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• Early On® Michigan

• Project Find Michigan

Extended School Year (ESY)

• Michigan's Standards for ESY
• State Rule
• IDEA Wording
• Summer is Coming! Does Your Child Need Extended School Year Services?
• ESY- Wrightslaw
• Summer Fun
• MAASE: ESY Policy and Procedure
• MAASE: Implementing ESY (PowerPoint Presentation)
• MAASE: Using Data to Determine ESY (PowerPoint Presentation)
• Council for Exceptional Children (CEC): 16 Questions and Answers on ESY

Nonpublic Schools

• Questions and Answers On Serving Children With Disabilities Placed by Their Parents at Private Schools (April 2011)
• Video Clip: Children Enrolled by their Parents in Private Schools
• Provisions Related to Children With disabilities Enrolled by Their Parents in Private Schools
• Private Schools from IDEA.gov
• Ed.gov: General Issues Frequently Asked Questions Related to Nonpublic Schools
• Nonpublic School Meeting Notice and Service Plan Forms & Guidance
• Additional Nonpublic Schools Information from MDE
• Information on Non Public, Private and Home Schools
• Non Public Service Plans

Charter Schools

• Michigan Charter Schools Q & A (Special education is on pages 15-20)
• Special Education in PSAs
• Questions for Parents to Ask

Post Secondary Links

• ACT (American College Testing Program): Services for Students with Disabilities

• Going to College

• Michigan’s Office of Scholarships and Grants - This brochure offers information about grants and scholarships, the tuition incentive program and pell grants.

Other Links of Interest

• Education.com: Special Needs
• I Think I Did It, But I Can’t Find It: Assisting Students Who Lack Organizational Skills by Carolyn Ito
• IDEA ’04, Section 504, Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), and No Child Left Behind (NCLB ’01) Comparison Chart
• Michigan Department of Education
• MI Department of Education: Michigan Administrative Rules for Special Education Supplemented With IDEA Federal Regulations
• MI Department of Education: Universal Education
• My Great Kid
• National Resource Center for Paraprofessionals
• National Dissemination Center for Children with Disabilities (NICHCY): Educate Children (3 to 22)
• National Dissemination Center for Children with Disabilities (NICHCY): IDEA—the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act
• No Child Left Behind: Parent Facts
• No Child Left Behind and IDEA-What Parents of Students With Disabilities Needs to Know
• Person Centered Planning by Dr. Sally Burton-Hoyle
• U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP) - Building the Legacy: IDEA 2004

• Specialty Glossaries by Calvin and Tricia Luker

• A Family Guide to Common Terms Associated with Sensory Integration - click here. Note: The definition "concentration" should be "co-contraction".

• A Family Guide to Common Terms Associated with Speech Therapy (pdf version) - click here.

• A Family Guide to Common Terms Associated with Special Education (pdf version) - click here.

• A Family Guide to Common Medical Terms Associated with Special Education (pdf version) - click here.

• A Family Guide to Common Terms Associated with Psychological Evaluations (pdf version) - click here.

• A Family Guide to Common Terms Associated with the Employment of People with Disabilities (pdf version) - click here.

• A Family Guide to Common Terms Associated with Managed Care (pdf version) - click here.

• A Family Guide to Common Terms Associated with Physical Therapy and Occupational Therapy (pdf version) - click here.

Organizations & Agencies

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