Links To Other Organizations : Children with Exceptional Needs

• California Child Care Health Program
  Established in 1987, the California Childcare Health Program (CCHP) is a community-oriented, multidisciplinary organization dedicated to enhancing the quality of child care for California's children by initiating and strengthening linkages among the health, safety and child care communities and the families they serve. CCHP is a nonprofit organization of the University of California San Francisco School of Nursing, Department of Family Health Care Nursing.
  
  
• CHADD -Children and Adults with Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder
  Children and Adults with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (CHADD) is a national non-profit organization founded in 1987 in response to the frustration and sense of isolation experienced by parents and their children with AD/HD.
  
  
• Circle of Inclusion
  The Circle of Inclusion Web Site is for early childhood service providers and families of young children. This web site offers demonstrations of and information about the effective practices of inclusive educational programs for children from birth through age eight.
  
  
• Exceptional Parents Unlimited
  The mission of EPU is to strengthen and empower children and families facing extraordinary medical, developmental, and parenting challenges.
  
  
• Internet Resources for Special Children
  The IRSC web site is dedicated to children with disabilities and other health related disorders worldwide.
  
  
• LD ONLINE
  The LD ONLINE Report offers news about learning disabilities
  
  
• National Dissemination Center for Children with Disabilities
  NICHCY gives information regarding: disabilities in children and youth; programs and services for infants, children, and youth with disabilities; IDEA, the nation's special education law; No Child Left Behind, the nation's general education law; and research-based information on effective practices for children with disabilities.
  
  
• WestEd
  WestEd is a non-profit research and development agency that works with education and other communities to promote excellence, achieve equality, and improve learning for children, youth and adults.