Education: Special Education

Indiana Resource Center for Autism

For College Bound Students

Autism Speaks

Indiana Austism Scholarship Foundation

US College Autism Project

IN*SOURCE has assembled information that is available to Indiana parents, families, educators and other professionals.

National Child Traumatic Stress Network  was established to improve access to care, treatment, and services for traumatized children and adolescents exposed to traumatic events. This section of NCTSN.org provides information about the Network itself.

The Indiana Youth Institute promotes the healthy development of Indiana chldren and youth by serving the people, institutions and communities that impact their well-being.

The Children’s Coalition of Indiana membership represents local, regional, and statewide organizations who advocate for the well being of children.

• Collaborative, group, and individual study areas are offered as well as group study rooms
• One study area is dedicated to adaptive technology, which includes a Braille display
• A reading machine
• A special individual monitor for people with retinal degenerative diseases
• A head tracker
• A multi-colored QWERTY layout with keys four times larger than usual
• A voice-to-text program
• Software to help people who struggle with reading
• One computer also has ZoomText capabilities that enlarges print and screen and reads aloud for the visually challenged

Please stop by the Circulation Desk on the main floor for access to this adaptive technology.

If you need assistance with ADA accommodations, please call the Library Administrative Office at 812-237-3700 during regular Monday through Friday business hours to speak with the Associate Dean.

Article 7 contains the specific language on IN special education rules

Federal Regulations

IN DOE Dept of Special Education Office ensures that Indiana is in compliance with the federal Individuals With Disabilities Education Act through monitoring of special education programs, oversight of community and residential programs, provision of mediation and due process rights, and sound fiscal management.

Navigating the Course: Finding your way through Indiana's Special Education Rules was written to provide an overview and a practical resource to help parents, advocates, school personnel, and students understand the requirements of Indiana’s special education rules, found at 511 IAC 7-32 through 48, commonly known as Article 7. It is intended to serve as a companion guide to Article 7, replacing the previous Live, Learn, Work, and Play document and is not a substitute for Article 7. Please refer to Article 7 for the specific language of the special education rules.

Special Education Supreme Court Cases