Social Work and Schools
NASW (The National Association of Social Workers, School Social Work Section)
http://www.naswdc.org/sections/SSW/default.htm
SSWAA (School Social Work Association of America)
http://www.sswaa.org
E-mail: SSWAA@aol.com
Social Work Practicum with Children
APT (Association for Play Therapy) http://www.atpt.org
STA (Sand Play Therapist of American) http://www.sandplay.org
UCLA Mental Health Project http://smhp.psych.ucla.edu
AACAP (American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry) http://www.accap.org
Child Welfare League of America http://www.cwla.org
Child Welfare http://www.childwelfare.com
Children & Adults with Attention Deficit Disorders http://www.chadd.org
National Insititute of Mental Health http://www.nimh.nih.gov/index.shtml
Broader Educational Issues
CEC (The Council on Exceptional Children)
http://www.cec.sped.org
Census Bureau Demographic Profiles of the States.
http://censtats.census.gov/pub/Profiles.shtml
Census Bureau Facts for Features related to ADA
http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/2002/cb02ff11.html
Center for An Accessible Society: Disability and the 2000 Census
http://www.accessiblesociety.org/topics/demographics-identity/census2000.htm
Children Now
http://www.childrennow.org
NASDTEC (The National Association of State Directors of Teacher Education and Certification)
http://www.nasdtec.org
National Campaign for Hearing Health
http://www.hearinghealth.net
NEA (The National Education Association)
http://www.nea.org
NCATE (The National Council for the Accreditation of Teacher Education, see Legislative Action Center)
http://www.ncate.org
Ed Psyc Central: Organizations
http://users.rcn.com/hweiman
Reggio (The Reggio Emilia Approach in early childhood education)
www.emtech.net/reggio.html
Access to educational issues being considered by the federal government
No Child Left Behind initiative
http://www.ed.gov/nelb/landing.jhtml
Department of Education
http://www.ed.gov/
Great IDEAs about special education reform
http://www.house.gov/ryan/hottopiarchivel/greatideas.html
Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
http://help.senate.gov/education-index.html
Senate Committee on Education and the Workforce
http://edworkforce.house.gov/index.htm
Legislative Information (Library of Congress)
http://Thomas.loc.gov
Your first click to the US Government
http://www.FirstGov.gov
General Accounting Office
http://www.GAO.gov
Free daily e-mail newsletter featuring the day's top stories from GovExec.com
http://www.govexec.com/email
Senate Committee on Appropriations
http://appropriations.senate.gov
House Committee on Appropriations
http://www.house.gov/appropriations
http://DPC.senate.gov
Links related to Deaf Education and Deaf Children
American Society for Deaf Children
Council on Education of the Deaf (CED)
http://www.deafed.net/default.asp
Gallaudet University Press E-newsletter
http://gupress.gallaudet.edu/enewsletters/enewsletter33.html
The Laurent Clerc National Deaf Education Center
http://clercenter.gallaudet.edu
The Laurent Clerc National Deaf Education Center, Child Development Center
http:// clercenter.gallaudet.edu/CDC/about.html
Section III-How the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) Applies To Deaf and Hard of Hearing Students
clercenter2.gallaudet.edu/KidsWorldDeafNet/e-docs/IDEA/section-3.html
Family Support Resources for Early Hearing Detection & Intervention Programs-Newborn Infant & Hearing Screening
http://www.infanthearing.org/edhi/familysupport.html
Links Related to Newborn & Infant Deafness and Hearing Loss: NCHAM National Center for Hearing Assessment & Management
http://www.infanthearing.org/resources/links.html
Genetics of Hearing Loss, National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities, CDC
http://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/dd.ddgen.htm
Info to Go, Gallaudet University (formerly the National Information Center on Deafness)
http://clercenter.gallaudet.edu/InfoToGo
TecEds Reviews-Laurent Clerc National Deaf Education Center, Gallaudet University (online database of educational software reviews for parents and professionals concerned with the education of deaf and hard of hearing individuals.)
http://clercenter2.gallaudet.edu/stg/
Appendix-A Good Start: Suggestions for Visual Conversations with Deaf and Hard of Hearing Babies and Toddlers
http://clercenter2.gallaudet.edu/KidsWorldDeafNet/e-docs/visual-conversation
Gallaudet University Research Institute
http://gri.gallaudet.edu, http://gri.gallaudet.edu/Publications/ragu.html/
Regional Centers associated with the Laurent Clerc National Deaf Education Center
http:// gurc.galaudet.edu
