Kentucky Department of Education

 

Websites Related to Specific Special Needs Populations

Last Updated on Friday, August 29, 2008 at 5:03 AM

Risk Factors:

Dropouts -  www.dropoutprevention.org

Suicide -  www.afsp.org

Delinquency - www.childrensdefense.org

 

Diversity & Multicultural Education

We Hold These Truths to Be Self Evident - http://edweb.sdsu.edu/people/CMathison/truths/truths.html

 

Gifted & Talented

Northwest Educational Technology Consortium -  www.netc.org

 

Visual & Hearing Impairments

American Council of the Blind - www.acb.org

 

Physical & Health Impairments

 Diabetes - www.diabetes.org

 Epilepsy - www.efa.org

Internet Resource for Special Children - www.irsc.org

 

Autism

Autism - www.autism-society.org

 

Behavioral Disorders

American Psychiatric Association - www.psych.org

 

Mental Retardation

 The ARC - http://thearc.org

American Association for Mental Retardation - www.aamr.org

 

Attention Deficit Disorders (ADHD)

Children and Adults with Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder - www.chadd.org

 

Learning Disabilities

Learning Disabilities Online - www.ldonline.org

 

 

For more information contact:

Curt Lucas
500 Mero Street, 21st Floor CPT
Frankfort, KY 40601
Phone: (502) 564-3472
Curt.Lucas@education.ky.gov