Family and Provider Resources

MCPS Special Education Services:  Special Education - Services - Montgomery County Public Schools, Rockville, MD | Montgomery County Public Schools | Rockville, MD

Montgomery County: https://www.montgomerycountymd.gov/disability/access.html

Howard County family resources- https://www.hcpss.org/supports/family-resources/

DC Special Education family resources: https://dcpsspecialed.wixsite.com/home -

State resources for all Maryland school districts SEARCH:  https://marylandpublicschools.org/programs/Documents/Special-Ed/FSDR/FSS/FSS-Directory-A.pdf

Parent Training and Information Center (PTI) Maryland: Maryland’s Special Education and Health Information Center -  Parent Training and Information Center (PTI) – Every state in the United States has a PTI, which helps provide training for parents of students with disabilities.

Habilitative Services- in addition to state educational services, you can also try calling your private insurance provider to see which habilitative services (ABA/OT/Speech) are covered under your insurance for in-home and community services to help caregiver teach your child with autism outside of school, in their home 

or community environments!

NOT in current resources:

MCPS Family Support Center: https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/departments/special-education/parent-resources/ - Montgomery County parent resources 

Connecting School and Adult Life Transition Brochure -Montgomery County MD:  https://www.montgomerycountymd.gov/HHS-Program/Resources/Files/A%26D%20Docs/CPWD/TYBrochure.pdf - use as email resource

DC transition plannning:  DC Partners in Transition  use as email resource

Handouts and Materials: Twinkl.com

Visuals/Social Stories SAMPLES: https://www.autismspeaks.org/templates-personalized-teaching-stories

Task Analysis Steps Creator: https://goblin.tools/ToDo

Visual supports tool kit: https://link.assetfile.io/713sCrxn6DTa4rj2Ses9qZ/Visual_Supports_Tool_Kit.pdf

Medical appointment visuals - https://www.childrensnational.org/get-care/departments/autism-behavioral-consult/visual-supports-and-resources 

Free resources - https://www.reallygoodstuff.com/free-resources-library?srsltid=AfmBOoo7VH_9u-q2Y9vIGETGtBjuQMqCouywxhcD4Inp2Rf4HX8vQyGj

Student - https://www.ck12.org/student/ 

Educator - https://www.ck12.org/teacher- 

Lesson Planning - https://www.education.com/resources/lesson-plans/

Worksheets - https://www.education.com/resources/worksheets/

Printables - https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/browse/printables/free

Autism Learning modules: https://afirm.fpg.unc.edu/afirm-modules/afirm/

How-to ABA videos: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKPuKfkFP-jVG1t-Emvqk3w 

Free Autism Modules: autisminternetmodules.org

https://www.understood.org/en/topics

https://www.autismspeaks.org/resource-guide

Teacher resource repository: https://exceptionalchildren.org/teacher-resources

ASL (searchable video dictionary)- https://www.lifeprint.com/ - type in the words you want to say in sign language, and a video will pop up to show you how to say it!