & Related Disorders 
AutismEpicenter
Autism Society of America
Autism Speaks     
Autism Link   
Pennsylvania Society for Autistic Children
www.aboard.org
www.autismepicenter.com
www.autism-society.org  
www.autismspeaks.org/
www.autismlink.com     
www.autismsocietypgh.org


BEHAVIOR

The Association for Positive Behavior Support (APBS)                          www.apbs.org
Positive Behavioral Intervention & Supports (PBIS)                              www.pbis.org/
PBIS in Pennsylvania                                                                          www.swis.org/index.php?page=users
                                                                                                          FacilitatorList;cid=840;sid=42

                                   
 
BULLYING

PACER Center                                                                                     http://www.pacer.org/bullying/index.asp
   Teens Againts Bullying                                                                      http://www.pacer.org/bullying/mhs/demi.asp
DISABILITY SPECIFIC

ADHDNews.com                                                                                         www.adhdnews.com/
American Association on Mental Retardation                                                 www.aamr.org/
American Cancer Society                                                                            www.cancer.org
American Council of the Blind                                                                      www.acb.org                 
American Diabetes Association                                                                     www.diabetes.org/                       
American Foundation for the Blind                                                               www.afb.org/
Asthma & Allergy Foundation of America                                                       www.aafa.org/                             
Attention Deficit Disorder Assoc.                                                                 www.add.org/                       
Brain injury Association of PA                                                                      www.biapa.org                             
CHADD                                                                                                        www.chadd.org/                               
Child & Adolescent Bipolar Services                                                             www.bykids.org/                       
Cystic Fibrosis Foundation                                                                          www.cff.org                                              
Down Syndrome Association of Pittsburgh                                                     www.dsapgh.org/
Easter Seals of Western Pennsylvania Corp. Office                                          www.easterseals.org 
Epliepsy Foundation Western/Central PA (EFWCP)                                           www.epilepsyfoundation.org/        
Heart to Heart Parent Support Network                                                          heart2heartpa.org                                 
International Dyslexia Association                                                                 www.interdys.org                      
International Rett Syndrome Assoc                                                                 www.rettsyndrome.org                                 
Juvenile Bipolar Research Foundation                                                           www.bpchildresearch.org         
Learning Disabilities on Line                                                                          www.ldonline.org/                            
Learning Disability Assoc. of PA LDAP)                                                           www.ldapa.org/       
Learning Disability Assoc.of America (LDAA)                                                   www.ldaamerica.org/ 
Leukemia & Lymphoma Society                                                                    www.lls.org
March of Dimes                                                                                         www.marchofdimes.com
Muscular Dystrophy Association                                                                   www.mdausa.org            
Myositis Association of America                                                                   www.myositis.org                         
National Neurofibromatosis Foundation                                                         www.nfinc.org/rg
National Niemann-Pick Disease Foundation                                                     www.nnpdf.org/
National Organization for Rare Diseases                                                         www.rarediseases.org                              
National Alopecia Areata Foundation                                                             www.naaf.org                       
National Chronic Fatique Syndrome & Fibromyalgia                                          www.ncfsfa.org
National Craniofacial Association                                                                   www.faces-cranio.org      
National Federation of the Blind                                                                    www.nfb.org           
National Down Syndrome Society                                                                   www.ndss.org
National Fragile X Foundation                                                                        www.FragileX.org
National Institute on Arthritis &
        Musculoskeletal & Skin Diseases Info. Clearinghouse                                 www.niams.nih.gov/ 
National Institute on Deafness & Other Communication Disorders                       www.nidcd.nih.gov/
National Kidney Foundation                                                                           www.kidney.org
National Reye’s Syndrome Foundation                                                             www.reyessyndrome.org
National Spinal Cord Injury Association                                                            www.spinalcord.org
National Technical Institute for the Deaf                                                         www.ntid.rit.edu
National Tourettes Syndrome Assoc.                                                               www.tsa-usa.org/
Neurofibromatosis, Inc.                                                                                 www.nfinc.org
Online Asperger Syndrome Informaion & Support                                              www.udel.edu/bkirby/asperger/
Pennsylvania Assistive Device Center                                                               www.cilncp.org
Pennsylvania Society for Autistic Children                                                       www.autismsocietypgh.org
Pennsylvania Speech-Language-Hearing Association                                          www.psha.org
Pennsylvania Tourette Syndrome Association                                                   www.patsainc.org
UP KIDS of Lawrence County                                                                         www.upkidsoflawrencecounty.com/
United Cerebral Palsy Association                                                                   www.ucpofpa.org
EARLY CHILDHOOD
Alliance for Infants and Toddlers, Inc. (Allegheny County)   www.afit.org 
Beter Kids Care (BKC)      www.betterkidcare.psu.edu
Children's Trust Fund    
 www.dpw.state.pa.us/partnersproviders/
      childcareearlyed/003670968.htm
Early Childhood Education Linkage Systems (ECELS)     www.ecels-healthychildcarepa.org
Family Communications, Inc.    www.fci.org/madfeelings
Family Literacy            www.pafamilyliteracy.org
Help in PA - Health and Human Services Call Centers    www.helpinpa.state.pa.us
National Early Childhood Technical Assistance Center (NECTAC)   www.nectac.org/ 
PA Department of Education (PDE)       www.pde.state.pa.us
Parent Child Home Program (PCHP)   www.parent-child.org
Parent to Parent of PA  www.parenttoparent.org
PA Early Learning Keys to Quality            www.pakeys.org  
Special Kids Network Helpline     www.dsf.health.state.pa.us/health/    
 Washington Learning Systems  http://www.walearning.com/
  
