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Please write to WaiverInfo@aol.com if you know of any other resources.
IEP Meetings
Understand your child's IEP Meeting and prepare for it. The IEP meeting is important because it is a document that states what your child will learn and what supports your child will get. You and your child have rights; learn about them.
McKay Scholarship
The McKay Scholarship is for special needs students. It gives them the opportunity to attend a participating private school. The funds that would be given to the public school, are given to the private school instead.
FYI Transition
A nice site, with loads of information about planning for graduation and your future. Catered towards students who have disabilities. Very user friendly- and we love the use of Site Pal!
NICHCY, National Dissemination Center
NICHCY provides a vast amount of information on:
1. Disabilities to children and youth programs
2. Services for infants
3. IDEA- The special education law
4. IEP's - Individual Education Plans
5. Transitional Services
Central Florida Parent Center's AWARE Project
A federally-funded Parent Training and Information Center (PTI) for thirty counties in central and northeast Florida. They provide information, assistance, support, and training opportunities to parents of children with disabilities who are in special education. They help parents to understand their children's diagnoses and also to understand the special education process and their very critical role in participating in the development of an individualized education program (IEP) for their child. www.CFLparents.org
