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All of the sites listed in the Getting Started page of the website include links to information about the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) and special education. This page lists some sites whose main focus is the subject of children with disabilities and education.
Also refer to The Laws section of this website for links to advocacy sites that provide information about special education law.
This is probably one of the best places to start when looking for information about special education. You can search ERIC's massive database or browse their fact sheets and digests. It can be overwhelming but there are a lot of valuable resources here.
The purpose of CECP is to support as well as promote development and adjustment of at risk children and children with emotional problems. The web site of CECP provides online access to information on assessment and other relevant topics. It also has PowerPoint presentations and online discussions.
The CLE is a national support center for legal rights of students and school personnel. The CLE attorneys are available to provide training to other attorneys, parents and/or educators about the right of all students to participate in all programs and to attain high standards.
Connect!, the Desired Results access Project's free e-news blast featuring news, resources, and activities that will help you use the DRDP Assessment System for preschool special education.
This is an umbrella organization for a variety of special education resources. Its site is most valuable for its links to them.
Empowering and connecting teachers, administrators, and parents with innovative solutions and resources to better education. Join the conversation today!
This online guide is a result of collaboration amongst Northeast and Islands Regional Educational Laboratory (LAB) at Brown University, National School Network (NSN), and the Teacher Enhancement Electronic Community Hall (TEECH). The guides provide information on strategies for electronic collaboration, on choosing a technology medium, and resources for electronic collaboration.
Informal Education is an independent and not-for-profit site created by a small group of educators. It is accessed approximately six million times a year. This page contains information on Howard Gardner and his theory of Multiple Intelligences.
epals is global Community of collaborative learners, teachers, and academic experts in 200 countries and territories. The web site has teacher forums and student forums. It also has video clip on what epals is and how to get started
Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC) provides access to an enormous database of full-text articles and citations to articles about education.
A coalition of organizations, including parent organizations, FAPE's mission is to provide information and education to families about IDEA (Individual with Disabilities Education Act). The site gathers together an abundance of information about special education, and provides information in Spanish and Hmong.
This website of U.S. Department of Education provides clear and comprehensive information on Individualized Education Program (IEP).
This web site contains wealth of information. It is an outcome of collaborative work done by approximately 55 national organizations and technical assistance providers as well as state and local level agencies. It has links to Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP) and to the collaborating national organizations.
The ISTE is a non profit worldwide organization of educational technology professionals. The ISTE website contains online access to wealth of technology resources. It also provides information about ISTE publications.
This site provides information about special education with a focus on ADHD and learning disabilities.
LDOnline is a wonderful site, and its "Special Education" page is excellent. It has a special section on "Options for Resolving Disputes," a great resource for families.
The National Center for Learning Disabilities and Schwab Learning have developed this guide to assist parents in trying to understand the No Child Left Behind Law and how it relates to children with learning diabilities.
This site provides information on Miracle Belt, a pediatric weighted therapy belt which promotes self-calming, balance, and increased body awareness by enhancing proprioceptive feedback. Within minutes of wearing the Miracle Belt the child feel more grounded, focused, and secure. The belts benefit children diagnosed with Autism, Attention Deficit Disorder , Aspergers syndrome , Ataxia, Cerebral Palsy, Down syndrome, Dyslexia, Rett syndrome, Sensory Integration Disorder , and Sensory Processing Disorder .
It is the official website of NAGC. It provides information on who is gifted and has many resources for educators and parents.
When you are looking for private special education alternatives, this site is a good place to visit. NAPSEC offers a free referral service via email and the site provides links to some of their member schools who have websites.
The National Association of State Directors of Special Education (NASDSE) provides leadership to improve educational services and outcomes for students with disabilities. The NADSE site has online access to its many publications, information about its projects such as Project Forum and RTI. It also has and links to other relevant sites.
The Purpose of NCIP funded by U.S. Department of Education is to promote effective use of technology to enhance educational outcomes for students with sensory, cognitive, physical and social/emotional disabilities. The NCIP site provides online access to video clips of students using technology. It also provides links to other useful sites.
This site provides online access to information on collaboration skills.
