Special Needs Resources
IFAPA Trainings
IFAPA offers the following training opportunities that cover a variety of special needs.
Special Education Basics
Fostering Hope & Attachment with Youth in Foster and Adoptive Families
The World of Attachment, Trauma & Bonding: Knowledge is Key
Beyond Consequences - A Love Based Approach to Helping Children with Severe Behaviors
Surviving the Trauma Drama: A Guide to Parenting Explosve, Defiant and Aggressive Children and Adolesents
Parenting Traumatized Children: The Recipe for Peaceful Parenting and Strong Kids
Teen Anger - How to Regulate Your Home Atmosphere
Up, Down & All Around - ADHD, ODD and Pediatric Bipolar Disorder
Understanding and Responding to the Sexual Behaviors of Children and Adolescents
Generation X, Y and Z - The Toxic Culture of Teens
Caring for Children with HIV
View the IFAPA Training Schedule to find the upcoming dates and locations for this training class.
ADD/ADHD
Child and Adults with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (CHADD)
Defining and Diagnosing ADHD
National Attention Deficit Disorder Association
National Resource Center on AD/HD
View the IFAPA Training on ADHD listed at the top of this page.
Adolescent Issues
The National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy
Iowa Substance Abuse Information Center
Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids
Bullying - Children in Care
View the IFAPA Training on substance abuse / teen issues listed at the top of this page.
AIDS / HIV
For information and support in Iowa, contact:
Nancy Magnall (IFAPA Resource Information Specialist)
877-467-4100 or e-mail magnall_ifapa@msn.com
Iowa Center for AIDS Resources & Education
AIDS.gov
View the IFAPA Training on HIV/AIDS listed at the top of this page.
Anxiety
Anxiety Disorders Association of America
The Child Anxiety Network
Attachment/Reactive Attachment Disorder
Association for Treatment and Training in the Attachment of Children (ATTACh)
Attachment Disorder Site
Institute for Attachment and Child Development
The Love and Logic Institute
The Attachment Institute of New England
Attachment and Bonding Center of Ohio
Center for Family Development
Resource Books Regarding Attachment
View the IFAPA Trainings on attachment listed at the top of this page.
Autism
The Autism Society of Iowa
The University of Iowa Regional Autism Services Program (RASP)
National Autism Association
Autism Society of America
Autism Speaks
Bed-wetting
National Kidney Foundation - Bed-wetting
Behavior Management
The Center for Effective Discipline
Foundation for Children with Behavioral Challenges
Discipline Help
View the IFAPA Trainings on working with severe behaviors listed at the top of this page.
Bipolar Disorder
Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance
Child & Adolescent Bipolar Foundation
Juvenile Bipolar Research Foundation
Educating the Child with Bipolar Disorder (for Educators) - Child & Adolescent Bipolar Foundation
View the IFAPA Training on Pediatric Bipolar Disorder listed at the top of this page.
Child Abuse
Prevent Child Abuse Iowa
Prevent Child Abuse America
Depression
Iowa Federation of Families for Children's Mental Health
Iowa Mental Health Counselors Association
Alliance for the Mentally Ill of Iowa
Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance
Mental Health America
National Alliance on Mental Illness
Disability Resources
DHS Waiver Programs
Iowa Compass
National Dissemination Center for Children with Disabilities
Drug-Endangered Children
Iowa Alliance for Drug Endangered Children
Iowa Substance Abuse Information Center
National Institute on Drug Abuse
Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS)
National Organization of Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
General Health
Iowa Department of Public Health
Juvenile Diabetes
Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation International - Greater Iowa Chapter
Learning Disabilities
Learning Disabilities Association of Iowa
Learning Disabilities Association of America
Great Schools
National Center for Learning Disabilities
Effective Study & Test-Taking Strategies for Kids with Learning Difficulties
View the IFAPA Training on Special Education Basics listed at the top of this page.
Mental Health
Iowa Federation of Families for Children's Mental Health
Iowa Mental Health Counselors Association
Alliance for the Mentally Ill of Iowa
Mental Health America
National Alliance on Mental Illness
Federation of Families for Children's Mental Health
Do We Need a Therapist? How to Decide and How to Find One - Adoptive Families
Networking
Families of Iowa Network for Disabilities (FIND)
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
Obsessive Compulsive Foundation of Metro Chicago
Oppositional Defiant Disorder (ODD)
Mayo Clinic - Oppositional Defiant Disorder
View the IFAPA Training on Oppositional Defiant Disorder listed at the top of this page.
Respite Care
Adoption Respite - Iowa
Foster Care Respite - Iowa
Self-Injurious Behaviors
Article: Self-Injurious Behavior: A Cutter's Story
Article: Self-Injurious Behavior: Help Stop the Pain
Sensory Integration Disorder
The Sensory Processing Disorder Resource Center
Sensory Processing Disorder Foundation
Tourette Syndrome
