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Organizations:

APA Division 7: Developmental Psychology
APA Division 20: Adult Development and Aging
APA Division 37 - Child, Youth, and Family Services: Section on Child Maltreatment
European Society for Developmental Psychology
Instituto Piaget - Portuguese...
International Society on Infant Studies
Jean Piaget Society - Society for the study of knowledge and development.
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)
Research Network on Successful Pathways Through Middle Childhood
Society for Research in Adult Development
Society for Research in Child Development
Special Olympics International


Related Sites and Resources:

Child Development Institute

Child Development Website

Child and Family Webguide - for parents and students, a site that describes and evaluates other sites with research based information about children.

Child & Family News - created by Tufts University, the site is geared towards journalists writing about topics pertinent to child development. It has a large selection of statistics and topics, including story starters and other useful info and links for those writing about current issues in the behavioral sciences.

Direct Support Professionals Website - info for providers of residential, educational, and vocational services to persons with disabilities.

DRM Guide to Disability Resources on the Internet - highly informative site, with links to direct information about a huge array of DD's and syndromes.

Jean Piaget Archives - In English, or in French below.

Learning & Teaching Developmental Psychology - Study psychological research and theory about children's social and cognitive development with resources like lesson plans, classroom activities, and web links.

Les Archives Jean Piaget - In French, or in English above.

Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities - a new and developing site which provides lots of direct info on the history of MR, specific syndromes and DD's, links to related organizations and centers, and even an area about movies/films related to disability. Very informative!

National Academy for Child Development

National Association on Dual Diagnosis - info for professionals and families of those with developmental disablilities.

National Council on Disability - federal agency site which makes recommendations to congress on disability issues. Info for educators, parents, children, etc...

National Institute of Disability and Rehabilitation Research - current research, grants, info, etc...

National Institute on Deafness and other Communication Disorders - Plenty of information about all related disorders, links to related organizations, info for professionals & parents.

National Institute on Life Planning for Persons with Disabilities - "promoting transition, life, and person centered
planning for all persons with disabilities and their families." Tons of info, well organized.

Schubert Center for Child Development

Vygotsky Links - this site contains a brief bio, along with links to several Vygotsky-related sites.



Conferences:

Psychological Conference Listings - updated weekly...

The JPS Annual Symposium - conference of the Jean Piaget Society


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