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- National Joint Committee on Learning Disabilities: http://www.ldonline.org NJCLD is a national committee of representatives of organization committed to the education and welfare of individuals
educational and governmental agencies.
- LD OnLine: http://www.LDOnline.org offers information for parents, teachers, and other interested professionals in the areas of learning disabilities, legal issues, current research, instructional strategies, and personal stories.
- Council for Learning Disabilities is an organization of professionals from diverse disciplines committed to the lifespan service of individuals with learning disabilities.
- Division for Learning Disabilities -- Council for Exceptional Children Seeks to improve the education and life success of individuals with learning disabilities
- Learning Disabilities Association -- 4156 Library Road, Pittsburgh, PA 15234. (412) 341-1515. Devoted to families and children with learning disabilities, LDA provides advocacy and resources, which are also available through local and state chapters.
- The National Information Center for Children and Youth with Disabilities -- http://www.nichcy.org/ NICHCY is the national information and referral center that provides information on disabilities and disability-related issues for families, educators, and other professionals. The center's special focus is children and youth (birth to age 22).
- National Center for Learning Disabilities (NCLD) http://www.ld.org/
as enabling children and adults with learning disabilities to achieve their full potential and enjoy a more fulfilling and
productive participation in our society. The website includes: information about learning disabilities, research reports on
strategies and instruction, summaries of political activity, and first person accounts.
- International Dyslexia Association (IDA) http://www.interdys.org
support them. IDA focuses its resources in four major areas: information and referral services, research, advocacy and direct
services to professionals in the field of learning disabilities. The website includes information for parents, teachers, other professionals, and children.
Communication Disorder
- C6.1. Click on the web page below to view sources about speech.
http://www.asha.org/public/speech/disorders/stuttering.htm
- National Dissemination Center for Children with Disabilities http://nichcy.org/disability/specific/speechlanguage
with disabilities; IDEA, the nation's special education law; No Child Left Behind, the nation's general education law; and
research-based information on effective practices for children with disabilities.
- The American Speech and Hearing Association: http://www.asha.org/default.htm
over 110,000 audiologists, speech-language pathologists, and speech, language, and hearing scientists.
- Mayer-Johnson http://www.mayer-johnson.com
3,000 line drawings.
- Trace Center University of Wisconsin http://trace.wisc.edu
for the Internet related to universal accessibility.
- The Center for Applied Special Technology http://www.cast.org
products.
- Inspiration http://www.inspiration.com
- American Speech and Hearing Association http://www.asha.org
- Center for Applied Linguistics http://www.cal.org
dialects, language testing, literacy, public policy, and more.
Emotional or Behavioral Disorders
- The following social skills excerpt and activity were developed by Dr. Mac (Thomas McIntire). Check out what’s available in his website at http://www.behavioradvisor.com/12022.html
- Behavior Contracts are useful tools for teachers working on a behavior plan with one particular student. The following articles explain about behavior contracts, give directions on how to write behavioral contracts, and give examples of several pre-made contracts for students. Examine all four sites below:
Help? http://specialed.about.com/cs/behaviordisorders/a/behavcontract.htm
How to Create a Behavior Contract http://k6educators.about.com/cs/classroommanageme3/a/createcontract.htm
A Sample Behavior Contract for Teachers http://k6educators.about.com/cs/classroommanageme3/a/behaviorpact.htm
Behavior Contracts: Printables http://specialed.about.com/cs/behaviordisorders/a/samples.htm
- These are additional sites to help you understand about students with emotional disorder. http://pbskids.org/itsmylife/emotions/index.html
- Dealing with Anger http://pbskids.org/itsmylife/emotions/anger/index.html
- Dealing with Death http://pbskids.org/itsmylife/emotions/death/index.html
- Here is a link to the national advocacy organization working on behalf of families who have children and youth with emotional and behavioral disorders. http://www.ffcmh.org
- The Scale for Assessing Emotional Disturbance information is at http://alpha.fdu.edu/psychology/SAED.htm
- Here is a link to the National Mental Health Association for their fact sheets related to childhood depression at http://www.nmha.org/children/
- Go to the American Association of Suicidology to read their Youth Suicide Fact Sheet at http://www.suicidology.org/
- Depression: What's the Problem? http://pbskids.org/itsmylife/emotions/depression/whats_the_problem.html
What gets you down? What is depression? What can you do?
- The Behavior Home Page http://www.state.ky.us/agencies/behave/homepage.html
- Children's Mental Health: http://www.mentalhealth.org/
- IDEA Discipline Policies http://www.wrightslaw.com/info/discipl.suspend.crabtree.htm
education law and advocacy for children with disabilities.
- Special Education News http://www.specialednews.com answers a need in education for in-depth, timely news related to educating students with disabilities. The website and newsletter are journalistic publications centered on the news of the special education field.
