For Family and community members

Looking for resources to help your child?

We have curated a list of helpful resources to support your child. 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! 

• • CHADD – Children and Adults with ADHD
  • InsideADHD.org
    
    

• • Autism Society of America
  • Autism Speaks
  • Autism Society of Washington
  • University of Washington Autism Center
  • Autism Spectrum Coalition
    
    

• Brain Injury Alliance Washington
  
  

• • American Association on 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
    
    

• • LD Online
  • National Center for Learning Disabilities
  • OSPI guide-Identification of Students with Specific Learning Disorders          
          

• • Understood.org: The Difference Between IEPs and 504 Plans
  • OSPI-Free and Appropriate Public Education (Section 504)
    
    

• • Centers for Disease Control
  • Medication Guide
  • National Institute of Mental Health
  • Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
  • Mental Health Issues Facing the Black Community
    
    

• • Center on Multi-Tiered Systems of Support
  • RtI Action Network
  • National Center on Intensive Intervention
  • OSPI: Multi-Tiered System of Supports
    
    

• • No Child Left Behind – Elementary and Secondary Education Act
  • Washington Administrative Code-Rules for the Provision of Special Education

• • Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning
  • Washington Positive Behavior Intervention & Supports (PBIS)

• • 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