*Links to Additional Educational and Commercial Websites, see below.

Glossary of Educational Terms

504 Plan - A child who qualifies is a "handicapped person" under 504, defined as a person with a
mental or physical impairment that limits one or more major life activities. A free appropriate public
education under 504 often means identifying reasonable accommodations to help a child succeed in the
classroom. An accommodation plan usually addresses nature of the disability and major life activity it
limits; basis for determining the disability; educational impact of the disability; necessary
accommodations; and placement in the least restrictive environment.

A
Assessment - A high-quality assessment of your child provides you with an understanding of your
child's performance over a period of time, in a variety of settings, with different people, and under
different circumstances. A broad gauge, professional assessment yields valuable information for
planning for instructional and behavioral needs. An assessment includes evaluation, criterion and
standardized testing, observation, health documents and history, questionnaires and interviews.
Assessments are used to form IEP's and 504 Plans. Assessments may be done by the school district or
by private assessment professionals. (See Neuropsychologist.).

Auditory Memory - The ability to retain information which has been presented to you orally. Different
kinds of auditory memory: short term memory, such as recalling information presented several seconds
before; long term memory, such as recalling information presented more than a minute before; or
sequential memory, such as recalling a series of data or information in proper order.

C
Cognitive Ability - Includes speech and language; memory; attention; reasoning; abstract thinking;
communication; judgment; problem solving; sensory, perceptual and motor abilities.

Criterion Referenced Test - These tests provide information on specific knowledge or skills
possessed by a student, such as a grade level test in arithmetic. Such tests usually cover relatively
small units of content and are closely connected to instruction. Their scores have meaning in terms of
what the student knows or can do with the instruction he or she has received, rather than their relation
to the scores made by some external reference group. Often criterion referenced tests and standardized
tests are used to assess a child's abilities.

D
Distractibility - The action of shifting attention from the task at hand to sounds, sights, and other stimuli
that normally occur in the environment. Often used with terms such as high distractibility to indicate
difficulty in retaining focus and attention on a task at hand.

Dysgraphia - Difficulty in producing legible handwriting with age-appropriate speed.

Dyslexia - Impairment of the ability to deal with language (speaking, reading, spelling, writing). A person
with dyslexia may see letters, syllables, or words upside down, reversed, blurred, backwards, or
otherwise distorted.  

E
Educational Evaluation - One of the components necessary to determine whether a child is
handicapped. Although the specific content of an educational evaluation is not specified by the
regulations, the evaluation generally consists of a battery of tests and/or classroom observation and
analysis of class work designed to determine the current levels of achievement in areas such as
reading, math, spelling, etc. Perceptual abilities and learning style may also be evaluation.  With
parental/guardian consent, evaluations may be done via school evaluation personnel (preferably a
school psychologist) or privately.  Read the guidelines about seeking private assessment without
notifying the school first (not recommended).  

Educational Psychologist - See School Psychologist or Neuropsychologist

Eligibility Committee - Sometimes an early stage or part of the IEP Team. Within the public school
system, this committee determines whether a child has a handicapping condition which requires special
education and, in some cases, related services such as speech and language therapy; and
identifies the handicapping condition and recommends the special education services, and as required
recommends related services, that are needed. It is composed of the child's parents, a special
education administrator or a person representing the administrator (often called Case Manager) and
school division personnel representative of the disciplines involved in the conduct of the evaluation      
(e.g, psychologist, educational diagnostician). At least one school division representative must be a
person who tested or observed the student.


Executive Brain Function - Includes activities such as organizing, evaluating, logic and reasoning,
pattern recognition, planning, and carrying out goal-directed activities.

F
FAPE - The services, accommodations and efforts that make up a free and appropriate public education
for each child with a disability.

Fine Motor Skills - The use of small muscles for precision tasks such as writing, tying bows, zipping a
zipper, typing, braiding hair, picking up small items such as buttons.

