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United
States Department of Education links United
States Department of Education: Office of Special Education and
Rehabilitative Services IDEA
'97 Regulations (Individuals with Disabilities Education Act
http://www.ed.gov/offices/OSERS/Policy/IDEA/regs.html Publications
from the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services - Overview -
IDEA'97 Final Regulations, Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP), U.S.
Department of Educationhttp://www.ed.gov/offices/OSERS/Policy/IDEA/OVERVIEW.DOC IDEA
'97 General Overview Questions & Answers, Office of Special Education
Programs (OSEP), U.S. Department of Education, 1999. http://www.ed.gov/offices/OSERS/Policy/IDEA/overview.html IDEA'97
Provisions of Special Interest to Parents -- Topic Briefhttp://www.ed.gov/policy/speced/leg/idea/brief12.html A
Guide to the Individualized Education Program http://www.ed.gov/parents/needs/speced/iepguide/index.html Clarification
of the Role of the IEP Team in Selecting Individual Accommodations,
Modifications in Administration, and Alternate Assessments for State and
District-wide Assessments of Student Achievementhttp://www.dssc.org/frc/fed/JointAssessmentMemo.final.doc Regular
Education Teachers as IEP Team Members -- Topic Brief - Office of
Special Education Programs (OSEP), U.S. Department of Education, 1999 http://www.ed.gov/policy/speced/leg/idea/brief3.html Ten
Facts Every Parent Should Know About the No Child Left Behind Act: Quick
facts for parents explaining how the historic No Child Left Behind Act of
2001 can help their children. (In English and Spanish.)http://www.ed.gov/nclb/choice/help/tenfacts/index.html Publications
of General Interest from the United States Department of Education - You
can order many of these materials by contacting EDPubs,
the Department of Education's publications distribution center. Most are
available in English and Spanish. Please see the website to determine which
are available in print and which are available only on line. http://www.ed.gov/pubs/edpubs.html No
Child Left Behind: A Parents Guide summarizes the No Child Left Behind Act.
It answers common questions about the law, explains what the law does for
parents, and tells where to find additional resources.http://www.ed.gov/parents/academic/involve/nclbguide/parentsguide.html Questions
Parents Ask About Schools provides answers to commonly asked questions on
topics such as Getting Ready for School, Monitoring School Work, Helping with
Reading, and Working with Schools and Teachers. http://www.ed.gov/parents/academic/help/questions/index.html Helping
Your Child Succeed in School: Every child has the power to succeed in school
and in life and every parent, family member and caregiver can help. This
booklet provides parents with information, tools and activities they can use
in the home to help their child develop the skills critical to academic
success.http://www.ed.gov/parents/academic/help/succeed/index.html http://www.ed.gov/parents/academic/help/tools-for-success/index.html Helping
Your Child With Homework: Homework can help children to develop positive
study skills and habits, improve their thinking and memory abilities, and
encourage them to use time well, learn independently, and take responsibility
for their work. This booklet helps parents of elementary and junior high school students understand why homework is important
and makes suggestions for helping children complete assignments
successfully. http://www.ed.gov/parents/academic/help/homework/index.html SPECIAL
EDUCATION TOPICS FDA�s
Drug Safety Initiative http://www.fda.gov/cder/drugSafety.htm Hood
College's Department of Special Education, Special Education Resources on the
Internethttp://seriweb.com Internet
Resources for Special Children http://www.irsc.org National
Center for Learning Disabilities IDEA Parent Guide http://www.ncld.org/content/view/900/456084/ National
Dissemination Center for Children with Disabilities http://www.nichcy.org Parent
Surrogate Information - http://www.olrs.ohio.gov/faq-surrogate Psychology
Self-Help Resources on the Internet http://www.psychwww.com/resource/selfhelp.htm ADHD
- Identifying and Treating Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder: A
Resource for School And Home This
resource guide designed for families and educators provides information on
how attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is identified and
treated. The resource includes sections on legal requirements, treatment
options and helpful hints on how to improve the quality of life at home and
