ESE Resources
ESE Agencies for Families
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ARC New Visions
The Arc is a disability rights organization. We work with and for people with IDD, their families, and our communities to achieve change.
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Autism Information Center
Center for Disease Control and Intervention – Articles, Updates, FAQs, and more.
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Central Florida Parent Center
Provides parents of children with disabilities with information, training, assistance, and support.
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Center for Autism and Related Disabilities (CARD)
The Center for Autism and Related Disorders (CARD®) is one of the world's largest and most experienced applied behavior analysis (ABA) treatment providers.
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Cerebral Palsy Guide
Provides parents with information on cerebral palsy causes, symptoms, and treatments.
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Cerebral Palsy Guidance
a website created to provide answers and assistance to parents of children with cerebral palsy.
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Charlotte Behavioral Health Center
provider of community-based behavioral health care, offering a full range of mental health services and substance use disorder treatment
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CHADD Children and Adults with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorde
Education, advocacy, and support Disaboom – Comprehensive internet community dedicated to constantly improving the way people with disabilities or functional limitations live their lives.
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Community Resource Network
Community Resource Network of Florida, LLC provides compassionate care and services to those with disabilities, adults, and children who need assistance.
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Deaf Service Center of Southwest Florida
The mission of the Deaf Service Center is to empower Southwest Florida's deaf and hard-of-hearing citizens and their families through education, advocacy, and community involvement
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Family Network on Disabilities (FND)
Florida’s resource for helping families of children with disabilities. You’ll find the resources and support your family needs.
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Florida Center for Students with Unique Disabilities (UCF)
The purpose of the Florida Center for Students with Unique Abilities is to provide support to students, families, and institutions of higher education so that students with intellectual disabilities have opportunities for on-campus college experiences that lead to employment opportunities
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Florida Diagnostic and Learning Resource System Suncoast (FDLERS)
DLRS is a discretionary project of the Florida Department of Education, Bureau of Exceptional Education and Student Services (BEESS). We provide information, training, and support to families in order to promote effective parent participation in the education of children who are exceptional and/or have special needs.
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Do2Learn
Communication cards, print resources, and more for children with special needs.
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eParent
Special needs products and services directory.
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Florida Developmental Disabilities Council
Encourages opportunities for persons with developmental disabilities and families to enhance their quality of life within their communities.
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National Collaborative on Workforce and Disability/Youth
Source for information about employment and youth with disabilities. Partners include experts in disability, education, employment, and workforce development.
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Project 10: Transition Education Network
To assist Florida school districts and relevant stakeholders in building capacity to provide secondary transition services to students with disabilities in order to improve their academic success and post-school outcomes.
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Special Olympics Charlotte County
Special Olympics Florida is to provide year-round sports training and competition in a variety of Olympic-type sports for people with intellectual disabilities who wish to participate, giving them continuing opportunities to develop physical fitness, demonstrate courage, experience joy, and participate in the sharing of gifts, skills, and friendship with their families, other Special Olympics athletes, and the community.
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Social Security Administration (SSA)
Social Security is committed to helping maintain the basic well-being and protection of the people we serve.
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Time Out Respite
Respite care workers assume the responsibility of staying in a home with the disabled individual. This is to allow families to complete a variety of tasks. The program is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
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Tender Hearts Partnership
The Tender Hearts Partnership's mission is to provide safe, fun, peer-based events and activities for the local intellectually challenged residents of our community.
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Valerie's House
The mission of Valerie's House is to help children and families work through the loss of a loved one together and go on to live fulfilling lives. Our vision is that No Child Will Grieve Alone
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NE Florida Educational Consortium Child Find Services
Pre-Kindergarten
Educational Resources
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Guide to Online Schools
A complete list of Math Resources
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ABC Teach
PreK – 8 materials and creative activities for students and educators, including printable worksheets, interactive activities, theme units, and much more
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Cool Math
An amusement park of math and more
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Do2learn
provides thousands of free pages with social skills and behavioral regulation activities and guidance, learning songs and games, communication cards, academic materials, and transition guides for employment and life skills.
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Fact Monster
Online homework help and more
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Figure This!
Math challenges for families of middle school children
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First School
Preschool activities and crafts, alphabet and theme worksheets and ideas
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Fun Brain
Funbrain offers hundreds of games, books, comics, and videos that develop skills in math, reading, problem-solving and literacy
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Internet4Classrooms
Sites to help parents help their children. Something for every grade level
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KidSites
Tons of cool, approved website links for science and math
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Math Cats
Promotes open-ended and playful explorations of important math concepts
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Math is Fun!
Math activities and tips for students
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National Geographic for Kids
Online magazine for students
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Online School Tech
A resource for students and parents
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Primary Games
Free, engaging online games in every content area for Pre-K -4th grade
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Reading is Fundamental (RIF)
Tips and activity ideas to help you motivate your kids to read
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Reading Rockets
Offers a wealth of reading strategies, lessons, and activities to “Launch young readers”
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Schwab Learning
A parent guide to helping children with learning difficulties
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Starfall
Engaging reading activities and decodable text for beginning readers
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Student Guide to Online Learning Success
Help new online students and their parents get acquainted with (and learn how to master) some of the most common digital technologies, learning platforms, and lingo used in remote learning, from Zoom and Google Meet to Blackboard and Canvas
Multi-Tiered System of Supports (MTSS)
Mission Statement
To oversee and guide the integration of a multi-tiered system of academic and behavioral supports that relies on problem-solving and data-based decision-making to promote success for all Charlotte County Public School students.
Florida State Assessment
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FAST Assessment
General information and resources about the Florida Assessment of Student Thinking (FAST).
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FAA Assessment
The FAA program is based on Florida’s Benchmarks for Excellent Student Thinking (B.E.S.T.) Access Points for English language arts and mathematics, and on Florida’s statewide academic standards – Access Points for science and social studies. Access Points are academic expectations written specifically for students with the most significant cognitive disabilities.