Links and Resources
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The Arc of Virginia:
The Arc of Virginia is a statewide advocacy organization for people with mental retardation and other developmental disabilities, and their families.
The Arc of Virginia is a statewide advocacy organization for people with mental retardation and other developmental disabilities, and their families.
Central Directory:
United Way Information and Referral online data base of Infant & Toddler Connection of Virginia Central Points of Entry and other resources statewide.
United Way Information and Referral online data base of Infant & Toddler Connection of Virginia Central Points of Entry and other resources statewide.
Family Involvement Project:
The Family Involvement Project focuses on the following three areas of Virginia’s early intervention system, The Infant & Toddler Connection of Virginia:
* Strengthening and increasing diverse family involvement with local interagency coordinating councils guiding local early intervention services;
* Ensuring Parent To Parent support is available to all families receiving services from The Infant&Toddler Connection of Virginia; and
* Working with the Part C Monitoring and Improvement Measurement System (MIMS) Consultants to recruit and train parents to serve on MIMS State Review Teams.
The Family Involvement Project focuses on the following three areas of Virginia’s early intervention system, The Infant & Toddler Connection of Virginia:
* Strengthening and increasing diverse family involvement with local interagency coordinating councils guiding local early intervention services;
* Ensuring Parent To Parent support is available to all families receiving services from The Infant&Toddler Connection of Virginia; and
* Working with the Part C Monitoring and Improvement Measurement System (MIMS) Consultants to recruit and train parents to serve on MIMS State Review Teams.
Overview and Referral Information for Physicians and Health Care Professionals:
Early intervention services are available throughout the Commonwealth of Virginia to support the development of infants and toddlers with disabilities and their families. This site has been designed for physicians and other members of the medical community who provide health care services to infants and toddlers (ages 0-36 months) and their families in Virginia. Specifically, the site has been developed to:
* Provide an overview of the Virginia Early Intervention System;
* Inform the medical community about the availability of early intervention services in Virginia;
* Help medical professionals make referrals to the early intervention system quickly and efficiently;
* Introduce the types of forms used between the medical and early intervention communities; and
* Provide a way for medical professionals to ask specific questions about early intervention services in Virginia.
Early intervention services are available throughout the Commonwealth of Virginia to support the development of infants and toddlers with disabilities and their families. This site has been designed for physicians and other members of the medical community who provide health care services to infants and toddlers (ages 0-36 months) and their families in Virginia. Specifically, the site has been developed to:
* Provide an overview of the Virginia Early Intervention System;
* Inform the medical community about the availability of early intervention services in Virginia;
* Help medical professionals make referrals to the early intervention system quickly and efficiently;
* Introduce the types of forms used between the medical and early intervention communities; and
* Provide a way for medical professionals to ask specific questions about early intervention services in Virginia.
- Department of Mental Health, Mental Retardation, and Substance Abuse Services
- Department of Education
- Department of Health
- Department of Medical Assistance Services
- Department of Social Services
- Department for the Blind and Vision Impaired
- State Corporation Commission, Bureau of Insurance
- Department for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing
- Virginia Home Page
- Virginia General Assembly
Smart Beginnings:
Virginia's Plan for Smart Beginnings brings public and private agencies and organizations together with the purpose of building and sustaining a system to support parents and families as they prepare their children to arrive in kindergarten healthy and ready to succeed.
Virginia's Plan for Smart Beginnings brings public and private agencies and organizations together with the purpose of building and sustaining a system to support parents and families as they prepare their children to arrive in kindergarten healthy and ready to succeed.
Start Strong Initiative :
Governor Kaine's Start Strong Initiative will expand access to high-quality preschool for more of Virginia’s four-year-olds. Start Strong will build on the existing network of public and private providers, removing barriers to access such as geography and family income.
Governor Kaine's Start Strong Initiative will expand access to high-quality preschool for more of Virginia’s four-year-olds. Start Strong will build on the existing network of public and private providers, removing barriers to access such as geography and family income.
Training and Technical Assistance Centers (T-TAC)
The mission of Virginia's Training and Technical assistance Centers (T/TAC) is to improve educational opportunities and contribute to the success of children and youth with disabilities (birth - 22 years). The Centers provide quality training and technical assistance in response to local, regional, and state needs. T/TAC services increase the capacity of schools, school personnel, service providers, and families to meet the needs of children and youth.
- College of William and Mary
- Old Dominion University
- George Mason University
- Virginia Commonwealth University
- James Madison University
- Virginia Tech, Radford
Virginia Institute for Developmental Disabilities
Our mission is to partner with communities to support, respect, and include individuals with disabilities and their families. Based on current knowledge and research, we work with others to increase choices for individuals, change systems, improve services, and affect public policy. We prepare personnel concerned with developmental disabilities, provide technical assistance, conduct research, disseminate information, and engage in advocacy and prevention activities.
