U.S. Department of Education

• Building the Legacy of IDEA

• Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (OSERS)
  
  
• Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP)
  
  
• Office of Civil Rights (OCR)
  
  

U.S. Department of Transportation

• National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
  
  
• Choosing the Correct School Bus for Pre-School Age Children (NHTSA)
  
  

Other Federal Resources

• Individualized Education Program (IEP), Team Meetings and Changes to the IEP
  
  
• U.S. DOE's Guide to the Individualized Education Program
  
  
• 22nd Annual Report to Congress
  
  
• 21st Annual Report to Congress
  
  
• IDEA 25th Anniversary Website: Lessons for All
  Statement from President Clinton, Nov. 29, 2000
  
  
• FERPA Regulations
  Revised December 9, 2008
  
  

Autism Awareness

• Healing Thresholds: Connecting Community and Science to Heal Autism
  Free website dedicated to healing the lives of families touched by autism. It provides comprehensive therapy fact sheets, daily updates of research and news, and a global directory of autism therapists.

Wheelchairs and Travel

• International Organization for Standardization: Wheelchair Mobility
  (click on ISO Technical Work/search and enter "wheelchair mobility")
  
  
• ANSI/RESNA-Subcommittee on Wheelchair Standards
  
  
• Travel Training for Youth with Disabilities
  
  
• University of Pittsburgh: Wheelchair Standards Information
  
  
• Transportation Standards
  
  

Print Resources

• National School Transportation Specifications & Procedures,
  May 2005, Revised Edition, Recommendations of the 14th National Congress on School Transportation
  
  
• "Transporting Students with Disabilities" by Dr. Linda F. Bluth, Ed.D. and James S. Rosenfeld, Esq., reprints available from the National Association for Pupil Transportation

Special Needs Transportation Competitions

• National Special Needs Team Safety Roadeo
  Managed and administered by Edupro Group and NAPT; hosted at the annual National Conference and Exhibition on Transporting Students with Disabilities and Preschoolers

White Papers

• School Bus Travel Training
  This document is a white paper prepared by Ted Finlayson-Schueler of Safety Rules! and released in May 2011 that examines the possibilities of using the school bus as a place to teach travel training skills. Written with the support of a graduate fellowship from Easter Seals Project Action.