For more topics, please visit our Special Needs/Early Start page.

Apraxia

Family Start Guide

Autism

ABA:Parents' Guide to Applied Behavior Analysis

• Evidence Based Practices
• Evidence Based Practices (chart) (Spanish)
• Social Narratives
• Visual Supports
• Learn the Signs
• ​Screen Your Child for Autism
• Video - CAPTAIN is a multiagency network developed to support the understanding and use of Evidence-Based Practices for individuals affected by Autism Spectrum Disorder across the state.​​​

Behavior Support

• Challenging Behavior - Five Facts Every Family Should Know
  
• ​Functional Behavioral Assessment and Positive
• Handling Your Child's Challenging Behaviors at Every Age (Enlgish, Spanish, Russian)
• PBIS World
• Positive Behavior Support and Functional Assessment of Behavior     
• Teaching Young Children Self-Control Skills​

bullying

• IEP and Bullying
• Notifying the School about a Bullying Incident

Dyslexia

IDA Dyslexia Handbook: What Every Family Should Know

Executive Functioning

• Helping Kids Who Struggle with Executive Functions
  
• Parent's Guide to Supporting Your Child's Executive Function Skills
• Understanding the Link: Executive Function and School
  

Learning Disability

• LDonline.org
  
• Nonverbal Learning Disorders
• Understood.org
  

Sensory Processing Disorder

About Sensory Processing Disorder 

• What is Sensory Processing?
  

Social Skills

• Activities to Help Your Child with Social Skills
  
• How to Help Kids Make Friends
• Social Language Use (Pragmatics)
• Social Skills (do2learn)
  

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