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| Adaptive/Assistive Technology | |
| EZscreen Touchscreens | |||
| IBM Special Needs Systems | |||
| Microsoft Accessibility Technology | |||
| Mayer-Johnson Picture Communication Symbols | |||
| ABLE-NET Internet Service for people with disabilities | |||
| Speaking to Write: Realizing the Potential of Speech Recognition Software | |||
| Ai Squared Screen Magnification | |||
| Accommodations | |
| Instructional/Classroom Accommodations #1 | |||
| Instructional/Classroom Accommodations #2 | |||
| Instructional/Classroom Accommodations #3 | |||
| Accommodations for Students with AD/HD & LD | |||
| Adaptive Physical Education | |
| Feldenkrais in Adaptive PE | |||
| Adaptive PE at PE Central | |||
| PE Lesson Ideas | |||
| AD/HD | |
| The Alertness Log | |||
| Guide to Using the Alertness Log | |||
| The Consistency Log | |||
| Guide to Using the Consistency Log | |||
| The Effort Log | |||
| Guide to Using the Effort Log | |||
| Diagnosing ADD with the Snap-IV Rating Scale | |||
| Teaching Tips | |||
| Even More Teaching Tips | |||
| Getting and Maintaining the Student's Attention | |||
| Using Technology to Teach Spelling | |||
| Back In Control Behavior Modification Program | |||
| Attention Deficit Disorders Made Easy | |||
| How to Teach ADD/ADHD Children | |||
| The Wildest Colts Make the Best Horses (a booklet by child-advocate, John Breeding who speaks out against using drugs to manage active children.) | |||
| ADD/ADHD: Homeschooling is the Best Way | |||
| Advocacy | |
| (See also Legal Assistance) | |
| The Special Ed Advocate Newsletter | |||
| The Art of Writing Advocacy Letters | |||
| SNAP Online: Special Needs Advocate for Parents | |||
| Council of Parent Attorneys and Advocates | |||
| Advocacy for Children with Long-Term Medical Issues | |||
| Disability Rights Advocates | |||
| Special Ed Advocacy Tip of the Week | |||
| State Protection & Advocacy Agencies | |||
| Parent Training and Information Centers (From the PACER organization. Listed by State) | |||
| Amicus For Children (Free advocacy services to parents of special needs children) | |||
| LD Self-Advocacy Manual | |||
| Applied Behavior Analysis | |
| Using TEACCH at Home (complete instructions and lessons to teach basic skills to children with autism and other severe disabilities) | |||
| Stimulus Control and Prompt Hierarchy FAQ | |||
| ABA Resources for Recovery from Autism | |||
| Bridges: A Complete ABA Training Program | |||
| Assessment | |
| Understanding Tests and Measurements for the Parent and Advocate | |||
| Introduction to Functional Behavioral Assessments | |||
| Motivation Assessment Scale | |||
| Blank Functional Assessment and Behavioral Intervention Plan Forms | |||
| Examples of Completed Functional Assessment and Behavioral Intervention Forms | |||
| ose info: Functional Behavioral Assessment | |||
| Functional Assessment and Behavioral Intervention Plan Training Online | |||
| Free Reading Assessment | |||
| Parent's Guide to Understanding Developmental Assessment | |||
| FairTest.org (Explores the need and usefulness of testing) | |||
| Audiobooks | |
| Blackstone Audiobooks | |||
| Audiobook Channel at Yahoo! Broadcast (free to download) | |||
| Candlelight Stories Story Theater (free audiobooks to download) | |||
| MP3.com (free audiobooks and music) | |||
| Learning With Audiobooks | |||
| Auditory Therapy | |
| EASe CD for Auditory Hypersensitivity | |||
| Tomatis Method | |||
| FastFoword | |||
| Samonas Sound Therapy | |||
| Earobics | |||
| Comparison of Fast ForWord and Earobics | |||
