81. Pennsylvania Parents And Caregivers Resource Network Mentor parent Program NW Rural PA 1-888-447-1431. NAMI pennsylvania (Mental Illness)1-800-223-0500. education Law Center - PA 214-238-6970 412-391-5225. http://www.ppcrn.org/QuickInfo.htm

Quick Information Guide State and Regional Resources ABOARD (Autism) ASAP - Autism Support and Advocacy In PA Autism Living and Working Best Friends (Children's Friendships) Beaver County Community Organized Reps or Ed/Arc Allegheny - Pbgh/SW Epilepsy Society of Western PA PA Coalition Of Citizens with Disabilities 1-800-432-3060 TTY 717-238-3433 Epilepsy Foundation of Central PA Parents Exchange - Phila/SE PA Parents Union for Public Schools - Phila/SE PA Pennsylvania Migrant Education Program Pennsylvania Protection and Advocacy Resources for Human Development, Inc. Special Kids Network State Task Force Office on the Right to Education The Arc of PA The Family Support for Hearing Loss Network United Mental Health of Allegheny County Visions for Equality, Inc. - SE PA PPCRN Regional Resource Phone Consultants: Eastern Region Diana Francis Project Office and Central Region Cheryl Watson Western Region Joan Kost PA Developmental Disabilities Council 1-877-685-4452 TTY 717-705-0819 PA Health Law Project 1-888-5-PARENT (572-7368) PA School Reform Network Center for Creative Play - Pbgh/SW CHADD - Children with Attention Deficit Disorders Epilepsy Foundation South Eastern PA Family Connections - NC PA Jewish Care Coord. Project - Parent to Parent - Pbgh/SW

82. Pennsylvania Homeschool Support & Legal Resources Schooling Children Under Loving parent Teachers, S Phone and/or maintain a home educationprogram in Home Schooling pennsylvania Extensive resources for those http://www.eho.org/support2/pennsylvania.asp

Add Your Support Group Update Your Support Group Search WWW Search eho.org Receive the EHO Newsletter Volunteers Needed Join the Work of EHO April Featured Book Homeschooling and the Voyage of Self-Discovery document.write(code); Message Boards Feature Articles Support Resource Center ... Search Pennsylvania State Department of Education Homeschooling Law HS Websites Mailing Lists ... Submit Listings for This Page State Department of Education Pennsylvania Department of Education Dr. Eugene Hickok, Jr., Secretary of Education 10th Floor 333 Market Street Harrisburg, PA 17126-0333 FAX (717) 787-7222 HOME SCHOOLING, 5TH FL,(717) 787-4860 Homeschooling Law Pennsylvania's Home Education Law provided by PHA Homeschooling in Pennsylvania provided by PHA Forest Family Homeschooling - The Pennsylvania Law, Sample Affidavit, Sample Statement of Objectives

83. NCCE: Resources: Articles: Developing Parent Partnerships In Education: The Comm Elementary School in Springfield, pennsylvania, listed four in which a community educationdirector can and maintenance of strong parentcommunity involvement http://www.nccenet.org/library/articles/developing_parent_partn.htm

Developing Parent Partnerships in Education: The Community Education Philosophy in Action by Chantelle Whatley Elliott Once upon a time there was a town that happened to have a playground located at the edge of a cliff. Every so often a child would fall off this cliff and be seriously injured. At last the town council decided to take action but was immediately deadlocked on what to do. Should they put a fence at the top of the cliff or an ambulance at the bottom? Parent Involvement and Home Environment During the 1974-75 school year a study was done in the Washington D.C. area to learn whether sending home a series of Home Learning Lab Activities would increase student achievement in reading and math. Two hundred eighteen first-grade students participated and were compared to a control group of students who did not receive the activities. Following are the results as summarized by Mattox and Rich (1977): there was evidence of a significant rise in children's reading achievement; families willingly participated in the activities with their children; and

84. ELC-PA Links pennsylvania Yellow Pages for Kids with Disabilities Includes Council of parent Attorneysand Advocates; Litigation Special education A Guide for parents and http://www.elc-pa.org/links.htm

Links that may be helpful to families Basic Education Circulars (BEC) Provide guidance from PA Department of Education to School Districts and Intermediate Units. PA Training and Technical Assistance Network (PATTAN) The training and technical assistance arm of the PA Department of Education. Education Week America's education online newspaper. National Council on Disability The National Council on Disability (NCD) is an independent federal agency making recommendations to the President and Congress on issues affecting 54 million Americans with disabilities. Family Village A global community of disability related resources. Internet Resources for Special Children Gateway to disability and health related links. Pennsylvania Department of Education Will take you tot he Department home page. Pennsylvania's Academic Standards Find the requirements for all academic subjects for Pennsylvania students. Pennsylvania School Profiles Find your school and see how you are doing. U.S. Department of Education Home page for the US Department of Education. KidsTogether.org