This website includes information on research based resources, graduate programs in gifted education, school wide enrichment model, resources for parents , Renzulli Learning System and links to other pertinent sites.
A good starting point to acquaint yourself with information about early intervention and early childhood education for children with disabilities. The site contains numerous links to IDEA information for young children.
This site includes a discussion of special education process. It also includes Commissions recommendation that all measures used to assess accountability and educational progress be developed according to principles of universal design so that modifications and accommodations are built into the test that will not invalidate the results
The guide offers tips and information addressing many common financial issues and concerns of families raising children with disabilities from infancy to young adulthood. Topics include organizing financial records, managing money, preparing income taxes, health insurance options, dealing with debt, saving for college, preparing youth for adult employment, and more. Each section includes links to additional resources. REFERENCE POINTS is an activity of TATRA, a project of PACER Center
Special Education Resources on the Internet (SERI) is a collection of Internet accessible information resources of interest to those involved in the fields related to special education. The site has numerous links ranging from general disabilities information, national organizations to university based sites.
Teachers Net has online access to tons of information on teaching different subjects, on teaching different grade levels including college, hot educational topics, classroom projects, lesson plans, and class activities. It also has job listings, discussion groups, chat boards, and mailrings. Excellent web site!!
The Teacher Vision web site provides online access to information on preparing IEPs, IDEA IEP requirements, and accommodations
The Teacher Vision web site provides online access to information on preparing IEPs, IDEA IEP requirements, and accommodations
This site, created by Claudia Lowe, JD, an educational strategist and consultant, provides links to detailed information about Section 504 from a variety of websites. It answers many questions about Section 504.
This site of Access Center provides information on Universal Design for Learning (UDL) Training Guide kit, as well as UDL and Response to Intervention (RTI). It informs how UDL can be used support access to general education curriculum. It explains the framework for UDL. Has video clips on UDL.
This site at University of Washington has wealth of information on universal design of learning. The site also has video clips.
This site offers online resources to help educators develop digital books with rich learning supports
This is an excellent resource for information about early childhood inclusion. Their "Links to Other Sites" page is well-organized and a pleasure to use. Not surprisingly, their "Inclusion" links are very strong.
This is an excellent resource for information about early childhood inclusion. Their "Links to Other Sites" page is well-organized and a pleasure to use. Not surprisingly, their "Inclusion" links are very strong.
This site at the University of Connecticut has useful information on universal design of learning (UDL). Although the site is targeted at college faculty, educators at all level will find the information useful.
This site offers on-line and print resources about inclusion. It's a good place to find MAPS, PATH and Circle of Friends tools.
JP Das Developmental Disabilities Centre specializes in Inclusion Resources. This page has a wealth of links to an abundance of them. There is also a link to an inclusion listserv.
This blog was born out of my work on San Francisco Inclusive Schools Week and ongoing advocacy work for inclusive education (not to mention the world at large)…inspired by my very charismatic youngster and his peers.
I am an elementary inclusion parent in SFUSD and help lead SFUSD’s Inclusive Schools Week committee. In December 2010 I organized the Mayoral Proclamation of San Francisco Inclusive Schools Week at City Hall – now an annual celebration during the first full week of December – commemorating the work we do year-round to foster inclusive school communities.
The Institute for Community Inclusion at UMass Boston supports the rights of children and adults with disabilities to participate in all aspects of the community. As practitioners, researchers, and teachers, we form partnerships with individuals, families, and communities. Together we advocate for personal choice, self-determination, and social and economic justice.
This site developed by Jim Wright, a school psychologist and administrator offers online access to CBM manual for teachers, information on integrated writing probes in emerging literacy, numeracy, reading fluency, basic and advanced math operations, administration and scoring sheets and advanced applications of CBM.
The National UDL task force works to incorporate the principles of UDL into federal policy and practice initiatives. This site has a lot of useful information on UDL. It also has UDL classroom scenarios.
This site provides information on UDL initiatives of four states: Kentucky, New York, California and Ohio.
This site supports educators and students in their teaching and study of universal design. It has a list of several resources and links to other universal design sites.
