In addition to the information RCSN's staff advocates and our free online Resource Directory can provide you, here are some useful websites with specific information on advocacy, disabilities, education, mental health, Parent Training and Information Centers (PTICs), The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), 211 services, miscellaneous resources, and searchable resource databases.

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Advocacy

Advocates for Children of New York

Community Service Society

Legal Services for Children


Parents for Inclusive Education (PIE)
 
New York State Commission on Quality of Care and Advocacy for Persons with Disabilities (CQCAPD)

Public Advocate for the City of New York

Self-Advocacy Association of New York State


Sinergia, Inc.


Disabilities

AHRC

AsthmaMoms
 
Autism Society of America
 
Disabled Hotline

International Dyslexia Association

LDOLine

League for the Hard of Hearing

The Manhattan Adult ADD Support Group
 
National Center for Learning Disabilities

National Information Center for Children and Youth with Disabilities (NICHCY)
 
New York Branch of the International Dyslexia Association

New York State Office of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities (NYS-OMRDD)

Parent to Parent New York

United Cerebral Palsy of New York City

YAI/National Institute for People with Disabilities
 

Education

Inside Schools

New York City Department of Education

New York City Department of Education - High School Directory

New York State Education Department
 
New York State list of approved private schools

Vocational and Educational Services for Individuals with Disabilities (VESID

No Child Left Behind Act
 
 
A Parent's Guide to Special Education


Mental Health
 
Mental Health Association New York City

National Alliance for the Mentally Ill (NAMI)
 

Parent Training and Information Centers (PTICs)

Advocacy Center

Advocates for Children of New York

National Alliance Center at PACER Center

Sinergia, Inc.

IDEA Reauthorization

National Dissemination Center for Children with Disabilities (NICHCY)

IDEA 2004: Overview, Explanation & Comparison

 
Council for Exceptional Children (CEC)


211 Systems
 
The national 3-digit telephone number that connects callers to information about critical health and human services available in their communities
 
About 211

The Alliance of Information and Referral Systems

New York State Alliance of Information and Referral Systems (NYSAIRS)

211 New York

211 Finger Lakes

 

Miscellaneous Resources

KidsHealth

NYC Volunteer Opportunities

 

Online Databases 

RCSN Resource Directory

ACCESS NYC

The After-School Corporation (TASC)

American Self-Help Group Clearinghouse

The Center for Independence of the Disabled, NY (CID-NY)

National Health Information Center