Special Education Resources & Forms

Special Education Resources

• Wisconsin Early Childhood Collaborating Partners (WECCP)
• Parents United: A non-profit consortium of 18 Southeastern Wisconsin special education departments that provides free presentations on various topics to help parents and educators of students with special needs.
• Parent 2 Parent of Wisconsin: Connects parents who have similar experiences with their special needs child.
• Parents Place: The organization focuses on strengthening families and protecting children through community education, parenting classes, support groups, child advocacy, and supervised visitations.
• Wisconsin First Step: Information and referral hotline that serves Wisconsin families with children/youth who have special needs
• Katie Beckett Program: Special eligibility process that allows certain children with long-term disabilities or special healthcare needs to obtain healthcare coverage under Wisconsin's Medicaid Program
• Sibling Support Project: Provides peer support & information opportunities for siblings of persons with special needs
• Disability Scoop: Developmental disability news
• Broadscope Disability Services: Provides programs, services, and resources for people and families with disabilities

Attention Deficit (Hyperactivity) Disorder (ADD/ADHD) Resources

• Attention Deficit Disorder Association
• Children and Adults with Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (CHADD)
• One ADD Place
• ADDitude Magazine

Learning Disabilities & Dyslexia Resources

• Reading Resource: Resources for struggling readers and those with dyslexia
• Learning Disabilities Association of Wisconsin
• Learning Disabilities Association of America
• National Center for Learning Disabilities
• International Dyslexia Association
• Guide to Overcoming Dyslexia

Autism Resources

• Autism Society of Wisconsin
• Autism Society of Southeastern Wisconsin
• Global Autism Collaboration
• National Autism Association
• U.S. Autism & Asperger Association
• American Autism Association
• Autism Research Institute
• Autism Speaks

Down Syndrome Resources

• Down Syndrome: Health Issues
• National Down Syndrome Society
• National Association for Down Syndrome
• Down Syndrome Association of Wisconsin

Cerebral Palsy Resources

• United Cerebral Palsy

Mental Health Resources

• The Balanced Mind: Resources for bipolar disorder
• National Institute of Mental Health
• National Alliance on Mental Illness
• Mental Health America of Wisconsin

Speech & Hearing Resources

• American Speech-Language-Hearing Association
• Childhood Apraxia of Speech Association of North America (Apraxia Kids)
• International Stuttering Association
• American Academy of Audiology
• National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD)
• National Association of the Deaf