Special+Kids-Links

=Government Agencies providing information on Mental Health, Neurological and Educational Disabilities.=

 [|CASEL] www.casel.org/  Center for Academic, social and emotional learning

 [|SAMHSA] Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services www.samhsa.gov/index.aspx  Government site for all topics related to substance abuse and mental health services search the free materials in the [|Samhsa store] nmhicstore.samhsa.gov/publications/ordering.aspx for teaching and resources dealing with mental health, anger, depression, substance abuse, and trauma.

 [|National Institute of Neurological Disorders]www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/disorder_index.htm  Index of all disorders considered neurological in nature- ADHD, Autism, Aphasia, Apraxis, Aspergers

 [|National Institute of Mental Health] www.nimh.nih.gov/  Index of all disorders under the domain of mental health: Anxiety, ADHD, depression, eating, OCD)

 [|Mental Health of America] www1.nmha.org/children/ Children's Mental Health Statistics and information on disorders of mental health: depression, bi-polar, anxiety, ADHD

 [|NICHCY]  National Dissemination Center for Children with Disabilities www.nichcy.org/disabinf.asp  Fact Sheets on all disabilities included in IDEA

 [|Child and Adolescent Psychiatry] www.aacap.org/cs/root/resources_for_families/child_and_adolescent_mental_illness_statistics  Quick Statistics for teachers and families

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;"> [|Science of Mental Illness] science.education.nih.gov/supplements/nih5/mental/default.htm <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;"> NIH curriculum for Grades 6-8, teachers guides and complete curriculum with clear explanations and diagrams