Features - Understanding Suicide. Behavior Home Page, Kentucky. Welcome The Kentucky Department of Education (KDE) and the Department of Special Education and Rehabilitation Counseling at UK (SERC) collaborated on this Web page on student behavior for many years. The purpose is to provide a format that allows school personnel, parents, and other professionals to gain access to information, to share effective practices, and to receive ongoing consultation and technical assistance concerning the full range of behavior problems and challenges displayed by children and youth in school and community settings, as well as other behavioral issues that may affect their success in school.
Discipline Help: You Can Handle Them All. Watch Educating Peter (1992) Free Online. YSPP Youth Suicide Prevention Program: teen suicide, teenage suicide, suicide statistics. The National Dropout Prevention Centers Portal. AFSP: Understanding and Preventing Suicide Through Research, Education and Advocacy. Nichcy.
Evidence of Democratic Principles and Multiculturalism in Our Schools. National Research Center on Learning Disabilities (NRCLD) The Arc | For People with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities. CCBD. Home. Wrightslaw Special Education Law and Advocacy. PACER Center - Assistance for Children with Disabilities, Teen Bullying, Parent Programs. Home. State Resources for Parents of Children and Youth with Disabilities.
PDF Version (328 KB) - get Acrobat Reader Parents of youth with disabilities have unique opportunities to promote their successful transition to postsecondary education, employment, and full adult participation in society. Parents can provide the foundation for young people to become self-determined, learn decision-making skills, and gain access to resources. Families can assist in the transition process by providing direction in exploration of interests, guidance in career and college planning, and encouragement as they pursue their dreams. Parents can help each other, too. As they develop skills in working with their own children they can: Provide information, Answer questions, Recommend resources, Empower youth and young adults with disabilities, Network, Train, and Support one another.
Parents are most effective when they have up-to-date information, communication, and community resources. Disability-Specific Organizations American Foundation for the Blind 800-232-5463 www.afb.org/ St. SERI - Special Education Resources on the Internet. Schizophrenia treatment resource and mental health issues.