G
Gross Motor Skills - This refers to the use of large muscles for activities requiring strength and
balance. Examples are running, walking, leaping, skipping.

H
Handicapped - Any person with any physical and/or mental disability who has difficulty in carrying out
certain life tasks. Tasks such as walking, seeing, hearing, speaking, learning, or working are included in
this definition. The Federal law defines handicapped children as children who are mentally retarded,
hard of hearing, deaf, speech impaired, visually handicapped, seriously emotionally disturbed,
orthopedically impaired, other health impaired, blind, multihandicapped, or who have specific learning
disabilities, and who require special educational services because of these disabilities.

I
IDEA - 1997 Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). The chief purpose of this law is to provide
a free, appropriate public education (FAPE) available to every child who has a disability.

IEP - Individual Education Program (IEP) is the heart of IDEA. An IEP is a process where parents are full
and equal participants along with school staff and teachers. The IEP process determines the services
and accommodations that a child receives. To track progress, the IEP focuses on your child's present
levels of performance; measurable annual goals and measurable benchmarks; and a statement of
needed special education and/or other services.  IEP goals are directed by scientific, research-based
instruction.

IEP Team- Writes the Individualized Education Program for a child, identified by the Eligibility Committee
as handicapped. Members are

1. a school division employee, other than the student's teacher, who is qualified to provide or supervise
special education;
2. the student's teacher(s)
3. the parent or guardian
4. the student, if appropriate
5. other individuals whom the parents or the school division select.

The parent has an equal vote on the team.

Intelligence - Capacity of an individual to act rationally, cope, and deal effectively with their world.
Abstract reasoning, problem solving ability, ability to acquire knowledge, adaptation to environment,
learning and memory skills, mental processing speed, linguistic competence and math ability skills. New
research points to many types of intelligence such as athletic or emotional intelligence. IQ tests do not
measure all types of intelligence a child may possess.

IQ - Intelligence quotient. The ratio between a person's chronological age (measured in years) and
mental age (as measured by an intelligence test) multiplied by 100. Several standardized intelligence
tests may be used in school testing. These tests also have the capability of looking at particular kinds of
intelligence such as decoding.

K Kinesthetic Method - A way of teaching words by using the muscles based on the theory of
involving musculature and the brain simultaneously in learning. For example, a student might trace the
outline of a word with a finger while looking at the word and saying the word or its letters, out loud.

L
LD - An abbreviation that stands for: Learning disability, learning disabled, learning disabilities.

LEA - Your Local Education Agency (a school division).

Learning Disabilities (LD) - Problems of the basic physiological and/or psychological processes.
These dysfunctions and disorders affect the way a child learns. However, many children with learning
disabilities have average or above average intelligence. Learning disabilities may cause difficulties in
listening, thinking, talking, reading, writing, spelling, or arithmetic. It is important to know that those
included are perceptual handicaps, dyslexia, and developmental aphasia. Excluded are learning
difficulties caused by visual, hearing, or motor handicaps, mental retardation, emotional disturbances, or
environmental disadvantage.

The regulations for Public Law (P. L.) 101-476, the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA),
defines a learning disability as: "a disorder in one or more of the basic psychological processes involved
in understanding or using spoken or written language, which may manifest in an imperfect ability to
listen, think, speak, read, write, spell or to do mathematical calculations."

Licensed Clinical Psychologist - A professional, licensed through your state who, through training and
supervised experience at the Ph.D. level works with children, adults as individuals and couples and
families. Clinical psychologists utilize assessment, diagnosis, intervention, research, and
consultation/program development with their clients for the enhancement of psychological and physical
well-being. Clinical psychology is a broad field of practice and research within the discipline of
psychology. Clinical psychologists apply psychological principles in assessment, prevention,
amelioration, and rehabilitation of psychological distress, disability, dysfunctional behaviour, and health-
risk behaviour.

Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) - A professional who is licensed through your state. Using
education and experience an LCSW is professionally qualified to provide direct diagnostic, preventive
and treatment services where functioning is threatened or affected by social and psychological stress or
health impairment.

Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) - A professional who is licensed through your state and
trained in counseling and guidance services with emphasis on individual, couples and family or group
guidance and counseling. This professional helps individuals to achieve more effective personal, social,
educational, and career development, and adjustment to stress, family issues and related situations.
Usually this individual has a master's degree in psychology.

M
Multidisciplinary Team - In education, a group made up of individuals from many aspects of a child's
educational life. For example, your child's classroom teacher and several educational specialists who
evaluate the child's handicap and along with the parent, prepare an Individualized Education Plan for
the child. May or may not include the school principal.

Multisensory - Involving most or all of the individual's senses.

N
Neuropsychologist - A clinical neuropsychologist is a professional within the field of psychology with
special expertise in the applied science of brain-behavior relationships. Clinical neuropsychologists use
this knowledge in the assessment, diagnosis, treatment, and/or rehabilitation of patients across the
lifespan with neurological, medical, neurodevelopmental and psychiatric conditions, as well as other
cognitive and learning disorders. A clinical neuropsychologist uses psychological, neurological,
cognitive, behavioral, and physiological principles, techniques and tests to evaluate patients'
neurocognitive, behavioral, and emotional strengths and weaknesses and their relationship to normal
and abnormal central nervous system functioning. Some neuropsychologists specialize in child and
adolescent assessment and evaluation.

P  

Phonics Approach - Also called Phonemics (phonemes are smaller sounds or parts of sounds).
Mastering phonemes usually indicates an ability to master reading. It is also a way of teaching reading
and spelling in which emphasis is on decoding the sounds which individual and various combinations of
letters make in a word. In decoding a word, the child sounds out individual letters or letter combinations
and then blends them to form a word.

Processing Disorders - These can include any disorders or dysfunctions in a child's learning skills. One
example is Central Auditory Processing Disorder (CAPD) or Auditory Processing Disorder (APD).
"Disorder" in central auditory processing disorder (CAPD) means that something is negatively affecting
the processing or interpretation of information. Typically, a child can "hear," meaning the ears are
performing proficiently. Children with CAPD often are not recognizing fine differences between sounds in
words, although the sounds themselves are loud and clear. Speech audiologists and language
pathologists and neuropsychologists can identify, although the former are more precise in evaluating
the extent of the condition.

Psychiatrist - This professional is a licensed medical doctor (M.D.) with additional graduate training
specializing in the areas of behavior, emotion, cognition. A psychiatrist is permitted to use medications in
treating a problem. A child and adolescent psychiatrist offers families the advantages of a medical
education, the medical traditions of professional ethics, and medical responsibility for providing
comprehensive care.

Psychological Examination - An evaluation by a certified school psychologist or privately engaged
clinical psychologist of the intellectual and behavioral characteristics of an individual. See School
Psychologist and Neuropsychologist.

Public Law (P.L.) 94-142 - The federal Education for All Handicapped Children Act became law in 1975.
P. L. 94-142 requires each state to provide free and appropriate public education (FAPE) to all
handicapped children from birth through age 21. The law also requires that an Individualized Education
Plan be organized, written and carried out for each handicapped child. It stipulates that parents must
have access to their child's school records, and are entitled to a due process hearing if they are
dissatisfied with their child's educational plan.

R
Receptive Language (Decoding) - Language received by the individual from the speech or written
language of others. The receptive language skills are listening and reading.

Rehabilitation Act of 1973 - This important act is the Civil Rights Act for the Handicapped. The act
prohibits discrimination because of physical or mental handicap in all programs receiving Federal
monies. The section of the act called Section 504 specifies that handicapped people are entitled to:

* the same rights and benefits as nonhandicapped applicants and employees
* all medical services and medically-related instruction available to the public
* participate in vocational rehabilitation, senior citizen activities, day care (for disabled children), or any
other social service program receiving federal assistance on an equal basis with nonhandicapped
persons
* an appropriate elementary and secondary education for physically or mentally handicapped children
that is inclusive and does not set the child apart.

