APPENDIX I - ACRONYMS USED IN SPECIAL EDUCATION
ADD - Attention Deficit Disorder
ALJ - Administrative Law Judge
AT - Assistive Technology
BIP - Behavioral Intervention Plan
CEC - Council for Exceptional Children
DFCS - Department of Family and Children's Services
DHHS - Department of Health and Human Services
DHR - Department of Human Resources
DOE - Department of Education
EBD - Emotional and Behavioral Disorder
FBA - Functional Behavioral Assessment
GAO - Georgia Advocacy Office
GLRS - Georgia Learning Resources System
GLS - Georgia Legal Services
GPAT - Georgia Project for Assistive Technology
HI - Hearing Impaired
IDEA - Individuals with Disabilities Education Act
IEE - Independent Education Evaluation
IEP - Individual Education Plan
IPP - Individual Program Plan
IQ - Intelligence Quotient
LD - Learning Disabled
LEA - Local Education Agency
LSS - Local School System
MID - Mildly Intellectually Disabled
MOID - Moderately Intellectually Disabled
MH - Mental Health
OCR - Office for Civil Rights
OHI - Other Health Impaired
OI - Orthopedically Impaired
OSEP - Office for Special Education Programs
OT - Occupational Therapy
PID - Profoundly Intellectually Disabled
PL 94-142 - Education for All Handicapped Children Act (now IDEA)
PT - Physical Therapy
SEA - State Education Agency
SID - Severely Intellectually Disabled
SLP - Speech/Language Pathologist
SSI - Supplemental Security Income
VI - Vision Impaired
VR - Vocational Rehabilitation
APPENDIX 2 - RESOURCES
Georgia Advocacy Office
100 Crescent Centre Parkway, Suite 520
Tucker, GA 30084
(404) 885-1234 (Voice/TTY)
1-800-537-2329 (in-state toll-free)
Alexander Graham Bell Association for the Deaf
3417 Volta Place, NW
Washington, DC 20007-2778
(202) 337-5220 (Voice)
(202) 337-5221 (TTY)
American Foundation for the Blind, Regional Office
100 Peachtree Street, Suite 620
Atlanta, GA 30303
(404) 525-2303
American Speech, Language, and Hearing Association
10801 Rockville Pike
Rockville, MD 20852
(301) 897-5700 (Voice/TTY)
1-800-638-8255 (Voice/TTY)
Atlanta Alliance on Development Disabilities
828 West Peachtree Street, NW, Suite 304
Atlanta, GA 30308-1146
(404) 881-9777 (Voice/FAX)
1-800-255-0135 (Voice)
1-800-255-0056 (TTY)
Autism Society of America, Georgia Chapter
2971 Flowers Road S., Suite 140
Atlanta, GA 30341
(770) 451-0954
Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law
1101 15th Street, NW, Suite 1212
Washington, DC 20005-5002
(202) 467-5730 (Voice)
(202) 467-4232 (TTY)
Center on Human Policy
Syracuse University
805 S. Crouse Avenue
Syracuse, NY 13244-2280
(315) 443-3851 (Voice)
1-800-894-0826 (Voice)
(315) 443-4355 (TTY)
Council for Exceptional Children, Information Service
1110 N. Glebe Rd., Suite 300
Arlington, VA 22201-5704
(703) 630-3660 (Voice)
1-800-CEC-SPED (Voice)
(703) 264-9446 (TTY)
Easter Seal of North Georgia
5600 Roswell Rd., Prado North Suite 100
Atlanta, GA 30342
(404) 943-1070
Georgia Council for the Hearing Impaired
4151 Memorial Drive, Suite 103-B
Decatur, GA 30032
(404) 292-5312 (Voice/TTY)
1-800-541-0710 (Voice/TTY)
Georgia Legal Services
1100 Spring Street, NW, 200-A
Atlanta, GA 30309-2848
(404) 206-5175
Learning Disabilities Association of America
4156 Library Road
Pittsburgh, PA 15234-1349
(412) 341-1515
Learning Disabilities Association of Georgia
130 West Wieuca Road, Suite 202
Atlanta, GA 30342
404-309-7774
Multiple Sclerosis Society, Georgia Chapter
12 Perimeter Center East, Suite 1200
Atlanta, GA 30346
(770) 393-8833
