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Department of Education/Center for Exceptional Learners
The division provides leadership and state-level support for public school
gifted and talented (grades K-12) programs and for students with disabilities
from ages 3-21. The division ensures that Indiana is in compliance with the
federal Individuals With Disabilities Education Act, through monitoring of
special education programs, oversight of community and residential programs,
provision of mediation and due process rights, and sound fiscal management.
 INSOURCE's site offers many PDF files for download, which require Adobe Reader to view.
Linking Hoosiers: Related Organizations in Indiana (Listed Alphabetically)
Access Indiana
Access Indiana Information Network (AIIN) is an interactive information and
communication system created to provide equal electronic access to information,
regardless of geographic locations, for residents and business across Indiana.
Adaptive ABA (Fort Wayne)
Adaptive ABA. Inc. is a center for children diagnosed with Autism diagnosed with varying degrees of learning, communication, or developmental delays. We strive to help each child reach their maximum potential by developing an individual program which will address each of the skills needed for a general education classroom.
(The) Arc of
Indiana
The Arc of Indiana advocates for people with mental retardation and related
disabilities and their families.
(The) Arc Network in Indiana
The Arc Network, a program of The Arc of Indiana, is a statewide network of Family Advocates and Self-Advocates, working throughout the state to provide information, resources and advocacy to families and people with intellectual and other developmental disabilities. Family Advocates and Self-Advocates include parents of persons with disabilities of all ages, self-advocates with a variety of experiences and ages, and siblings of persons with disabilities.
About Special Kids (ASK) (formerly Indiana Parent Information Network)
About Special Kids is a “Parent to Parent” organization that works throughout the state of Indiana to answer questions and provide support, information and resources. We are parents and family members of children with special needs and we help other families and professionals understand the various systems that are encountered related to special needs. Our central office is located in Indianapolis, Indiana where parents from the entire state can access information, resources and support. Regional Parent Liaisons are located in southeastern IN serving Clark, Scott, Floyd and Harrison counties as well as northwest IN serving Lake and Porter counties. The mission of About Special Kids is: Supporting children with special needs and their families by providing information, peer support, and education, and building partnerships with professionals and communities.
Assistive Technology, Training and
Information Center, Inc. (ATTIC)
ATTIC is a nonprofit, non-residential, community-based, consumer-controlled,
cross-disability organization which provides services and promotes activities
to assist people with significant disabilities (and/or their families) in
leading integrated, self-directed, productive lives.
(The) Blumberg Center for Interdisciplary Studies in Special Education
The Blumberg Center for Interdisciplinary Studies in Special Education was established to encourage the interdisciplinary study of persons with severe disabilities to those who are gifted and talented. Our services include family and educational support through dissemination of information, onsite visits, and workshops.
Center
for Disability Information and Referral
The Center for Disability Information and Referral (CeDir) provides access
to information to meet individuals' disability-related needs through print, non
print, and human resources.
Center for Exceptional Learners (CEL)
(formerly the
Indiana Department of Education,
Division
of Exceptional Learners)
Disabled Online
Disabled Online is your prime destination for topics and resources involving people with disabilities, their family and friends. Our mission is to evolve into a one-stop shop for people who desire the best products and services empowering the special needs community.
Disability Legal Services of Indiana. Inc.
Disability Legal Services of Indiana, Inc (DLSI) is a non-profit 501(c)(3) corporation offering free and low cost legal services to children and adults with disabilities in Indiana. DLSI was formed in response to a concern over the lack of affordable legal representation for adults and children with disabilities in Indiana, particularly in the area of education law.
(The) Early Childhood Center
The Early Childhood Center works to link research and practice in advancing the field of early education. Its current focus is the universal design of early education that helps all children and families enter school successfully.
Easter Seals Crossroads (Indianapolis, IN)
Easter Seals Crossroads is a community resource working in partnership with children and adults with disabilities or special needs and their families to promote growth, independence and dignity.
Family to Family
The Family to Family Initiative is a project devoted to linking Indiana families to people, information, and resources within their own communities. We bring together parents of children with disabilities, developmental delays or special health care needs so that they can share their knowledge, concerns, and experiences with each other.
First
Steps
First Steps is Indiana's Early Intervention System for infants, toddlers,
and their families. First Steps provides early intervention for families which
have infants and toddlers with developmental delays or who show signs of being
at-risk to have certain delays in the future.
Families United for Support
and Encouragement
FUSE provides information, resources and support to families raising
children with disabilities of all types. Monthly meetings, bi-monthly
newsletter, other activities.