| Auditory Memory Strategies and Activities | |||
| Strategies for Improving Auditory & Visual Comprehension of Language | |||
| Autism | |
| Special Kids Learning Resource Network (videos and books for kids with autism) | |||
| Division TEACCH Structured Teaching | |||
| Toilet Training Using Structured Teaching | |||
| Communication Incentives | |||
| Building Communication Around Routines | |||
| Teaching Social Skills (from the Syracuse Community-Referenced Curriculum) | |||
| Learning Styles and Autism | |||
| Self-Injurious Behavior | |||
| Physical Exercise and Autism | |||
| Comparison of Fast ForWord and Earobics | |||
| Sensory Integration | |||
| Vision Therapy | |||
| Teaching Tips | |||
| Families for Early Autism Treatment | |||
| Teaching Children With Autism Excellent ABA site with free curriculum! | |||
| Bipolar (Manic-Depression) | |
| Child and Adolescent Bipolar Foundation | |||
| Pediatric Psychiatry Pamplets | |||
| Book Clubs | |
| Troll | |||
| Stuart Brent Children's Bookclub for Gifted and Reluctant Readers (totally personalized bookclub that will work with your child's needs) | |||
| Golden Books | |||
| Children's Braille Book- of-the-Month Club | |||
| Behavior Disorders | |
| Transforming the Difficult Child: The Nurtured Heart Approach (live chat transcript with author) | |||
| Addressing Student Problem Behavior | |||
| Gold Star Junkies (do 'gold star' reinforcements produce real learning? From Teacher Magazine) | |||
| Discipline without Stress, Rewards or Punishments | |||
| Brain-Based Learning | |
| Brain-Friendly Learning | |||
| Brain-based Learning: An Overview | |||
| 12 Design Principles for Brain-Based Learning | |||
| Brain-based Learning--Where's the Proof? | |||
| Brain-Based Learning--A Quiz | |||
| Practical Classroom Applications of Current Brain Research | |||
| Principles of Brain-Based Learning | |||
| Camps | |
| Camp Allen Bedford, NH | |||
| Wonderland Camp Missouri | |||
| Fact Sheet on Summer Camps | |||
| Therapy/Respite Camps | |||
| Central Auditory Processing Disorder | |
| Ladle Rat Rotten Hut (RealAudio simulation of how someone with CAPD hears) | |||
| Living and Working with Central Auditory Processing Disorder | |||
| Cerebral Palsy | |
| Cerebral Palsy Network | |||
| Cerebral Palsy: A Multimedia Tutorial | |||
| Cerebral Palsy: A Guide for Care | |||
| Child Development | |
| NNCC Child Development Database | |||
| Asperger's Syndrome: A Developmental Puzzle | |||
| Stages of Intellectual Development in Children and Teens (Piaget) | |||
| Stages of Social-Emotional Development in Children and Teens (Erickson) | |||
| Child Development Tools and Calculators | |||
| Child Development and Autism: A Cerebellar-Prefrontal Model | |||
| Corporal Punishment by Mothers and Its Impact on Cognitive Development | |||
| Considering Homeschooling | |
| Learning Disabled and Gifted: A Homeschool Perspective | |||
| Special Education or Homeschooling: Sorting Out the Options | |||
| Homeschooling the Child with NonVerbal LD | |||
| Homeschooling: Great Idea or Big Mistake? | |||
| Homeschooling the Gifted Child | |||
| Chart Dog Progress Monitoring Charts | |||
| OKAPI! Reading Probe Generator | |||
| CBA Assessment Generator | |||
| Test Score Discrepancy Analyzer 2.0 | |||
| Disability Information Clearinghouses | |
| Electronic Curbcuts | |||
| Half the Planet | |||
| Downloadable Forms | |
| Record-Keeping Blank Forms (free download and print) | |||
| Graph Paper, Grid Paper, Timelines, Etc. (Blank to print and use directly with the student) | |||
| Homeschool Solutions Recordkeeping Software (free 30-day trial) | |||
| Deaf-Blind | |