Wilmette Public Schools

Engage, Empower, Inspire

GENERAL INFORMATION

• PASS 39 Parent Resource Site
• Beach Center on Disability www.beachcenter.org
• Council for Exceptional Children www.cec.sped.org
• Exceptional Parent Magazine www.eparent.com
• National Easter Seal Society www.easterseals.com
• National Organization on Disability www.nod.org
• Wrightslaw www.wrightslaw.com

SERVICES AND RESOURCES IN ILLINOIS

• Illinois State Board of Education https://www.isbe.net/
• Family Resource Center on Disabilities www.frcd.org
• Northern Suburban Special Education District www.nssed.org
• Family Support Network of Illinois www.familysupportnetwork.org
• North Suburban Special Recreation District (NSSRA) www.nssra.org

ADOPTION

• CASE - Center for Adoption Support and Education www.adoptionsupport.org
• COMEUNITY-ADOPTION www.comeunity.com/adoption/index.html
• NACAC - North American Council on Adoptable Children www.nacac.org
• The Adoption Guide www.theadoptionguide.com
• U.S. Department of State on Intercountry Adoption adoption.state.gov
• Chicago Area Families for Adoption (CAFFA) Parenting Through Adoption www.caffa.org

ADOPTION SUPPORT GROUPS FOR PARENTS

• AFT - Adoptive Families Today www.adoptivefamiliestoday.org
• FRUA Families for Russian and Ukrainian Adoption www.frua.org
• KAAN - Korean American Adoptee www.kaanet.com
• PNPIC The Parent Network for The Post Institutionalized Child (Eastern Europe) www.pnpic.org
• RESOLVE: The National Infertility Association www.resolve.org

ADOPTION SUPPORT GROUPS FOR CHILDREN

• AFT Adoptive Families Today www.adoptivefamiliestoday.org
• Adoption Monthlies www.adoptivefamilies.com
• Fostering Families TODAY Magazine www.adoptionshop.com

ADOPTION CULTURAL RESOURCES

• Multicultural Kids www.multiculturalkids.com
• Tapestry Books www.tapestrybooks.com

ALLERGIES & ASTHMA

• Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America www.aafa.org

ADD/ADHD

• Children and Adults with ADD/ADHD CHADD www.chadd.org

APRAXIA

• Apraxia Kids www.apraxia-kids.org

ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY

• The Illinois Assistive Technology Project (IATP). http://www.iltech.org
• Infinitec Members Site www.infinitec.org

ATAXIA

• National Ataxia Foundation www.ataxia.org

AUTISM

• Autism Research Institute www.autism.tv
• Autism Society of America www.autism-society.org
• Autism Society of Ilinois www.autismillinois.org
• Autism-Asperger's Digest www.autismdigest.com
• Interdisciplinary Council on Developmental and Learning Disorders www.icdl.com
• O.A.S.I.S. (Online Asperger Syndrome Information Site) www.aspergersyndrome.org

BRAIN INJURY

• Brain Injury Association www.biausa.org

CEREBRAL PALSY

• UCP National (a/k/a) United Cerebral Palsy Association www.ucp.org

CLEFT PALATE

• Cleft Palate Foundation (American Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Association) www.cleftline.org

CRISIS AND SUICIDE PREVENTION

• Crisis Text Line
  Text 741741 to reach a Crisis Counselor
• National Suicide Prevention Lifeline
  1-800-273-8255
• Safe 2 Help
  24/7 helpline 844-4-SAFEIL
  Text Safe2 (72332)
  Website: (www.Safe2Helpil.com) and use their Tip Form
  Email: [email protected]

DEATH OF A CHILD

• Compassionate Friends, Inc. www.compassionatefriends.org

DEVELOPMENT DISABILITIES

• The ARC of the United States www.thearc.org
• The ARC of Illinois www.thearcofil.org
• Glenkirk ARC www.glenkirk.org

DOWN SYNDROME

• National Association for Down Syndrome (NADS) www.nads.org
• National Down Syndrome Society (NDSS) www.ndss.org
• National Down Syndrome Congress www.ndsccenter.org

DYSLEXIA

• Dyslexia Research Institute, Inc. www.dyslexia-add.org
• International Dyslexia Asso.(IDA) www.interdys.org
• Learning Ally www.learningally.org

EPILEPSY /SEIZURE DISORDERS

• American Epilepsy Society www.aesnet.org
• Epilepsy Foundation of America (EFA) www.efa.org

FRAGILE X SYNDROME

• National Fragile X Foundation www.fragilex.org

HEARING IMPAIRMENT

• National Association of the Deaf (NAD) www.nad.org

IMMUNE DISORDERS

• Immune Deficiency Foundation (IDF) www.primaryimmune.org

LEARNING DISABILITIES

• LD Online (The Coordinated Campaign for Learning Disabilities) www.ldonline.com
• All Kinds of Minds www.allkindsofminds.org

MENTAL HEALTH

• NAMI-Cook County North Suburban www.namiccns.org
• National Alliance for the Mentally Ill www.nami.org
• The Balanced Mind Foundation www.thebalancedmind.org
• Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance www.dbsalliance.org
• Bipolar Network News www.bipolarnews.org
• National Mental Health Association www.nmha.org
• National Institute for Mental Health www.nimh.nih.gov
• American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry www.aacap.org
• Anxiety Disorder Association of America www.adaa.org
• American Foundation for Suicide Prevention www.afsp.org
• National Eating Disorder Information Center www.nedic.ca

LOCAL MENTAL HEALTH CENTERS

• Josselyn Center www.josselyn.org
• Family Service Center of Glenview, Kenilworth, Northbrook, and Wilmette www.familyservicecenter.com
• Family Service Center of Winnetka/Northfield www.familyservicewn.org

MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY

• Muscular Dystrophy Association www.mdausa.org

NONVERBAL LEARNING DISABILITES

• LD Online www.ldonline.org
• NLDline.com www.nldline.com
• Nonverbal Learning Disability www.nldontheweb.org
• The Lighthouse Project www.thelighthouseproject.com

OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER (OCD)

• Obsessive Compulsive Foundation www.ocfoundation.org

PHYSICAL DISABILITIES

• Shriners Hospitals for Crippled Children www.shrinershq.org/hospitals
• March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation www.marchofdimes.com
• National Rehabilitation Information Center www.naric.com

RARE DISORDERS

• National Organization for Rare Disorders www.rarediseases.org
• Genetic Alliance www.geneticalliance.org

SCOLIOSIS

• National Scoliosis Foundation www.scoliosis.org

SICKLE CELL DISEASE

• Sickle Cell Disease Association of America www.sicklecelldisease.org

SPINAL CORD INJURIES

• National Spinal Cord Injury Association www.spinalcord.org

STUTTERING

• National Center for Stuttering www.stuttering.com

TAY-SACHS DISEASE

• National Tay-Sachs and Allied Diseases www.ntsad.org

TOURETTE SYNDROME

• Tourette Syndrome Association National www.tsa-usa.org

VESTIBULAR DISORDERS

• Vestibular Disorders Association www.vestibular.org

VISUALLY IMPAIRED

• American Foundation for the Blind www.afb.org
• National Association for Parents of Children with Visual Impairments http://www.napvi.org

PUBLICATIONS

• ADD Warehouse www.addwarehouse.com
• Pacer Insititute www.pacer.org
• LD OnLine www.ldonline.org
• National Information Center for Children and Youth with Disabilities www.nichcy.org
• Autism-Asperger's Digest magazine Future Horizons www.autismdigest.com