Special Education

Council for Exceptional Children (CEC)
http://www.cec.sped.org

Teacher Education Division of CEC
http://www.tedcec.org

Center on Personnel Studies in Special Education (COPSSE)
http://www.coe.ufl.edu/copsse

Study of Personnel Needs in Special Education (SPeNSE)
http://ferdig.coe.ufl.edu/spense

National Center for Special Education Personnel and Related Services Providers
http://www.personnelcenter.org

 

Federal Agencies

Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP)
http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/osers/index.html

Institute of Education Sciences (IES)
http://ies.ed.gov

National Center for Special Education Research (NCSER)
http://ies.ed.gov/ncser

National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
http://www.nimh.nih.gov

 

Teacher Education

American Association for Colleges of Teacher Education (AACTE)
http://www.aacte.org

American Educational Research Association (AERA)
http://www.aera.net

National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE)
http://www.nbpts.org

Interstate New Teacher Assessment and Support Consortium (INTASC)
http://www.ccsso.org/Projects/interstate_new_teacher_assessment_and_support_consortium

The Association of Teacher Educators (ATE)
http://www.ate1.org

 

Advocacy Groups

The Committee for Education Funding
http://www.cef.org

Consortium for Citizens with Disabilities
http://www.c-c-d.org