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The speaking of speech website offers an enormous amount of free materials targeting speech and language skills. Find some activities addressing the goals on your child's IEP.

Disabilities Rights of North Carolina (DRNC) is a private, non-profit organization in North Carolina that works to improve the lives of people with disabilities by protecting their rights. It is part of nationwide protection and advocacy system. DRNC has replaced the Governor’s Advocacy Council (GAC)

This is the North Carolina Parent Training and Information Center (PTI) that provides free information and assistance with educational issues to parents of children with disabilities. The center offers workshops, a lending library, newsletters, and a Parent Information Line answered by parents.

The Family Support Network has a free statewide information and referral service, parent-to-parent programs, and workshops for parents of children with disabilities. Call the network for specific disability information and for listings for all the different disability support groups

The American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) is the professional, scientific, and credentialing association for more than 130,000 members and affiliates who are audiologists, speech-language pathologists, and speech, language, and hearing scientists. This site has tons of information and links from speech, hearing and autism.

The Childhood Apraxia of Speech Association of North America (CASANA) The mission: To strengthen the support systems in the lives of children with apraxia, so that each child has their best opportunity to develop speech.

This site is a good information site.

DDR is dedicated to meeting the needs of children with developmental delays in sensory, motor, language, social, and emotional areas. DDR tracks trends and publicizes research about factors that could put children at risk.

The Stuttering Foundation provides free online resources, services and support to those who stutter and their families, as well as support for research into the causes of stuttering.