Research Based Reading - Reading instruction supported by bona fide and published research as to
its efficacy, such as the Orton-Gillingham program which teaches, trains, certifies and hold standards for
teaching this multisensory reading method, often an effective method for children with learning
disabilities, especially
dyslexia.

Resource Room - An instructional setting usually other than "home room" into which a special
education student goes for specified periods of time for agreed upon teachings on a regularly
scheduled basis.

S
School Psychologist - A person who specializes in problems manifested in and associated with
educational systems and who uses selected psychological concepts, testing and methods in programs
which attempt to identify and improve learning conditions for students. Often school psychologists use a
limited number of assessment instruments which are licensed by their districts. Some school
psychologists focus on "IQ" oriented tests. Also see neuropsychologist for broader testing capacity.

SEA - State Education Agency; your state's Department of Education.

Sensorimotor or Sensory-Motor - Relationship between the body's sensations and movement.

Sensory Acuity - The ability of a human to respond to sensation at normal levels of intensity.

Sequence - The particularity of information in its accustomed order (for example, months of the year,
the alphabet, etc.)

Sequential Processing - The brain processes information in a logical order (see Sequence) vs
simultaneous processing, where the brain looks at an overall pattern or gestalt. Both are cognitive
processes and considered part of intelligence.

Sight Words - This often refers to words commonly used and easily recognized in the English
language. They are also words a child can recognize on sight without aid of phonemics or other word-
attack skills.

Special Education - This is the name for Instruction specifically designed for handicapped children.

T
Thinking Skills - Often called cognitive and processing skills. It is the way in which human beings
acquire, interpret, organize, store, retrieve, and use knowledge.

V
Visual Discrimination - The ability to detect similarities and/or differences in materials which are
presented visually, for example, the ability to discriminate a "b" from "d", "o" from "c", "q" from "p" or "g",
etc.

Visual Memory - The ability to hold information presented visually. Retention may be done in short
term memory, such as recalling information presented several seconds before, or it may be held in long-
term memory, such as recalling information presented longer than a minute ago. Another form of holding
is in sequential memory, such as bringing to mind a array of information in proper order.

Visual Motor - Ability to translate information one sees into a motor response.

Visual Perception - Ability to correctly see and have the body's systems interpret what is seen. For
example, a child sees a square and identifies it as a square

W
Word Attack Skills - An individual's ability to analyze unfamiliar words visually and phonetically.

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Resources ( State of Oregon, Non-profit Groups and more)

IMPORTANT DISCLAIMER: These links lead to information outside counselingneportland.com. We
believe they may be of value to some people, but we do not assess or warrant the accuracy of the
information found on the pages. We urge you to use good judgement regarding any comments or
recommendations you find on these pages.

Brain Injury Association of Oregon
1118 Lancaster Drive NE, PMB-345
Salem, OR 97301
(503) 585-0855; (800) 544-5243 (in OR)
E-mail: biaor@open.org
Web:
www.open.org/biaor

Carol Walnum, MA, MBA
Counseling Services of NE Portland
(503) 287-1526
E-mail: carolwalnum@hevanet.com
Web: www.counselingneportland.com
Advocacy, Assessment Referral, Intervention, IEP Development for children and parents
needing support. Strengths include helping children receive proper assessment, creating
options for them within the school systems, and implementing an appropriate education plan
well. Call, email or click on web link for more information.

