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My IEP Toolkit from organized4kids.com will help you organize and understand the piles of paper related to your child's IEP. A portion of the proceeds from each Toolkit sold by Federation referral helps support our work!

The Federation is a center for parents and parent organizations to work together on behalf of children with special needs and their families. We can help! Organized in 1975 as a coalition of parent groups representing children with a variety of disabilities, the Federation operates a Parent Center in Massachusetts which offers a variety of services to parents, parent groups, and others who are concerned with children with special needs.

What's New
- Parents of children with complex health needs – the Federation wants to hear from you about educational opportunities for your child, when physically getting to school is not possible due to your child’s special health needs. Please complete a short survey.

- PLEASE READ this important announcement from the National PTA concerning the proposed elimination of the Parental Information and Resource Centers (PIRCs). The Massachusetts PIRC is a project of the Federation.

- FCSN Executive Director Rich Robison discusses Advocacy in Part 4 of the 10-part WGBH special report Educating Everyone: The Struggles and Costs of Special Education in Massachusetts.

- APPLE Project Brief. (PDF) This report discusses the experiences of Massachusetts’ school districts that participated in the Advancing Parent/Professional Leadership in Education (APPLE) Institutes over the past four years. Research surveys and interviews with parents of children with IEP’s were used to develop a list of strategies for creating and running successful parent advisory committees for special education programs.

- Technical Assistance Advisory (SPED 2009-2) from the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education regarding the Observation of Education Programs by Parents and Their Designees for Evaluation Purposes.

- The Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education has issued a new Special Education advisory concerning Services for Young Children with Disabilities, Ages Five and Six, in Preschool Program.

- Accessible Textbooks: A Guide for Parents of Children with Learning Disabilities...

- Parent Consultant Trainings- Become an advocate. Read more about the course schedule and application process.

- IDEA website from the US Department of Education. Building the Legacy: IDEA 2004...