Handouts and Info from Recent SEPAC events

• Powerpoint notes from Dr. Michael Neessen's May 2010 presentation on Language Based Learning Disabilities and ADHD (and possible linkages): LBLD-ADHD Powerpoint notes
• Handout from Dan Ahearn's January 2010 presentation on basic legal rights and responsibilities: Basic Rights handout (scan)
• List of Links from Disability Law Center's February 2010 presentation on Effective Transition Planning: Useful Transition Links
• Summary of Dracut case from Disability Law Center's February 2010 presentation on Effective Transition Planning, from Janine Solomon and Pamela Coveney: Dracut Case Summary

for Learning Disabilities

• Learning Disabilities Association of America
• LD Online
• National Center for Learning Disabilities
  see also NCLD Parent Center
• Schwablearning
• All Kinds of Minds
• Families and Advocates Partnership for Education

for Massachusetts Organizations

• Massachusetts Association of Special Education Parent Advisory Councils (MASSPAC)
• Concord SEPAC
• Links to Mass SPED PAC / SEPAC websites
• SpEdWatch

for Advocates

• Find An Attorney — Council of Parent Attorneys and Adovcates (COPPA)
  (Please note that these listings include only those attorneys and advocates who are members of COPPA who asked to be included, and Brookline SEPAC does not endorse any of the attorneys listed.)

Information on Specific Disabilities

ADD/ADHD

• Children and Adults with Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (CHADD)
• ADD/ADHD Links Project

Anxiety Disorder

• Anxiety Disorders Association of America

Autism Spectrum

• Asperger’s Association of New England
  617.527.2894
  Phone consultation, referrals, seminars
• Asperger Syndrome Coalition of the US
• Autism Society of America
• Autism Resources
• Center for the Study of Autism
• CAN: Cure Autism Now
• Families for Early Autism Treatment

Behavioral

• Positive Behavioral Interventions and Support Center
  US DOE 541.346.2505
  For schools and families; positive behavioral interventions and support

Bipolar Disorder

• Children and Adolescent Bipolar Foundation

Deafness and Hearing Impairment

• NIDCD: National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders

Down Syndrome

• National Down Syndrome Society
  212.460.9330
  Massachusetts Down Syndrome Congress
  1.800.664.MDSC

Dyslexia

• International Dyslexia Association
  410.296.0232

Mental Illness

• NAMI: National Alliance for the Mentally
  800-950-NAMI [6264]
• NIMH: National Institute of Mental Health

Mental Retardation

• Charles River Arc
  800.433.5255
  services to families
• Best Buddies
  617.597.0029

Nonverbal Learning Disability

• NLDline
• NLD on the Web
• Talking as a Way of Learning (TAWK)
  Local NLD listserv and support group

Sensory Integration

• S.I. Network: Sensory Integration Resource Network

Tourette Syndrome

• Tourette Syndrome Association 718.224.2999
  MA Chapter
  617.277.7589