Resources

http://www.parentcenternetwork.org The is a website of the Alliance National Parent Technical Assistance Center. It provides Parent Centers, Parent Training and Information Centers and Community Parent Resource Centers with innovative technical assistance, up to date information and high quality resources and materials. A major goal is to build the capacity of parent Centers in order to improve results for children with disabilities ages 0 to 26 in rural, urban and suburban areas and from underrepresented and under served populations. Ohio is in Region 4 with its headquarters in Marion, Ohio. In a section of Alliance Action Information Sheets there is a good pamphlet titled "Assistive Technology for Infants, Toddlers and Young Children with Disabilities".

[]Different Needz provides new and gently used materials & equipment for families with children who have special needs that might not otherwise be able to obtain these items. They also conduct several fundraisers and collect donations to award needy families with equipment that they need at no cost to the family. The initators son, to which this website was dedicated to, passed away. His parents keep the site up and functioning in his memory to help other families facing the same challenges as they faced. An example of the discounted prices that can be benefitted from is the "pony gait trainer size 2" which sells on sale for about $3,000, you can get on this site for $900.

[] The focus of SpecialQuest Birth–Five is on inclusion for children with disabilities ages birth through five (pre-kindergarten) and their families, particularly those in Head Start* along with Child Care, Early Intervention/Part C, Early Childhood Special Education/619, family support, and other related programs. SpecialQuest Birth–Five activities include:


 * Supporting and expanding the SpecialQuest community, including
 * Over 500 SpecialQuest graduate teams across the nation
 * Ten SpecialQuest State Leadership Teams, implementing cross-systems early childhood professional development for inclusion

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 * Disseminating the SpecialQuest approach, materials, and resources, through
 * The SpecialQuest Multimedia Training Library (English and Spanish)
 * The Web-Based SpecialQuest Multimedia Training Library
 * The activities of the SpecialQuest Community of Practice

The ** Center on the Social and Emotional Foundations for Early Learning (CSEFEL) ** is focused on promoting the social emotional development and school readiness of young children birth to age 5. CSEFEL is a national resource center funded by the Office of Head Start and Child Care Bureau for disseminating research and evidence-based practices to early childhood programs across the country

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[|www.sde.ct.gov/sde/lib/sde/PDF/DEPS/Early/.../B5Spring10.pdf]

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Phonak provides an opporutunity to understand what hearing impairment sounds like. This site allows hearing individuals to have a better understanding of what a hearing impaired child can actually hear.