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Cerebral Palsy Explained  For parents and doctors.  Cerebral palsy is the most common physical disability in childhood. It is a physical impairment that affects the development of movement.  The impairment can vary considerably and no two people with cerebral palsy are affected in exactly the same way.

Iowa Program for Assistive Technology   IPAT's goal is to make assistive technology more affordable and accessible to persons with disabilities throughout the state of Iowa.

Iowa's Early Childhood Resource Library  Resource for all individuals in Iowa who are involved in professional development or parent training for early childhood care and education.  Materials come in various formats - books, videos, and training curricula

National Scientific Council on the Developing Child  Developmental research including early brain development

ERIC Search  New and now sponsored by the Department of Education Institute of Educational Sciences (IES)

The Access Center   Improving outcomes for all students k-8.  Research based practices, tools, and resources that will help students with disabilities access the general education curriculum

On Health  Online search of medical literature using PubMed, from the National Library of Medicine.

Zero To Three   Dedicated to child development birth through three with an emphasis on research generated information

Ambulatory Pediatric Association  Fosters the health of children, adolescents, and families by promoting generalism in academic pediatrics and academics in general pediatrics.

American Academy of Pediatrics  Committed to the attainment of optimal physical, mental, and social health and well-being for all children, adolescents, and young adults

American Society of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology  A professional society of pediatric hematologists/oncologists, who study and treat childhood cancer and blood diseases.

North American Society of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition  A world leader in advancing the science and clinical practice of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition in health and disease.

Society for Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics   Their goal is to improve the health of infants, children, and adolescents by promoting research and teaching and clinical practice in developmental and behavioral pediatrics.

Society for Pediatric Pathology   A subspecialty of pathology in step with, and often at the forefront of advances in understanding and treatment of disorders of the fetus, the newborn infant, and the child.

Society for Pediatric Radiology   A professional medical organization, committed to improving the health care of patients by providing excellence in diagnostic imaging and treatment of neonates, infants, children and adolescents.

New Visions  Continuing education and therapy services to professionals and parents working with infants and children with feeding, swallowing, oral-motor, and pre-speech problems. Suzanne Evans Morris, Ph.D, established new Visions in 1985.

United Cerebral Palsy Association   The leading source of information on cerebral palsy and a pivotal advocate for the rights of persons with any disability
 

PubMed   Search the National Library of Medicine's database of medical literature. Omim   Search the Mendelian Inheritance database of the National Center for Biotechnology Information. Hardin Meta Directory Web Page for Pediatrics   A compilation of lists of information about children, pediatrics, neonatology, and perinatology. Other World Wide Web Servers:  Various biomedical and image-oriented pages International Pediatric Chat:   Live communication among pediatric professionals for socialization, education, sharing difficult cases, or for organizational conferencing. Rochester Pathology and Laboratory Medicine:   A large collection of links to pages of interest to pathologists. Yahoo - Health:Medicine:Pathology:Institutes:   Results of Yahoo search for Pathology Home Pages. MedWeb Plus   A medical information search engine. Division of Pediatric Pathology Information:   Department of Pathology, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh & Division of Pediatric Pathology, University of Pittsburgh. Neonatology on the Web:    Resource list for neonatology issues compiled by Cedars Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles. Includes various neonatal standard values for evaluation and therapy. PEDINFO - A Pediatrics WebServer:   An extensive collection of links for pages related to all aspects of pediatrics. Pathmax:   A comprehensive directory of links pertinent to pathology education. OncoLink, The University of Pennsylvania Cancer Center Resource: A multimedia oncology information resource. Pediatric Leukemias:   A division of Oncolink. Pediatric Oncology Group:  Mission and contacts for further information. Childrens Cancer Group    The Childrens Cancer Group is a cooperative group of pediatric medical institutions which conducts research on the diagnosis, treatment, and biology of pediatric cancer Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Department of Pathology:   Information of special interest to medical students; surgical pathology cases. Points of Pediatric Interest:     A collection of links to a wide variety of pediatric pages, including hospitals, medical services, and literature. Information about Johns Hopkins is emphasized. Medical World Search:   A search site with its own thesaurus which looks for your terms in its database of major medical websites and other databases. Correlapaedia    A correlative encyclopedia of pediatric imaging, surgery, and pathology MOVE International  Dedicated to helping children and adults with severe disabilities to sit, stand and walk. Instruction and adaptive equipment that enhances independent mobility.