UVa office of special education

Special Education
Regional Resource Centers

Through the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services U.S. Department of Education funds resource centers throughout the country, each serving a different region. Among the general purposes of these centers are to:

• help identify and solve persistent problems in providing quality special education;
• assist state educational agencies in providing special education;
• promote inclusion as well as a continuum of services;
• aid in developing, identifying, and replicating successful programs;
• facilitate collaboration among parents, professionals, and agencies;
• gather and disseminate information among various agencies;
• assist in improving dissemination of information to professionals and parents; and
• provide information and training regarding IDEA.

Web	E-mail Contacts
Northeast Regional Resource Center (NERRC)	nerrc@wested.org
Mid-South Regional Resource Center (MSRRC)	MSRRC@ihdi.uky.edu
Southeast Regional Resource Center (SARRC)	Betty Beal, bbeale@edla.aum.edu
Great Lakes Area Regional Resource Center (GLARRC)	Larry Magliocca, Magliocca.1@osu.edu
Mountain Plains Regional Resource Center (MPRRC)	Glen Latham, latham@cc.usu.edu
Western Regional Resource Center (WRRC)	Richard Zeller, Richard_Zeller@wrrc.uoregon.edu

Under a special contract, the Federal Resource Center for Special Education supports all of the centers. This site provides more extensive information about the centers, in general.

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