The Special Education Guide provides resources for parents, educators and professionals to master the terminology, procedures and best practices in special education.
The Goal Bank provides different IEP goals and objectives for different content areas. The Goal Bank allows parents, educators and others to become familiar and educated on various goals and objectives that can be used in a child’s IEP.
BridgingApps is a program of Easter Seals that provides access to educational and therapeutic tools—anywhere, anytime—allowing parents, teachers, and therapists to effectively use mobile devices and apps to target and improve individual skill development to help children and adults with disabilities. This includes assistive technology information and application recommendations.
National website where families are able to search for mentoring programs in their area.
The Education Law Center (ELC) is a “one-stop” resource for information regarding the law applicable in a school setting. The state and federal resources provided represent the statutes, regulations and law related resources applicable to a school setting. The site does not provide legal services.
The Center for Educational Networking is an Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) Grant Funded Initiative through the Michigan Department of Education, Office of Special Education and provides educational resources for individuals with disabilities.
The Jump-In™ Therapy and Wellness Center’s summer camp program focuses on improving foundation skills as opposed to a more cognitive or play model. The summer camp program utilizes a three-hour concentrated activity block of therapy to gain improvements in the neurological system. Campers’ activities involve the use of suspended equipment, gross motor activities, fine motor activities, social interaction, brain gym, language, body work, and pool time.All camp activities are held out of doors if the weather allows.
A united union of students, parents, educators, community professionals and consumers supporting and providing Free Appropriate Public Education (FAPE). The site provides trainings, webinars, information, resources and referrals to students, parents, educators and community agencies on educational rights and laws.
Free home-based parenting education and referral network for families. Services offered include: Early child development and parenting information, Home visits and family group events (GREAT START Book Clubs, concerts, nature day, baby play groups), Developmental screenings using ASQ-3, Vision and hearing screens, Links and referrals to community resources and local schools
Collaborative in Macomb County focused on providing educational, child development, medical, food, mental health, employment and other community services resource information. Their Community Services Connection directory is an extremely comprehensive resource for Macomb County.