National Center for Youth Law
405 14th Street, 15th Floor
Oakland, CA 94612-2701
(510) 835-8098
National Federation of the Blind
1800 Johnson Street
Baltimore, MD 21230
(410) 659-9314
Parent-to-Parent
3805 Presidential Parkway, Suite 207
Atlanta, GA 30340
(770) 451-5484
1-800-229-2038
Spina Bifida Association of Georgia
3355 N.E. Expressway, Suite 207
Atlanta, GA 30341
(770) 454-7600
United Cerebral Palsy
3300 NE Expressway, Building 9
Atlanta, GA 30341
(770) 676-2000
www.accessatlanta.com/community/groups/ucp
APPENDIX 3 - INTERNET LEGAL RESEARCH - Some Useful Websites
FEDERAL LEGAL INFORMATION
Cases:
United States Supreme Court
• http://www.findlaw.com/casecode/supreme.html (cases from 1993 searchable by keyword, title and citation)
• http://supct.law.cornell.edu/supct (cases from 1990, searchable by keyword)
Courts of Appeals
• http://www.law.emory.edu/FEDCTS
• http://www.law.cornell.edu (all Court of Appeals decisions can be searched simultaneously)
District Courts
• http://uscourts.gov/allinks.html
• http://www.law.emory.edu:80/11circuit/index.html (11th Circuit post 1994)
Statutes and Bills:
United States Code
• http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/ (United States Code, searchable by keyword and regularly updated)
Bills
• http://thomas.loc.gov (searchable by keyword and includes recent committee reports)
Regulations, Agencies, and other Federal Sites:
Federal Agencies
• http://www.infoctr.edu/fwl/ (links to the websites of federal agencies)
Government Printing Office
• http://www.gpo.ucop.edu (US Code Bills and Federal Register)
GEORGIA LEGAL INFORMATION
Cases:
• http://www2.state.ga.us/Courts/Supreme (The Court of Appeals does not have its own website, but its opinions can be found here.)
Statutes and Bills:
• http://www.ganet.org/services/ocode/ocgsearch.htm (a searchable, but unannotated, version of the Official Code of Georgia)
• http://www.ganet.org/services/newleg
Administrative Rules and Regulations
• http://www.ganet.org/registry/ (this site contains administrative rules and regulations as well as attorney general opinions)
Agencies
• http://www.state.ga.us/index/state.cgi (links to state agencies and to other legislative and executive offices in Georgia)
Local Governments:
• http://www.state.ga.us/index/local.cgi (links to city and county websites and to local government associations)
SECONDARY SOURCES
Law Reviews and Law Related Journals:
• http://www.ilrg.com/journals.html
National Law Journal
REFERENCE AIDS
Legal Encyclopedias
• http://www.lectlaw.com/ref.html
• http://www.nolo.com/encyclopedia/index.html
Legal Research Tools
• http://www.ali-aba.org/aliaba/search.htm
• http://wwwsecure.law.cornell.edu/topics/disability.html
• http://www.makoa.org/index.html
National Nonprofit Disability Organizations
• http://www.bazelon.org/who.html
Bar Associations
• http://www.abanet.org/disability/
Publications
• http://www.ragged-edge-mag.com/
SUBSTANTIVE AREAS
Special Education:
• http://www.copaa.net (an independent, nonprofit organization of attorneys, advocates, and parents established to improve the quality and quantity of legal assistance for parents of children with disabilities)
Americans with Disabilities Act:
• http://janweb.icdi.wvu.edu/kinder/
• http://www.usdoj.gov/crt/ada/settlemt.htm#anchor502508
APPENDIX 4 - PUBLICATIONS
"Parent Manual: Education for Your Handicapped Child," 5555 North Lamar, Suite K-109, Austin, Texas 78751. Parents may order a copy at no cost.
