Resources

Guides and Handbooks: 

• 1. Understood.org

  2. Rhode Island Department of Education: Special Education 

  3. Specific Disability Information

Support Groups/Resources: 

• Rhode Island Parent Information Network (RIPIN)

• Rhode Island Parent Support Network

• Family Service of Rhode Island 

• NAFI of Rhode Island  

• Support & Therapy Groups Through Bradley Hospital  

• Center for Parent Information & Resources  

Community Resources: 

• Family Service RI 

• Seven Hills

• Cedar Family Services 

• Social Sparks   

Financial Resources: 

• RI's Able: RI's ABLE helps individuals save, while preserving their SSI and Medicaid

Resources on Understanding IEP's, 504's, Advocacy, & More: 

• IEPs vs 504 Plans: What's the Difference?

• IEP Blueprint: Secondary Transition

• Skills for Effective Parent Advocacy

•  Rights and Responsibilities: Skills for Effective Parent Advocacy

• IEP Blueprint: Pre-School and Elementary

Know your rights!: 

• When Schools and Families Do Not Agree

• Alternative to Formal Dispute: Facilitated IEP/504

This notice is the state’s model form for explaining parents’ rights under special education law and regulations. Federal and state regulations require schools to provide you with such a notice containing a full explanation of your rights in special education.

• Rhode Island Special Education Procedural Safeguards (English)

• Rhode Island Special Education Procedural Safeguards (Spanish)

• Rhode Island Special Education Procedural Safeguards (Portuguese)

• Rhode Island Special Education Procedural Safeguards (Chinese)

• Rhode Island Special Education Procedural Safeguards (Arabic)