Parent Resources

North Dakota Resources:
Important Safety Rules to Teach your Children
Parent’s Guide to Special Education
Parental Rights
PASS – Parent Assistance and Supportive Schools Statewide Parent Information and Resource Center located within the Pathfinder Family Center. Pathfinder Family Center Telephone: 1-888-763-7277
North Dakota Department of Public Instruction Special Education Division Telephone: 1-701-328-2277 URL: https://www.nd.gov/dpi/students-parents/SpecialEducation

Autism:
Autism Hotline Autism Services Center Telephone: (304) 525-8014
Autism Society of America Telephone: 1-800-328-8476 URL: http://www.autism-society.org

Emotional Disturbance:
American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Public Information Office Telephone: (800) 333-7636 URL: http://www.med.umich.edu/psych/child/index.htm
ERIC Clearinghouse on Disabilities and Gifted Education Telephone: 1-800-328-0272
Federation of Families for Children’s Mental Health Telephone: 1-703-684-7710 URL: http://www.ffcmh.org
National Alliance for the Mentally Ill Telephone: 1-800-950-6264 URL: http://www.nami.org
National Clearinghouse on Family Support and Children’s Mental Health Telephone: 1-800-628-1696
National Mental Health Association Telephone: 1-800-969-6642 URL: http://www.nmha.org

Health Impairments:
United Cerebral Palsy Associations, Inc. Telephone: 1-800-872-5827 URL: http://ucp.org
Easter Seals – National Office Telephone: 1-800-221-6827 URL: http://www.easter-seals.org
Spina Bifida Association of America Telephone: 1-800-621-3141 URL: http://spinabifidaassociation.org/
March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation Telephone: 1-914-428-7100 URL: http://www.modimes.org
National Rehabilitation Information Center (NARIC) Telephone: 1-800-227-0216 URL: http://www.naric.com
Epilepsy Foundation-National Office Telephone: 1-301-577-0100 URL: http://www.epilepsy.com/
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke Telephone: 1-800-352-9424 URL: http://www.ninds.nih.gov
Children and Adults with Attention Deficit Disorder (CHADD) Telephone: 1-701-258-9759 URL: http://www.chadd.org
ADDitude Telephone: 1-800-856-2032 URL: http://www.additudemag.com

Hearing Impairments/Deafness:
Alexander Graham Bell Association for the Deaf, Inc. URL: http://www.agbell.org
American Society for Deaf Children Telephone: 1-800-942-2723 URL: http://www.deafchildren.org
American Speech-Language Hearing Association Telephone: 1-800-638-8255 URL: http://www.asha.org
National Information Center on Deafness Telephone: 1-202-651-5051 URL: http://www.nidcd.nih.gov
National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders Clearinghouse Telephone: 1-800-241-1044 URL: http://www.nidcd.nih.gov
Self Help for Hard of Hearing People (SHHH) Telephone: 1-301-657-2248 URL: https://www.shhhaust.org/

Learning Disabilities:
Division for Learning Disabilities Telephone: 1-703-620-3660 URL: http://www.cec.sped.org
International Dyslexia Association Telephone: 1-800-222-3123 URL: http://eida.org/
Learning Disabilities Association of America (LDA) Telephone: 1-888-300-6710 URL: http://ldaamerica.org/
National Center for Learning Disabilities Telephone: 1-888-575-7373 URL: http://www.ncld.org

Intellectual Disabilities:
The Arc (formerly the Association for Retarded Citizens) Telephone: 1-800-433-5255 URL: http://www.thearc.org/
American Association on Mental Retardation (AAMR) Telephone: 1-800-424-3688 URL: http://www.aamr.org
National Down Syndrome Congress Telephone: 1-800-232-6372 URL: http://www.ndsccenter.org/
National Down Syndrome Society Telephone: 1-800-221-4602 URL: http://ndss.org

Severe and/or Multiple Disabilities:
TASH (formerly the Association for Persons with Severe Handicaps) Telephone: (410)-828-8274 URL: http://www.tash.org

Speech & Language Disorders:
Alliance for Technology Access Telephone: 1-800-455-7970 URL: https://www.disability.gov/resource/alliance-for-technology-access-2/
Cleft Palate Foundation Telephone: 1-800-242-5338 URL: http://www.cleftline.org/
American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) Telephone: 1-800-638-8255 URL: http://www.asha.org

Visual Impairments:
American Foundation for the Blind Telephone: 1-800-AFBLIND URL: http://www.afb.org/afb
Blind Children’s Center Telephone: 1-800-222-3566 URL: http://www.blindchildrenscenter.org
National Association for Parents of the Visually Impaired, Inc. Telephone: 1-800-562-6265 URL: http://www.lighthouseguild.org/programs-services/education/napvi
National Association for Visually Handicapped Telephone: 1-212-889-3141
National Braille Press Telephone: 1-800-548-7323 URL: http://www.nbp.org
National Eye Institute Telephone: 1-301-496-5248 URL: http://www.nei.nih.gov
National Federation of the Blind, Parents Division Telephone: 1-410-659-9314 URL: http://www.nfb.org
National Library Service for the Blind & Physically Handicapped Telephone: 1-800-424-8567 URL: http://www.loc.gov/nls