Parent Resources

This Parent Resources page is a designed to be a growing directory of useful info and links for all of our special needs parents to utilize. If you know of any resources that you would like to see added to this page, please email our Special Needs pastor, Shirley, at shirley.you@emetro.org.

Dyslexia / Associations

International Dyslexia Association

Fairleigh Dickinson University – Center for Dyslexia Study
This is the contact information for the site at FDU. They have training and tutors for special need students who struggle with reading and writing. However, there is sometimes a waiting list.

Children’s Dyslexia Centers
A site for different dyslexia centers in the state of NJ

Dyslexia / Learning Aids

Learning Ally
Some districts provide this service for students. This learning aide is like Audible (audio book). It also has some books that have the written and spoken version of different text.

Google Read & Write
This is an amazing Google extension (expensive but some districts provide this learning tool for students). It has note-taking tools, predictive text, speech-to-text and text- to-speech, picture dictionary, and a regular dictionary.

Autism / Associations

Interactive Autism Network

Autism Speaks

Signs of Autism

Autism / Schools

The schools and programs below serve the needs of children with autism and related learning difficulties in the Northern Valley area for pre-kindergarten through 8th grade.