Center on Human Development
University of Oregon
901 E. 18th Avenue
Eugene, OR 97403
(541) 346-3591
Web: darkwing.uoregon.edu/~uap/

Child Development & Rehab. Center
Oregon Health Sciences University
P.O. Box 574
Portland, OR 97207-0574
(503) 494-8362
E-mail: sellsc@OHSU.edu
Web: www.ohsu.edu/cdrc

Client Assistance Program (CAP)
Oregon Advocacy Center
620 SW 5th Ave, Fifth Floor
Portland, OR 97204-1428
(503) 243-2081 or (800) 452-1694 (Voice); (503) 323-9161 or (800) 556-5351 (TTY)
E-mail: welcome@oradvocacy.org
The Client Assistance Program (CAP) is a federally mandated program funded by the
Rehabilitation Services Administration ("RSA") of the U.S. Dept. of Education. CAP provides
free advocacy and legal assistance to applicants and clients of programs that receive federal
money through RSA. Examples of these programs are the state vocational rehabilitation
agency, independent living centers, and one-stop programs.

Deaf and Hearing Impaired Access Program
Oregon Disabilities Commission
1257 Ferry Street, SE
Salem, OR 97310
(503) 378-3142 (V/TTY); (800) 358-3117 (V/TTY, in OR); (800) 521-9615 (V/TTY, in OR)
E-mail: tj.x.davis@state.or.us

Early Intervention/Early Childhood Special Education Dept.
Department of Education
255 Capitol Street N.E.
Salem, OR 97310-0203
(503) 378-3600, ext. 2331
Web:
http://www.ode.state.or.us/

Note:  The Department of Education for the State of Oregon has a hotline that can be accessed via
their website.  Their staff is helpful and knowledgeable.  Often this is can be a good place to start.

Eastern Oregon Regional Crisis/Diversion Program
17 SW Frazer, Ste 301
Pendleton, OR 97801
Telephone: 541-278-8668
E-mail: susan_l._purcell@class.oregonvos.net
Web: http://www.eoddr.com
A website about resources in Eastern Oregon for people with developmental disabilities and their
families and friends and the people who support them

Easter Seals Oregon
5757 S.W. Macadam Avenue
Portland, OR 97201
(503) 228-5108 (V/TTY)
E-mail: bhamilton@oregonseals.org
Web: http://www.oregonseals.org/

Epilepsy Foundation of OR
619 S.W. 11th Street, Suite 225
Portland, OR 97205-2646
(503) 228-7651; (888) 828-7651
E-mail: mail@epilepsyoregon.org
Web: http://www.epilepsyoregon.org/

Governor
254 State Capitol
Salem, OR 97310
(503) 378-3111; (503) 378-4582 (24 hours); (503) 378-4859 (TTY)
E-mail via contact page on the web: http://governor.oregon.gov/contact.htm
Web: http://
governor.oregon.gov/index.htm

Hearing & Speech Institute
Donald S. Rushmer, Ph.D, Director
1675 SW Marlow Ave, Suite 200
Portland, OR 97225-5104
(503) 228-6479; Fax: (503) 228-4248
E-mail: info@hearingandspeech.org
Web:
www.hearingandspeech.org
We provide therapy for children with hearing loss, speech-language disorders, reading and literacy, and
relatedness challenges such as autism spectrum disorders.

Learning Disabilities Association of Oregon
P.O. Box 1221
Portland, OR 97207
(503) 641-3768

Mental Health Association of Oregon
620 S.W. 5th Avenue, 5th Floor
Portland, OR 97204
(503) 243-2081; (800) 452-1694
E-mail: mhaoregon@aol.com
E-mail: mhaoregon@oradvocacy.org

Mental Health and DD Services Division
P.O. Box 14250
Salem, OR 97309-0740
(503) 945-9739

NAMI-Oregon
2620 Greenway Drive, N.E.
Salem, OR 97302
(503) 945-9499; (503) 945-9774
(503) 370-7774; (800) 343-6264
E-mail: namior@aol.com

Northwest ADA and IT Center
Oregon Health Sciences University
PO Box 574
Portland, Or 97207-0574
(503) 494-4001 (V); (800) 949-4232 (V/TTY)
E-mail: nwada@ohsu.edu
Web: http://www.nwada.org

Northwest Down Syndrome Association
H
oward Roll
P.O. Box 9127
Portland, OR 97207
(503) 977-3449
E-mail: hnroll@comcast.net
Web:
www.portlandbuddywalk.org
Parents and professionals supporting individuals with Down syndrome and their families.