Hear Indiana
Hear Indiana is committed to helping children with hearing loss to achieve their fullest potential as independent members of society. We advocate that informed parents and professionals are the keys to achieving this objective. We promote early detection of hearing loss, amplification, and ongoing rehabilitation to maximize the use of residual hearing and the development of speech.
Hoosier Healthwise
Hoosier Healthwise is a health insurance program for Indiana children,
pregnant women, and low-income families. Health care is provided at little or
no cost to Indiana families enrolled in the program.
Indiana APSE: The Network on Employment
IN-APSE: The Network on Employment is a membership organization formed in 1988 as the Indiana Association for Persons in Supported Employment to improve and expand integrated employment opportunities, services, and outcomes for persons experiencing disabilities. To accomplish this mission, IN-APSE: Provides advocacy and education to customers of supported employment (SE), i.e. supported employment professionals, consumers and their family members, and supported employers, addresses issues and barriers which impede the growth and implementation of integrated employment services, improves supported employment (SE) practice so that individuals and communities experience SE as a quality service with meaningful outcomes, promotes national, state, and local policy development which enhances the social and economic inclusion and empowerment of all persons experiencing severe disabilities, and Educates the public and the business community on the value of including persons experiencing severe disabilities as fully participating community members.
Indiana Association of
Rehabilitation Facilities, Inc.
(Also known as the Indiana Association of Rehabilitation Facilities, Inc.) INARF is a statewide membership organization which provides leadership and
support to its constituency in the development of resources and promotion of
quality services to increase our members’ ability to effectively serve
the comprehensive needs of people with disabilities. Over 75 companies (both for profit and
not for profit) make up the INARF membership and they provide a variety of
services to persons with disabilities.
Indiana Center for Accessible Materials (ICAM)
ICAM is a web based system designed to provide support to Indiana Local Educational Agencies in meeting the NIMAS regulations of the Individuals with Disabilities Improvement Act of 2004. Our mission is to partner with local educational agencies in securing accessible textbooks and core curriculum materials, in specialized formats, for qualifying students with print disabilities. The ICAM system is owned, maintained, and provided to all Indiana schools by the Office of the Associate Superintendent, the Indiana Department of Education. Access to the system, technical support, and professional training are provided through the ICAM and PATINS projects without a fee.
Indiana Family and Social
Services Administration
The Indiana Family and Social Services Administration (FSSA) works with
Indiana's families, children, senior citizens, people with disabilities and
people with mental illness, providing services to promote self-sufficiency,
independence prevention, health and safety.
Indiana Governor's
Council for People with Disabilities
The Indiana's Governor's Council is an independent state agency that
facilitates change. Their mission is to advance independence, productivity and
inclusion of people with disabilities in all aspects of society. This mission
is accomplished through planning, evaluation, collaboration, education,
research and advocacy.
Indiana
Institute on Disability and Community
The Indiana Institute on Disability and Community (IIDC) foster communities
that welcome, value and support the participation and contributions of people
of all ages and abilities through research, education and service.
IN-PACT
Founded by parents of children with Autism and other Developmental Disabilities in 1980, In-Pact, Inc. is committed to its mission of providing a range of services that allow full participation of all people with Developmental Disabilities in their local community.
Indiana Protection and Advocacy Services - Special Education
IPAS protects and advocates for the rights of people with disabilities and is Indiana's federally designated Protection and Advocacy (P&A) system and client assistance program. It is an independent state agency, which receives no state funding and is independent from all service providers, as required by federal and state law.
Indiana Standards Tool
for Alternate Reporting
In Indiana, accountability for all students begins with ISTEP+. This
comprehensive testing system produces data that hold schools, school
corporations, and the state of Indiana accountable for improved performance as
specified in No Child Left Behind. To enhance this measure of group
achievement, the Indiana assessment system includes an alternate assessment
component, Indiana Standards Tool for Alternate Reporting (ISTAR). Students who
perform significantly above or below grade-level may have personal learning
goals that cannot be adequately measured with a grade-level standardized test.
ISTAR is the measure of accountability for the progress of these individual
students within Indiana’s assessment system.
Indiana State Department of Health's Sunny Start
The Indiana State Department of Health's Sunny Start project has created a series of fact sheets to highlight the basics of key resources available for Hoosier families. Fact sheets on the following topics are now available at http://earlychildhoodmeetingplace.indiana.edu/modules/news/family_resources.htm: Assistive Technology, Section 504, First Steps, CHOICE, Other Funding Options, Resource Organizations, Children's Special Health Care Services (CSHCS), Prescription Drugs, WIC-Women, Infants & Children Program, Medicaid Disability, Medicaid Waivers: DD, Autism & Support Services, Autism Mandate, Bureau of Developmental Disabilities Services (BDDS), Medicaid Waviers: Aged, Disabled & TBI, Medicaid, Resource-Area Agency on Aging, Private Health Insourance and Supplemental Security Income.
