This site has information about Special Needs Planning, Financial Planning, Educational Placement Help, as well as links to Advocacy Information and Supportive Housing sites pertaining to special needs. Click here to view the respite care page at www.specialneedskidsinfo.com.
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Education
- Special Education Guide Book for Parents
- Kinship Care School Enrollment
- Difficulty Getting an IEP?
- Parent Educational Advocacy Training Center
- Formed Families Forward
- Wrights Law Special Education Advocacy
- Great Expectations
- Foster 2 Success
- America's College Fund for Foster Youth
- Special Education Virginia Public Schools
- Homeschooling Children who Have Learning Disabilities
- What Teachers and Educators Can Do to Help Youth In Foster Care
- The Role of Schools in Supporting Children in Foster Care
- Information on getting an IEP
- Achieving Higher Education Goals
- IEP tips for parents
- Raising and Working with Children and Youth in Foster Care or Living with Kin
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Laws, Policies and Regulations
- Foster Care Agreement: Code of Ethics and Mutual Responsibilities
- Registering Youth in Foster Care for their Home School
- Adoption Subsidy
- Family Engagement Powerpoint
- Foster Care Guidance Manual on Resource Families
- Title IV-E
- A Foster Parent's Right to Be Heard Guide
- Foster Care Manual
- Post Adoption Contact and Communication Agreement
- Court Hearings For Permanent Placement
- Office of Licensing
- Virginia Adoption Attorneys
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Parenting
- Autism PDD Info and Support
- Choosing a Pediatrician
- Virginia licensed day care providers
- Welcoming Children to Your Home
- Tip Sheet on Parenting Survivors of Domestic Violence Trauma
- Parenting Children who Has Experienced Abuse or Neglect
- Early Childhood Trauma and Therapeutic Parenting
- Developing Positive Racial Identity
- How to Help Children Who Have Experienced Trauma
- 10 tips for parents on how to deal with bullying
- Parenting After Adoption
- TOP 10 TIPS FOR ADOPTERS BY THE ADOPTED
- Frequently Asked Questions From Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Questioning (LGBTQ) Prospective Foster and Adoptive Parents
- Impact of Adoption on Adoptive Parents
- Holidays with Adoptive Children How to Survive November and December
- UNDERSTANDING AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER
- When violence has occurred in the home
- Helping children impacted by homicide
- Tips for keeping your child safe online
- Ten Myths and Realities of Sibling Adoption
- Attachment Issues and Reactive Attachment Disorder
- Best Parenting Advice Ever (and it’s not what you think)
- Tips for Parenting Youth Through Traumatic Grief
- Parenting Tips for Traumatic Grief
- Q & A on Childhood Sexual Abuse
- Parenting Children With Learning Disabilities
- Adopting as a single parent: Can you afford it?
- Parent-to-Parent Tips & Chats
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Medical
- Logisticare Downloadable forms
- Healthy Foster Care America campaign
- HealthyChildren.org
- Virginia Medicaid Managed Care
- Interstate Compact on Adoption and Medical Assistance
- Anthem Member? Take the Needs Assessment
- A parent's guide to getting good care
- Video Conferencing Counseling Services
- HealthWorks for Northern Virginia
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Specialized Services
- EDCD waiver for children with disabilities
- Play Therapists directory
- Virginia Respite Care
- Virginia Board for People with Disabilities
- Trust for Individuals with Disabilities
- Impact Foster Care Closet of Northern Virginia
- Information on Kinship Care
- Kids Count Data Book 2016
- 9 STEPS TO RESPITE CARE for Grandfamilies
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Behavioral/Developmental
- Autism Speaks
- Attachment Therapists
- Licensed behavioral health center
- Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
- Information on PTSD
- Early Childhood Trauma
- Information on ADHD
- Directory of Early Intervention Services
- "A Friend Ask App" How to Help Someone who is Contemplating Suicide
- Sibling Issues in Foster Care and Adoption
- City of Alexandria Department of Community and and Human Services
- A SHARED SENTENCE the devastating toll of parental incarceration on kids, families and communities
- Attachment YouTube Videos
- Trauma Informed Care Resources
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Training
- NewFound YouTube channel
- Foster Parent Training
- FosterParentCollege.com
- Children’s Bureau Express
- Family Engagement Inventory
- Parenting After Adoption
- A Practice Guide to Family Search and Engagement
- VDSS Normalcy/Prudent Parent Training
- VDSS Mandated Reporter Training
- Find State Sponsored Training In Your Area
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Youth
- Transitioning out of foster care
- Project Life
- Financial Empowerment Toolkit for Youth
- Managed care expansion for children in foster care
- A Guide on Psychotropic Medications for Youth in Foster Care
- Education and Training Voucher assistance
- College and Post-Secondary Training funds
- Foster Care to Success
- Great Expectations
- Services for Older Youth
- The Possibilities Project: A Transformational Oppurtunity for Former Foster Youth
- Independent Living
- A conversation starter about Youth Well-being
- Resource for Youth in Foster Care Considering the Military
- Find a Support Group
- Reunification
- Medicaid Providers Search Engine
- Education
- Special Education Guide Book for Parents
- Kinship Care School Enrollment
- Difficulty Getting an IEP?