- National Alliance on Mental Illness http://www.nami.org
with severe mental illnesses and their families.
- Federation of Families for Children's Mental Health http://www.ffcmh.org/
disorders and their families.
- Council for Children with Behavioral Disorders http://www.ccbd.net/
- Organization of professionals dedicated to the education and treatment of children and youth with emotional or behavioral disorders.
- Wrap Around Approach http://www.ssa.uchicago.edu/publications/advforum/v4n1/advocates4.1.5.html
research, and policy. Often, services have been too restrictive or not sufficiently intensive, culturally irrelevant, and
disempowering to families. The wrap-around model of treatment seeks to address these limitations of adolescent mental health services.
- Facts for Families— http://www.aacap.org/cs/root/facts_for_families/facts_for_families
- Solution Tree (formerly National Educational Service) http://www.solution-tree.com/Public/Main.aspx
Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder
- CHADD.org Fact Sheet #6: Assessing Complementary and Controversial Interventions: http://www.help4adhd.org/en/about/wwk
- Go to the American Psychiatric Association, where you can learn more about their classification manual. http://www.psych.org/
- DSM-IV-TR Definition and AD/HD Definitions http://www.k12academics.com/disorders-disabilities/adhd/adhd-definitions
- The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) is one of 27 components of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the Federal government's principal biomedical and behavioral research agency. NIH is part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
- Conners’ Rating Scales http://psychcorp.pearsonassessments.com/HAIWEB/Cultures/en-us/Productdetail.htm?Pid=PAg116
- ADDA provides information, resources, and networking opportunities to help adults with Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (AD/HD) lead better lives. We provide hope, empowerment, and connections worldwide by bringing together science and the human experience for both adults with AD/HD and professionals who serve them. http://www.add.org/
- Psychiatric Rating Scales for Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder http://www.neurotransmitter.net/adhdscales.html (ADHD)
- ADHD Links: http://umdrive.memhttp://www.bamaed.ua.edu/spe300/ADHD_Links.htmlphis.edu/jsiegel/ADHDmedchart/index.html
Mental Retardation
- Here you will find information about risk factors associated with the causes of mental retardation according to timing and type. http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/289117-overview
- American Association on Mental Retardation http://www.aamr.org/
- Down Syndrome on the Internet http://www.downsyndrome.org/
magazines, medical resources, and other resources for parents. Site includes pictures of children with Down syndrome with an explanation of typical features associated with this
condition.
- Special Olympics International http://www.specialolympics.org
Severe and Multiple Disabilities
- The National Association of Councils on Developmental Disabilities http://www.naddc.org
services and supports for individuals with developmental disabilities.
- Quality Mall: Person-Centered Services Supporting People with Developmental Disabilities http://www.qualitymall.org/main/
topics including community inclusion, family support, housing, employment, and media related to developmental
disabilities.
- Apgar Test http://www.babycenter.com/refcap/3074.html
determined by a simple assessment that your practitioner will perform at one and then five minutes after your baby's birth. This scoring system has been widely used since obstetric anesthesiologist Virginia Apgar developed it in 1952.
- DB-Link: The National Information Clearinghouse on Children Who Are Deaf-Blind http://www.tr.wou.edu/dblink/
service to provide information related to children and youth who are deaf-blind ranging in age from birth to twenty-one
years.
Autism
- To get an idea of the characteristics of children with autism, look at the checklist from the Autism Research Institute at http://www.autism.com/index.php/is_it_autism
- Autism Research Institute: Autism Treatment Evaluation Checklist (ATEC) Internet Scoring Program: http://www.autism.com/ind_atec
- OVERVIEW, SOCIAL COMMUNICATION, REPETITIVE BEHAVIOR, REGULATORY AND SENSORY SYSTEM, TREAMENTS, OUTCOMES) at The Autism Speaks website, http://www.autismspeaks.org/what-autism/video-glossary
WATCH THESE VIDEOS
- To learn more about Asperger Syndrome, go to Tony Attwood’s information and support web page syndrome. http://www.tonyattwood.com.au/
- Autism http://www.talkautism.org
online courses.
- Asperger Syndrome Information and Support http://www.aspergersyndrome.org/
- Autism National Committee http://www.autcom.org/
and self-determination.