at school, for a child identified with ADHD. http://www.ed.gov/teachers/needs/speced/adhd/adhd-resource-pt1.doc Children
with ADD/ADHD - Topic Brief http://www.ed.gov/policy/speced/leg/idea/brief6.html Use
of "Developmental Delay" by States and LEAs-- Topic Briefhttp://www.ed.gov/policy/speced/leg/idea/brief7.html SPECIAL
NEEDS Autism/Asperger's
Syndrome ABA
Educational Resources http://www.abaresources.com Autism
Resources http://www.autism-resources.com Autism
Society of America http://www.autism-society.org/ Center
for the Study of Autism http://www.autism.com Fragile-X
Syndrome Research Foundation http://www.FRAXA.org/ Future
Horizon (a publishing company that publishes materials exclusively about
autism) http://futurehorizons-autism.com National
Alliance for Autism Research http://naar.org Online
Asperger Syndrome Information & Support http://www.udel.edu/bkirby/asperger/ Treatment
and Education of Autistic and related Communication handicapped Children(The TEACCH program at the University of North
Carolina, Chapel Hill) http://www.teacch.com/ Yale's
Child Study Center http://info.med.yale.edu/chldstdy/autism/ Educating
Children with Autism National Academy Press; (2001,
300pp.) Catherine Lord and James P. McGee, editors, Committee on Educational
Interventions for Children with Autism, National Research Councilhttp://www.nap.edu/books/0309072697/html/ COGNITIVE
DELAYS Association
of Mental Retardation http://www.aamr.org Down
Syndrome http://www.nas.com/downsyn Equity,
Opportunity and Inclusion for People with Disabilities since 1975. http://www.tash.org National
Down Syndrome Society http://www.ndss.org/ National
Information Rehabilitation Information Center http://www.naric.com National
Organization of Rare Disorders http://www.rarediseases.org The
Arc http://thearc.org/ EMOTIONAL
DISABILITIES American
Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry http://www.aacap.org Center
for Effective Collaboration and Practice http://www.air.org/cecp Child
and Adolescent Bipolar Foundation www.bpkids.org National
Alliance for the Mentally Ill www.nami.org HEARING
IMPAIRMENTS Better
Hearing Institute http://www.betterhearing.org/ Center
for Hearing Loss in Children at the Boys Town National Research
Hospital http://www.boystownhospital.org Listen
Up! and Talk It Up! http://www.listen-up.org Where
Do We Go From Hear http://www.gohear.org Self-Help
for Hard of Hearing People http://www.shhh.org/ Special
Needs Information Networks http://www.schoolnet.ca The
Council on Education of the Deaf from Kent State University http://deafed.net LEARNING
DIFFERENCES All
Kinds of Minds: Understanding Differences in Learning www.allkindsofminds.org Council
for Exceptional Children Division for Learning Disabilities www.dldcec.org Council
for Learning Disabilities (CLD) www.cldinternational.org International
Dyslexia Association (IDA) www.interdys.org LDonline www.ldonline.org LD
Resources http://www.ldresources.com Learning
Disabilities Association of America (LDA) www.LDAAmerica.org National
Center for Learning Disabilities www.ncld.org National
Center for Learning Disabilities IDEA Parent Guide http://www.ncld.org/content/view/900/456084/ Non-Verbal
Learning Disorders http://www.nldline.com Schwab
Learning www.schwablearning.org Keys
to Successful Learning: A National Summit on Research in Learning
Disabilities: A video cast from Keys to Successful Learning: A National
Summit on Research in Learning Disabilities. You will need to download and
install and RealMedia G2 Player, available on the
same page.)http://www.connectlive.com/events/learningsummit/ PRESCHOOL Helping
Your Preschool Child: http://www.ed.gov/parents/earlychild/ready/preschool/part.html Teaching
Our Youngest-A Guide for Preschool Teachers & Child Care & Family
Providershttp://www.ed.gov/teachers/how/early/teachingouryoungest/index.html PHONEMIC
AWARENESS LD
Online How Now Brown Cow: Phoneme Awareness Activities
for Collaborative Classroomshttp://www.ldonline.org/ld_indepth/teaching_techniques/cld_hownow.html Literature
for Literacy Telecollaborative Project http://www.literatureforliterature.ecsd.net/ Phonemic
Awareness Activities for the Classroom http://208.183.128.8/read/Phonemic.htm Phonemic
Awareness Links http://www.expage.com/page/woodshop13 Phonological
and Phonemic Awareness http://www.csu.edu.au/faculty/health/cmhealth/Speech/2001/Lowrie/ Reading
Workshop http://www.manatee.k12.fl.us/sites/elementary/palmasola/rcompindex.htm READING "Learning
to Read/Reading to Learn" Learning To Read/Reading To Learn Campaign;
Helping Children with Learning Disabilities to Succeed, Office of Special
