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A guide to help parents understand special needs resources, support, and educational information.

Special Needs Basics for Parents

On your journey with a child with a special educational or medical need, always remember you are not alone.

How Can I Find Help?

 

The Connecticut Family Support Network is committed to helping families of individuals with disabilities and special health care needs, and the professionals who work with them, find information, resources and supports to improve their lives. Continue reading from Connecticut Family Support Network)

Link to Differently Wired by Deborah Reber in the catalog.
Link to Fine Motor Skills for Children with Down Syndrome byy Maryanne Bruni in the catalog.
Link to Forever Boy by Kate Swenson in the catalog.
Link to The Life we Never Expected by Andrew Wilson in the catalog.
Link to Normal: A Mother and Her Beautiful Son by Magda Newman in the catalog.
Link to the Out-of-sync Child by Carol Stock Kranowitz in the catalog.
Link to Raising Boys with ADHD by Mary Anne Richey in the catalog.
Link to Sensational Kids by Lucy J. Miller in the catalog.
Link to The Sensory Child Gets Organized by Carolyn Dalgliesh in the catalog.
Link to the Special  Needs Planning Guide by Cynthia R. Haddad in the catalog.
Link to Time to Talk: What You Need to Know about Your Child's Speech and Language Development by Michelle MacRoy-HIggins in the catalog
Link to What Science Tells us About Autism Spectrum Disorder by Raphael a. Bernier in the catalog..
Link to A Special Mother by Anne Ford in the catalog.
Link to What Your ADHD Child Wishes You Knew by Sharon Saline in the catalog.
Link ot When Down Syndrome and Autism Intersect by Margaret Froehlke and Robin Zaborek in the catalog.
Early Intervention 

 

Connecticut Birth to Three: For Families

Some babies and toddlers need extra help as they learn and grow. Birth to Three is a program built to help all families who have children age 3 and younger with developmental disabilities or delays (or have a condition that poses a high risk of developing one). Continue reading from Connecticut Office of Early Childhood

2-1-1 Child Development Infoline

Do you have questions or concerns about your child's development or pregnancy? Child Development Infoline (CDI) supports children's healthy growth starting from pregnancy. CDI is a specialized unit of United Way of Connecticut. Care Coordinators are available to answer the phone Monday through Friday from 8 am to 6 pm, except on holidays. Messages can be left 24 hours a day, seven days a week, and are returned promptly. This service is free and confidential, with multi-lingual and TTY capacity. Continue reading from 2-1-1 Child Development Infoline 

Bookshare

Bookshare makes reading easier. People with dyslexia, blindness, cerebral palsy, and other reading barriers can customize their experience to suit their learning style and find virtually any book they need for school, work, or the joy of reading. Continue Reading from Bookshare