Training: Train the Trainer

 

Parents Helping Parents
Parent directed family resource center for children with any kind of special need (mental, physical, emotional, or learning disabilities).

The following site have woorkbooks or other tools to assist a group in tansforming an idea into an actual plan:

•  First Steps - questions and answers and useful links  Society for NonProfit Organizations
•  Developing a Board of Directors  Family Networks Technical Assistance Center

Legal Concerns

This group is open only to attorneys and judges, discusses issues that arise in the litigation of civil and criminal child abuse and neglect and related cases. It discusses legal precedents, tactical concerns, and practical solutions to specific issues that arise during litigation. The purpose of the group is to help attorneys and judges explore how to better handle their cases. It is not to discuss general issues of court reform and improvement.

The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders is the text that is used by mental health professionals to  assess, categorize and name mental disorders in people of all ages.   The assesment is complete with five axis:  Axis I describes the Clinical Disorders, Axis II describes prominent maladaptive personality features and mental retardation, Axis III describes the general medical condition (with ICD-9-CM or medical codes), Axis IV describes psychosocial and and environmental problems and Axis V provides a numerical range for the individual's Global Assessmen

A web site that explains how to address barriers to employment if you are an Alaskan with a disability, where and how to get support and help to prepare to begin or return to work and the finances of working while still on public benefits (like Medicaid). Explanation of the "ticket to work" program, benefits calculator and planners, beginning your own business and understanding the various programs that apply to SSI or SSDI income, such as PASS (Plan to Achieve Self-Support), Self-Employment Subsidty, IRWE (Impairment Related Work Expenses).

STeP is a part of the Anchorage School District. Is is a support for parents and teachers and has a large library on special education; the web-site has information about Special Education in the Anchorage School District and links to information about the law and other disability related topics; and a calendar of events and support groups. See the "Calendar of Events" for groups and trainings. Most are free to the public.

Questions and answers about the rights that students have in high school compared with the rights in post secondary education setting.

Electronic mailing lists and newsletters for youth development professionals. Add yourself to a number of listservs to receive information about new ideas and conferences.