Know your rights, and ensure your child receives the support they need in the classroom. These local and statewide resources make navigating special education and accommodations less overwhelming.
Maryland Statewide Resources
Disability Rights Maryland
Live Q&A sessions to help parents understand their child’s special education rights, resources and guides on topics such as school discipline, transition planning, communication with an Individualized Education Program (IEP) plan team and extended school year services disabilityrightsmd.org/special-education
Division of Special Education
The Maryland State Department of Education’s hub for coordinating services for students with disabilities, including family support services, the Maryland Infants and Toddlers Program, preschool special education, autism waivers and other helpful information marylandpublicschools.org/programs/Pages/Special-Education/index.aspx
Kennedy Krieger Institute’s Project HEAL
A myriad of special education resources relating to school discipline, bullying, home and hospital teaching, home-schooled and private school education, transition planning and more kennedykrieger.org/community/initiatives/maryland-center-developmental-disabilities/project-heal/resources-parents
The Parents’ Place of Maryland
Offers individualized one-on-one support for families to navigate special education, parent trainings, resources for special education eligibility, advocacy, assistive technology, language access for families that speak English as a second language and more | ppmd.org/resources
Chesapeake Area Resources
AACPS Special Services
If your child attends a school in the Anne Arundel County Public Schools system, they can receive additional services and aid through the AACPS Office of Special Services. The office provides students with disabilities with assistive technology, occupational, speech and physical therapy, adaptive physical education classes and more. acps.org/page/special-services
(The) Coordinating Center
This disability support nonprofit provides Autism Waiver Service Coordination services to families whose children have autism around Maryland, recently expanding these services to schools in Queen Anne’s County in September 2025. This program provides therapy and individualized support to children and young adults with autism up to 21 years old. coordinatingcenter.org
Educational Resources at Fello
The Linthicum-based Children, Youth & Their Families team helps parents through removing barriers to access community resources, understanding the IEP process and transitioning out of school. fello.org/?fello-services=children-youth-their-families-2
Lindsay VanAsdalan also contributed to this article.
