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Minnesota

Disability Organizations

ACT (Advocating Change Together)

Minnesota State Council on Disability

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Laws and Law Center

Minnesota Comprehensive Children's Mental Health Act

Minnesota Disability Law Center

Minnesota Education Code

Minnesota Special Education Rules

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Minnesota Testing

Basic Skills Tests

Intro to MN Testing

Minnesota Comprehensive Assessments (MCA)

MN Department of Education Intro Info 

Students with Disabilities and Accommodations for Statewide Assessments (See Chapter 5)

Students with Disabilities and Statewide Assessments

Testing Calendar

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Multicultural Resources

PACER's American Indian Parent Project

PACER's Multicultural Project

PACER's Translated Materials

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Parental Involvement

Children's Defense Fund

Family Support Network (Prevent Child Abuse America)

Minnesota Foster Care Association

Minnesota State Parent Teacher Association

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Services

Family Institute for Creative Well-Being

Fraser

Hearing and Service Dogs of Minnesota

Helping Paws

Minnesota Adoption Support and Preservation (MNASAP)

Minnesota Council for the Gifted and Talented

Professional Association of Treatment Homes (PATH)

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Special Education Resources

Closing the Gap

Education Minnesota

Minnesota Association of Charter Schools

Minnesota Council for Children with Behavioral Disorders (MNCCBD)

Minnesota Council for the Gifted and Talented

Minnesota Homeschoolers' Alliance

Minnesota Paraprofessional Consortium

Minnesota School Social Workers Association (MSSWA)

Minnesota Special Education Mediation Service (MNSEMS)

Minnesota Speech-Language-Hearing Association

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Specific Disability Organizations

Attention Deficit Disorders

CHADD Minnesota Chapters
Rochester
Twin Cities

Learning Disabilities Association of Minnesota

Autism Spectrum Disorders

Alternatives for People with Autism

Autism Resource Network

Autism Society of Minnesota

Cognitive and Developmental Disabilities

The ARC of Minnesota

Down Syndrome Association of Minnesota

Deaf Blind

Minnesota DeafBlind Technical Assistance Project

Deaf and Hard of Hearing

Communication Services for the Deaf

Deaf and Hard of Hearing Services Department of Human Services

Family Support Connection Lifetrack Resources

Minnesota Alexander Graham Bell Association

Minnesota Association of Deaf Citizens

Minnesota Relay Service

Emotional and Behavioral Disabilities

Mental Health Association of Minnesota

Minnesota Association for Children's Mental Health

Minnesota's Family Services and Children's Mental Health Collaboratives

Minnesota State Advisory Council on Mental Health, Subcommittee on Children's Mental Health

Minnesota Statewide Family Network

National Alliance for the Mentally Ill (NAMI)

PACER's EBD Project

SAVE Suicide Awareness Voices of Education

Genetic Disorders

March of Dimes National Foundation for Birth Defects

Health Impairments

American Cancer Society

American Diabetes Association

American Heart Association

American Lung Association of Minnesota

Arthritis Foundation, North Central Chapter

Crohn's and Colitis Foundation of America Minnesota Dakotas Chapter

Cystic Fibrosis Foundation

Hemophilia Foundation of Minnesota and the Dakotas

International Diabetes Center

Lupus Foundation of Minnesota

Minnesota Aids Project (MAP)

National Kidney Foundation - Dakotas & Minnesota Chapter

National Multiple Sclerosis Society, MN Chapter

Learning Disabilities

Children's Home Society and Family Services

Learning Disabilities Association of Minnesota

Optimistic Outcomes

Upper Midwest Branch International Dyslexia Association (UMBIDA)

Neurological Disorders

Epilepsy Foundation of Minnesota

National Ataxia Foundation

Neurofibromatosis, Inc. Minnesota

Tourette Syndrome Association of Minnesota

Physical Disabilities

Courage Center

Little People of America District 9 includes Minnesota

Muscular Dystrophy Association

United Cerebral Palsy of Minnesota, Inc.

