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The purpose of this website is to facilitate improved services to students with disabilities, or those at risk of learning failure, by providing a clearinghouse and point of reference for an array of individuals and organizations working in special education communities.

Information includes: best and promising practices, funding resources, professional development, correspondence, parent resources, technical assistance, policy, and more. An interactive list serve is also available. Resources are updated regularly.

Join us in creating a culture of high expectations, accountability, and results that will respond to the needs of all stakeholders in the educational process and help to make the Vision for a New Way a reality.

Serving Students with Disabilities - A Vision for a New Way

A concept Paper Promoting Leadership & Commitment to Children - Presented by MAPSA on November 6, 2003. This paper was written by former State Director of Special Education - Richard Baldwin, in consultation with Chuck Stockwell and the MAPSA Task Force on Special Education. It was approved by the MAPSA Board in 2003.

Read the entire report from the President's Commission on Excellence in Special Education by clicking on the following link:

A New Era: Revitalizing Special Education for Children and Their Families

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Updated: May 2, 2010