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Developmental Disabilities -
Health and Wellness
- Disability.gov
- connecting the disability community to information and
opportunities
-
Surgeon
General’s Call to Action to Improve the Health &
Wellness of Persons with Disabilities
-
CDC
- People with Disabilities, Leading Healthy Lives
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Federal
Resources on Disability and Health (Surgeon General)
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National
Initiative for Children's Healthcare Quality: Home
-
National
Core Indicators (current Quality Assurance model for APD)
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CQL
| The Council on Quality and Leadership
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FloridaCHARTS.com
- Florida Health Statistics and Community Health Data
-
-
Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention - Cerebral Palsy
-
United
Cerebral Palsy
-
Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention - Autism Spectrum Disorders
-
Autism
Society of America
-
Autism
Speaks
-
American
Academy of Pediatrics Children's Health Topics: AUTISM
-
Learn
the Signs. Act Early. NCBDDD (Autism Awareness)
-
Autism
Spectrum Disorders (Pervasive Developmental Disorders) (NIMH
booklet)
-
American
Occupational Therapy Association - Autism Resources
-
-
Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention - Intellectual Disabilities
-
The
Arc of the United States
-
Prader-Willi
Association
-
Spina
Bifida Association
-
-
National
Center for Medical Home Implementation - What is a Medical Home?
-
National
Center for Medical Home Implementation - Autism resources
-
Resolution
on the Maltreatment of Children with Disabilities (APA)
-
The
Family Network on Disabilities of Florida
-
Training for Providers,
Caregivers and Self-Advocates
- Yellow
Notebook: Navigating the Developmental Disabilities Program (APD)
-
Planning
Ahead (FDDC Guidebook pdf)
-
APD
Provider Training (recommended for all caregivers, including
families)
-
Delmarva
Statewide QA Program online training modules (highly recommended)
-
Virginia
Commonwealth University Partnership for People with Disabilities
(online training)
-
VCU
Rehabilitation Research and Training Center
-
Disability
Awareness for Human Resources Professionals (VCU, free training
module)
-
Personal
Assistance Services in the Workplace (VCU, free online seminar)
-
-
University
of Kentucky Human Development Institute (training for medical
providers)
-
FYI
Transition - provider web-based courses
-
FDDC
Health Care Transition Training
-
Interdisciplinary
Council on Developmental and Learning Disorders
-
National
Parent Technical Assistance Center Network
-
Yale
Child Study Center - Developmental Disabilities Clinic
-
Ladders.ORG
: Learning & Developmental Disabilities Evaluation &
Rehabilitation Services
-
Pacer
Center - champions for children with disabilities (MN)
-
USF-CARD
Online Training and Powerpoint tutorials
-
-
Amy
Laurent - Video Tutorials for Parents (Autism - SCERTS Model)
-
Autism Internet
Modules
Inclusion, Personal Outcomes and
Transition Planning
- National
Service Inclusion Project
-
Inclusion:
Creating an Inclusive Environment: A Handbook for the Inclusion
of People with Disabilities in National and Community Service
Programs (AmeriCorps)
-
Thinking
About Outcomes - Personal Resource Guide (Council on Quality) PDF
-
More
on Person-Centered Planning
-
Center
for Self-Determination
-
PATH
Resources
-
Inclusion
Press Books, workshops, online resources for Inclusion
-
Sample
PATH Plan
-
TASH
-
KIT-
Kids Included Together
-
Let
the Fun Begin! Open Doors: Project Adventure - A Training
Curriculum for Supporting Children with Special HealthCare Needs
and Disabilities in Community Recreation
-
-
Florida
Center for Inclusive Communities
-
FYI
Transition - information for students, families and professionals
-
Project
10 - Transition Education Network
-
Childrens
Medical Services - Youth Transition Worksheet
-
Childrens
Medical Services - Teens Transition Planning
-
University
of Washington Adolescent Health Transition Project
-
TIP
- Transition to Independence Process (includes provider training
modules) USF
-
Supported Employment
- Partners
in Employment (self-paced modules re: SE)
-
Supported
Employment in Florida
-
Supported
Employment (Dept. of Labor)
-
Florida Choices (Bridges - Career
exploration, planning, resumé