85. Teacher Resources a network of communitybased networks called the pennsylvania education Network(PEN). Web Sites and resources for Teachers (http//www.csun.edu/~vceed009). http://www.fjquest.com/teachres.htm

Teacher Resource Page On this page you will find many valuable resources, such as lesson plans for all disciplines, grade levels, and abilities, interesting web sites for class discussion and exploration, and other sites to enhance the teacher as a facilitator of knowledge. You will also find sites that will help with your own personal growth as an educator. You will also find some curriculum specific sites on the department links home page. So enjoy your search and if you find something interesting, and I know you will, tell me so that I can put it on your department web page, or even better yet, have us make your own page for your students to learn from and enjoy. General Art Business Computers ... Social Studies Faculty Teacher e-mail access ACT 48 (https://www.perm.ed.state.pa.us/ ) - check on your ACT 48 credits Comcast Online Schoolyard (http://www.onlineschoolyard.com) This site has been established by the Comcast corporation to help serve the educator in his/her search for educational sites. Kathy Shrock's Guide for Educators (http://discoveryschool.com/schrockguide/)

86. Parent pennsylvania State Parks http//www.dcnr.state.pa.us K12 Gifted education Guideshttp//www.looksmart az.com/~dday/blindkids.html; parent' educational Resource http://users.owt.com/mancinel/hp_99/parent.htm

PARENT RESOURCES INDEX Parenting The Gifted Child Disabilities National Consumer Information ... Questions, Suggestions, Comments Parenting: Professional Resource Center for Families: http://www.mediaandthefamily.org/home.html Parenting and Family Support Center : http://www.psy.uq.edu.au/research/triple-p/pfsc.html National Parent Information Network: http://ericps.ed.uiuc.edu/npin/ Family Day Care Raido Show: http://www.mtn.org/radiofdc/ Child Care Action Website: http://www.freenet.hamilton.on.ca/~ab608/Profile.html National Network for Family Resilincy: http://www.agnr.umd.edu/users/nnfr/ It's our School: Some Practical Tools For School Safety: http://www.wa.gov/ago/ourschool/ Nuts and Bolts of Parenting: http://www.simonsays.com/kidzone/pare/pare_index.html PEP: Resources for Parents, Educators, and Publishers: http://www.microweb.com/pepsite/ Left-Handers In Society: http://www.indiana.edu/~primate/lspeak.html Colorado Parent Inforation Resource Center : http://www.cpirc.org/

87. Asperger law and best practices in special education, helping families parentto-parent isan e-mail support group for This group is for residents of pennsylvania ONLY. http://www.udel.edu/bkirby/asperger/suppPA.html

[HOME to OASIS] [IMPORTANT NEWS] [BOOKSTORE] [MESSAGE BOARDS] Support Groups: Pennsylvania Bucks County Camp Hill/Harrisburg Area Delaware County Lancaster and Lebanon Counties ... Throughout Pennsylvania (Including Legal Resources) Bucks County PDD/Autism/Asperger Support Group Sharing and Caring of Bucks County Meeting Times: This group meets the second Thursday of each month from 7:00 - 9:00 PM. Location: St. Vincent DePaul Church Hatboro Road Richboro, PA Contact: Holly Druckman at 215-321-3202 for more information. Harrisburg - Camp Hill Family Support Group The Family Support Group provides a support system to parents, caregivers, and family members of children and adolescents who have neurobiological or emotional or behavioral problems or who suffer from a serious chronic mental illness. Meetings: Held the 3rd Saturday of each month, from 10AM to 12 NOON Location: Capital Children's Center 4 South 38th Street Camp Hill, Pennsylvania 17011 Mailing Address: P.O. Box 3291 Shiremanstown, PA 17011 Call the CONTACT Helpline at 717-652-4400 for more information.