Indiana State
Resources
The offices listed on this state sheet are primarily state-level offices.
Even if an office is not close to your home, they can usually put you in touch
with resources in your community, as well as provide you with information and
assistance about disability issues in your state.
Medicaid
Links to information related to school-based Medicaid services in Indiana.
Momsonautism.com
Momsonautism.com will be community that shares positive stories about Autism though posts and podcasts that relate our experiences with various therapies, programs and strategies. We welcome contributions and comments about your family and your experiences.
National Federation of the Blind-Indiana Chapter
With more than 50,000 members, the National Federation of the Blind is the largest and most influential membership organization of blind people in the United States. The NFB improves blind people’s lives through advocacy, education, research, technology, and programs encouraging independence and self-confidence. It is the leading force in the blindness field today and the voice of the nation's blind. The NFB has affiliates in all fifty states plus Washington D.C. and Puerto Rico, and over seven hundred local chapters.
Noble of Indiana
Since 1953, Noble of Indiana has created opportunities for people with developmental disabilities, like Down Syndrome and autism, to live meaningful lives. Noble of Indiana offers early intervention therapies for babies and toddlers, summer camps and transition services for students, employment and life skills training for adults, and mentoring and respite for families.
Outreach Services of Indiana
Through collaborative working relationships with all consumers, advocates, providers and state agencies, Outreach provides staff training, technical assistance, consultation and backup service provision throughout Indiana to improve the life and support individuals with developmental disabilities and their families, service providers, and case managers.
PATINS Project
The PATINS (Promoting Achievement Through Technology and Instruction for All Students) Project is an Indiana Department of Education/Division of Student Learning/Office of Differentiated Learners assistive technology systems change initiative. The project is designed to impact both the organizational capacities of local public schools
and the professional capabilities of school staff in the delivery of assistive technology services
and the implementation of Universal Design for Learning Principles. PATINS has established lending libraries at each of our five operational sites. Equipment,
software, videos, and print materials are available to public school staff for preview and evaluation
purposes. In addition, PATINS offers workshops, both onsite and offsite, and offers technical
assistance to local school personnel on specific devices. The Mission of PATINS is to provide access to technology tools and instruction on Universal
Design for Learning, so every student can participate and progress within the general curriculum.
See also NIMAS/ICAM
PEACZ
(Parent Education and Advisory Council of Zionsville)
PEACZ is a non-profit organization committed to helping Zionsville students with learning differences get the education and resources they need to thrive.
PEACZ is devoted to providing education, training, resources and support to families of children with special needs in the Zionsville community.
Turnstone Center for Disable Children and Adults
Since 1943, Turnstone has worked to promote the self-sufficiency, functional independence and emotional well being of children and adults with disabilities. Turnstone provides therapeutic services to 2,200 children and adults with physical disabilities annually. Services include speech, physical, aquatic and occupational therapy, preschool, childcare, health and wellness programs, adaptive sports and recreation programs, an adult day service program, residential ramp building and equipment loan. Located in Fort Wayne, Indiana.
Unified
Training System
The Unified Training System, established by the First Steps Early
Intervention System within FSSA/Bureau of Child Development, was created to
support: The statewide coordination of training activities related to young
children, greater access to learning opportunities for families and service
providers, a more balanced and coordinated schedule of training activities in
terms of topics, locations, and dates throughout the state available year
round, specialized training opportunities that bring together families and
professionals from different fields, including early education and child care
service providers, a hotline to register for UTS-sponsored learning
opportunities and to access training resources, and a Family Involvement Fund
to support the participation of family members of young children with special
needs at trainings, public forums, and task forces.
VSA arts of Indiana
VSA arts of Indiana serves to promote the creative power in people through
the vision of an inclusive community, strength of shared resources, and access
to artistic expression that unites us all. Since the early 1980's, V S A arts
of Indiana has led the movement to unleash the creative spirit and artistic
gifts of thousands of children, youth and adults.
Vocational
Rehabilitation Services
The Bureau of Vocational Rehabilitation provides quality, individualized
services to enhance and support people with disabilities to prepare for, obtain
or retain employment. Through active participation in their rehabilitation,
people with disabilities achieve a greater level of independence in their work
place and living environments.
Yellow
Pages for Kids (Indiana)
At the Yellow Pages for Kids with Disabilities, you will find educational
consultants, psychologists, diagnosticians, health care specialists, academic
tutors, speech language therapists, advocates, and attorneys. You will also
find government programs, grassroots organizations, special education schools,
and parent support groups.
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