EARLY CHILDHOOD
New Resources to Support Inclusion:
Position Statement by Division for Early Childhood and the National Association for the Education of Young Children:
                                                                              http://community.fpg.unc.edu/resources/articles/Early_Childhood_Inclusion
 A 1-page synthesis of the position statement: 
                                                                              http://community.fpg.unc.edu/resources/articles/
                                                                                                             Early_Childhood_Inclusion_Summary
Short video related to Early Inclusion go to                  http://community.fpg.unc.edu/connect
EDUCATION
Council for Exceptional Children                                                    www.cec.sped.org                
Bureau of Special Education                   www.pde.state.pa.us/special_edu
CADRE, The National Center on Dispute Resolution in Special Education              www.directionservice.org/cadre/  
Center for Implementing Technology in Education (CITEd)              www.cited.org/index.aspx      
Council for Exceptional Children
Disability Advocacy Support Hub (DASH)    
National Down Syndrome Society
National Organization on Disability
Office of Special Education and Reabilitative Services
OSEP
Office of Vocational Rehabilitation- PA		              www.cec.sped.org
             http://dash.drnpa.org/  
             www.ndss.org
             www.nod.org/
             www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/osers/
             www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/osers/osep
             www.nepacil.org/OVR.htm
PA State Right to Education Task Force
Reading Rockets		              www.kidstogether.org/righttoeducation.htm
             www.readingrockets.org/
U.S. Department of Education             www.ed.gov
                            
                                 

GASKIN SETTLEMENT

Welcome All Gaskin Packet
Fact Sheet Training & Technical Assistance
Gaskin Fact Sheet
Fact Sheet Advisory Panel
SAS Fact Sheet
Gaskin Settlement
HEALTH INFORMATION

Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, UPMC                                    www.chp.edu/CHP/Home
CHIP- Children's Health Insurance Program                                www.chipcoverspakids.com      
Elks Home Nurses                                                                  www.paelks.com/files/Homeserv.htm
Especially for Parents                                                             http://pamedicalhome4parents.ning.com
The Medical Assistance Transportation Program (MATP)              www.dpw.state.pa.us/PartnersProviders/MedicalAssistance
                                                                                                 /AdvocatesStakeholders/MATP/003670191.htm
Pennsylvania Health Law Project                                              www.phlp.org/
Shriners Hospital – Erie                                                           www.shrinershq.org/Hospitals/Erie
Special Kids Network                                                              www.specialkidsnetwork.org/
Ventilator Assisted Children's Home Program                              http://kidshome-vent.org/
LEGAL
CADRE, The National Center on Dispute Resolution
            in Special Education                                                                     www.directionservice.org/cadre/    
Council of Parent Attoneys and Advocates (COPAA)                                      www.copaa.net/    
Disability Rights Network of Pennsylvania                                                     http://drnpa.org/      
Education Law Center                                                                               www.elc-pa.org/   
Wrights Law                                                                                             www.wrightslaw.com   

MENTAL HEALTH
 Federation of Families for Children’s Mental Health                                         www.mnha.org
 Mental Health Associaton of AlleghenyCounty                                                 www.mhaac.net
 Federation of Families for Children’s Mental Health                                         www.ffcmh.org/
 Mental Health Associaton of PA                                                                    www.mhapa.org
National Alliance for the Mentally Ill, NAMI                                                      www.nami.org
National Alliance for the Mentally Ill, NAMI PA                                                 www.namipa.org
National Mental Health Assoc Information Ctr                                                                www.dpw.state.pa.us/disable/

Parent Leadership/Parent Involvement Opportunities

Local Interagency Coordinating Council (LICC)                          http://www.pakeys.org/
                                                                                         http://tinyurl.com/yj26u6s
Local Task Force on the Right to Education                            http://parent.pattan.net/StateTaskForce/
                                                                                                                      http://tinyurl.com/ye4dj36 
Special Education Advisory Panel                                            http://www.pattan.net
                                                                                         http://tinyurl.com/ygva3la
Family Support Center on Disabilities: Knowledge & Involvement Network (State Action Teams)
                                                                                         http://www.familysupportclearinghouse.org
                                                                                         http://tinyurl.com/yccmzj8
Education and Policy Leadership Center                                 http://www.eplc.org/advocacy/signup.html
Spanish Resources/ Recursos españoles
 Colorin Colorado                                            www.colorincolorado.org/ 
 Pittsburgh Hispanic Center
 El Centro Hispano en Pittsburgh
 Los Trastornos Del Espectro De Autismo De la A
   a la Z
 Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh
 NICHCY
- En Ingles 
- En Espanol
         www.pghhispaniccenter.org/
        www.pghhispaniccenter.org/spanish-web/home.html
        www.asdatoz.com/espanol/index.html
        www.clpgh.org/research/socialstudies/ethnic/latino.html
           
         www.nichcy.org/documents/connections 
         www.nichcy.org/documents/connections
                                    /sp-spdisabcond.aspx

TRANSITION/POST SECONDARY/YOUTH
                                                                                         
Transition Healthcare Checklist
The Client Assistance Program (CAP)
National Transition Alliance for Youth with Disabilities
National Youth Leadership Network (NYLN):
PA Statewide Independent Living Council (PASILC)
Pennsylvania Youth Leadership Network (PYLN)

http://www.dsf.health.state.pa.us/health/lib/health/familyhealth/hc_checklist_final_july2008.pdf
www.equalemployment.org
www.dssc.org/nta
http://nyln.org
http://www.pcil.net
http://www.dpw.state.pa.us/About/Secretary/GovernorCabinet/News/003678272.htm