For Professionals / Information Resources

Shepherds College strives to serve as a trusted resource for professionals, linking you to various articles, websites and other sources of information to assist you in your work serving children with intellectual disabilities. If you have additional sources that help you in your work, please pass the links along to us so that we might include them in our growing list of professional resources.

Ability Jobs - This site helps people with disabilities find work.
Ability Magazine - This magazine is full of support for people with disabilities.
Apostrophe Magazine - This magazine is full of positive reinforcement for those living with disabilities.
Council for Exceptional Children - This organization is dedicated to improving the success rate of children with disabilities.
Disability Scoop - This is the only online news organization that focuses mainly on serving the intellectual disability community.
National Alliance for Secondary Education and Transition - A national voluntary coalition that represents special education, general education, career and technical education, youth development, multicultural perspectives, and parents.
National Association of Christians in Special Education - Bringing Christian Special Educators Together
National Association of Private Special Education Centers - A non-profit association whose mission is to represent private special education centers (in the USA) and their leaders.
National Association of Special Education Teachers - A resource for those who teach people with disabilities.
Pediatric Advisor - Dr. Kent R. Amstutz, a Developmental Occupational Pediatrician from Omaha, Nebraska, contributes information to this link.