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Note: The SEPAC makes every effort to ensure that linked resources include information our members will find useful and that are compatible with our mission and purpose. We are only responsible for information contained within our own web pages. The SEPAC accepts no responsibility for the content of the sites listed below. Further, by listing the resource on our website, we are showing no endorsement. The sites have been listed for informational purposes only.
ADD/ADHD |
- ADDitude Magazine
- Children and Adults with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (CHADD)
- Attention Deficit Disorder Association (ADDA)
- ADHD Dude Ryan Wexelblatt, LCSW
- Understood.org
verified 6/22
Art Therapy |
- American Art Therapy Association (AATA)
verified 6/22
Assessment |
- Center for Parent Information & Resources – Evaluating School-Aged Children for Disability
- Wrightslaw – All About Tests and Assessments
Assistive Technology |
- MassMATCH
- MA DESE Assistive Technology and Accessibility Resources
- Assistive Technology for Education
- Cotting School – What to Expect at an Assistive Technology Evaluation
- IDEA Sec. 300.6 Assistive Technology Service
verified 6/22
Autism |
- Northeast Arc Autism Support Center (serves Action & Boxborough)
- The Autism Alliance
- Asperger/Autism Network (AANE)
- Autism Society
- Autistic Self Advocacy Network
- Thinking Person’s Guide to Autism
verified 6/22
Bipolar Disorder |
- National Institute of Mental Health – Bipolar Disorder in Children & Teens
- National Alliance on Mental Illness – Bipolar Disorder
- Juvenile Bipolar Research Foundation
- Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance
- BPChildren
verified 6/22
Depression |
- Healthy Children from the AAP – Adolescent Depression
- Anxiety & Depression Association of America – Childhood Depression
- National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) – Depression
verified 6/22
Developmental Delay |
- Center for Parent Information & Resources – Developmental Delay
- CDC Learn the Signs Act Early
verified 6/22
Dysgraphia |
- National Center for Learning Disabilities – What is Dysgraphia?
- International Dyslexia Association – Understanding Dysgraphia
- Understood.org – Classroom Accommodations for Dysgraphia
verified 6/22
Eating Disorders |
- Anorexia Nervosa & Related Eating Disorders (ANRED)
- National Association of Anorexia Nervosa and Associated Disorders (ANAD)
- National Eating Disorders Association (NEDA)
- NEDA – Avoidant Restrictive Food Intake Disorder (ARFID)
verified 6/22
General Disability Information |
- Arc Massachusetts
- Association of Massachusetts Parent Advisory Councils
- Council for Exceptional Children:
- The Division for Early Childhood of the Council for Exceptional Children (CEC)
- Exceptional Schools for Exceptional Children
- The Explosive Child
- FAMILY TIES of Massachusetts – Extensive Resource Directory is especially helpful! A statewide information and support network.
- Federation for Children with Special Needs –
- Global Special Education And Disabilities Sites –
- National Information Center for Children and Youth with Disabilities –
- NICHCY: Services For School-Aged Children W/ Disabilities
- PACER Center – Parent Advocacy Coalition for Educational Rights
- Search Enhanced Regulations – Sec. 300.7 Child with a disability – Legal definition of a child with a disability
Exceptional Lives
Deaf & Hard of Hearing |
- American Society for Deaf Children (ASDC)
- Massachusetts Commission for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing (MCDHH)
- The Decibels Foundation
- Minute Man Arc Early Intervention Deaf & Hard of Hearing Specialty Program
- The Learning Center for the Deaf
verified 6/22
Housing |
- Autism Housing Pathways
- MA Office on Disability – Housing Resources for People with Disabilities
- Refinance & Mortgage Guide for People with Disabilities
verified 6/22
Learning Disabilities |
- Guidelines For Documentation of a Specific Learning Disability
- Learning Disabilities Association of America
- Learning Disabilities Association of Massachusetts
- Learning Disabilities: For Parents
- LD OnLine
- The National Center for Learning Disabilities
- The Schwab Foundation for Learning has launched a Spanish-language web site to provide Spanish-speaking parents and teachers with information to help their children and students who struggle with learning differences.
Mental Health |
- Anxiety Disorders Association of America
- Anxiety Disorders
- Federation of Families for Children’s Mental Health
- MA NAMI
- NAMI
- The Parent Professional Advocacy League
- Self-Injury and Trauma Home Page
Mitochondrial Disease |
- United Mitochondrial Disease Foundation
verified 6/22
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder |
- National Alliance on Mental Illness – Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
- American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry – Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder Resource Center
- International OCD Foundation (IOCDF)
- IOCDF – OCD, IDEA & IEPS: How to Access Special Education Services for Children with OCD
verified 6/22
Parenting |
- Family TIES Parent-to-Parent Match Program
- Massachusetts Sibling Support Network
- Moms of Amazing Kids
verified 6/22
Oppositional Defiant Disorder |
- American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry – Oppositional Defiant Disorder
- Resources for Parents of Kids with Oppositional Defiant Disorder
- Edutopia – 6 Ways to Help Students with ODD
verified 6/22
Selective Mutism |
- Selective Mutism Association
- Child Mind Institute – Complete Guide to Selective Mutism
verified 2/25
Disability Law |
- Wrightslaw.com – comprehensive site with “accurate, up-to-date information about advocacy for children with disabilities. You will find hundreds of articles, cases, newsletters, and resources about special education law and advocacy in the Advocacy Libraries and Law Libraries.” You can also subscribe to The Special Ed Advocate, their free online newsletter or read back issues of The Special Ed Advocate in the Newsletter Archives.
- Disability Law Center, Inc.
- MA Developmental Disabilities Council
174 Portland Street, 5th Floor
Boston, MA 02114
(617) 727-6374 ext. 100; (617) 727-1885 (TTY)
E-mail: Daniel.Shannon@state.ma.us - Special Needs Alliance
- SpecialNeedsAnswers
Speech/Language |
- American Speech-Language-Hearing Association
- Apraxia Kids
- Massachusetts Speech-Language Hearing Association
verified 2/25
Tourette Syndrome |
- Tourette Association of America
- Tourette Association of America – Massachusetts Chapter
verified 2/25
Blind & Visually Impaired |