More resources

• Fact Sheet on School Mental Health Services
• ourchildrenleftbehind.com: A site for parents concerned about changes to the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act that includes legislative updates and tools on advocacy.
• FAPE: The Bazelon Center is part of the federally funded Family & Advocates Partnership in Education (FAPE), a new project to inform and educate families and advocates about the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act of 1997 (IDEA 97). The partnership helps to ensure that the 1997 changes in the IDEA are understood by families and advocates and put into practice at the local and state levels. FAPE was formed by the PACER Center and 11 core partners, along with more than 20 community partners and a number of expert consultants. The Bazelon Center has agreed to assist FAPE in disseminating promising practices and research findings. You can find helpful resources on the IDEA on FAPE's website. Among them is the Education of Students with Disabilities in Homeless Situations: A Guide to Rights and Resources and the FAPE newsline, a newsletter on promising practices and collaborations that work.
• Rethinking Special Education: The Thomas B. Fordham Foundation and the Progressive Policy Institute published Rethinking Special Education for a New Century in May 2001, discussing, questioning and analyzing aspects of special education. One of the goals was to attract attention to special education and initiate a dialogue before the next reauthorization of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), scheduled in 2002.
• The Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law, as a member of the Consortium of Citizens with Disabilities (CCD), has issued a response to Rethinking Special Education in a document created by CCD's education task force. View the response.
• View the Consortium of Citizens with Disabilities Principles for the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)
• Read congressional testimony by Katherine Beh Neas, Consortium for Citizens with Disabilities Education Task Force, before the House Committee on Education and the Workforce on the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (May 2, 2002)
• Concerned about special education? Join Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund, Inc.'s rapid response network for IDEA-related actions items. Sign up now
• See also the schedule of meetings by the Commission on Excellence in Special Education; the Council of Parent Attorneys and Advocates for resources on special education rights; The Arc's IDEA site for resources; and the U.S. Department of Education's IDEA pages.