Special Education Resources for Families

Special Education Parenting Resources

Support for Families Workshops and Support Groups

We ensure that families, professionals and the community have access to knowledge they need about specific disabilities, navigating systems, current research, best practices for care, laws and regulations for family centered care and inclusion.
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Additude - Inside the ADHD Brain

Comprehensive guide to parenting a child with ADHD - everything you need to know about oppositional defiance, positive parenting, school and learning challenges, health and wellbeing, social skills, executive functions, treatment & more.
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Ross Greene - Lives in the Balance

Lives in the Balance is the non-profit organization founded by child psychologist Dr. Ross Greene, originator of the empirically supported Collaborative & Proactive Solutions (CPS) approach to parenting.
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CA Dyslexia Guidelines

The guidelines are to be used to assist regular education teachers, special education teachers, and parents to identify and assess pupils with dyslexia, and to plan, provide, evaluate, and improve educational services to pupils with dyslexia.

Dr. Dan Siegel Mindsight Institute

The Mindsight Institute provides a scientifically grounded, integrated view of human development to promote the growth of healthy minds.
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Hand in Hand Parenting

Parenting in the time of Coronavirus. Resources, Support Calls, Practical Tools to Help at Your House Now
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Types of Learning & Thinking Differences

Understood.org provides well researched articles about many different types of learning and thinking differences.

Autism Speaks

Autism Speaks is dedicated to promoting solutions, across the spectrum and throughout the life span, for the needs of individuals with autism and families.
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The Attachment & Trauma Network

At the Attachment & Trauma Network, it is our mission to promote healing of children impacted by trauma through supporting their families, schools, and communities.
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Free Parent Support Groups from CHC

Online Workshop - Parenting During Uncertain Times
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US Dept of Ed Digital Accessibility Guidance

US Dept of Ed Intro to Digital Accessibility

The U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights has released a video series covering a variety of topics on digital access in education, including how people with disabilities use technology, applicable Federal regulations, and identifying and remediating barriers to access. We invite you to explore some of these introductory resources!

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Digital Accessibility: Three Points About the Law

Learn about two Federal civil rights laws relevant to digital accessibility in the educational context: Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act and Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act.

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How Some People with Disabilities Use Technology

Meet some students and parents with disabilities and learn how they interact with and use technology.

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Surrogate Parents

Special Children Need Special Advocates 

The San Francisco Unified School District is actively recruiting volunteers to make a difference in the education of special needs children.

You can help!

Download this application and return it to:

SFUSD Special Education Services

3045 Santiago Street

San Francisco, CA. 94116

This page was last updated on April 10, 2023