Our mission is to partner with communities to support, respect, and include individuals with disabilities and their families. Based on current knowledge and research, we work with others to increase choices for individuals, change systems, improve services, and affect public policy. We prepare personnel concerned with developmental disabilities, provide technical assistance, conduct research, disseminate information, and engage in advocacy and prevention activities.
Virginia Integrated Network of Family Organizations (VA-INFO) Center:
The VA-INFO Center provides youth and parents of children with special needs, including those with behavioral and mental health needs, service providers and others:
- one place to call to get information about services and supports for youth and families who have children with special needs;
- referrals to supports and services throughout Virginia;
- parent to parent peer support; annual family support conference and other training opportunities and;
- opportunities to learn about how support services are organized so they are easier to use.
Arc of the United States
The Arc is the national organization of and for people with mental retardation and related developmental disabilities and their families. It is devoted to promoting and improving supports and services for people with mental retardation and their families. The association also fosters research and education regarding the prevention of mental retardation in infants and young children.
The Arc is the national organization of and for people with mental retardation and related developmental disabilities and their families. It is devoted to promoting and improving supports and services for people with mental retardation and their families. The association also fosters research and education regarding the prevention of mental retardation in infants and young children.
Children’s Defense Fund:
CDF provides a strong, effective voice for all the children of America who cannot vote, lobby, or speak for themselves. We pay particular attention to the needs of poor and minority children and those with disabilities. CDF educates the nation about the needs of children and encourages preventive investment before they get sick or into trouble, drop out of school, or suffer family breakdown.
CDF provides a strong, effective voice for all the children of America who cannot vote, lobby, or speak for themselves. We pay particular attention to the needs of poor and minority children and those with disabilities. CDF educates the nation about the needs of children and encourages preventive investment before they get sick or into trouble, drop out of school, or suffer family breakdown.
Easter Seals:
For more than 80 years, Easter Seals has helped people with disabilities in communities nationwide. From creating the first national voluntary agency to speak and act on behalf of children with disabilities in the 1920s, to leading the creation and implementation of the Americans with Disabilities Act in the 1990s, Easter Seals continues to be an integral part of life, helping more than a million people gain greater independence each year. One in every five Americans has a disability, and Easter Seals is there with expert help, hope and humanity.
For more than 80 years, Easter Seals has helped people with disabilities in communities nationwide. From creating the first national voluntary agency to speak and act on behalf of children with disabilities in the 1920s, to leading the creation and implementation of the Americans with Disabilities Act in the 1990s, Easter Seals continues to be an integral part of life, helping more than a million people gain greater independence each year. One in every five Americans has a disability, and Easter Seals is there with expert help, hope and humanity.
Family Voices:
A national grassroots clearinghouse for information and education concerning the health care of children with special health needs.
A national grassroots clearinghouse for information and education concerning the health care of children with special health needs.
Federal Interagency Forum on Child and Family Statistics:
This web site offers easy access to federal and state statistics and reports on children and their families, including: population and family characteristics, economic security, health, behavior and social environment, and education.
This web site offers easy access to federal and state statistics and reports on children and their families, including: population and family characteristics, economic security, health, behavior and social environment, and education.
Frank Porter Graham Child Development Center:
The Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute is one of the nation's oldest multidisciplinary institutes for the study of young children and their families. Research and education activities focus on child development and health, especially factors that may put children at risk for developmental problems.
The Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute is one of the nation's oldest multidisciplinary institutes for the study of young children and their families. Research and education activities focus on child development and health, especially factors that may put children at risk for developmental problems.
IDEA Practices:
Welcome! This site answers your questions about the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, keeps you informed about IDEAs That Work, and supports your efforts to help ALL children learn, progress, and realize their dreams.
Welcome! This site answers your questions about the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, keeps you informed about IDEAs That Work, and supports your efforts to help ALL children learn, progress, and realize their dreams.
Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (I.D.E.A.):
This site is your link to the federal law.
This site is your link to the federal law.
March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation:
The March of Dimes is a nonprofit organization dedicated to improving the health of babies by reducing birth defects and infant mortality.
The March of Dimes is a nonprofit organization dedicated to improving the health of babies by reducing birth defects and infant mortality.
Mayo Clinic:
Mayo Foundation is a charitable, not-for-profit organization based in Rochester, Minn. Its mission is to provide the best care to every patient every day through integrated clinical practice, education and research.
Mayo Foundation is a charitable, not-for-profit organization based in Rochester, Minn. Its mission is to provide the best care to every patient every day through integrated clinical practice, education and research.
National Academy of Child Development:
The National Academy for Child Development is an international organization of parents and professionals dedicated to helping children and adults reach their full potential.