Speech or Language Impairments

Minnesota Apraxia Support Group

Traumatic Brain Injury

Brain Injury Association of Minnesota

Visually Impaired

BLIND, Inc.

Minnesota Radio Talking Book Network

Minnesota State Services for the Blind

Vision Loss Resources

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National

Disability Organizations

American Association of People with Disabilities

Beach Center on Families and Disability

The Center on Human Policy

Children's Disabilities Information 

Consortium for Citizens with Disabilities

The Dana Alliance for Brain Initiatives

DIRLINE

Disability Research Institute

Disability Resources, Inc.

EFM Connections

Enabled Online

Exceptional Parent

Families and Advocates Partnership for Education (FAPE)

The Family Village

Family Voices

The Fathers Network

Grands Place

IdealLives Project

Inclusion Research Institute

Med Help International

Mobility International

MUMS National Parent to Parent Network

National Alliance for Parent Centers Technical Assistance Center (TAC)

National Association of Children's Hospitals and Institutions (NACHRI)

National Center for Dissemination of Disability Research

National Center on Education, Disability, and Juvenile Justice

The National Center on Physical Activity and Disability (NCPAD)

National Clearinghouse on Child Abuse and Neglect Information

National Council on Disability

National Data Archive on Child Abuse and Neglect

National Dissemination Center for Children with Disabilities (NDCCD)

National Family Caregivers Association

National Health Information Center Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion

National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research (NIDRR)

National Organization on Disability

The National Women's Health Information Center 

Parent Training and Information Centers in the U.S.

Rural Institute on Disabilities

Special Child

Speaking for Ourselves

World Congress & Exposition on Disabilities

World Institute on Disability

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Federal Education & Disability Resources

The Access Board

Administration on Developmental Disabilities

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services

Department of Education

DisabilityInfo.gov

ED Pubs Department of Education On-line Ordering System

Family Policy Compliance Office

Federal Communications Commission FCC Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau

Federal Transit Administration, Office of Civil Rights

FirstGov, The Official Government Gateway

IDEA Partnership

No Child Left Behind

Office for Civil Rights-National Office

Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP)

Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (OSERS)

Rehabilitation Services Administration RSA

Social Security Administration

The Desk

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Laws and Law Center

ADAWatch.org

American Bar Association Commission on Mental and Physical Disability Law

Americans with Disabilities Document Center

Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law

Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Technology Education Amendments of 1998 pdf icon

Center for Law and Education

The Civil Rights Project

Congress.org

Council for Disability Rights

Council of Parent Attorneys and Advocates

Disability Rights Advocates

Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund

Family and Medical Leave Act

Federal Register

Find Out How the House of Representatives Voted

A Guide to Disability Rights Laws 

National Disability Rights Network

Parent Training and Information Centers in the U.S.

Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (As Amended through 1998)

Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973

Thomas Legislative Information on the Internet

US Department of Justice ADA Home Page

US House of Representatives

US Senate

Wrightslaw

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Multicultural Resources

100 Black Men of America, Inc.

American Indian Health

Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services Early Childhood Research Institute (CLAS)

Fiesta Educativa

Monarch Center

National Clearinghouse for English Language Acquisition (NCELA)

National Center for Culturally Responsive Educational Systems (NCCRESt)

National Indian Child Welfare Association

The Office of English Language Acquisition, Language Enhancement, and Academic Achievement for Limited English Proficient Students (OELA)

Teaching Tolerance

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No Child Left Behind

National Coalition for Parent Involvement

National PTA

Public Education Network

Urban School Improvement "On Point Series" - Brief Discussion of Critical Issues in Urban Education

US Department of Education Parent Resource Links

US Department of Education Achieve Newsletter

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Parental Involvement

National Alliance for Parent Centers Technical Assistance Center (TAC)

National Coalition for Parent Involvement in Education (NCPIE)

National PTA

PTO Today

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Policy and Research

Academy for Educational Development (AED)

American Council on Rural Special Education (ACRES)

