Useful Web Resource Links for Families
Listed below are some websites that provide information that may be useful to parents.
Governmental and Municipal Information
Suffolk County Division of Services for Children with Special Needs
New York State Education Department – Special Education
New York State Office for People with Developmental Disabilities
Towns in Suffolk County Offices offering Disability Services
2019 Disability Services Offices Towns in Suffolk
Creative Curriculum
CREATIVE CURRICULUM parent booklet
Suffolk County Public Libraries website links
Suffolk County Public Libraries website links UPDATED
Information for Families
Parent to Parent of New York State
American Physical Therapy Association Section on Pediatrics
Centers For Disease Control BAM - Body and Mind
Wrightslaw - Parents, educators, advocates, and attorneys come to Wrightslaw for accurate, reliable information about special education law, education law, and advocacy for children with disabilities.
The American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA)
National Association of School Psychologists
National Association for the Education of Young Children
Asperger Syndrome and High Functioning Autism Association
Center for Parent Information and Resources
National Down Syndrome Society
Down Syndrome Advocacy Foundation
Autism Speaks
Autism Society
CHADD is a national organization providing education, advocacy and support for individuals with ADHD.
National Center for Learning Disabilities
Nutrition
La Leche League International
Baylor College of Medicine Children’s Nutrition Research Center
National Heart Lung and Blood Institute US Department of Health and Human Services
Ways to enhance children’s activity and nutrition
America’s move to raise a healthier generation of kids
Dental Health
Brushing Calendar calendario de cepillado eng spanish
Backpack Connection Series
The Backpack Connection Series was created to provide a way for teachers and parents/caregivers to work together to help young children develop social emotional skills and reduce challenging behavior. We hope you find them useful.
How to Teach Your Child to Appropriately Get Your Attention & ESPANOL
How to help your child have a successful bedtime & ESPANOL
How to use visual schedules to help your child understand expectations & ESPANOL
How to give clear directions & ESPANOL
How to help your child have a successful morning & ESPANOL
How to help your child learn to share & ESPANOL
How to help your child learn to trade & ESPANOL
How to help your child manage time and understand expectations & ESPANOL
How to help your child recognize & understand frustration & ESPANOL
How to help your child recognize and understand anger & ESPANOL
How to help your child recognize and understand jealousy & ESPANOL
How to help your child recognize and understand sadness & ESPANOL
How to help your child recognize disappointment & ESPANOL
How to help your child stop biting & ESPANOL
How to help your child stop whining & ESPANOL
How to help your child transition smoothly between places and activities & ESPANOL
How to help your child understand and label emotions & ESPANOL
How to plan activities to reduce challenging behaviors & ESPANOL
How to understand the meaning of your child's challenging behavior & ESPANOL
How to use positive language to improve your child's behavior & ESPANOL
How to Help Your Child Recognize and Understand Fear & espanol
How to Help Your Child Stop Hitting and Pushing & espanol
How to Use Social Stories to Teach Your Child New Skills and Expectations & espanol
How to Teach Your Child to Take Turns & espanol
How to Help Your Child Avoid Meltdowns & espanol
Toilet Training - An AFC Parent Workshop
This workshop is intended to help you learn a toilet training protocol designed to make the greatest improvements in your family’s life. Toilet training is a rite of passage that parents, caregivers, and children typically pass through when youngsters are between the ages of 18 months and 3 ½ years. Managing a child’s toileting doesn’t get easier with their age. The longer you delay toilet training, the longer it will take to achieve continence, and the longer the individual will depend upon caregivers for toileting needs. WATCH HERE: https://safeshare.tv/x/bClbK89jn8M
Toilet Training-Parent-Family-Workshop-PowerPoint
TOILET TRAINING TRACKING SHEET
TOILET TRAINING TRACKING SHEET 2
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Managing the Stress of the Annual Review Process - An AFC Parent Workshop
This informative Parent Workshop will discuss many of the aspects that make up the Annual Review Process: What happens at the CPSE/CSE Meeting; the Who, What, When & How to Prepare; The Annual Review Parent/Teacher Conference - What’s it all about? What does all of this mean for me and my child?
VIDEO LINK: https://safeshare.tv/x/XVtGaTmNddA
You may want to download these helpful handouts.
Managing the Stress of the Annual Review Process 2017 Jan 3
Cracking the Code: Understanding the Language of Special Education - An AFC Parent Workshop
Sending a child off to Preschool can be challenging for parents and families. Understanding the Language of Special Education that goes along with that transition can be difficult. The terms and acronyms that teachers, therapists, social workers, and IEP coordinators use may be new to parents and confusing.
This workshop is designed to help Parents/Families “Crack the Code” so that they are better prepared to fully participate as a part of their child’s “team.”
VIDEO LINK: https://safeshare.tv/x/ss586d3bca569c7
You may want to download these helpful handouts.
CRACKING THECODE - Understanding the Language and Acronyms of Special Education
Cracking the Code enhanced PPT 16
PYRAMID MODEL - School Wide Positive Behavior Interventions & Supports (PBIS)
What is PBIS?
The main focus of PBIS is to provide a clear system for all expected behaviors at Alternatives For Children. Through PBIS we will work together to create and maintain a productive and safe environment in which all community members clearly understand the shared expectations for behavior. Through positive recognition and continual teaching of expectations students will experience academic and social growth.
What are the benefits of PBIS?
We believe that through the implementation of PBIS systems and strategies we will increase academic performance, increase safety, decrease problem behavior and establish a positive school climate.
Why PBIS?
PBIS methods are research-based and have been proven to significantly reduce the occurrence of problem behaviors in schools. One of the key components of the system is a focus on prevention. Students are taught clearly defined behavioral expectations for all aspects of the school environment. They are provided with predictable responses to their behavior, in a positive way.
Pyramid Model HOME rules charts
Watch a video explaining the Pyramid Model HERE:
https://safeshare.tv/x/BFf7eePMzXs
1000 Books Before Kindergarten Program
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How Parents Can Support Social Communication Development
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