The National Academy for Child Development is an international organization of parents and professionals dedicated to helping children and adults reach their full potential.
National Association of Child Care Resource and Referral Agencies (NACCRRA):
NACCRRA is a national membership organization of over 400 community child care resource and referral agencies (CCR&Rs) in all 50 states. NACCRRA's mission is to promote the growth and development of high quality resource and referral services and to exercise leadership to build a diverse, high quality child care system with parental choice and equal access for all families.
NACCRRA is a national membership organization of over 400 community child care resource and referral agencies (CCR&Rs) in all 50 states. NACCRRA's mission is to promote the growth and development of high quality resource and referral services and to exercise leadership to build a diverse, high quality child care system with parental choice and equal access for all families.
National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion:
Aims to prevent death and disability from chronic diseases. Includes information and statistics about risk behaviors, specific populations, maternal and infant health, and more.
Aims to prevent death and disability from chronic diseases. Includes information and statistics about risk behaviors, specific populations, maternal and infant health, and more.
National Early Childhood Technical Assistance Center (NEC*TAS):
NEC*TAS is a national technical assistance consortium working to support states, jurisdictions, and others to improve services and results for young children with disabilities and their families.
NEC*TAS is a national technical assistance consortium working to support states, jurisdictions, and others to improve services and results for young children with disabilities and their families.
National Early Intervention Longitudinal Study:
A National Study of Infants, Toddlers, and Their Families Receiving Early Intervention Services
A National Study of Infants, Toddlers, and Their Families Receiving Early Intervention Services
National Information Center for Children and Youth with Disabilities (NICHCY):
NICHCY is the national information and referral center that provides information on disabilities and disability-related issues for families, educators, and other professionals. Our special focus is children and youth (birth to age 22).
NICHCY is the national information and referral center that provides information on disabilities and disability-related issues for families, educators, and other professionals. Our special focus is children and youth (birth to age 22).
Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP) :
OSEP is dedicated to improving results for infants, toddlers, children and youth wit disabilities ages birth through 21 by providing leadership and financial support to assist states and local districts. OSEP administers the Individuals With Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). IDEA authorizes formula grants to states, and discretionary grants to institutions of higher education and other non-profit organizations to support research, demonstrations, technical assistance and dissemination, technology and personnel development and parent-training and information centers. These programs are intended to ensure that the rights of infants, toddlers, children, and youth with disabilities and their parents are protected.
OSEP is dedicated to improving results for infants, toddlers, children and youth wit disabilities ages birth through 21 by providing leadership and financial support to assist states and local districts. OSEP administers the Individuals With Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). IDEA authorizes formula grants to states, and discretionary grants to institutions of higher education and other non-profit organizations to support research, demonstrations, technical assistance and dissemination, technology and personnel development and parent-training and information centers. These programs are intended to ensure that the rights of infants, toddlers, children, and youth with disabilities and their parents are protected.
American Council of the Blind:
The American Council of the Blind (ACB) is the nation's leading membership organization of blind and visually impaired people. It was founded in 1961 and incorporated in the District of Columbia.
The American Council of the Blind (ACB) is the nation's leading membership organization of blind and visually impaired people. It was founded in 1961 and incorporated in the District of Columbia.
Autism Society of America (ASA):
The mission of the Autism Society of America is to promote lifelong access and opportunity for all individuals within the autism spectrum, and their families, to be fully participating, included members of their community. Education, advocacy at state and federal levels, active public awareness and the promotion of research form the cornerstones of ASA's efforts to carry forth its mission.
The mission of the Autism Society of America is to promote lifelong access and opportunity for all individuals within the autism spectrum, and their families, to be fully participating, included members of their community. Education, advocacy at state and federal levels, active public awareness and the promotion of research form the cornerstones of ASA's efforts to carry forth its mission.
Dysphagia Resource Center:
Resources for swallowing and swallowing disorders.
Resources for swallowing and swallowing disorders.
Family Connect:
For Parents of Children with Visual Impairments.
For Parents of Children with Visual Impairments.
Fraxa:
Fragile X is the inherited cause of mental retardation, affecting an estimated 1 in 2,000 males and 1 in 4.000 females of all races. It is relatively unknown and often misdiagnosed. For information about Fragile X , visit the FRAXA Research Foundation.
Fragile X is the inherited cause of mental retardation, affecting an estimated 1 in 2,000 males and 1 in 4.000 females of all races. It is relatively unknown and often misdiagnosed. For information about Fragile X , visit the FRAXA Research Foundation.
National Association for Visually Handicapped (NAVH):
National Association for Visually Handicapped works with millions of people worldwide dealing with difficulties of vision impairment.
National Association for Visually Handicapped works with millions of people worldwide dealing with difficulties of vision impairment.