builder)
-
-
Florida
Provider Network in Supported Employment
-
Training
Resource Network - Resources to support people with disabilities
-
Florida
Division of Vocational Rehabilitation
-
VCU
Rehabilitation Research and Training Center on Workplace Supports
and Job Retention
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Workforce
Investment Act of 1998
-
Ten
Tips to Make Training Work: Training Transfer Tips - How to Help
People Apply Training On-the-Job
-
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Central
Florida Disability Chamber
-
Small
Business Administration - Small Business Planner
-
The
Association for Persons in Supported Employment
-
AAMR
Fact Sheet on Supported Employment
-
-
Rehabilitation
Research and Training Center
-
Best
Practices in Transition
-
Employment
Rights as an Individual With a Disability
-
Center
for Self-Determination
-
-
SSA
Work Incentives
-
Plan
to Achieve Self Support - PASS Plan (SSA)
-
Writing
a PASS Plan
-
More
on Social Security Work Incentives
-
The
Social Security Red Book on Work Incentives
-
-
Americas
Career InfoNet
-
O*NET
Career Assessment and Exploration Tools
-
Career
Resource Library
-
Virtual
Job Shadowing
-
Sample
Situational Assessment Form
-
-
US
Business Leadership Network
-
DOL
and worker diversity
-
Bureau
of Labor Statistics (BLS)
-
Economagic.com
-
Study
of FL employers
-
Employer
Hiring Attitudinal Research
-
Employer
Perspectives on Hiring and Accommodating Youth in Transition
-
-
The
Family Network on Disabilities of Florida
-
Mental
Illness and Disclosure
-
Deciding
When, If or How to Disclose Disability to Employers
-
-
Job
Carving
-
Features
of Job Analysis and Design
-
Job
Accommodation Network (JAN)
-
Florida
Alliance for Assistive Services and Technology
-
Worker
Orientation
-
Understanding
Natural Supports
-
Tips
to Make Training Work
-
Styles
of Communication in Learning
-
-
Behavior
Analysis Resources
-
Resources
for Behavior Analysis
-
IHD:
PBS - An Overview of Positive Behavior Support
-
Task
Analysis
-
Reinforcers
-
Self-Instruction
-
Tips
for Fading from Job Sites
-
Positive
Behavioral Support
-
-
O*NET
Online
-
One-Stop
Career Centers
-
Private,
for-profit job placement firms
-
Vocational
Rehabilitation Services
-
Florida
Association for Behavior Analysis
-
Book:
Surveying Workplace Culture
-
Book:
Workplace Culture and Supported Employment
-
-
The
Dynamics of Disability:
-
ADA
Home Page - ada.gov - Information and Technical Assistance on the
Americans with Disabilities Act
-
HHS
Office for Civil Rights -- Most Integrated Setting, the Olmstead
Decision
-
Special Education
- The
Legal Basis for Accommodations and Modifications
-
Teaching
Resources for Florida ESE - Next Generation Sunshine State
Standards and Access
Points, Accommodations and Modifications
-
Access
Points For the Sunshine State Standards
-
Florida
Alternate Assessment - Information for Teachers (brochure) PDF
-
Accommodations
and Modifications: What Parents Need to Know (FL DOE) PDF
-
Accommodations
and Modifications for Students with Disabilities in Career
Education and Adult General Education
-
Florida
Dept. of Education ESE
-
Professional
Development Alternatives (Florida DOE training modules for
ESE)
-
School
Solutions Standards Toolbox: State Standards and Teacher Tools
-
Florida
DOE - Alternative Assessments
-
Inclusive
Schools Network
-
Paula
Kluth - Making Relationships a Priority (Inclusive Schooling)
-
CAST:
Differentiated Instruction
-
Autism
- Your Child's Legal Rights To A Special Education
-
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6A-6
: SPECIAL PROGRAMS I - Florida Administrative Rules, Law, Code,
Register – FAC, FAW, eRulemaking
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The
School District of Osceola County, Florida ESE
-
School
Board of Brevard County ESE
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Orange
County Public Schools ESE
-
Seminole
County Public Schools ESE
-
-
UCP
of Central Florida
-
Center
for Speech and Language (Scottish Rite Childhood Language
Disorders Clinic)
-
Threshold
Center for Autism, Orlando
-
Princeton
House Charter School, Orlando
-
Conductive
Education Center of Orlando
-
-
Learning
Styles - Learning Effectively by Understanding Your Learning
Preferences
-
Communicating
Effectively with At-Risk Students by Janet Harrison, Ph.D.,
CCC-SLP
-
Childhood
Apraxia of Speech: A Speech Pathologist's Guide - Sharon Gretz,
M.Ed.
