Students with Special Needs
Building an Inclusive Classroom Links
Links for Parents & Teachers
Special Education Resources in the Internet (SERI) –
http://seriweb.com
An outstanding resource of information relating to special education issues
Family Village -
http://www.familyvillage.wisc.edu/
Serves as a fantastic resource of links and guides
Inclusion Index -
http://www.uni.edu/coe/inclusion/index.html
A great resource for teachers and educators to be used in order to understand the philosophy behind inclusion and great strategies.
Rush Services Inclusive Classroom Links -
http://rushservices.com/Inclusion/classroom_teachers.htm
Contains great ideas for how to make inclusion work.
The Council for Exceptional Children –
http://www.cec.sped.org
The foremost professional organization dealing with special education
Microsoft Accessibility HomePage –
http://www.microsoft.com/enable/
Contains links to free downloads to accessibility technologies for Windows users.
Links for Student Use
Seeing DisABILITIES from a Different Perspective
http://library.thinkquest.org/5832/homepg.htm
An excellent tool to help students become more sensitive and understanding about each other’s different abilities
Brain Connection
http://www.brainconnection.com/
A great collection of games, interactive lessons, and activities to guide you towards understanding the brain impacts the senses, reading, writing, and learning.
English as a Second Language Links
Links for Parents & Teachers
Look Way Up – Multilingual Dictionary –
http://lookwayup.com/free/
Serves as an online translator for six different languages.
ESL Partyland –
http://www.eslpartyland.com/dtcomp.htm/
This is a online forum and discussion board for teachers to share tips, strategies, and ideas with one another.
Links for Student Use
Look Way Up – Multilingual Dictionary –
http://lookwayup.com/free/
Serves as an online translator for six different languages.
Tower of English: Real World English Activity Directory –
http://towerofenglish.com/.
Students can find over 300 fun and engaging links to practice real life applications of the English language.
Visual Impairments
Links for Parents & Teachers
Blindness Resource Center –
http://www.nyise.org/blind.htm
Contains a broad amount of information about visual impairment and resources to guide parents and teachers.
Perky Duck Free Braille Emulator –
http://www.brl.org/perkyduck.html
Contains a free downloadable program that allows teachers and students to create files written in Braille as well as a vast collection of Braille resource tools
Links for Student Use
Perky Duck Free Braille Emulator –
http://www.brl.org/perkyduck.html
Contains a free downloadable program that allows teachers and students to create files written in Braille as well as a vast collection of Braille resource tools
Auditory Impairments
Links for Parents & Teachers
Deaf Child International –
http://www.deafchild.org/
Allows parents and teachers to interact with others online to discuss issues related to the hearing impaired.
Links for Student Use
ASL Fingerspelling Quiz –
http://www.SignWriting .org/
Provides a fingerspelling converter and dictionary
Think Quest Junior Information About Sign Language – http://library.thinkquest.org/j002931/dev.thinkquest.org/sign_language.htm?tqskip1=1&tqtime=0503
Designed by two fifth grade girls who wanted to know more about learning disabilities
World Around You: A Magazine for Deaf Teens –
http://clerccenter.gallaudet.edu/worldaroundyou/index.html
Free magazine published by Gallaudet University for deaf and hard of hearing students.
Autism and Asperger’s Syndrome
Links for Parents & Teachers
Autism Society of America - Homepage
http://www.autism-society.org/site/PageServer
This site contains great resources especially for parents of children with autism including a comprehensive search and database to find professional help in a wide variety of areas.
Wisconsin State Department of Public Instruction
http://www.cesa7.k12.wi.us/sped/autism/index1.htm
This is a site titled ”Autism: Interventions and Strategies for Success,” it is run by the State of Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction.
Links for Student Use
Do 2 Learn.com
http://www.do2learn.com/games/learningames.htm
This site focuses on making educational games focused on the development of social skills for students with special needs.
Struggling Readers and Writers
Links for Parents & Teachers
International Dyslexia Association
http://interdys.org/
This site provides many resources relating to this disability.
Links for Student Use
Starfall.com
http://www.starfall.com
Contains helpful games for struggling readers at every level
Learning Disabilities
Links for Parents & Teachers
Learning Disabilities Association of America –
http://www.1danatl.org
Provides links and resources for learning more about learning disabilities.
National Institute of Mental Health –
http://www.kidsource.com/kidsource/content/learningdis.html
Contains a booklet that details different types of learning disabilities and strategies.
Links for Student Use
Zigawhat –
http://www.nichcy.org/kids/index.htm
An interactive website for learning, connecting, and having fun for young people with learning disabilities
Sparktop.org –
http://www.sparktop.org/intro.html
Online interactive learning environment for students who learn differently.
Behavioral Issues
Links for Parents & Teachers
Parents and Teachers of Explosive Kids – http://www.explosivekids.org/
Great collection of collaborative problem solving strategies from experts.
You Can Handle Them All – http://disciplinehelp.com/behindex/default.htm
Helpful list of solutions to the most common misbehaviors.
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