ANCHOR GROWKids, Youth & Family SupportGROW tells you who a resource is for, what it actually provides, whether it is Arkansas-specific, and what kind of evidence or institutional perspective it represents. Out-of-state rules are never presented as Arkansas rules.
These sources shaped GROW’s deeper family, transition, training, procedure-preparation and navigation layers.
Best for: Parents, caregivers, educators, professionals
One of the strongest practical libraries for turning a parent concern into a teachable preparation or home/school support task.
Open resource ↗Best for: Families, educators, autistic youth
Useful model for deep family guides that explain both the concept and the real-world decision.
Open resource ↗Best for: Parents, caregivers, professionals
Useful model for filtering the same knowledge by role and developmental stage.
Open resource ↗Best for: Teens, young adults, families
Good prompts for the practical differences between K–12 support and postsecondary self-advocacy.
Open resource ↗Best for: Parents and caregivers
Useful for understanding how a service provider explains behavioral and skill-building approaches; GROW adds neutral provider-comparison questions.
Open resource ↗Best for: Caregivers and families
Strong model for connecting diagnosis information to navigation and practical caregiver skill-building.
Open resource ↗Best for: Students, families, university staff
Useful for making postsecondary transition about environment, mentoring and belonging—not only paperwork.
Open resource ↗Best for: Families, advocates, researchers
Strong model for starting with family strengths, priorities, context and goals rather than a provider-created checklist.
Open resource ↗Best for: Autistic people, families, providers, communities
Useful model for combining a large searchable library, training and lifespan transition collections in one state-facing system.
Open resource ↗Best for: Families and youth
Part C early intervention for eligible infants and toddlers with developmental delay or disability; family-centered services.
Open resource ↗Best for: Families and youth
Locate, identify and evaluate children suspected of needing early intervention or special education. Arkansas Part B/619 covers ages 3–21.
Open resource ↗Best for: Families and youth
State special-education information, parent resources, IEP guidance and rules.
Open resource ↗Best for: Families and youth
Intake, referral, developmental-disability services, waiver pathways, therapies and other supports.
Open resource ↗Best for: Families and youth
DHS information on autism evaluation and Medicaid autism-service pathways.
Open resource ↗Best for: Families and youth
Arkansas health coverage with preventive and other covered health services for eligible children.
Open resource ↗Best for: Families and youth
Medicaid pathway for eligible children with disabilities who receive care at home rather than in an institution.
Open resource ↗Best for: Families and youth
Coordinates physical health, behavioral health and specialized services for qualifying people with complex behavioral health or ID/DD needs.
Open resource ↗Best for: Families and youth
Statewide support for Deaf, Hard of Hearing, Blind and Visually Impaired children and families.
Open resource ↗Best for: Families and youth
Developmental milestone information and monitoring tools.
Open resource ↗Best for: Families and youth
Clinical guidance on developmental surveillance and standardized screening.
Open resource ↗Best for: Families and youth
Evidence-informed information about augmentative and alternative communication.
Open resource ↗Best for: Families and youth
Universal Design for Learning guidance supporting agency, multiple representation, communication, engagement and expression.
Open resource ↗Statewide access, support navigation and public education.
Open ↗Current ANCHOR long-form articles and public guides.
Open ↗Publication and magazine storytelling across neurodivergent life.
Open ↗Fast immediate need-and-response communication cards.
Open ↗Meaning and intent communication support when speech is unreliable or not preferred.
Open ↗Person-controlled communication, sensory, health and access profile.
Open ↗Statewide resources and community access routes.
Open ↗Provider and service discovery.
Open ↗Medication, symptom, routine and appointment-review support.
Open ↗Training for families, schools, healthcare and community response.
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