COMMUNITY RESOURCES

We are happy to share many community resources that you may find helpful or interesting:

• Agency 101 Resource Directory
• Alpha Resource Center of Santa Barbara - http://alphasb.org/events.asp 
• Autism Society of America - http://www.autism-society.org/ 
• Autism Society Ventura County - https://www.autismventura.org/
• Autism Speaks - http://www.autismspeaks.org/
• California Department of Education - http://www.cde.ca.gov/
• California Department of Education Acronyms - http://www.cde.ca.gov/re/di/aa/ap/index.asp
• California Department of Education/Special Education Division - http://www.cde.ca.gov/sp/se/
  California Parent Organizations - California agencies providing resources for families of children with disabilities - http://www.cde.ca.gov/sp/se/qa/caprntorg.asp 
• California Special Education Local Plan Areas - The Who, What, Where, When and Why of  SELPAs - http://www.cde.ca.gov/sp/se/as/caselpas.asp
• Council for Exceptional Children - http://www.cec.sped.org/
• Council for Learning Disabilities - http://www.cldinternational.org/c/@zB2VgNI.731H2/Pages/home.html
• Deaf Education and Family Project - http://www.csun.edu/~deafproject/
• Department of Education Office of Civil Rights - http://www.usdoj.gov/crt/crt-home.html
• Insurance Help for Autism - http://www.insurancehelpforautism.com/
• International Dyslexia Association - https://dyslexiaida.org/
• LD Online - http://www.ldonline.org/ - Site devoted to issues related to Learning Disabilities.  Information updated daily, with links to every major learning disabilities organization in the country.
• National Autism Center - http://www.nationalautismcenter.org/
• National Information Center for Children and Youth with Disabilities - http://www.parentcenterhub.org/# 
• Office of Special Education Programs - http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/osers/index.html
• Rainbow Connection Family Resource Center - http://rainbowconnectionfrc.weebly.com- Local resources for families of children with special needs
• Resources and Guides for the Deaf Community - http://www.deaflinx.com/
• Social Security Administration - http://www.socialsecurity.gov
• Social Security and Disability Resource Center - http://www.ssdrc.com/
• Social Security Disability Guide
• Tri-Counties Regional Center - Public agency serving people with developmental disabilities.  https://www.tri-counties.org/who-we-are/contact-us/  http://www.tri-counties.org/  
• U.S. Dept. of Education - http://www.ed.gov/
• Ventura County Office of Education -  http://www.vcoe.org