PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
& RESOURCES
Looking for additional resources to continue growing, learning and assisting children and the educational community you serve? Check back here for an expanding list of valuable resources.
Featured Resources
PA Training & Technical Assistance Network (PaTTAN)
Working with the Bureau of Special Education (BSE), Pennsylvania Department of Education (PDE), PaTTAN provides a full array of professional development and technical assistance targeted to improving student results.
Pennsylvania Department of Education
The official PA Government website for Pennsylvania Public Schools, Education, Policies & more.
PA Dept. of Education – Bureau of Special Education
The Bureau of Special Education works collaboratively with educators, schools, agencies, and other stakeholders across Pennsylvania to ensure students have access to quality and meaningful education supports, services, and opportunities.
The Center for Autism Research Roadmap
The Center for Autism Research (CAR) at CHOP provides a website to give families a single place to go for accurate, up-to-date information on autism spectrum disorder.
The Center for Autism Research
CAR is a joint center of The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and the University of Pennsylvania.
National Center for Learning Disabilities
Improving the lives of the 1 in 5 children and adults nationwide with learning and attention issues—by empowering parents and young adults, transforming schools, and advocating for equal rights and opportunities.
Understood.org
We’re dedicated to growing and shaping a world where everyone who learns and thinks differently feels supported at home, at school, and at work; a world where people with all types of disabilities have the opportunity to enjoy meaningful careers; a world where more communities embrace differences.
The Division on Autism and Developmental Disabilities (DADD)
The Division on Autism and Developmental Disabilities (DADD) is an organization composed to people committed to enhancing the quality of life of children, youth, and adults with autism, intellectual disability, and/or other developmental disabilities.
Autism Speaks
Through partnerships and collaboration, we are committed to:
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Ensuring access to reliable information & services throughout the life span
The Autism Science Foundation
The Autism Science Foundation’s mission is to support autism research by providing funding and other assistance to scientists and organizations conducting, facilitating, publicizing and disseminating autism research.