Office of Professional Technical Education
O
R Department of Education
255 Capitol Street, N.E.
Salem, OR 97310-0203
(503) 378-3600, ext. 2217
E-mail: holly.miles@state.or.us

Office of Special Education
Department of Education
255 Capitol Street NE
Salem, OR 97310-0203
(503) 378-3600, ext 2329; (503) 378-2892 (TTY)
E-mail: steve.johnson@state.or.us
Web: www.ode.state.or.us/sped/index.htm

Oregon Advocacy Center
6
20 SW 5th Avenue, Fifth Floor
Portland, OR 97204-1428
(503) 243-2081; (503) 323-9161 (TTY)
E-mail: oradvocacy@aol.com

Oregon Clarion/Community Partnerships Project
Michael T. Bailey
4265 NE Halsey, Suite 817
Portland, OR. 97213
E-mail: mtbclation@attbi.com
The Community Partnerships Project (funded by the Oregon Council on Developmental Disabilities)
provides a statewide network of advocates interested in issues important to people with developmental
disabilities. Trainings in public policy advocacy are available. The Oregon Clarion is a free quarterly
newspaper with a state wide circulation.

Oregon Commission for the Blind
535 SE 12th Avenue
Portland, OR 97214
(503) 731-3221; (800) 202-5463
E-mail: charles.young@state.or.us
Web: http://
www.cfb.state.or.us/

Oregon Department of Education
255 Capitol St NE Salem, OR 97310-0203
Phone: (503) 378-3569 TDD: (503) 378-2892 Fax: (503) 373-7968
http://
www.ode.state.or.us/

Oregon Department of Education Office of Special Education
(503) 378-3598 V; (503) 378-2892 TDD
Fax: (503) 373-7968
http://
www.ode.state.or.us/sped/index.htm

Oregon Developmental Disabilities Council
540 24th Place, NE
Salem, OR 97301-4517
(503) 945-9941; (800) 292-4154 (in OR)
E-mail: ODDC@aol.com
Web: http://
www.oddc.org/

Oregon Disabilities Commission
1257 Ferry Street SE
Salem, OR 97310
(503) 378-3142 (V/TTY); (800) 358-3117

Oregon Institute on Disability and Development
OR Health Sciences University
P.O. Box 574
Portland, OR 97207-0574
(503) 494-8364
E-mail: oidd@ohsu.edu
Web:
www.ohsu.edu/cdrc/oidd

Oregon PTA
5
31 SE 14th Avenue, Room 205
Portland, OR 97214-2427
(503) 234-3928
E-mail: or_office@pta.org
E-mail: or_pres@pta.org

Oregon School for the Deaf
Janet Johanson, Outreach Coordinator
999 Locust St. NE
Salem, OR 97303
(503) 378-3825 TTY/V; Fax: (503) 373-7879
E-mail: outreach@osd.k12.or.us
Web:
www.osd.k12.or.us
The Oregon School for the Deaf provides comprehensive, specialized, educational services for children
who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing in a setting that is communication-accessible through the use of
American Sign Language by all staff.