Children's Defense Fund

Educational Policy Reform Research Institute (EPRRI)

Inclusion Research Institute

Institute for Educational Leadership (IEL)

National Center on Educational Outcomes

What Works Clearinghouse

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Services

ABA Materials

Bookshare.org

Canine Companions for Independence

Easy Access Adventures Travel (EAAT)

Easy Access Clothing

Mobility International

National Captioning Institute

National Library Services for the Blind and Visually Handicapped

NeedyMeds.com

Operation Respect

QRubini

WheelChair Gear

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Special Education Resources

Afterschool Alliance

American Association of School Administrators

American Federation of Teachers

The Center for Health and Health Care in Schools 

Center on Personnel Studies in Special Education

Consortium for Appropriate Dispute Resolution in Special Education (CADRE)

Council for Children with Behavioral Disorders

Council for Exceptional Children (CEC)

Educational Equity Concepts, Inc.

EP Global Communications

Families and Advocates Partnership for Education (FAPE)

The Federal Resource Center for Special Education

GreatSchools.Net 

Institute for Community Inclusion

National Association of School Nurses

National Association of State Boards of Education

National Association of State Directors of Special Education (NASDE)

National Center for Special Education Accountability Monitoring (NCSEAM)

National Education Association

National Post-School Outcomes Center

National Resource Center for Paraprofessionals in Education and Related Service (NRCP)

Parent Training and Information Centers in the U.S.

The Policymaker Partnership (PMP), National Association of State Directors of Special Education (NASDSE)

Project appleseed.org

School Matters

Students with Disabilities and the Right to Due Process in School Discipline

Urban Special Education Leadership Collaborative

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Specific Disability Organizations

Attention Deficit Disorders

Attention Deficit Disorder Association

Attention Deficit Disorder Resources

The Attention Deficit Information Network, Inc.

Children and Adults with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (CHADD)

National Resource Center on ADHD

Autism Spectrum Disorders

Asperger Coalition of the U.S. ASC-US

Autism National Committee

Autism-PDD Resources Network

Autism Research Institute

Autism Society of America, Inc.

Autism Today 

First Signs, Inc.

National Education Association pdf icon

OASIS Online Asperger Syndrome Information and Support

Sensory Processing Disorder Foundation

Cognitive and Developmental Disabilities

American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities

The ARC of the U.S.

The ArcLink

Association of University Centers on Disability

Association for Persons with Severe Handicaps (TASH)

Cornelia deLange Syndrome Foundation

International Rett Syndrome Association

Joseph P Kennedy, Jr. Foundation

National Association of State Directors of Developmental Disabilities Services (NASDDDS)

The National Association for the Dually Diagnosed

National Down Syndrome Congress

National Down Syndrome Society

National Fragile X Foundation

NOFAS National Association on Fetal Alcohol Syndrome

SOFT Support Organization for Trisomy 18, 13, and Related Disorders

Williams Syndrome Association

Deaf-Blind

American Association of the Deaf Blind

Helen Keller National Center for Deaf-Blind Youths & Adults, Technical Assistance Center

National Family Association for Deaf-Blind

The National Information Clearinghouse on Children Who Are Deaf-Blind DB Link

Deaf and Hard of Hearing

Alexander Graham Bell Association for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing

American Society for Deaf Children

Better Hearing Institute, Hearing Helpline

BEGINNINGS For Parents of Children Who Are Deaf or Hard of Hearing, Inc.

Boys Town National Research Hospital

Hands and Voices

International Hearing Society

Laurent Clerc National Deaf Education Center Gallaudet University

National Association of the Deaf

Hearing Loss Association of America

Emotional or Behavioral Disabilities

About our Kids

American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry

Archives of General Psychiatry

Caring for Every Child's Mental Health Campaign, The Center for Mental Health Services

Child and Adolescent Bipolar Foundation

Child, Adolescent & Family Branch Center for Mental Health Services (SAMHSA)

Childhood Anxiety Network

Conduct Disorders.com

Depression and Related Affective Disorders Association (DRADA)

Federation of Families for Children's Mental Health

National Alliance for Research on Schizophrenia and Depression (NARSAD)

National Eating Disorders Association

National Alliance on Mental Illness

National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)

National Mental Health Association

Obsessive-Compulsive Foundation, Inc.