- Parent Educational Advocacy Training Center
- Formed Families Forward
- Wrights Law Special Education Advocacy
- Great Expectations
- Foster 2 Success
- America's College Fund for Foster Youth
- Special Education Virginia Public Schools
- Homeschooling Children who Have Learning Disabilities
- What Teachers and Educators Can Do to Help Youth In Foster Care
- The Role of Schools in Supporting Children in Foster Care
- Information on getting an IEP
- Achieving Higher Education Goals
- IEP tips for parents
- Raising and Working with Children and Youth in Foster Care or Living with Kin
- Laws, Policies and Regulations
- Foster Care Agreement: Code of Ethics and Mutual Responsibilities
- Registering Youth in Foster Care for their Home School
- Adoption Subsidy
- Family Engagement Powerpoint
- Foster Care Guidance Manual on Resource Families
- Title IV-E
- A Foster Parent's Right to Be Heard Guide
- Foster Care Manual
- Post Adoption Contact and Communication Agreement
- Court Hearings For Permanent Placement
- Office of Licensing
- Virginia Adoption Attorneys
- Parenting
- Autism PDD Info and Support
- Choosing a Pediatrician
- Virginia licensed day care providers
- Welcoming Children to Your Home
- Tip Sheet on Parenting Survivors of Domestic Violence Trauma
- Parenting Children who Has Experienced Abuse or Neglect
- Early Childhood Trauma and Therapeutic Parenting
- Developing Positive Racial Identity
- How to Help Children Who Have Experienced Trauma
- 10 tips for parents on how to deal with bullying
- Parenting After Adoption
- TOP 10 TIPS FOR ADOPTERS BY THE ADOPTED
- Frequently Asked Questions From Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Questioning (LGBTQ) Prospective Foster and Adoptive Parents
- Impact of Adoption on Adoptive Parents
- Holidays with Adoptive Children How to Survive November and December
- UNDERSTANDING AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER
- When violence has occurred in the home
- Helping children impacted by homicide
- Tips for keeping your child safe online
- Ten Myths and Realities of Sibling Adoption
- Attachment Issues and Reactive Attachment Disorder
- Best Parenting Advice Ever (and it’s not what you think)
- Tips for Parenting Youth Through Traumatic Grief
- Parenting Tips for Traumatic Grief
- Q & A on Childhood Sexual Abuse
- Parenting Children With Learning Disabilities
- Adopting as a single parent: Can you afford it?
- Parent-to-Parent Tips & Chats
- Medical
- Logisticare Downloadable forms
- Healthy Foster Care America campaign
- HealthyChildren.org
- Virginia Medicaid Managed Care
- Interstate Compact on Adoption and Medical Assistance
- Anthem Member? Take the Needs Assessment
- A parent's guide to getting good care
- Video Conferencing Counseling Services
- HealthWorks for Northern Virginia
- Specialized Services
- EDCD waiver for children with disabilities
- Play Therapists directory
- Virginia Respite Care
- Virginia Board for People with Disabilities
- Trust for Individuals with Disabilities
- Impact Foster Care Closet of Northern Virginia
- Information on Kinship Care
- Kids Count Data Book 2016
- 9 STEPS TO RESPITE CARE for Grandfamilies
- Behavioral/Developmental
- Autism Speaks
- Attachment Therapists
- Licensed behavioral health center
- Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
- Information on PTSD
- Early Childhood Trauma
- Information on ADHD
- Directory of Early Intervention Services
- "A Friend Ask App" How to Help Someone who is Contemplating Suicide
- Sibling Issues in Foster Care and Adoption
- City of Alexandria Department of Community and and Human Services
- A SHARED SENTENCE the devastating toll of parental incarceration on kids, families and communities
- Attachment YouTube Videos
- Trauma Informed Care Resources
- Training
- NewFound YouTube channel
- Foster Parent Training
- FosterParentCollege.com
- Children’s Bureau Express
- Family Engagement Inventory
- Parenting After Adoption
- A Practice Guide to Family Search and Engagement
- VDSS Normalcy/Prudent Parent Training
- VDSS Mandated Reporter Training
- Find State Sponsored Training In Your Area
- Youth
- Transitioning out of foster care
- Project Life
- Financial Empowerment Toolkit for Youth
- Managed care expansion for children in foster care
- A Guide on Psychotropic Medications for Youth in Foster Care
- Education and Training Voucher assistance
- College and Post-Secondary Training funds
- Foster Care to Success
- Great Expectations
- Services for Older Youth
- The Possibilities Project: A Transformational Oppurtunity for Former Foster Youth
- Independent Living
- A conversation starter about Youth Well-being
- Resource for Youth in Foster Care Considering the Military
- Find a Support Group
- Reunification
- Medicaid Providers Search Engine
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