Featured Programs

UCLA Center for Mental Health in Schools is one of two national training and technical assistance centers focused on mental health in schools. Our center approaches mental health and psychosocial concerns from the broad perspective of addressing barriers to learning and promoting healthy development. Specific attention is given to polices and strategies that can counter fragmentation and enhance collaboration between school and community programs

Specific Topics

Information on Individualized Education Programs (IEP)
OSEP Policy Letter on requirements for parental approval for assessment
An Ounce of Prevention - 10/27/99 article on Effective Behavior Support in Education Week (Vol. 19, number 9, page 32-34)

Places to Search

Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC)
IDEA Practices - One stop shopping for info on the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act
School Psychology Resources Online
SERI - Special Education Resources on the Internet
Teacher's Guide to the U.S. Department of Education

Programs and Projects

Accelerated Schools Project - Center for Educational Research at Stanford University
Center for Effective Collaboration and Practice
Consortium for Appropriate Dispute Resolution in Special Education - CADRE
Devereux
Division of Adolescent and School Health (DASH)
Hello Friend/Ennis William Cosby Foundation
Lane Education Service District
Pathways to School Improvement - North Central Regional Educational Laboratory
Positive Education Program
School District 4J
Teachers.Net
Technical Assistance Alliance for Parent Centers

Fact Sheets

What is Early Intervention?

Information Resources on Early Intervention (Autism Society of America)

Early Intervention Organizations

Early Childhood Research Institute on Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services (CLAS)

National Early Childhood Technical Assistance System (NEC*TAS)

National Head Start Association

Zero To Three

Education-Related Organizations

American Educational Research Association
American Federation of Teachers
Center for Effective Collaboration and Practice
Coalition for Community Schools
Council for Children with Behavioral Disorders
Council for Exceptional Children
The Federation of Families for Children's Mental Health
National Association of School Psychologists (NASP)
National Association of State Boards of Education (NASBE)
National Center to Improve Practice (NCIP)
National Education Association (NEA)
National Educational Service (NES)
UCLA Center for Mental Health in Schools

Universities and Research Institutes

Office of Special Education at the University of Virginia
Social Development Research Group of the University of Washington
Wisconsin Center for Education Research

State Education Resources

Association of Schools and Agencies for the Handicapped - New Jersey
Educational Resources by Area
Kentucky Department of Education - Behavior Home Page
National Association of School Psychologist State Assocations
NEA Local Affiliates
Utah State Office of Education, At Risk/Sped Services

Regional Educational Laboratories

Appalachia Educational Laboratory (AEL)
Laboratory for Student Success (LSS) - Mid-Atlantic Regional Educational Library at Temple University
Mid-continent Regional Educational Laboratory (McREL)
North Central Regional Educational Laboratory (NCREL)
Northeast and Islands Regional Educational Laboratory At Brown University (LAB)
Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory (NWREL)
SouthEastern Regional Vision for Education (SERVE)
Southwest Educational Development Laboratory (SEDL)

Comprehensive Regional Assistance Centers

Comprehensive Regional Assistance Centers
Region I - New England Comprehensive Assistance Center (NECAC)
Region II - New York Technical Assistance Center (NYTAC)
Region III - Comprehensive Center
Region IV - Comprehensive Technical Assistance Center
Region V - Southeast Comprehensive Assistance Center
Region VI - Comprehensive Regional Assistance Center Consortium
Region VII -Comprehensive Assistance Center
Region VIII -STAR (Support for Texas Academic Renewal) Center
Region IX - Southwest Comprehensive Regional Assistance Center
Region X - Northwest Regional Assistance Center
Region XI -Comprehensive Assistance Center
Region XII - Southern California Comprehensive Assistance Center
Region XIII - Alaska Comprehensive Regional Assistance Center (AKRAC)
Region XIV is unavailable at this time
Region XV - Pacific Center

Federal and Regional Resource Centers

Federal Resource Center for Special Education
Great Lakes Area Regional Resource Center
Mid-South Regional Resource Center
Mountain Plains Regional Resource Center
Northeast Regional Resource Center
South Atlantic Regional Resource Center
Western Regional Resource Center

U.S. Department of Education

U.S. Department of Education
Partnership for Family Involvement in Education
Safe & Drug Free Schools Program
National Clearinghouse for Bilingual Education (NCBE)
Office of Bilingual Education and Minority Languages Affairs
Office of Educational Research and Improvement (OERI)
National Institute on the Education of At-Risk Students
National Institute on Early Childhood Development and Education (ECI)
Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (OSERS)
National Institute on Disability & Rehabilitation Research (NIDRR)
Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP)
Office of Vocational and Adult Education (OVAE)