Looking for resources to help your child?

Try some of these helpful resources, connect with www.wsasp.org, or search through the National Association of School Psychologists' Information for Families. Don’t forget to get in touch with your local school psychologist for more help on the mental health, social emotional, academic, and functional needs of your child.

• Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
• • CHADD – Children and Adults with ADHD
  • InsideADHD.org
    
  • Information about ADHD from the University of Nevada School of Social Work
• Autism
• • Autism Society of America
  • Autism Speaks
  • Autism Society of Washington
  • University of Washington Autism Center
  • Online Asperger Syndrome Information and Support (OASIS)
• Concussions
• Concussion Management Program of Washington
• Developmental Disabilities
• • American Association for Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
  • ARC of Washington
  • National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities
  • Developmental Disabilities Administration (formerly Department of Developmental Disabilities-Washington) 
  • Division of Vocational Rehabilitation
• Learning Disabilities
• • LD Online
  • National Center for Learning Disabilities
  • OSPI guide-Identification of Students with Specific Learning Disorders                
• Disabilities, 504 plans, IEPs
• • NASP resource on 504s vs. IEPs
  • OSPI-Free and Appropriate Public Education (Section 504)
• Mental Health
• • Centers for Disease Control
  • Medication Guide
  • National Institute of Mental Health
  • Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
• Response to Intervention
• • National Center on Response to Intervention
  • Parents’ Frequently Asked Questions on Response to Intervention (RtI)
  • RtI Action Network
  • What is Response to Intervention – Introduction to Multi Tiered Systems of Support
• School Law          
• • No Child Left Behind – Elementary and Secondary Education Act
  • Washington Administrative Code-Rules for the Provision of Special Education
• Social Emotional Learning
• • Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning
  • Washington Positive Behavior Intervention & Supports (PBIS)
• Special Education
• • IDEA Partnership
  • Individuals with Disabilities Education Act
  • Special Education Dictionary
  • OSPI special education homepage 
  • Procedural Safeguards 
  • Guidance for Families: Special Education in Washington State
  • Need Assistance? Special Education Parent Liaison