Exam Preparation
- Americans with Disabilities Act
This website provides information and publications regarding the Americans with Disabilities Act.
- Council for Exceptional Children
CEC advocates for appropriate governmental
policies, sets professional standards, provides continual professional
development, advocates for newly and historically underserved
individuals with exceptionalities, and helps professionals obtain
conditions and resources necessary for effective professional practice.
- Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA)
This website provides information on Family
Educational Rights and Privacy Act, a Federal law that protects the
privacy of student education records. The law applies to all schools
that receive funds under an applicable program of the U.S. Department
of Education.
- LD Online
This website provides information on:
disabilities in infants, toddlers, children, and youth; IDEA; No Child
Left Behind (as it relates to children with disabilities); and
research-based information on effective educational practices.
- National Dissemination Center for Children with Disabilities
This website provides information on:
disabilities in infants, toddlers, children, and youth; IDEA; No Child
Left Behind (as it relates to children with disabilities); and
research-based information on effective educational practices.
- Office of Special Education and Rehabilitation Services
OSERS is comprised of the Office of the Assistant Secretary (OAS) and three program components: the Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP), the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research (NIDRR), and the Rehabilitation Services Administration (RSA).
- Professional Development Resources For Teachers of Special Needs Students
This site contains many helpful links related to numerous facets of special education. Resources are divided into categories for easy navigation.
- Research in Special Education: Scientific Methods and Evidence-based Practices
From the abstract: "The purpose of this paper is to set the context for the development of research quality indicators and guidelines for evidence of effective practices provided by different methodologies."
- The Access Center
The Access Center is a national technical assistance center funded by the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Special Education Programs whose mission is to improve educational outcomes for elementary and middle school students with disabilities. Their website includes webinars on important topics in special education, information briefs, presentations, toolkits, and video clips.
- The Arc of the United States - Family Support
The Arc is the national
organization of and for people with mental retardation and related
developmental disabilities and their families. This website discusses the causes of mental retardation, family support, and the
American Disabilities Act. This site's list of topics has a lot of useful information.



