Special Education Topics
Council for Exceptional Children: http://www.cec.sped.org/home.htm
Includes legislative information, ERIC clearinghouse of disabilities and gifted education, professions in special education, "what's new", and journals, books and media. Latter includes Teaching Exceptional Children articles and monthly authors on line.
Office of Special Education:
http://curry.edschool.Virginia.EDU/go/specialed/
Very valuable site operated by University of Virginia (John Lloyd, who also supervises the spedtalk e-mail bulletin board). Topics include Special Education Information; Information about special education history, events, interventions, etc.; Resources on the Internet; Internet resources about special education and disability; Categorical Information; Links to information and resources arranged by categories of disability; Professionals in Special Education; Pictures and e-mail addresses for some professionals in special education; Parents; Information for parents of students who need special education.
Noteworthy points here are the state job listing and the latest bulletins with updates on department policies. Under the "information" page are a long list of links related to creating web pages. The exceptional education page - http://www.state.wi.us/agencies/dpi/een/index.html - will get you to EEN bulletins and several parent publications that could be reproduced and given to parents.
DPI information update bulletins: http://www.dpi.state.wi.us/dpi/dlsea/een/bulindex.html
DPI brochure on parent and child rights in special education: http://www.dpi.state.wi.us/dpi/dlsea/een/pcrights.html
DPI's Exceptional Educational Needs Team: http://www.dpi.state.wi.us/dpi/dlsea/een/index.html
Barbara Bateman's "Writing I.E.P.s for Success" (full
text!):
http://www.LDANATL.org/articles/seab/bateman1.html
Legal issues in education, including the full IDEA law and Section 504, plus some frequently asked questions about these topics and IEPs. Can be slow at times.
ERIC:
http://www.cec.sped.org/er-menu.htm
Searching databases for journal articles and documents. Especially handy are the "digests" that can be downloaded and reproduced freely. Categories are Cultural Diversity, Early Childhood, Gifted, Instruction and Management, Learning Disabilities/Attention Deficit Disorder, and Other Disabilities
Topics in the Learning Disabilities list include Serving the LD Student in a Vocational Education, Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD), Stress Management for the Learning Disabled, Teaching Children with Attention Deficit Disorder, Readings about Children and Youth with Learning Disabilities, College Planning for Students with Learning Disabilities, Providing and Appropriate Education to Children with Attention Deficit Disorder, Learning Disabilities, Learning Disabilities: Glossary of Some Important Terms, Academic Interventions for Children with Dyslexia, Beginning Reading and Phonological Awareness for Students with Learning Disabilities
ERIC Digests: http://www.ed.gov/databases/ERIC_Digests/index/
LD Resources:
http://www.ldresources.com/
A range of products and publications. Includes some shareware and freeware computer programs that can be downloaded directly from site. Especially noteworthy is the ability to subscribe to LD reader, a biweekly publication sent via e-mail that often has interesting items. Topics at site include Learning Disabilities Resources, The LD Reader, More Lists and Resources, Learning Disabilities Articles and Essays, Macintosh Software, and Learning Disabilities and Writing.
Nice site for breaking information about education topics. Includes access to some articles from both Education Week and Teacher magazine. "The Daily Report" includes education articles from places such as USA Today (note: you will receive "cookies" from here).
Behavior Home Page:
http://www.state.ky.us/agencies/behave/homepage.html
Operated by the University of Kentucky. There is a discussion forum and a nice set of information about intervention procedures. The latter includes these topics: Interventions; The Teacher's Encyclopedia of Behavior Management; Aggression-Verbal and/or Physical; Chaos/Classroom Out of Control; Levels of Intervention; Intervention Resources; CEC Mini Library; PACER: What is a Functional Assessment?
Lots of handy stuff from a non-profit group.
Funded by the U.S. Office of Special Education Programs, their goal is to, "Advance the Quality of Technology, Media, and Materials for Students with Diverse Learning Needs." They have some good information aboout educational research.
Official government site. All, and more, than you wanted to know.
Free Braille and recorded texts. Wide range of materials.
Recording for the Blind & Dyslexic: http://www.rfbd.org/
Non-profit group, with a membership fee. Different from above in that 60% of members ar dyslexic. Only educational and reference materials offered. Some are free.
The Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services: http://www.ed.gov/offices/OSERS/
Booklet: ADDRESSING STUDENT PROBLEM
BEHAVIOR: An IEP Team's Introduction To Functional Behavioral
Assessment And Behavior Intervention Plans:
http://www.air-dc.org/cecp/resources/problembehavior/main.htm
Center for Effective Collaboration and Practice's Author Online page: http://www.air-dc.org/cecp/interact/author.html
Center for Effective Collaboration and Practice (an EBD-oriented group): http://www.air-dc.org/cecp/cecp.html
Association for Direct Instruction: http://darkwing.uoregon.edu/~adiep/
The Center for Special Education Finance http://www.air-dc.org/csef_hom/
Special Needs Education Network: http://www.schoolnet.ca/sne/
Children and Adults With Attention Deficit Disorders http://www.chadd.org/
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