This organization provides training and technical assistance as well as advocates on behalf of local Area Agencies on Aging to promote services and resources for older adults and persons with disabilities. The National Association of Area Agencies on Aging provides contact information for each Area Agency on Aging. The Area Agencies on Aging provide a range of options to help older adults choose home and community-based services and living situations that suite their needs and wants in order for older adults to remain in their homes and communities as long as possible.
View the Website/Organization – National Association of Area Agencies on Aging.
This website connects you to the Kentucky Youth Advocacy Project. This project works to promote the development of self-advocacy skills by providing resources and information that offer children practice self-advocacy at an early age and engage important adults (i.e. parents, teachers, professionals) in students’ lives to help support the development of self-advocacy. Resources available include a training guide for professionals and a goal book for children to write down their goals.
View the Website/Organization – Kentucky Youth Advocacy Project.
This website provides an explanation of the Developmental, Individual Difference, Relationship-based (DIR/Floortime) framework. This model is an early intervention framework that works to build higher levels of social and emotions capacities by tailoring a comprehensive program to a child based upon their individual emotional interests. This model emphasizes the role of parents and other family members because of the emotional relationship with the child with ASD.
View the Website – Interdisciplinary Council on Developmental and Learning Disorders – About DIR/Floortime.
This website offers information, resources, and communication opportunities for people with autism and other disabilities, their families, and professionals. The information provided in this website includes resources on specific diagnoses, assistive technologies, recreational activities, education, health issues, media and literature, and worship.
View the Website – Family Village.
This organization works to educate parents, professionals, and consumers of early interventions by providing accurate, scientifically-sound information about autism and its treatment. This organization also works to combat inaccurate information and promotes the use of effective, science-based treatments for all people with autism. The ASAT is formed of parents and professionals committed to improving the education, treatment, and care of people with autism.
View the Website/Organization – Association for Science in Autism Treatment.
The ALLIANCE National Parent Technical Assistance Center provides technical assistance to Parent Centers by developing products and tools to assist families and children with disabilities; offering training events; and offering assistance with strategic planning, technology, and business partnerships. Topics for products and tools include transition planning, early childhood, and making Individualized Action Plans.
View the Website/Organization – ALLIANCE National Parent Technical Assistance Center.
Advance CLASS is a non-profit organization dedicated to the implementation of a strong and vital long-term services and supports program. The Advance CLASS Website provides background on the Community Living Assistance Services and Support (CLASS) Act program and latest information on implementation of the program in the United States.
Visit the Website/Organization – Advance CLASS.
This website connects you to American Association of Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities’ Environmental Health Initiative. This initiative raises awareness about the links between exposure to chemicals and developmental disabilities as well as the greater risk of health effects from toxic exposures for people with developmental disabilities. This initiative develops publications on ways for people with developmental disabilities to reduce exposure to various chemicals as well as provides reports and webinars on current research about environmental health and developmental disabilities.
View the Website – Environmental Health Initiative.
This is a checklist geared towards professionals (specifically in healthcare) that interact with people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds. This checklist provides concrete examples of belief, values, and practices that encourage cultural and linguistic competence at the individual level and provide a brief background and definition of cultural and linguistic competency.
View the Toolkit – Cultural Competence – Do You Have It.
This webpage describes the core aspects of Pivotal Response Training by the University of San Diego. This site also summarizes the theories behind Pivotal Response Training and answers some frequently asked questions about this early intervention.
View the Website – Pivotal Response Training.