Education Programs' National Center to Improve the Tools of Educators July 9,
1996 http://idea.uoregon.edu/~ncite/programs/read.html The
Knowledge Loom http://knowledgeloom.org Reading
Online: Articles from the International Reading Association http://www.readingonline.org Reading
Rockets http://www.readingrockets.org Helping
Your Child Become a Reader http://www.ed.gov/parents/academic/help/reader/index.html Reading
Tips for Parents http://www.ed.gov/parents/read/resources/readingtips/index.html Put
Reading First: Helping Your Child Learn to Readhttp://www.nifl.gov/partnershipforreading/publications/reading_first2.html Proven
Ideas from Research for Parents: A Child Becomes a Reader � K-3http://www.osepideasthatwork.org/toolkit/InstPract_proven_ideas.asp SOCIAL
SKILLS "Do's
& Don'ts" for Fostering Social Competence http://www.ricklavoie.com/dosart.html Home
(at yours and others!) for the Holidays http://www.ricklavoie.com/homeholidayart.html Self-Esteem:
The Cause and Effect of Success for the Child with Learning Differenceshttp://www.ricklavoie.com/selfesteemart.html Social
Competence and the Child with Learning Disabilities http://www.ricklavoie.com/competart.html Social
Tips for Giving and Receiving Gifts http://www.ricklavoie.com/holidaysart.html The
Teacher's Role in Developing Social Skills http://www.ricklavoie.com/teacherart.html STUDY
SKILLS AND TEST TAKING Muskingum
University http://www.muskingum.edu/%7Ecal/database/ Sites
to Promote Academic Success http://www.uni.edu/walsh/linda7.html Virginia
Tech http://www.ucc.vt.edu/stdysk/stdyhlp.html TECHNOLOGY Center
for Applied Special Technology http://www.Cast.org Family
Center on Technology and Disability http://www.fctd.info National
Center to Improve Practice in Special Education Through Technology, Media,
and Materialshttp://www.edc.org/FSC/NCIP/ WRITING Access
Homepage http://englishcompanion.com/access/index.html English
Exercises Online http://www.smic.be/smic5022/index.htm Essay Punch, Essaypunch takes users through the actual steps of writing a basic essay.http://www.essaypunch.com LD online: Writing http://www.ldonline.org/ld_indepth/writing/writing.html News-2-You
(online, easy-to-read news about current events for children) http://www.news-2-you.com Resource Room http://www.resourceroom.net Room 82 Homepage http://englishcompanion.com/room82/index.html Center for Effective Collaboration and Practice http://cecp.air.org/ Functional Assessment of Behavior http://www.pbis.org/english/Functional_Assessment_of_Behavior.htm Functional
Behavior Assessment http://www.air.org/cecp/fba/default.htm Functional Behavioral Assessment -
Fact Sheet PDF [88K] http://www.ideapractices.org/ Getting Behavior in Shape at Home http://www.pbis.org/english/behaviorshape.htm Positive Behavioral Intervention
and Supports (English and Spanish) www.pbis.org Schoolwide Approaches to
Behavior - Fact Sheet http://www.ideapractices.org/ College Academic Support http://www.collegeacademicsupport.com College Board http://www.collegeboard.org College Choice Website http://www.gseis.ucla.edu College Edge http://www.embark.com College Funding Company http://www.cfionline.com CollegeNet http://www.collegenet.com Colleges and Careers Guidance Center http://www.collegexpress.com/ Colleges That Change Lives http://www.ctcl.com fastWEB http://www.fastweb.com/fastweb FishNet: the College
Guide http://mycollegeguide.org Peterson's Education and Career Center http://www.petersons.com The Princeton
Review http://princetonreview.com BBC Languages http://www.bbc.co.uk/languages/ Foreign Language News and Newspapers http://libraries.mit.edu/guides/types/flnews/ Vocabulary Training Exercises http://www.vokabel.com/ Links to French
Resource Sites http://www.fcps.edu/DIS/OHSICS/forlang/french/index.htm Links to German
Resource Sites http://www.fcps.edu/DIS/OHSICS/forlang/german/index.htm Links to Latin
Resource Sites http://www.fcps.edu/DIS/OHSICS/forlang/latin.htm Links to
American Sign Language Resource Sites http://www.fcps.edu/DIS/OHSICS/forlang/amslan.htm C.B. Putnam's
Spanish Page http://www.ea1785.org/htm/Units/Upper/modlang/putnam/spanish/spanish.htm Learn Spanish http://www.studyspanish.com/ Links to Spanish Resource Sites http://www.fcps.edu/DIS/OHSICS/forlang/spanish/index.htm STARS: Spanish
Tutorial and Review Site http://www.fcps.edu/DIS/OHSICS/forlang/stars/index.htm LD online: Math Skills http://www.ldonline.org/article.php?id=0&loc=70 Resource Room http://www.resourceroom.net Sparknotes, Provides study
guides to a variety of topics in math http://www.sparknotes.com/math/ |