"Workshop Materials: Educational Rights of Handicapped Children," Written and edited by Reed Martin, Research Press Company, 2612 North Mattis Avenue, Champaign, Illinois 61810.
"Workshop Materials: Legal Challenges in Regulating Behavior Change," Written and edited by Reed Martin, Research Press Company, 2612 North Mattis Avenue, Champaign, Illinois 61810.
"How to Get Services by Being Assertive," Coordinating Council for Handicapped Children, 407 S. Dearborn, Chicago, Illinois 60605.
"How to Organize an Effective Parent Advocacy Group and Move Bureaucracies," Coordinating Council for Handicapped Children, 407 S. Dearborn, Chicago, Illinois 60605.
"94-142 and 504: Numbers that Add Up to Educational Rights for Handicapped Children." A guide for Parents and Advocates. Children's Defense Fund, 1520 New Hampshire Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20036.
"Taking on the World: Empowering Strategies for Parents of Children with Disabilities," by Joyce Slayton Mitchell, Harcourt, Brace, Jovanovich, 1982.
"Support Networks for Inclusive Schooling: Interdependent Integrated Education," by William Stainback and Susan Stainback, Paul Brookes Publishing, 1990.
"Laying Community Foundations for Your Child with a Disability: How to Establish Relationships that will Support Your Child After You’re Gone," by Linda J. Stengle, M.H.S., Woodbine House, 1996.
APPENDIX 5 — CONTACT NUMBERS
STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
PROGRAM FOR EXCEPTIONAL CHILDREN
Paulette Bragg, Director - (404) 656-3963
Phil Pickens, Associate Director - (404) 657-9964
Psychoeducational Network and Behavior Disorders Program Unit
Terry Fletcher, Coordinator - (404) 657-9965
Evaluation and Assessment
Katharine Adams, Coordinator - (404) 657-9950
Georgia Learning Resources System
John O’Connor, Coordinator - (404) 657-9956
Other Health Impaired and IEPs
Brian Boham, Coordinator - (404) 657-9968
GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Office of Instructional Services
Division of Special Programs
GEORGIA LEARNING RESOURCES SYSTEM
P.L. 91-230, Part D
Program for Exceptional Children
1866 Twin Towers East
Atlanta, Georgia 30334
(404) 657-9966
(800) 282-7552
1. COASTAL AREA GLRS CENTER
Doris Thomson, Director
Armstrong State College
Room 108 Victor Hall
11935 Abercorn Street
Savannah, GA 31419-1977
(912) 927-5239
(800) 827-5239
Serves Systems in: Bryan, Camden, Chatham, Effingham, Glynn, Liberty, Long, and McIntosh Counties
2. EAST CENTRAL GLRS CENTER
Joyce Christian, Director
1835-B Westgate Center
Dublin, GA 31021
(912) 275-2548
(800) 879-4577
Serves Systems in: Baldwin, Bleckley, Dodge, Hancock, Jasper, Johnson, Laurens, Montgomery, Pulaski, Putnam, Telfair, Treutlen, Washington, Wheeler, Wilcox, Wilkinson Counties, and Dublin City
3. EAST GEORGIA GLRS CENTER
Jessie Stewart, Director
3108 Lake Forest Drive
Augusta, GA 30909
(706) 731-8777
(800) 282-7552
Serves Systems in: Burke, Columbia, Emanuel, Glascock, Jefferson, Jenkins, Lincoln, Richmond, Screven, Taliaferro, McDuffie, Warren, and Wilkes Counties
4. METRO EAST GLRS CENTER
Lodus Schreiner, Director
Jim Cherry Center
2415-C North Druid Hills Road, NE
Atlanta, GA 30329
(404) 325-3011
Serves Systems in: DeKalb, Fulton, Gwinnett, Rockdale Counties; Buford, and Decatur Cities