88. Pennsylvania Partnerships For Children (PPC) - Special Reports And Projects and achieve the goal of making every pennsylvania child school at the minimum, corecomponents of parent education, preschool education and linkages http://www.papartnerships.org/sriweb.html

PA BUSINESS LEADERS, CRIME FIGHTERS SEEK SCHOOL READINESS PLAN Principles of school readiness Pennsylvania business leaders have outlined a School Readiness Initiative for the Ridge Administration, seeking $50 to $75 million in first-year funding of a long-term plan to prepare all young Pennsylvania children for school and lifetime success. With an immediate goal of making sure that every child who enters school by 2005 is ready to learn, the plan requires three interlocking components parent involvement, high-quality preschool education, and health care services – to achieve its long-term goal of strengthening Pennsylvania’s future workforce. State law enforcement professionals and a nationally recognized expert in juvenile crime prevention have also joined the businesspeople to support the plan. All have discovered the growing body of research demonstrating the importance of nurturing, stimulating experiences in early childhood to preparing young minds for learning and, ultimately, success in school. "We are a unique alliance of business and law enforcement, standing together to say that a solid early start in life gives children the hope and the skills they need to stay out of trouble and succeed in the workplace," said Murry Gerber, chairman of the Early Care and Education/School Readiness Task Force, and Chairman, President and CEO of Equitable Resources, Pittsburgh, and a board member of the Allegheny Conference on Community Development.

89. Resources and National Law Enforcement and Social Service Agency resources Allegheny County city.pittsburgh.pa.us/weed seed/)Commonwealth of pennsylvania Human Relations http://studentservices.pghboe.net/resources.html

Parent Resources Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Pittsburgh, Inc Gang Resistance Education and Training (GREAT) Girl Power Million Mom March, Allegheny County ... Safety Kids, Inc. Local and National Law Enforcement and Social Service Agency Resources Allegheny County Center for Victims of Violent Crime Center for Violence and Injury Control (412) 359-6260 City of Pittsburgh Includes Office of the Mayor, Fire Bureau, Police Bureau, Youth Policy Office Public Safety and Operation Weed and Seed ( Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission (412) 565-7561 Crime Prevention Association of Western PA (724) 625-6226 Federal Bureau of Investigation (412) 456-9335-Pittsburgh Community Outreach) The Mentoring Partnership National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) National School Violence Prevention Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention ... Teen Court Program Locally contact Penn Hills High School Youth Crime Watch America

90. Learning Disabilities OnLine: Finding Help: Pennsylvania State Resources Agencies Federally Funded Programs parent and Professional 0333 (717) 7836913 SpecialEducation Consultline (800 879-2301 (V/TTY) pennsylvania Department of http://www.ldonline.org/finding_help/local_org/penn.html

To find other help resources select a topic from the list and click GO Select a Topic US - National Organizations US - Federal Agencies US - State By State Resource Guides Canadian Resources Information By Phone International Links LD Schools On-line Resources Parent Advocacy LD OnLine introduces the LD OnLine Yellow Pages ! This exciting new venture brings information about professionals who serve children and adults with learning disabilities and/or ADHD. If you are a professional interested in listing your services, sign-up online now! Select a State Alabama Alaska American Samoa Arizona Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut Delaware District of Columbia Florida Georgia Guam Hawaii Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York North Carolina North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Puerto Rico Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota

91. Parent Training And Information Centers (PTIs) Sinergia/Metropolitan parent Center United We Stand; Ohio Coalition for the Educationof Children Oklahoma; Oregon; pennsylvania Hispanics United for Exceptional http://www.dssc.org/frc/TAGuide/pti.htm

Parent Training and Information Centers (PTIs) Welcome Page Comprehensive Centers Eisenhower Consortia Equity Assistance Centers ... Bilingual Education PTIs Regional Labs Regional Resource Centers Technology Consortia Secretary's Regional Representatives ... Other Resources Home Funded by the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), Parent Training and Information Centers in each state provide training and information to parents of infants, toddlers, school-aged children, and young adults with disabilities and the professionals who work with their families. This assistance helps parents participate more effectively with professionals in meeting the educational needs of children and youth with disabilities. Alabama Alaska American Samoa Arizona Pilot Parents of Southern Arizona Raising Special Kids Arkansas Arkansas Disability Coalition FOCUS, Inc. California DREDF Exceptional Family Support, Education and Advocacy Center Exceptional Parents Unlimited Loving Your Disabled Child ... District of Columbia Florida Family Network on Disabilities Parent to Parent of Miami, Inc.

