The IDEA Partnership website reflects our collaborative work. The information unfolds in a natural way and provides links to help you find the information you need. We serve a wide range of stakeholders in different roles.  Each section gives you a little information at a time and helps you understand just what you are accessing.  It means a few more clicks…..but we think it is worth it!
Across the top on the homepage, you will find large buttons that connect to the major focus areas of our work.  Each section opens with an overview that describes the Partnership work and the organizations, states and agencies involved.  These major areas of work include:

• Dialogue Guides: Dialogue Guides are models for conducting interactive discussions across stakeholders in States and districts. These packages make new use of dependable and publicly available information. Each Guide circulates a common set of source materials and suggested procedures for involving various audiences in States and districts. In this manner, stakeholders (families, practitioners, professional associations, professors, policymakers, legislators) all over the country can begin interacting in new ways around implementation issues.
  
• Communities of Practice: A Community of Practice is a human process for solving a problem that is important to its members and a powerful change strategy.  Multiple voices and perspectives contribute to real solutions.  This section highlights the work of our communities.
  
• Partnership Work in the States: Partnership work in the States is organized around collaborative activities that build the capacities of States and stakeholder groups working together to improve results for students with disabilities.  
• Partnership Work with National Organizations: Leaders at national organizations’ headquarters and representatives of their State and local affiliates are involved in our Communities of Practice and in our partnership work in States. Other activities are collaborations between The Partnership and a national organization to advance an agenda that is of significant mutual interest that complements the work of Communities and States. This section describes our collaborative work.
  
• Partnership Work With National Centers Federal investments in research, development, technical assistance, dissemination, and national studies are vital to the initiatives of The IDEA Partnership. Various centers are directly involved with The Partnership’s work in the States and its national Communities of Practice. Other activities are collaborations between The Partnership and a national center to advance an agenda of significant mutual interest that complements the work of Communities and States.

Down the left side of the homepage you may access an index of features, resources, and services.  The purpose of this index is to provide easily accessible information up front where you need it.

• ABOUT US includes a Partnership Overview, a list and links toIDEA Partners, and Overviews of our Partnership Work and the Website.  You can identify partner interests, as well as the interest of technical assistance centers listed by using the tool provided.
• FEATURES provides resources and new information: the Latest News, and New Resources are updated weekly,  Events and Newsletters will be updated monthly.
• INFORMATION COLLECTIONS contains the
  • Topics Database: This section provides information on a variety of topics and related issues regarding the implementation of NCLB, IDEA and other legislation. The section organizes the information by first providing the "big picture" of each topic and then sub-topics and issues from which you can choose to find out more information. This approach provides the legislative context in which to understand each topic, as well as the important interrelationships to other topics in other laws that impact students and youth with disabilities.
    
  • The Results for Kids: Resources:  The library centers largely on models, curricula, strategies, tools, practice, policy, research, and resources generated from  general education and related arenas -- to the extent that these can be applied to improve outcomes for all learners, and
    
  • Many Journals/Many Voices: This is a collection of citations and web links to selected articles from a large number of professional journals and other substantive publications that are available online. The vast majority of citations are linked to the full text of articles.
  
  Each of these is preceded by overviews, which explain the purpose of the information and how to use it.
  
• SERVICES include Customized Email, Your Voice, and Virtual Events This section allows you to tailor the information you receive via email, contribute your thoughts on issues, and participate in national virtual events.
  
  
• The last section includes a Site Map, Site Evaluation for your feedback and a Search function.