- Collaborative Programs of Excellence in Autism (updated) http://www.nichd.nih.gov/research/supported/cpea_staart.cfm
- Jump Start: Early Success with Autism http://iod.unh.edu/earlychildhood.html
- Autism Society of America: www.autism-society.org
- Organization for Autism Research: www.researchautism.org
- National Professional Development Center on Autism Spectrum Disorders: http://autismpdc.fpg.unc.edu
- Ohio Center for Autism: www.autism.net
- State of the Art Resource Services: www.starservices.tv
Physical Disabilities and Other Health Impairments
- Recommended Books about Death and Grief for Children and Adolescents http://www.barrharris.org/barbooks.html
- This link to Medline Plus provides a medical encyclopedia on many types of physical disabilities. http://medlineplus.gov/
- Here is a link to United Cerebral Palsy, the largest professional and consumer organization focusing on cerebral palsy. http://www.ucp.org/
- Here is a link to the Epilepsy Foundation, which has the mission of promoting research, education, advocacy, and service for individuals with epilepsy. http://www.epilepsyfoundation.org/
- United Cerebral Palsy Association http://www.ucpa.org
disability. As one of the largest health charities in America, UCP's mission is to advance the independence, productivity and
full citizenship of people with cerebral palsy and other disabilities.
- Computer Adaptations http://www.Microsoft.com/enable
strives to build products that are accessible to everyone, including people with disabilities.
- Helping with Grief http://www.pbs.org/wnet/onourownterms/articles/teacher2.html
- Kids Health Organization http://www.kidshealth.org/
before birth through adolescence.
- Sickle Cell Information http://www.sicklecelldisease.org/
problems as a major public health care concern and, indeed, a universal problem.
- Cancer Kids http://www.cancerkids.org/
- Countdown for Kids http://kids.jdrf.org/
- Answer Place: The Epilepsy Foundation http://www.epilepsyfoundation.org/answerplace/index.cfm
Traumatic Brain Injury
- To see fact sheets on the characteristics of TBI, published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. http://www.cdc.gov/ncipc/tbi/tbi_congress/04_estimates_goals.htm
- How to Prevent Childhood Injuries http://www.safekids.org/
Hearing Loss
- About Hearing Loss http://listeningandspokenlanguage.org
- National Association of the Deaf http://www.nad.org
safeguarding the accessibility and civil rights of 28 million deaf and hard of hearing Americans in education, employment, health care, and telecommunications.
- G. Bell Association for the Deaf http://www.agbell.org
membership organization promoting the use of spoken language by children and adults with hearing loss.
- Council of American Instructors of the Deaf http://www.caid.org
and other education-related personnel to promote student learning and development by bringing together local, state,
regional, and national interest organizations.
- Gallaudet Research Institute http://gri.gallaudet.edu
data concerning the demographic and academic characteristics of deaf and hard of hearing populations, primarily to
provide information needed by educators in the field.
Visual Impairment
- Guide Dogs http://www.guidedogs.com
use to visually-impaired people throughout the United States and Canada.
- National Federation for the Blind Technology Resource List http://www.nfb.org/nfb/Resources.asp?SnID=1330894433
technology. This Technology Resource List contains some of that information.
- American Foundation for the Blind http://www.afb.org
impairment.
- American Printing House for the Blind http://www.aph.org
- Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired http://www.tsbvi.edu
organizations, and more.
- VI Guide: A guide to Internet resources about visual impairments for parents and teachers http://www.viguide.com/
Gifted and Talented
- A list of myths and truths about people who are gifted. http://www.hoagiesgifted.org/eric/fact/myths.html
- Teaching Mathematics to Gifted Students in a Mixed-Ability Classroom http://www.kidsource.com/education/teach.gift.math.html
- For a discussion about how differentiated instruction contributes to universal design for learning, go to the National Center on Accessing the Curriculum at http://www.cast.org/ncac/index.cfm?i=2876
- For more information on co-teaching as a strategy, go to LDOnline’s discussion of co-teaching at http://www.ldonline.org/ld_indepth/teaching_techniques/tec_coteaching.html
- More information about curriculum compacting, acceleration, and other strategies can be located at the Center for Gifted Education and Talent Development at http://www.gifted.uconn.edu/
- You can learn about the six levels of Bloom’s taxonomy by going to the following link: http://www.coun.uvic.ca/learn/program/hndouts/bloom.html
- National Association for Gifted Children (NAGC) http://www.nagc.org/
materials, and other resources.
- Gifted Children with Learning Disabilities http://ericec.org/digests/e574.html
- The Association for the Gifted (TAG) http://www.cectag.org
- Organizations and Web Resources for Educators and Parents http://www.ncagt.org/links.shtml
- Listed are websites of other educational and advocacy organizations of interest to teachers and parents of gifted children.
- Hoagies' Gifted Education Page http://www.hoagiesgifted.org
education available on the Internet, plus annotations and firsthand information provided by parents.
- Gifted-Children.com: Identification, Encouragement, and Development (GCC) http://www.gifted-children.com
- GT World http://www.gtworld.org/index.html an on-line support community for parents of gifted and talented children.
- The Gifted Development Center: http://www.gifteddevelopment.com
learning styles, programs, presentations, and resources for gifted children and adults.