The Special Needs and Gifted Resources page is a result of a collaboration between the Mt. Lebanon Public Library, Mt. Lebanon School District and parents. This collaborative group also maintains an extensive paper file on special needs which is housed at the Mt. Lebanon Public Library, as well as a community bulletin board.

As a parent of a child with special needs within the Mt. Lebanon School District, please consider joining this effort!
For more information contact Jessica Webster at phone 412-344-2048 or the library at 412-531-1913.
ADHD

• Attention Deficit Disorder Association (ADDA)
• Children and Adults with Attention Deficit / Hyperactivity Disorder
• National Institute of Mental Health

Asperger’s Syndrome

• OASIS at MAAP
• Yale Developmental Disabilities Clinic

Asthma and Allergy

• Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America
• American Academy of Allergy Asthma and Immunology
• Food Allergy Anaphylaxis Network (FAAN)

Autism

• Advisory Board on Autism and Related Disorder (ABOARD)
• American Society of Pediatrics - family resources and interviews with autism experts
• Autism
• Autism Society of America
• CeFAR
• First Signs
• Yale Developmental Disabilities Clinic

Bipolar

• Equilibrium
• National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI)

Disabilities

• City-County Task Force on Disabilities
• Disability Rights Network of Pennsylvania
• Living Well with a Disability
• Three Rivers Center for Independent Living
• United Cerebral Palsy / Community Living and Support Services

Down Syndrome

• National Association for Down Syndrome
• National Down Syndrome Society
• National Institute of Child Health and Human Development

Gifted & Talented
Please keep in mind that Pennsylvania Law and Special Education includes disabilities and gifted education, under Chapters 14 and 16.

• C-MITES
• Davidson Institute for Talent Development (for the highly gifted)
• Hoagies Gifted Education
• John Hopkins Center for Talented Youth
• National Association for Gifted Children
• MENSA
• Pennsylvania Association of Gifted Education (PAGE)
• Supporting the Emotional Needs of Gifted

Learning Disabilities

• LD Online
• Learning Disabilities Association of America
• National Center for Learning Disabilities

Obsessive Compulsive Disorder

• Mayo Clinic on OCD
• National Institute for Mental Health
• Obsessive Compulsive Foundation
• Obsessive Compulsive Foundation of Western Pennsylvania

Tourette Syndrome

• MedLine Plus on Tourette Syndrome
• National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke: Tourette Syndrome Info
• Tourette Syndrome Association, Inc.