Resources

Local Agencies/Service Providers

Academy Metrowest

Architects for Learning

Boston Ability Center

CHADD Metrowest

Children's Therapy Associates

Commonwealth Learning Center

ICCD

MGH Aspire

OTA Watertown

The Academy of Newton

The Student First

Resources

Addiction Resource

Adolescent Wellness

Advocates for Autism of Massachusetts

AANE (Asperger / Autism Network)

Cerebral Palsy Education

Cerebral Palsy Group

Cerebral Palsy Guidance

CHADD

Concord SEPAC

Department of Developmental Services List of Regional Autism Centers (resources, coaching, and Autism Waiver application support)

DSM Information

Federation for Children With Special Needs

Hand in Hand Parenting

LD Online

The Lurie Center for Disability Policy (they have great public lectures)

Mass Advocates for Children

MassPAC

Massachusetts Department of Education Special Ed. Page

Mass DOE SPED Documents (lots of good resources on this page)

Mass DOE IEP Process Guide

Parent's Guide to Special Education

Quit Smoking Community

SPED Child & Teen, Disability Camps, Workshops & Events in Greater MA

Teen Addiction - The Recovery Village

Tobacco-Free Life

Wellesley Special-Needs/Elder Care Consortium (A group of professionals (lawyers, accountants, estate planners) who provide special needs services in the local area)

Wrightslaw

Books

Take Charge of Treatment for Your Child with Asperger's (ASD): Create a Personalized Guide to Sucess for Home, School and the Community by Cornelia Pelzer Elwood, D. Scott McLeod and Shonda Schilling

Neuro Tribes: The Legacy of Autism and the Future of Neurodiversity by Steve Silberman

All Dogs Have ADHD by Kathy Hoopmann

Sibling Group Lends a Helping Hand; A guide to facilitating support groups for siblings of children with special needs by Olivia von Ferstel & Bridget E. Glenshaw

The Real Experts:  Readings for Parents of Autistic Children by Michelle Sutton

Thinking about You, Thinking about Me by Michelle Garcia Winner

Social Rules for Kids: The Top 100 Social Rules Kids Need to Suceed by Susan Diamond M.A.

Socially Curious and Curiously Social: A Social Thinking Guidebook for Bright Teens and Young Adults

by Michelle Garcia Winner

You Are A Social Detective by Michelle Garcia Winner

Asperger's Rules!:  How to Make Sense of School and Friends by Blythe Grossberg

Middle School: The Real Deal by Juliana Farrell, Beth Mayall, and Megan Howard

Tools, Gadgets & Apps

Biodots - wearable stress indicators

Workshops & Events in Greater Massachusetts

SPED Child & Teen