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Home | Contact us | Sitemap Helping Our Children   Resource and Reference Special Education Law sites IDEA 2004 website from the U.S. Department of Education http://idea.ed.gov IDEA 2004 topics - http://depts.washington.edu/pdacent California Education Code: http://www.leginfo.ca.gov Office of Administrative Hearing in California http://www.oah.dgs.ca.gov Wrightslaw website www.wrightslaw.com Protection & Advocacy, Inc. www.pai-ca.org Great Reference Books Rights under the Lanterman Act (for Regional Centers) , and Special Education- Rights and Responsibilities (for school district) These two books can also be downloaded at www.pai-ca.org/pubs If you'd prefer a hard copy (because they are pretty voluminous), you can request one by calling Protection & Advocacy, Inc. (PAI) at 1-800-776-5746. They are considered "special education bibles" and will be invaluable resource to the parents to better understand the pertinent laws and regulations affecting your child. It is written in an easy-to-read question and answer format. From Emotions to Advocacy, 2nd edition (Pam Wright and Pete Wright) http://www.harborhouselaw.com Special Education Law, 2nd edition (Pam Wright and Pete Wright) http://www.harborhouselaw.com Let Me Hear Your Voice: A Family's Triumph over Autism (Catherine Maurice, Ballantine Books, 1994) http://www.amazon.com/Let-Me-Hear-Your-Voice/dp/0449906647 Behavioral Intervention for Young Children With Autism: A Manual for Parents and Professionals,( Edited by Catherine Maurice, Gina Greene and Stephen C. Luce, Pro-Ed, 1996). A Work in Progress: Behavioral Management Strategies and a Curriculum for Intensive Behavioral Treatment of Autism (Ron Leaf and John McEachin, Editors, DRL Books, 1999, approximately 400 pages). This wonderful manual, which also is available in Spanish, describes the fundamentals of intensive behavioral intervention in plain English, with clear teaching guidelines, concrete examples, and a fully developed curriculum. Right From The Start: Behavioral Intervention for Young Children With Autism (Sandra Harris, Ph.D., & Mary Jane Weiss, Ph.D., BCBA, Woodbine House, 2nd edition, 2007). Informational Websites on ABA Treatment and ABA practioners http://rsaffran.tripod.com Amazing informational website created by a father of a child with autism www.asatonline.org Association for Science in Autism Treatment www.lafeat.org Los Angeles Families For Effective Autism Treatment with focus on ABA treatment. www.autismspeaks.org A description of ABA intervention for autism written by members of the Autism Advisory Group of the Cambridge Center for Behavioral Studies for Autism Speaks www.behavior.org/autism Autism page of Cambridge Center for Behavioral Studies www.BACB.com Behavior Analyst Certification Board www.CalABA.org California Association for Behavior Analysis www.apbahome.net Association of Professional Behavior Analysts Useful Listservs LA FEAT : http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/LosAngelesFamiliesforEffectiveAutismTreatment CAPCA (California Association for Parent-Child Advocacy) http://groups.google.com COPAA (Council of Parent Attorneys and Advocates) www.copaa.org Back to Top

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