Resources
Resources


IEP Template

SELC Sample IEP letter for success


NJDOE Oct 2006 Guidance re: 6A:14 regulations

10 Questions to Consider before Referral/ Evaluation (from SPANNJ)


Best Practices in Special Education Aides Resource Guide


SPAN Family Guide to Choosing Supplemental Education Services for Your Child under the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001


DEFINITIONS OF DISABILITIES [3.5(c)1-13] from SPANNJ


Early Intervention: Procedural Safeguards from SPANNJ


Theory of Multiple Inteligences from SPANNJ
 
Resources

Special Needs Camp Links:

List of Camps for Children with Special Needs 

Searchable Database to find Special Needs Camps 
(the database is New York City based but it does list some programs in New Jersey as well)

Useful Links



These organizations have been suggested by various members of SPOT.  If you have additional websites you'd like to see here that might help other parents, please submit them via this link.  Likewise if you find that any of these links do not work, please let us know.

Advocacy

Council of Parent Attorneys and Advocates (COPAA)
296 Dover Road
Warrenton, VA 20186
540-428-1096
 
Education Law Center
60 Park Place, Suite 300
Newark, NJ 07102
973-624-1815
 
National Center for Law and Learning Disabilities (NCLLD)
PO Box 368
Cabin John, MD 20818
301-469-8308
 
New Jersey Protection and Advocacy, Inc.
210 South Broad St., 3rd floor
Trenton, NJ 08608
609-777-0945
 
Reed Martin
PO Box 4003
Morgantown, WV 26504
304-598-3406
 
Wrightslaw (Special Education Law)

General Information and Support

 

Council for Exceptional Children (information and resources about special education)
1110 N. Glebe Road, Suite 300
Arlington, VA 22201
703-620-3660
 
Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC) (national database of information and research)
800-538-3742
 
Family Support Center of NJ (clearinghouse on information and disability resource data base)
35 Beaverson Boulevard, Suite 8C
Brick, NJ 08723
732-262-8020
 
National Dissemination Center for Children with Disabilities (information on disabilities)
PO Box 1492
Washington, DC 20013
800-695-0285
 
Parent Information Center of New Jersey  (information and advocacy)
PO Box 2126
Teaneck
201-692-0898
 
SPARKLE (Special Parent Assistance and Resources for Kids for Life) (parent support group)
 
Statewide Parent Advocacy Network (SPAN) (parent support and advocacy)
35 Halsey Street, 4th floor
Newark, NJ 07102
973-642-8100

 

Disability Specific Information and Support



ARC of Bergen County (developmental disabilities)
223 Moore St.
Hackensack
201-343-0322
www.arcbergenpassaic.org

Asperger Syndrome Education Network (ASPEN)
Bergen County chapter
PO Box 344
Hillsdale
201-391-0758
 
Autism Society of America
7910 Woodmont Ave., Suite 300
Bethesda, MD 20814
1-800-3AUTISM
 
 
Cerebral Palsy of New Jersey
354 S. Broad St.
Trenton, NJ 08608
609-392-4004
 
 
CHADD of Bergen County (Children and Adults with Attention Deficit Disorder)
Hillsdale
201-664-1313
 
 
Epilepsy Foundation of New Jersey
429 River View Plaza
Trenton, NJ 08611
609-392-4900
 
International Dyslexia Association - NJ Branch
Box 32
Long Valley, NJ 08857
908-879-0466
 
Learning Disabilities Association of America
4156 Library Road
Pittsburgh, PA 15234
 
Learning Disabilities Online
 
National Alliance for the Mentally Ill
NJ Chapter
1562 Route 130
North Brunswick, NJ 08902
732-940-0991
 
National Center for Learning Disabilities
381 Park Ave. South, Suite 1401
New York, NY 10016
212-545-7510
 
New Jersey Center for Outreach and Services for the Autism Community (COSAC)
1450 Parkside Ave., Suite 22
Ewing, NJ 08638
609-883-8100
 
New Jersey Speech-Language-Hearing Association
203 Towne Centre Drive
Hillsborough, NJ 08844
908-359-5308
 
OASIS (Online Asperger Syndrome Information and Support)
 
Schwab Learning (information and resources for learning disabilities)
 

Selective Mutism Group ~ Childhood Anxiety Network

Spina Bifida Association of Tri-State Region
84 Park Ave.
Flemington, NJ 08822
908-782-7475

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