Web Resources for Special Education

 

General

Assistive Technology

Behavior

Blind and Vision Impaired

Educable Mentally Impaired

Hearing Impaired

Inclusion

Learning Disabilities

Special Education Legislation

 

 

General

REHABDATA

Excellent database to search for documents related to all aspects of disability and rehabilitation:

ERIC Clearinghouse on Disabilities and Gifted Education

"ERIC EC" gathers and disseminates the professional literature, information, and resources on the education and development of individuals of all ages who have disabilities and/or who are gifted:

Disability International

An electronic journal devoted to advocacy of rights of the disabled

The Federal Resource Center for Special Education

The FRC is an organization responsible for supporting a national network of special education technical assistance. Site contains links to various regulations and state legislation as well as other information.

The Awesome Library: Section for Special Education

A good online directory of Special Education sites. Kept updated.

CEC: Council for Exceptional Children

This is an advocacy group that offers lots of legislative information as well as lesson plans and links.

Special Education Home Page

This page, put together by a special needs teacher in Australia, offers arts and crafts techniques, activities, links and articles.

 

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Assistive Technology

 

National Center to Improve Practice in Special Education

Explore ways to use specific technologies in educational contexts.

Center for Information Technology Accommodation (U.S. General Services Administration)

The CITA is a "nationally recognized model demonstration facility" which advocates access in services, institutions, and management. Site contains online information documents, research, and help for those who want to use assistive technology.

The Catalyst

A quarterly electronic newsletter for information on the use of computers with special needs individuals.

Virtual Assistive Technology Center

Offers "free and cheap" software downloads for people with special needs. Mac and PC accommodations.

 

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Behavior

University of Kentucky Behavior Page

A resource for parents and teachers dealing with behavior problems and challenges. This is a well done resource sharing project.

 

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Blind and Vision Impaired

Blindness Resource Center, The New York Institute for Special Education

This is a very large site full of resources relating to blindness and deaf-blindness, both virtual and print-based.

 

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Educable Mentally Impaired

Gentle Teaching

Advocates a pedagogical style for teaching mentally impaired students.

 

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Hearing Impaired

Beginnings

Beginnings is a non-profit organization designed to aid parents of deaf and hearing-impaired children connect to needed resources.

Deaf Education Web Site

From the Council on Education of the Deaf, this excellent site offers postings of job ads for deaf educators, web-based instructional resources and links to lots of organizations.

Deaf Education Option Web

A site created by a professional in the field, designed to offer parents and educators a list of options for educating deaf students, and to provide resource links.

Information Site for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Students who have AD(HD)

This is a directory of links on the topic.

 

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Inclusion

Circle of Inclusion

Wonderful site sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education

Inclusive Education

Page from the Renaissance Group with discussions and definitions of inclusion.

Special Education Inclusion

Page from the Wisconsin Education Association Council with excellent definitions and overview of issues.

 

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Learning Disabilities

LD Online

A weekly magazine for parents, teachers, and students

Learning Disabilities—Through the Eyes of the LD Child

Links to sites with activities and discussions geared for children and caregivers.

C.H.A.D.D.

National Organization for children and adults with ADD.

Learning Disabilities Association of America

This official web site contains documents, statistics, and links.

Teens Helping Teens

A web page designed by teens for other dyslexic teens with an enormous amount of information on relevant topics.

The Instant Access Treasure Chest—The Foreign Language Teacher’s Guide to Learning Disabilities (not JUST for foreign language teachers)

This is an online directory of links.

 

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Special Education Legislation

University of Virginia Office of Special Education

Links to sites and documents on the Web relating to law and Special Education. A good starting point for legal research on this issue.

The Special Education Advocate

This is an excellent special interest site with lots of information on special education (private site--careful of bias). Contains an Advocacy Library and a Law Library.

 

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