Brandi Nero

Abilities Resource Guide

Intellectual Disabilities

WI/State Definition: Intellectual disability means significant limitations both in intellectual functioning and in
adaptive behavior as expressed in conceptual, social, and practical adaptive skills and manifested during the
developmental period that adversely affects the child's educational performance.
Resources
- Parent support group
o https://groups.psychologytoday.com/rms/prof_results.php?
city=Green+Bay&state=WI&spec=264
o This website has support groups for all different Intellectual Disabilities.
- Book or journal
o The Boy in the Moon: A Fathers Journey to Understand His Extraordinary
Son by Ian Brown

Web resource
o The Arc For people with intellectual and developmental disabilities
o https://www.thearc.org/learn-about/intellectual-disability
Two Other resources
o http://www.parentcenterhub.org/repository/accommodations/
o http://www.parentcenterhub.org/repository/transitionadult/

Local Resources
o http://www.adrcwolfriver.org/services-info/youth-transitioning/

Learning Disabilities
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IDEA/Federal Definition: In general.--The term `specific learning disability' means a disorder in 1 or

more of the basic psychological processes involved in understanding or in using language, spoken or
written, which disorder may manifest itself in the imperfect ability to listen, think, speak, read, write,
spell, or do mathematical

Resources
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Parent support group

o LDA Learning Disabilities Association of America
o https://ldaamerica.org/types-of-learning-disabilities/language-processing-disorder/
Book or journal
o Thinking Differently: An Inspiring Guide for Parents of Children with Learning
Disabilities by David Flink

Web resource
o LD online the educators guide to learning disabilities and ADHD
o http://www.ldonline.org/ldbasics/whatisld
Two other resources
o https://ldaamerica.org/types-of-learning-disabilities/dyscalculia/
o https://ldaamerica.org/types-of-learning-disabilities/language-processing-disorder/

Emotional Disabilities
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IDEA/Federal Definition: Emotional disturbance means a condition exhibiting one or more of the
following characteristics over a long period of time and to a marked degree that adversely affects a
child's educational performance: (A) An inability to learn that cannot be explained by intellectual,
sensory, or health factors.

Resources
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Parent support group

o Childrens Mental Health and Emotional or Behavioral Disorder Project
o http://www.pacer.org/cmh/

Book or journal
o So B. It by Sarah Weeks
Web resource
o Head State an office of the administration for children and families Early Childhood Learning &
Knowledge Center
o https://eclkc.ohs.acf.hhs.gov/hslc/tta-system/teaching/Disabilities/Services%20to
%20Children%20with%20Disabilities/Disabilities/disabl_fts_00012_061105.html
o
Two other resources
o http://www.ldonline.org/ldbasics/whatisld
o http://www.specialeducationguide.com/disability-profiles/emotional-disturbance/

Speech

IDEA/Federal Definition: The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) officially
defines speech and language impairments as a communication disorder such as stuttering, impaired
articulation, a language impairment, or a voice impairment that adversely affects a child's educational
performance.

Resources
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Parent support group

o Parent Support Groups for Children With Speech or Communication Difficulties
o http://www.childrensdisabilities.info/speech/groups-speech-communication.html

Book or journal
o The Parents Guide to Speech and Language Problems By Debbie Feit
Web resource
o Teen Health: Speech Problems
o http://kidshealth.org/en/teens/speech-disorders.html

Two other Resources

o https://medlineplus.gov/speechandcommunicationdisorders.html
o http://www.communicationpathways.com/services.html

Autism
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WI/State or IDEA/Federal Definition: Autism, as defined by Individuals with Disabilities Education

Act (IDEA), refers to a developmental disability significantly affecting verbal and nonverbal
communication and social interaction, generally evident before age three, that adversely affects a child's
educational performance.

Resources
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Parent support group

o http://www.afcscounseling.org/pdfs/ResourcesforAutismSpectrumDisorders.pdf
o Resources for Aspergers Disorder/Autism Spectrum Disorders (Autism Society of the Northeast
Wisconsin)
- Book or journal
- Ten Things Every Child With Autism Wishes You knew By Ellen Notbohm
- Web resource
o https://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/autism/index.html
o CDC Center for Disease Control and Prevention
Two other resources
o https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p9-l19CKISg&feature=youtu.be
o http://nasdse.org/DesktopModules/DNNspot-Store/ProductFiles/20_456673bb-7700-4e97-8ba42d59a20d21a1.pdf

Local Resources
o https://centerpieceautism.com/
o http://www.asw4autism.org/resource_directory.html