92. Statewide Improvement Plan opportunity, the Commonwealth of pennsylvania through the Department of Educationis developing a with existing agencies, programs, projects and resources. http://www.pattan.k12.pa.us/svs/sip/Default.htm

Pennsylvania State Improvement Plan "Professional Development Partnerships For Improving Student Outcomes" The state improvement plan works to build partnerships that focus on coordination and collaboration with existing agencies, programs, projects and resources. Integration of the goals of the Professional Development Partnership within existing policies and state-level initiatives is one primary focus to insuring systemic change. A two-tiered approach will be used; 1) state-level policy review and revision, and 2) local level pilot implementation and evaluation. This two-tiered approach ensures that policy is anchored in practice. (Overview of the Pennsylvania State Improvement Plan) The Professional Development Partnership works in concert with existing Commonwealth Education Reform Initiatives to meet the goal of every student achieving his/her potential. The Performance Indicators established by the Commonwealth will be used to measure the effectiveness of the State Improvement Plan (SIP). Additionally, the Government Performance and Results Act Objectives are used to measure the effectiveness of the plan. The Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP) is using a Logic Model to evaluate all SIP projects. (

93. Parent Advocates For Gifted Education (PAGE), Sumter, SC page, PAGE, parent Advocates for Gifted education http://www.uscsumter.edu/~tpowers/page/infolinx.htm

Information of interest to parents of gifted and talented students In touch with your government Click here To send e-mail to a South Carolina elected official Click here To visit the homepage of the South Carolina General Assembly, from which you can monitor the progress of bills and resolutions, read the texts of new laws, learn the constituencies and committee assignments of legislators, find out when assembly and committee meetings are scheduled, and jump to a special kids' page. [WARNING: This is a new address, and it attempts to set MANY cookies on your computer when you log in. If you have your browser set to notify you of every attempt to set a cookie, be prepared to do a lot of clicking!] Click Here to visit the homepage of the South Carolina State Department of Education. Click Here to visit the website of The Center for Responsive Politics. Here, you can check on every national Senatorial and Congressional race. Of particular interest is the information on how much money each candidate has raised and where it comes from. Agencies responsible for Gifted and Talented Programs in other states Maryland Colorado Alberta, Canada

94. L2L Infrastructure Award 97037 applications, and providing resources for improved professional development and parenteducation courses at Western and Central pennsylvania through distance http://www.l2l.org/invest/awards/97037abstract.html

1997/1998 Award What's New Infrastructure Investments projects Search projects by profile View projects by region ... Improving Professional Development Opportunities University Of Pittsburgh Project Abstract To meet this goal we propose to (1) develop credit and inservice courses and parent education programs for delivery through distance education, (2) develop policies and procedures to enable effective use and sustainability of distance education partnerships, and (3) to provide training to support the technologies and technological processes required for distance education. Current constraints to meeting these objectives include lack of courses and programs developed in distance education formats and well developed partnership relationships and insufficient time and incentives for university faculty to develop distance education courses. As a result there is no "critical mass" of distance education offerings from universities to school and community sites. Gaps in the technological infrastructure also prevent full use of existing technologies for this purpose. Interactive video and computer technologies can help to overcome these constraints. Many schools and community centers have acquired technology through various infrastructure programs.

95. LD Info As part of a national system of parent Training and PEN serves all of Pennsylvaniaexcept Philadelphia, which is of the US Department of education, offers free http://www.ldinfo.org/partners/pen.html

LD Info Home Page Partners Child Study of Bryn Mawr College The Education Law Center ... Partnered Schools Parent Education Network 2107 Industrial Highway York, PA 17402 phone: 1.800.522.5827 or 1.717.600.0100 Web: www.parentednet.org What is PEN? PEN Philosophy Who Does PEN Serve? ... PEN's Projects What is PEN? Parent Education Network (PEN) is a statewide coalition in Pennsylvania of parents of children representing a range of disabilities and ages. PEN believes strongly that knowledgeable, skillful parents impact effectively on early intervention, special education, and adult services for their child with disabilities. PEN's Parent Training Projects promote mutual respect between parents and professionals for the knowledge, skills, and abilities each contributes to develop appropriate educational and service delivery outcomes for the child and adult with disabilities. PEN's services are available to parents and professionals. Top of Page PEN Philosophy Every child, adolescent and adult with a physical or mental disability has the right to a continuum of services which maximizes his or her individual capabilities. A continuum allows PEN the opportunity to provide information, skills, and support to parents to help children reach their full potential in educational, vocational and community settings which are in safe and appropriate environments. PEN encourages the parent's unique contributions to the development of children into mature, knowledgeable, and confident adults able to take responsibility for their own future by expressing and fulfilling their own needs and interests.

96. Disabilities Law Project PEN parent education Network. PIN - parent Involved Network. PSRN - PennsylvaniaSchool Reform Network. Wrightslaw - The Special education Advocate. Employment. http://www.dlp-pa.org/Links.html

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