Disability Areas

Alabama Autism Initiative for Services – Glenwood

Request for Services from Glenwood Inc.

Alabama Autism Initiative Request for Services – Learning Tree

Form used to request for services from Learning Tree

Autism Internet Modules

AIM is designed to provide high-quality information and professional development for anyone who supports, instructs, works with, or lives with someone with autism.

Alabama Institute for the Deaf and Blind

Alabama Institute for the Deaf and Blind

Optimizing Outcomes for Students Who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing

Optimizing Outcomes for Students Who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing

Alabama Hands and Voices

Alabama Hands and Voices Communication Plan for students who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing 

American Psychological Association-Children’s Mental Health

American Psychological Association-Children’s Mental Health

National Institute of Mental Health

National Institute of Mental Health

A Series of Guides for Parents, Professionals, and Students

Five publications have been developed for school administrators, educators, educational interpreters, students, and parents to support language access for deaf and hard of hearing children in general education settings. The publications were developed in collaboration with Dr. Brenda Schick and Boys Town National Research Hospital and are based on the content of Dr. Schick’s Classroom Interpreting website maintained by Boys Town National Research Hospital.

Alabama Institute for the Deaf and Blind

Alabama Institute for the Deaf and Blind

Deaf/Blindness section

Link to the Deaf/Blindess section

Alabama Licensure Board for Interpreters and Transliterators (ALBIT)

Alabama Law concerning hiring certified/licensed interpreters. Rosters of certified/licensed interpreters in the state of Alabama.

Described and Captioned Media Program

Many Special Education teachers and school librarians in Alabama may not be aware of the Captioned Media Program offered by the U.S. Department of Education and administered by the National Association of the Deaf. In Alabama, it’s coordinated by the Alabama School for the Deaf Library and is available to people with hearing impairments or organizations that provide services to them.

Educational Interpreter Performance Assessment (EIPA)

Information for dates, times and locations of written and performance exams to become a certified/ licensed interpreter in the state of Alabama. Study guides for written test and practice videos available.

American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (AAIDD)

AAIDD promotes progressive policies, sound research, effective practices, and universal human rights for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities.

5 Questions About Terms like Learning Disabilities, Dyslexia, Dyscalculia, and Dysgraphia

Parents and educators may have different opinions about specific terms like dyslexia or more general terms like learning disabilities. Understanding these terms and agreeing on which to use can help prevent confusion and conflict. It can also lead to a shared understanding of a child’s needs.

Differentiating ID and SLD – General Difficulty

Differentiating ID and SLD – General Difficulty

OSEP Letter to Clark Regarding Missed Services

On January 12, 2016, OSEP reaffirmed its guidance to ASHA in this 3/8/07 letter which clarifies how to handle missed sessions due to the child’s absence from school, cancellation for a class or school activity, or the absence of the SLP from school.

Alabama Head Injury Foundation

Alabama Head Injury Foundation

American Foundation for the Blind

AFB CareerConnect is a free resource for people who are blind or visually impaired to learn about the range and diversity of the jobs that are performed throughout the United States and Canada by adults who are blind or visually impaired.