This OSEP site defines Universal Design for Learning (UDL). It discusses UDL teaching methods and gives examples. It also elaborates benefits of UDL.
The ACT is an independent, not-for-profit organization that provides more than a hundred assessment, research, information, and program management services in the broad areas of education and workforce development.
AIMSweb is a progress monitoring system based on direct, frequent and continuous student assessment. The results are reported to students, parents, teachers and administrators via a web-based data management and reporting system to determine response to intervention. This site provides information on AIMSweb.
AERA is an international professional organization that aims to advance educational research and its practical applications. The AERA website provides information about its divisions, SIGs, publications, conferences, and links to other relevant sites
The American Evaluation Association is an international professional association of evaluators devoted to the application and exploration of program evaluation, personnel evaluation, technology, and many other forms of evaluation. The web page offers information on universities that offers graduate programs concentrating on evaluation, AEI journals, AEI training programs and links related to evaluation.
The BIACO provides services that can independently verify the quality of proprietary testing The institutions can utilize their service to defend their programs. The BAICO has clients like U.S. Department of Education, University of Cambridge, Iowa Department of Education, and National Research Council.
The site provides information about DIBELS as well as its administration and scoring. It provides online access to DIBELS manual and has a list of FAQs about DIBELS. It also has video clips of individuals administering DIBELS.
The mission of non-profit Education Testing Service is to advance quality and equity in education for all people worldwide. The website offers information that helps teachers teach, students learn and parents measure the educational and intellectual progress of their children. The website has useful video clips.
This ERIC site offers a comprehensive list of educational evaluation resources. It includes broad-ranging searchable test review and test/instrument locator with 10,000 instruments indexed (although not available online). This site was defunded in 2006 and has not since been updated but it is still useful.
The IDEL is a research-based formative assessment series of measures designed to assess the basic early literacy skills of children learning to read in Spanish. This site provides needed information on IDEL.
The aim of JC is to serve educational organizations and institutions through development of standards to guide and improve the quality of their program, personnel, and student evaluations. The JC site maintained by Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI provides online access to its annual meeting minutes and its many publications.
The National Assessment Governing Board (NAGB) is a panel of educators, lawmakers, testing and curriculum experts, business leaders, and members of the general public. The Board sets policies for National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP). The NAGB site contains sample question booklets for NAEP, its schedule and results.
National Association for Test Directors (NATD) is an association of professionals responsible for assessment programs in public educational settings. The NATD site provides online access to its Annual Proceedings, newsletters, and links to other assessment resources.
The NCEO at the University of Minnesota provides national leadership in high-stakes testing of students with disabilities. The NCEO web site provides online access to its many publications and projects, the state assessment policies, accommodations bibliography, and links to many disability resources.
The NCES carries out the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) projects also known as Nation's Report Cards. The NAEP is the only nationally representative and continuing assessment of what America's students know and can do in nine subject areas: Mathematics, reading, science, writing, arts, civics, economics, geography, and U.S. history. The NAEP assesses representative samples of American students at grades 4, 8, and 12. It does not provide scores for individual students or schools. The NAEP web site provides information about NEAP activities, online access to its publications and to its data.
This site of the CRESST provides online access to information on Performance Assignment. It also contains :Accommodations Guide, classroom assignment scoring manual for elementary, middle , high school and a supplement to performance assignments. A very useful site.
The NCME is an organization that is incorporated exclusively for scientific, educational, literary, and charitable purposes. The NCME website provides information about its publications, and online access to some of its papers such as Code of Fair Testing Practices in Education, and other topics in educational measurement
This library was developed for professionals seeking to design, conduct, document, or review project evaluations. The purpose of this system is to collect and make available evaluation plans, instruments, and reports for NSF projects that can be used as examples by Principal Investigators, project evaluators, and others outside the NSF community as they design proposals and projects. OERL also includes professional development modules that can be used to better understand and utilize the materials.
This site offers information on free progress monitoring system. It contains materials for passage reading fluency, reading comprehension word reading fluency, and phoneme segmenting. It also has a list of FAQs.
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