PACER Center EBD Project

Protection & Advocacy for Individuals with Mental Illness Program (PAIMI)

Reasonable Accommodations for People with Psychiatric Disabilities

Research and Training Center on Family Support and Children's Mental Health

Genetic Disorders

Genetic and Rare Conditions Site, Medical Genetics, University of Kansas Medical Center

Genetic Alliance

Gene-Tests-Gene Clinics

March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation

National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities

National Organization for Rare Disorders (NORD)

Health Impairments

AIDS Alliance for Children, Youth, and Families

Allergy and Asthma Network Mothers of Asthmatics

American Chronic Pain Association

American Diabetes Association

American Pain Foundation

Arthritis Foundation

Cancer Information Service

Candlelighters' Childhood Cancer Foundation

The CFIDS Association of American Chronic Fatigue and Immune Dysfunction Syndrome

Children with Diabetes

Crohn's and Colitis Foundation of America

Cystic Fibrosis Foundation

FACES the National Craniofacial Association

Family Voices

The Food Allergy and Anaphylaxis Network

Immune Deficiency Foundation

Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation International (JDF)

Lupus Foundation of America, Inc.

National Center for Education in Maternal Child Health

National Diabetes Information Clearinghouse (NDIC)

National Hemophilia Foundation

The National MPS Society, Inc. (Mucopolysaccharidoses)

National Organization for Albinism & Hypopigmentation (NOAH)

Organic Acidemia Association

PACER's Parent to Parent Health Information and Advocacy Center

Parents of Kids with Infectious Diseases

Prader-Willi Syndrome Association

Share and Care Cockayne Syndrome Network

Sickle Cell Disease Association of America

United Mitochondrial Disease Foundation

Learning Disabilities

CAPD Parents' Page

The International Dyslexia Association

LD Online

Learning Disabilities Association of America

NLD on the Web

National Center for Learning Disabilities

National Coalition on Auditory Processing Disorders, Inc. (NCAPD)

Nonverbal Learning Disorders Association

Optimistic Outcomes

Neurological Disorders

American Council for Headache Education

Epilepsy Foundation

Hydrocephalus Foundation

Kids Move, (movement disorders)

The Lissencephaly Network, Inc.

National Headache Foundation

National Hydrocephalus Foundation

National NF Foundation (Neurofibromatosis)

Neurofibromatosis, Inc.

Tourette's Syndrome Association, Inc.

Tourette Syndrome "Plus"

Tuberous Sclerosis Alliance

Physical Disabilities

Children's Hemiplegia and Stroke Association (CHASA)

Easter Seals

Ehlers Danlos National Foundation

Families of Spinal Muscular Atrophy

Human Growth Foundation

Helping Hands (for families of children with upper limb differences)

Let's Face It USA

Little People of America

The Magic Foundation

Muscular Dystrophy Association

National Marfan Foundation

National Multiple Sclerosis Society

National Spinal Cord Injury Association

Osteogenesis Imperfecta Foundation

Pediatric Stroke Network

Spina Bifida Association of America

United Cerebral Palsy Association

Speech or Language Impairments

American Speech-Language-Hearing Association

Apraxia Kids

National Aphasia Association

National Center for Stuttering

National Stuttering Association

Traumatic Brain Injury

Brain Injury Association

Brain Injury Society

Head Injury Hotline

International Brain Injury Association

Visually Impaired

American Council of the Blind

American Foundation for the Blind

Foundation Fighting Blindness

Institute for Families of Children with Visual Impairments

National Association for Parents of Children with Visual Impairments

National Federation of the Blind

National Organization of Parents of Blind Children

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