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS):
The NINDS, an agency of the U.S. Federal Government and a component of the National Institutes of Health and the U.S. Public Health Service, is a lead agency for the Congressionally designated Decade of the Brain, and the leading supporter of biomedical research on disorders of the brain and nervous system.
The NINDS, an agency of the U.S. Federal Government and a component of the National Institutes of Health and the U.S. Public Health Service, is a lead agency for the Congressionally designated Decade of the Brain, and the leading supporter of biomedical research on disorders of the brain and nervous system.
National Organization for Rare Disorders (N.O.R.D.):
The National Organization for Rare Disorders is a unique federation of voluntary health organizations dedicated to helping people with rare "orphan" diseases and assisting the organizations that serve them. NORD is committed to the identification, treatment, and cure of rare disorders through programs of education, advocacy, research, and service.
The National Organization for Rare Disorders is a unique federation of voluntary health organizations dedicated to helping people with rare "orphan" diseases and assisting the organizations that serve them. NORD is committed to the identification, treatment, and cure of rare disorders through programs of education, advocacy, research, and service.
American Academy of Pediatrics:
The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) and its member pediatricians dedicate their efforts and resources to the health, safety and well-being of infants, children, adolescents and young adults. The AAP has approximately 55,000 members in the United States, Canada and Latin America. Members include pediatricians, pediatric medical subspecialists and pediatric surgical specialists. More than 34,000 members are board-certified and called Fellows of the American Academy of Pediatrics (FAAP).
The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) and its member pediatricians dedicate their efforts and resources to the health, safety and well-being of infants, children, adolescents and young adults. The AAP has approximately 55,000 members in the United States, Canada and Latin America. Members include pediatricians, pediatric medical subspecialists and pediatric surgical specialists. More than 34,000 members are board-certified and called Fellows of the American Academy of Pediatrics (FAAP).
American Occupational Therapy Association:
The American Occupational Therapy Association advances the quality, availability, use, and support of occupational therapy through standard-setting, advocacy, education, and research on behalf of its members and the public.
The American Occupational Therapy Association advances the quality, availability, use, and support of occupational therapy through standard-setting, advocacy, education, and research on behalf of its members and the public.
American Physical Therapy Association:
The mission of the American Physical Therapy Association (APTA), the principal membership organization representing and promoting the profession of physical therapy, is to further the profession's role in the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of movement dysfunctions and the enhancement of the physical health and functional abilities of members of the public.
The mission of the American Physical Therapy Association (APTA), the principal membership organization representing and promoting the profession of physical therapy, is to further the profession's role in the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of movement dysfunctions and the enhancement of the physical health and functional abilities of members of the public.
American Speech-Language-Hearing Association:
ASHA's mission is to ensure that all people with speech, language, and hearing disorders have access to quality services to help them communicate effectively. On this site you will find information to help you understand communication and communication disorders as well as a referral service, so you can get access to qualified professionals.
ASHA's mission is to ensure that all people with speech, language, and hearing disorders have access to quality services to help them communicate effectively. On this site you will find information to help you understand communication and communication disorders as well as a referral service, so you can get access to qualified professionals.
Neurodevelopmental Treatment Association (NDTA):
Neuro-Developmental Treatment (NDT) is an advanced therapeutic approach practiced by experienced Occupational Therapists, Physical Therapists, and Speech - Language Pathologists. This hands-on approach is used in working with people who have central nervous system insults that create difficulties in controlling movement.
Neuro-Developmental Treatment (NDT) is an advanced therapeutic approach practiced by experienced Occupational Therapists, Physical Therapists, and Speech - Language Pathologists. This hands-on approach is used in working with people who have central nervous system insults that create difficulties in controlling movement.
Exceptional Parent:
Exceptional Parent Magazine's online resource. Continuing 30 award winning years of providing information, support, ideas, encouragement and outreach for parents and families of children with disabilities and the professionals who work with them.
Exceptional Parent Magazine's online resource. Continuing 30 award winning years of providing information, support, ideas, encouragement and outreach for parents and families of children with disabilities and the professionals who work with them.
Zero to Three:
ZERO TO THREE is the nation's leading resource on the first three years of life. We are a national non-profit charitable organization whose aim is to strengthen and support families, practitioners and communities to promote the healthy development of babies and toddlers.
ZERO TO THREE is the nation's leading resource on the first three years of life. We are a national non-profit charitable organization whose aim is to strengthen and support families, practitioners and communities to promote the healthy development of babies and toddlers.
Pro Ed:
Pro Ed publishes books, curricular material, tests and journals for psychologists, special education and speech, language and hearing.
Pro Ed publishes books, curricular material, tests and journals for psychologists, special education and speech, language and hearing.
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