Parentpals.com

The Parentpals.com, a special education web site, provides a variety of services for parents of children with special needs and professionals including information on attention deficit disorder, autism, hearing impairment, emotional disturbances, learning disabilities, mental retardation, mobility impairment, speech and language impairment, stuttering, visual impairment, traumatic brain injury, and/or other health impairments. Parentpals.com provides information from therapists, teachers, physicians, nurses, and counselors on such topics as special education services, early intervention services, and individualized education programs (IEPs); a dictionary of terms used in special education; and an index of definitions concerning certain disorders. The site also provides specific educational and therapy games to enhance children’s learning and language skills. These teaching ideas are organized by four levels, ranging from level 1 with preschool tasks to level 4 for gifted students. Parentpals.com also provides weekly tips, a newsletter and message board. In addition, the site offers over 1000 dynamic links to additional web sites.