Oregon Speech and Hearing Association
P.O. Box 523
Salem, OR 97308
(503) 370-7019
Web: www.healthcaresource.com/osha

Oregon Technology Access for Life Needs Project
Access Technologies Inc.
3
070 Lancaster Drive NE
Salem, OR 97305-1396
Phone: (800) 677-7512 (V/TTY, In-State); (503) 361-1201 (V/TDD)
Fax: (503) 370-4530
E-mail: ati@oregonvos.net
Web: http://www.taln.org/

Protection and Advocacy Agency
Oregon Advocacy Center
6
20 SW 5th Avenue, Fifth Floor
Portland, OR 97204-1428
(503) 243-2081; (503) 323-9161 (TTY)
E-mail: oradvocacy@aol.com

Scottish Rite Centers

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H. J. Casey Scottish Rite Clinic for Childhood Language Disorders
1507 SW Morrison Street, Suite A
Portland, OR 97205-1814
(503) 226-1048
Fax: (503) 226-1049
E-mail: talkdoc@teleport.com
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McCarty Scottish Rite Clinic for Childhood Language Disorders
Scottish Rite Center
620 Walnut Avenue
Klamath Falls, OR 97601-6141
(541) 883-7095
E-mail: srckf@kfalls.net
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Rogue Valley Scottish Rite Clinic for Childhood Language Disorders
Inquiries: Scottish Rite Center
955 N. Phoenix Road
Medford, OR 97504
(541) 826-3637
E-mail: medvally@juno.com
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Scottish Rite Clinic for Childhood Language Disorders
700-B NW Hill Street
Bend, OR 97701-2923
(541) 389-8201
E-mail: srcbend@transport.com
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Scottish Rite Clinic for Childhood Language Disorders
Masonic Building
920 SE Cass Street, Suite 208
Roseburg, OR 97470-4910
(541) 440-3040
E-mail: srcrsbg@sorcom.com
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Scottish Rite Clinic for Childhood Language Disorders
(LaGrande, OR 97850)
Inquiries: P.O. Box 601
Union, OR 97883-0601
(541) 562-5550
E-mail: dpatters@oregon.net

State Services for Autism
Department of Education
255 Capitol Street, NE
Salem, OR 97310-0203
(503) 378-3600, ext. 2336
E-mail: marilyn.gense@state.or.us
Web:
http://www.ode.state.or.us/

The Arc of Oregon
1745 State Street
Salem, OR 97301
(503) 581-2726; (877) 581-2726 (toll-free)
E-mail: arcofor@callatg.com
Web: www.open.org/arcoforg

The Oregon Brain Injury Resource Network
345 N. Monmouth Avenue
Monmouth, OR 97361
(503) 585-0855; (800) 544-5243
E-mail: tbi@wou.edu
Web:
www.tr.wou.edu/tbi

United Cerebral Palsy of OR & Southwest Washington
7830 SE Foster Road
Portland, OR 97206
(503) 777-4167
E-mail: bthoune@ucpaorwa.org

Vocational Rehabilitation Division, Dept. of Human Services
500 Summer Street, NE-E87
Salem, OR 97301
(503) 945-5880
E-mail: sally.s.zuelke@state.or.us

American Academy of Pediatrics policy statement on the Treatment of the School-Aged Child
With AD/HD:

  • In addition to medications, the AAP policy statement on the Treatment of the School-
    Aged Child With AD/HD recommends the use of behavior therapy, which might include
    parent training, and 8-12, weekly group sessions with a trained therapist to change the
    behavior at home and in the classroom for children with AD/HD.


Websites

Schwab Learning provides free information, resources, publications and support to parents of children
who struggle with learning and to kids themselves through two websites and Outreach and Community
Services. Schwab Learning is an operating program of the Charles and Helen Schwab Foundation, a
private, nonprofit foundation that funds programs in learning disabilities and human services. Access
their webpage for parents at
http://www.schwablearning.org and their webpage especially for kids
ages 8 to 12 with learning disabilities at
http://www.schwablearning.org/SparkTop/

Pam and Pete Wright provide help with the school process, from elementary through college.  Many
helpful publications and trainings.  This and the Schwab site are important to parents and guardians
seeking help for their children with learning and other challenge
. http://wrightslaw.com
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