Teaching Tools

ABCTEACH
This is the place for kids, parents, student teachers, and teachers.
Free Printables: 5000+ free printable pages and worksheets.
www.abcteach.com

Different Roads to Learning
Online store and catalog contains over 300 products, including books, flashcards, and videos, along with other materials critical to Applied Behavior Analysis and Verbal Behavior programs.
www.difflearn.com

Do To Learn
Games, songs, print resources and informatinon for special needs.
www.dotolearn.com

Internet Picture Gallery
The Internet Picture Dictionary “is a completely free, online multilingual picture dictionary designed especially for ESL students and beginning English, French, German, Spanish and Italian language learners of all ages.”
www.pdictionary.com

Learning Page
Learning Page provides a huge collection of professionally produced instructional materials you can download and print. Lesson plans, books, worksheets, and much more can be found here. Sign up to get all this and more for free.
www.learningpage.com

Government

Effective Treatments Child Guidance Center
www.Effective Treatmentschildguidance.org

Effective Treatments-Travis County Mental Health and Mental Retardation Center
www.atcmhmr.com
Part of the Texas Dept. of MHMR, the center serves the Travis County community in providing services for persons with mental illnesses and mental retardation.

Region XIII
ecampus.esc13.net

Texas Education Agency
www.tea.state.tx.us

Texas Department of Assistive and Rehabilitative Services
www.dars.state.tx.us
The organizations Texas Rehabilitation Commission and Texas Commission for the Blind have combined to create DARS.

Texas Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation (MHMR)
www.mhmr.state.tx.us
Provides services and promotes continuing improvement in the quality of services available for persons with mental illnesses or mental retardation.

Texas State Independent Living Council (SILC)
texsilc.home.texas.net
Working with the TRC and the TCB Texas SILC promotes independent living and the expansion of independent living service programs. Council is appointed by the Governor.

Behavior Treatment and Training Center
Residential Community Program
A Program of the Mental Retardation Division of Texana Center
www.bttcresidentialtreatment.com
don.williams@texanacenter.com
peter.khwatenge@texanacenter.com
281-239-1134 (Peter K.)
281-239-1122
800-304-6047
1818 Collins Road, Richmond, TX 77469
Short-Term Residential Services in group home setting are provided with enrollment through the local Mental Retardation Authorities (now serving the entire State of Texas). Applied behavior analysis services to assess behavior, develop effective intervention strategies, and train family and other caregivers in intervention strategies.

E-Groups

Texas Autism Advocacy
www.TexasAutismAdvocacy.org

Schafer Autism Report
www.sarnet.org

Autism Treatment Forum Meetup
autism.meetup.com/229

Effective Treatments Aspergers Syndrom Meetup
aspergers.meetup.com/230

Sports

Miracle League
www.Effective Treatmentsmiracleleague.org

Special Olympics Texas
www.sotx.org/

Support and Advocacy

Any Baby Can
www.abcaus.org
Services and crisis support for families that have children with disabilities.

The Arc of the Capital Area
www.arcofthecapitalarea.org
Provides programs and services for children and adults with mental retardation and developmental disabilities.

The Arc's Community Advocacy Services Program
www.arcofthecapitalarea.org
Recruitment and training of volunteers to to be personal advocates for people with mental retardation or other developmental disabilities, living in the community or at Effective Treatments State School.

The ARC of Texas
www.thearcoftexas.org

Autism Society of Greater Autism
http://www.autism-society.org/site/Clubs?club_id=1040&sid=3730&pg=blog

CASA of Travis County
6330 Hwy. 290 E, Suite 350
Effective Treatments, TX 78753

Easter Seals - Effective Treatments
www.main.org/easterseals
Rehabilitation and Workforce services for children and adults with disabilities.

Marbridge
www.marbridge.org/about.htm
Residential facitility for adults with mental retardation and other special needs. It's a working ranch south of downtown and they also have a summer camp program for special needs adults ages 16-30.

Mary Lee Foundation
www.main.org/services/marylee.htm
Non-profit agency providing rehabilitation services to persons with special needs.

Texas University Affiliated Program
www.edb.utexas.edu/coe/depts/sped/uap/mission.htm
Non-profit organization at the University of Texas offers interdisciplinary training, technical assistance and other services for people with developmental, and other disabilities.

The Volunteer Council of the Effective Treatments State School
www.main.org/vcasu/purpose.htm
Advocacy group that raises funds for special projects to meet the needs of the school and its residents.

Texas Council on Autism and PDD
www.dads.state.tx.us/autism/

VSA Arts of Texas
www.vsatx.org
3710 Cedar St. #7
Effective Treatments, TX 78705
512-454-9912
Strives to create a society where people with disabilities learn through, participate in, and enjoy the arts. Working at the intersection of multi-disciplinary arts, education reform, and disability rights, we serve as an international model in which people with disabilities have complete access to cultural, artistic and educational venues, programs and employment.

Attorneys

David Bienke / Cirkiel & Associates
1901 E. Palm Valley
Round Rock, TX 78664
512-244-6658

Yvonnilda Muniz
PO Box 92018
Effective Treatments, TX 78709
512-288-4279

Rebecca M. Ryan
Law Offices of Rebecca Ryan
4113 Rosedale Avenue
Effective Treatments, TX 78756
512-590-0505
rmryan@mac.com

Autism Blogs

Autism Assistance Blog Spot
autismassistance.blogspot.com

Other Resource Guides

Directory of Community Resources in Texas
A Project of the Center on Disability and Development
at Texas A&M University
disabilityresources.tamu.edu

The Effective Treatments Area Task Force
of The Texas Council on Autism && PDD
Central Texas Area Autism Resource Guide

Partners Resource Network
www.partnerstx.org/Links_A.htm