Special Education

The Bureau administers programs for students with disabilities, coordinates student services, and participates in multi-agency efforts to strengthen the quality and variety of services available to students with special needs.

Provides parents, educators, and other Floridians with access to information about exceptional student education, student services, juvenile justice education, early intervention, parent and professional partnerships, and many other topics.

The Awesome Library organizes over 37,000 carefully reviewed resources, including the top 5 percent in education, and categorizes by specific disabilities. Resources available through this site include discussion groups, periodicals, published papers, multimedia materials, and lesson plan links.

This site provides information on disabilities and focuses on children and youth (birth to age 22) for families, educators, and other professionals. Also available in Spanish, this award-winning site offers information and links to areas related to specific disabilities, early intervention, special education and related services, individualized education programs, family issues, disability organizations, professional associations, education rights, and transition to adult life.

This Web Resource Directory lists over 200 links for Web sites pertaining to special education. Included are links for agencies and organizations, as well as federally sponsored projects and centers.

This Web site is an essential reference base for parents, advocates, educators, and attorneys, which may be used for accurate, up-to-date information about effective advocacy for children with disabilities. You will find hundreds of useful articles, cases, newsletters, and other information about special education law and advocacy.