47 Resources (by Title) for: Classrooms > Special Education Title / Description / URL / Keywords A Guide to Children's Literacy and Disability   (Feedback) This bibliography is intended to help parents and professionals identify books that are written about or include characters who have a disability. The list is grouped according the following disabilities: attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), b http://www.kidsource.com/NICHCY/literature.html American Sign Language   (Feedback) Here are a variety of sites to help you learn American Sign Language. There are online dictionaries, animations, videos and activities. In addition, there are links to Fingerspelling and SignWriting. http://www.uen.org/utahlink/activities/view_activity.cgi?activity_id=5529 American Sign Language Browser   (Feedback) Michigan State University's ASL Browser web site is an online American Sign Language (ASL) browser where you can look up video of thousands of ASL signs and learn interesting things about them. http://www.commtechlab.msu.edu/sites/aslweb/browser.htm Articles, Tutorials and Calculators   (Feedback) E-Calc.net offers a large number of free Articles, Tutorials and Calculators in diverse range of topics sush as Business & Financial, Family, Health, Computer & Internet, Travel and much more. http://www.e-calc.net Keywords: articles,tutorials,calculators,education,lerning,computer,business,health,family,travel,food,auto Audiblox: Resources for Dyslexia and other Learning Disabilities   (Feedback) Effective in overcoming dyslexia and other learning difficulties by addressing the underlying shortcomings that interfere with academic performance. http://www.audiblox2000.com/ Keywords: dyslexia, dysgraphia, spelling problems, learning disabilities Awesome Library K-12: Special Education   (Feedback) Links to resources dealing with special education including learning disabilities, gifted education, assistive technology, mental health and other related subjects. http://www.awesomelibrary.org/special-ed.html Bennett Elementary Portaportal   (Feedback) Portaportal of resources for K-5 teachers http://guest.portaportal.com/bennettes British Columbia--Special Education Resources   (Feedback) Resources for meeting the technology needs of students with physical disabilities and visual impairments. http://www.bced.gov.bc.ca/specialed/ Business Resources   (Feedback) Janice has a great collection of keyboarding, marketing, performing arts, and general high school business resources on her portal pages. http://guest.portaportal.com/janice_skipwith Keywords: Business, keyboarding, marketing California--Special Education Resources   (Feedback) Includes links to resources, laws, interactive databases, and family partnerships. http://www.cde.ca.gov/sp/se/ CCPS Reading Sites   (Feedback) Mostly geared for middle and high school level students, with many sites focusing on reading strategies and independent reading. http://guest.portaportal.com?ccps-2read Keywords: guided reading, novel, novels, book list, literature, literacy Center for Applied Special Technology   (Feedback) "The Center for Applied Special Technology, CAST is an educational, not-for-profit organization that uses technology to expand opportunities for all people, including those with disabilities." http://www.cast.org/ Council for Exceptional Children   (Feedback) "The Council for Exceptional Children (CEC) is the largest international professional organization dedicated to improving educational outcomes for individuals with exceptionalities, students with disabilities, and/or the gifted." http://www.cec.sped.org/index.html Disability Information and Resources   (Feedback) Collection of links to disability information and resources. http://www.makoa.org/index.html EDLAW   (Feedback) Provides information on legal developments in special education to state departments of education, school districts, attorneys, parents and service providers. http://www.edlaw.net/frames.html Federation for Children With Special Needs   (Feedback) The Mission of the Federation for Children with Special Needs is to provide information, support, and assistance to parents of children with disabilities, their professional partners, and their communities. Includes information on the IEP process and sharing IEPs with parents. http://www.fcsn.org/ Handspeak   (Feedback) Sign Language Dictionary http://www.handspeak.com/ Hearing & Speech Deafness Center   (Feedback) Information and services that are provided by the Hearing & Speech Deafness Center in Puget Sound, Washington State. http://www.hsdc.org/ How to Learn   (Feedback) The Center for New Discoveries in Learning provides information, learning strategies and a variety of educational resources which insure that all children will be successful in school. http://www.howtolearn.com/ How to teach dyslexic students to read, spell, write and do math   (Feedback) We offer a teaching system for dyslexics that goes beyond phonics,concentrating on how the student thinks and learns. Our methods help the student to be successful in school in ALL subjects. We have distance courses, manuals, E-books for teachers, tutors and parents, E-lessons for students and teaching aids. Our goal is to help the student work with their own learning style to overcome problems with reading, spelling, writing, language composition, understanding time, basic math skills, etc. Our methodology comes from personal experience. One of the authors and her children are dyslexic. She became frustrated with the school system's lack of help with her kids and became driven to find the solutions we use in our program today. http://www.dyslexiavictoria.ca Keywords: dyslexia, dyslexia teaching solutions, dyslexic students, dyslexic problems, teaching dyslexics, overcoming dyslexia, right-brain learners Indiana--Special Education Resources   (Feedback) The Indiana Council of Administrators of Special Education advances professional leadership demonstrated through effective educational services for all students. http://www.icase.org/ International Dyslexia Association   (Feedback) "The International Dyslexia Association is an international, non-profit organization dedicated to the study and treatment of the learning disability, dyslexia." http://www.interdys.org/ Internet Special Education Resources   (Feedback) ISER is a nationwide directory of professionals who serve the learning disabilities and special education communities. We help parents and caregivers find local special education professionals to help with learning disabilities and attention deficit disorder assessment, therapy, advocacy, and other special needs. http://www.ldresources.com/ Kansas -- Special Education Resources   (Feedback) Web page for the University of Kansas Special Education Program but does include resources. http://www.ku.edu/~sped/ LDOnline   (Feedback) This site is an interactive guide to learning disabilites for parents, teachers, and other professionals. It includes a sections for kids and learning activities as well as an Ask Dr. Silver section where a professional addresses questions about LD. http://www.ldonline.org/ Learning Disabilities Association   (Feedback) The Learning Disabilities Association of America is a national, non-profit organization. Our purpose is to advance the education and general welfare of children and adults of normal or potentially normal intelligence who manifest disabilities of a perceptual, conceptual, or coordinative nature. http://www.ldaamerica.org/ Lesson Planet   (Feedback) Lesson Plans  search over 30,000 links to lesson plans via Lesson Planet. http://www.lessonplanet.com Keywords: lessons, lesson plans LT Technologies Special Needs   (Feedback) This site provides links to collections of sites on related organizations, resources, assistive technologies, information for families as well as teachers. http://www.lttechno.com/links/specialneeds.html Madison IT Resources   (Feedback) This list includes resources for grades K - 12 and includes Special Education. It is broken up by topic rather than grade level. It is the result of almost 4 years worth of work. http://guest.portaportal.com/raehn Keywords: NETS*T, SOL, Themed Resources, Book Buddies,Career and Technical Education, Clip Art, ESL, Internet Safety, White Boards, Live Cams, Math, Games Marc's Special Education Page   (Feedback) General and specific category links of interest to the special ed community. http://www.halcyon.com/marcs/sped.html Middle School ITRT Portaportal   (Feedback) Many links for the middle school environmnet, covering multiple content areas. http://guest.portaportal.com/salansky New York--Special Education Resources   (Feedback) Source for the Blindness Resource Center of New York http://www.nyise.org/blind.htm Reading Success Lab   (Feedback) The Cognitive Aptitude Assessment Software is available in versions for parents, teachers and researchers. Two Modules are available for educators, the Assessment Module with randomized reassessment for accurate progress reporting and the Skill Builder Module with grade and subject appropriate Intervention Sets to build reading skills through rapid word identification practice. http://www.readingsuccesslab.com/ Keywords: educational software, LD, learning disabilities, reading problems, reading assessment, disability screening, Dyslexia, Reed Martin, Special Education Law   (Feedback) Free Email Newsletter, Free Advocacy Tip of the Week, Special Education Articles, ASK REED Questions and Answers, Worst School Outrage of the Month and more. Special Education Informational Resource for Parents, Advocates, Attorneys and School Personnel Advocating for Children with Learning Disabilities, Attention Deficit Disorder, Autism, Down Syndrome, Cerebral Palsy, Behavior/Emotional Disorder, and More. http://www.reedmartin.com/ SERI: Special Education Resources on the Internet   (Feedback) "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." http://seriweb.com/ Sign Writing   (Feedback) This site proposes the use of SignWriting to read sign language, write sign language, learn sign language, research sign language, read stories in sign language, and bring Deaf & hearing people together. http://www.signwriting.org/read.html SIGNhear Communication Center   (Feedback) The SIGNhear Web Site is designed to teach basic American Sign Language (ASL) across the Internet. http://library.thinkquest.org/10202/ Special Education Exchange   (Feedback) SpEdEx strives "to provide resources such as links, online documents, listings of professionals, job listings, school and university listings, conference announcements, a discussion area, and "poster sessions" in easy-to-use formats." http://www.spedex.com/ Special Education Network   (Feedback) A website dedicated to providing information and resources on the education of children with special needs. http://www.specialednet.com/ Special Needs Opportunities--SNOW   (Feedback) "The SNOW Project (Special Needs Opportunity Windows) is a provider of online resources and professional development opportunities for educators and parents of students with special needs. Our tools and information, online workshops, curriculum materials, discussion forum and other resources are available to assist you in using new technologies to benefit all learners." http://snow.utoronto.ca/ Teachers Helping Teachers   (Feedback) Presents a compendium of lesson plans for teachers along with other resources http://www.pacificnet.net/~mandel/index.html Teachers Helping Teachers   (Feedback) " important tips for a special ed teacher who is starting a new school year. These are primarily geared towards multi-grade Learning Handicapped, or Severely Emotionally Disturbed classrooms." http://www.pacificnet.net/~mandel/SpecialEducation.html TeachingLD.org   (Feedback) TeachingLD.org, a public service of the Division for Learning Disabilities of the Council for Exceptional Children, provides content and methods teaching students who have learning disabilities. TeachingLD.org presents procedures and techniques that have been validated by research and describes them in ways that are immediately useful. http://TeachingLD.org Keywords: learning disabilities, effective, methods, techniques, practices, research-based Training and Technical Assistance Center   (Feedback) This site from Virginia Tech is designed to be a resource for students, parents, and educators that are involved in the transition process for students with special needs. The site adresses a variety of topics including special education laws, self advocacy, and planning for post secondary education. http://tac.elps.vt.edu Keywords: Transition Process, Laws, Special Needs, UVA Special Education Web Site   (Feedback) Special Education Resources from the Curry School of Education at the University of Virginia http://curry.edschool.virginia.edu/curry/dept/cise/ose/ Virginia Association for the Gifted   (Feedback) Virginia Association for the Gifted http://www.vagifted.org Keywords: VAG, Wrightslaw   (Feedback) "Parents, advocates, educators, and attorneys come to Wrightslaw for accurate, up-to-date information about effective advocacy for children with disabilities. "You'll find hundreds of articles, cases, newsletters, and other information about special education law and advocacy in the Wrightslaw Advocacy and Law Libraries." http://www.wrightslaw.com/