Legal issues as seen by the parent/advocate perspective, http://www.wrightslaw.com/ .
Also recommended www.dads.state.tx.us/ for information on the department of human services; aged and disabled services
www.arcdallas.org for the program formerly known as the Association of Retarded Citizens.
This site is loaded with good info for Educational Diagnosticians, mostly it's books you can purchase on specific topics. http://www.psychoeducational.com/.
The framework page for TEA can be reached at: http://framework.esc18.net . Here you have the ARD Guide and Safeguards.
PEARSON Instructional Resources, particularly for teachers
HARCOURT a wealth of information on testing
TX EDDIAG ASSN Awesome resources; TEDA conferences, Accommodations, SSI, STAAR, House Bill 5, and much, much more.
ERIC: Peer reviewed/other resources. The site can be addictive.
MAP Locator: Mapquest because it's handy
EDUCATORS REFERENCE DESK This is a clearninghouse sort of approach, with ads, but good resources can be separated from the chaff.
When downloading any webpages, be sure to save to a stick, flash drive, or disk, not your hard drive unless you feel comfortable with the site.
More websites:
National Reading Panel Report at www.nationalreadingpanel.org/
Also, the WISC-VI site is www.wisc-iv.com and the psychological corporation listing the measurement consultant site is at www.psychcorp.com . The GAI charts can be downloaded from the WISC-IV site and an array of information is available from the psychcorp site.
www.usdoj.gov/crt/ada/adahom1.htm (Americans with Disabilities Act)
www.dssc.org/frc Disabilities Help Center) http://findlaw.com (Legal reference search engine) www.nichcy.org (National Center for Children with Disabilities, recently unfunded and now only available until September of 2014) www.ed.gov (U.S. Department of Education) www.cec.sped.org (Council for Exceptional Children) www.socialpsychology.org/clinical.htm (clinical psychology resources) www.psywww.com (PsychWeb) www.schoolpsychology.net (School Psychology Resources Online http://www.tcase.org/ (Texas Council of Administrators of Special Education) (Regional Service Center's Link)