-
Assistive Technology Resources
- Florida
Alliance for Assistive Services and Technology
-
Vizzle - web based
interactive visual learning software (has a free trial)
-
Guardianship
- Ninth
Judicial Circuit Court of Florida
-
Guardian
Mentoring Association
-
Lighting
the Way To Guardianship and Other Decision-Making Alternatives: A
Manual for Individuals and Families
Rights and Responsibilities
- Profile
of Florida Home and Community Based Services Waivers 2011 (pdf)
-
Department
of Children and Families - Training page
-
Zero
Tolerance - state initiative to end abuse and neglect
-
DCF
HIPPA (privacy rules) training module
-
APD
- Fight Medicaid Fraud
-
Advocacy
Center for Persons with Disabilities
-
US
Dept of Justice - ADA Regulations and Technical Assistance
materials
-
US
Dept. of Justice - Guide to Disability Rights Laws (PDF)
-
An
ADA Primer
-
Judge
David L. Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law
-
Florida
Rule 65G-8 - Seclusion and Restraint Rules
-
APD
- Seclusion and Restraint Rules
-
In
the Name of Treatment: A Parent's Guide to Protecting Your
Child From the Use of Restraint, Aversive Interventions, and
Seclusion (PDF)
Faith-based Ministries and
Programs
- Nathaniel's
Hope (listing of special needs ministries)
-
First
Baptist of Orlando Special Needs Ministry
-
Northland
Church Special Needs Ministries
-
Commissions, Councils and
Partnerships
- University
of Florida » Florida Office on Disability & Health
-
FL
Governor's Commission on Disabilities
-
Able
Trust
-
Orange
County - Disability Advisory Board
-
National
Organization to End the Waitlists (NOEWAIT)
-
Left
Behind in Florida (Advocacy group)
-
Partnership
for Work & Healthcare
-
UCF-CARD
Central Florida Resource Guide
-
Cultural Diversity
- What
is Cultural Competency? DHHS Office of Minority Health
-
Cultural
Competency and Health Literacy Resources for Health Care
Providers (HRSA)
-
Cultural
Competence
-
Culture
Clues™
-
Cross
Cultural Health Care Program (CCHCP)
-
Topic
8: Common Beliefs and Cultural Practices
-
VM
-- Reducing the Effects of Low Health Literacy, Jun 03 ...
Virtual Mentor
Genetics
- Learn
Genetics
-
Your
Genes, Your Health
-
Genetics
Home Reference - Your guide to understanding genetic conditions
(National Library of Medicine)
-
Genetic
Alliance (advocacy organization for all genetic and congenital
conditions)
-
Genetics
&Your Practice (March of Dimes) Comprehensive training
modules
-
NOVA
Online | Cracking the Code of Life | Watch the Program/Advanced
Options
-
NOVA
| scienceNOW | Epigenetics | PBS
-
What
do genes do? - OpenLearn - The Open University
-
Organizational Leadership
- The
Free Nonprofit Micro-eMBA(SM) Program
-
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Most recent update 1/22/2011