N ICHCY’S

2010
Guide to
our online
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publications
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National Dissemination Center
• Where to find help for your child?
for Children with Disabilities • Disabilities?
1825 Connecticut Ave N.W., Suite 700 • Evaluation of children for disability?
Washington, DC 20009 • Eligibility for special education?

1.800.695.0285 • The IEP and IEP team meetings?

• Resources in your state?
nichcy@aed.org
• IDEA 2004, our nation’s special

www.nichcy.org education law?

• ¿Publicaciones en español?

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NICHCY Flyers
NICHCY is an information and are made to copy 2-sided for easy and economical sharing. They pose
referral center that provides commonly asked questions and list addresses on NICHCY’s website
information on disabilities and where answers can be found!
disability-related issues. Children
and youth with disabilities (birth • Flyer for Families
to age 22) are our special focus. (also suitable for Spanish-speaking families)
www.nichcy.org/InformationResources/Documents/
This is a guide to our online NICHCY%20PUBS/flyer1-families.pdf
publications. Please help yourself!
• Flyer for Educators
All are copyright-free, so you are
(also suitable for teachers to share with Spanish-speaking families)
welcome to copy and share them
www.nichcy.org/InformationResources/Documents/
to your heart’s content. NICHCY%20PUBS/flyer2-educators.pdf

NICHCY Posters
Download your full-color version in English or
Spanish! Great for bulletin boards and handouts!
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• Heard of NICHCY? (English)

Looking for resources

www.nichcy.org/InformationResources/
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in your state? • Mira mis colores. (Spanish)

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State Resource Sheets list selected
disability-related agencies and
organizations in your state. Use
the drop-down menu online to
find your state sheet at: For Parents...
www.nichcy.org/Pages/ Are you a parent looking for help for your special child? Try these
StateSpecificInfo.aspx publications and access them all at:
www.nichcy.org/InformationResources/Pages/
NICHCYPublications.aspx

Developing Your Child’s IEP | 28 pages

Finding Help for Young Children with Disabilities (Birth—5) |

16 pages

Parenting a Child with Special Needs | 16 pages

Parent to Parent Support | 4 pages

Parent Training & Information (PTI) Centers | 4 pages

Questions Often Asked by Parents about Special Education |

¿Nuestro sitio 16 pages
en español?
www.nichcy.org/ Your Child’s Evaluation | 4 pages
spanish/Pages/
default.aspx

NICHCY: www.nichcy.org 2 NICHCY’s Online Publications, 2010

 NICHCY Disability Publications
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Categories of Disability under IDEA 2004

answers the question, “How does the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (our nation’s
special education law) define “child with a disability” and each of the disabilities it mentions?
• Text-only: www.nichcy.org/Disabilities/Categories/Pages/Default.aspx
• PDF: www.nichcy.org/InformationResources/Documents/ NICHCY%20PUBS/gr3.pdf

Disability Fact Sheets can help you learn more about
specific disabilities, as well as find out where to go for more
information. All are available from NICHCY’s Specific Disabilities
page, at:
www.nichcy.org/Disabilities/
Specific/Pages/default.aspx
When you click on a disability title, you’ll go to a text-only, easy-to-
read-online version of the fact sheet. At the top of each fact sheet,
you’ll also find a link to:
• a PDF version of the fact sheet (which you may find more
attractive for larger-scale copying and sharing); and
• the Spanish version of the fact sheet, if available.

Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (see Intellectual Disability

also Other Health Impairment)
Lead Poisoning (see also Other Health Impairment)
Autism/PDD
Learning Disabilities
Blindness
Leukemia (see also Other Health Impairment)
Cerebral Palsy
Nephritis (see also Other Health Impairment)
Deaf-blindness
Other Health Impairment
Deafness and Hearing Loss
Rheumatic Fever (see also Other Health Impairment)
Developmental Delay
Severe and/or Multiple Disabilities
Diabetes (see also Other Health Impairment)
Sickle Cell Anemia (see also Other Health Impairment)
Down Syndrome
Speech and Language Impairments
Emotional Disturbance
Spina Bifida
Epilepsy
Tourette Syndrome (see also Other Health Impairment)
Heart conditions (see also Other Health
Traumatic Brain Injury
Impairment)
Hemophilia (see also Other Health Visual Impairments
Impairment)

¿Estas hojas
informativas
en español?
www.nichcy.org/
spanish/Pages/
default.aspx

NICHCY’s Online Publications, 2010 3 NICHCY: www.nichcy.org

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On Key Topics... Evidence for Educators... And for Students...

Help for Babies (Birth to 3) | Are you a teacher looking for research- Are you a student with a disability, or a
www.nichcy.org/babies/Pages/ based info to guide your work with parent or professional who’s involved
Default.aspx children who have disabilities? Maybe with this student? Then this resource is
one of NICHCY’s Evidence for for you!
Evaluating Children for Disability | Education briefs will come in handy.
www.nichcy.org/EducateChildren/ Relish is for More Than Hot Dogs:
All can be found at:
evaluation/Pages/default.aspx A Student’s Guide to Making Your
www.nichcy.org/Research/ Own Sweet Success | 2004 | The set
All about the IEP | www.nichcy.org/
EvidenceForEducation/Pages/ has 3 parts:
EducateChildren/IEP/Pages/default.aspx
Default.aspx
Placement Issues | www.nichcy.org/ • Student’s Guide | www.nichcy.org/
EducateChildren/placement/Pages/ InformationResources/Documents/
• Assessment and Accommoda- NICHCY%20PUBS/st3.pdf
default.aspx tions | 12 pages
Supports, Modifications, and Accommo- • Audio script (to order the audio on
• Effective Mathematics tape or CD, email nichcy@aed.org) |
dations for Students with Disabilities |
Instruction | 12 pages http://www.nichcy.org/
www.nichcy.org/EducateChildren/
Supports/Pages/default.aspx InformationResources/Documents/
• Power of Strategy Instruction
NICHCY%20PUBS/st3scrpt.htm
12 pages
Behavior Issues | www.nichcy.org/Pages/
behaviorsuite.aspx • Social Skills and Academic • Technical assistance guide for others |
24 pages | www.nichcy.org/
Transition to Adulthood | Achievement | 8 pages
InformationResources/Documents/
www.nichcy.org/EducateChildren/ NICHCY%20PUBS/ta4.pdf
transition_adulthood/Pages/Default.aspx

Resolving Disputes Between Families

and Schools | www.nichcy.org/
EducateChildren/Supports/Pages/
default.aspx

Publications on IDEA 2004

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IDEA is our nation’s special education law. We offer these

publications on what IDEA 2004 requires and what it means for
the education of children with disabilities. You can access each
through our publications page, at:

¿Publicaciones www.nichcy.org/InformationResources/
en español? Pages/NICHCYPublications.aspx
www.nichcy.org/Pages/
publicaciones.aspx • Questions & Answers about IDEA: Purposes and Key
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• Questions & Answers about IDEA: Parent Participation
12 pages

• Categories of Disability under IDEA | 6 pages

• Questions Often Asked by Parents about Special
Need to train Education | 16 pages, 2009
others on • Building the Legacy Training Curriculum | 17 training
IDEA?? modules with slide presentations, trainers’ guides, and
handouts for participants. English and Spanish versions!

NICHCY: www.nichcy.org 4 NICHCY’s Online Publications, 2010