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Learning
Disabilities
General
Information
Autism
Speech and Language
Assistive
Technology
Transition, Employment and
College
Gifted and
Disabled
Inclusion and
LRE
Other
Learning
Disabilities
Learning Disabilities articles from this site's
Forum page
The Forum page features a combination of original
documents and things found elsewhere on the web.
www.ld.org
National Center for Learning
Disabilities. This has lots of good information generic to learning
diabilities like NCLB assessments, advocacy, their "get ready to
read" program and more.
www.ldaamerica.org
Learning Disabilities
Association of America. Lots of information on this site with
sections for both parents and educators.There is legislative page
that for information on Federal legislation and a good book store
too. It has what looks like on-line training for topics like IDEA
but we don't have direct experience with that portion of the site. A
very large non-profit volunteer organization advocating for the
rights of persons with disabilities. Some good information on this
site with separate sections for parents and teachers
www.focusonlearning.org
This site is a project
from the Coordinated Campaign for Learning Disabilities (CCLD) and is
designed to provide more information if you suspect a child may
learn differently.
www.schwablearning.org
Non-profit organization started by Charles Schwab of
brokerage fame. Very good overall site for information on Learning
Disabilities.
www.nldontheweb.org
Good site regarding
non-verbal Learning Disorder Syndrome explaining what it is as well
a member area with a message board and chat room. Good for educators
as well as parents.
www.delautism.org
Delaware chapter of the Autism Society of America.
Call or write for a free packet of information about the disorder,
what resources are available in Delaware, etc.
www.schoolbehavior.com
This site is written by a professional
psychologist that clearly has experience working with children
with disabilities in school settings. She also provides training for
school staff. This is a gold mine for parents and teachers. Poke
around a bit and you'll see.
www.tourettesyndrome.net
This site is by Leslie Packer, PhD., the author of
thr schoolbehavior.com site. This site covers ADHD, Asperger's,
sensory integration issues and much. much more. Look around for lots
of good information.
www.samuelsworld.co.uk
Sam's mom wanted to create a site which would "be
a help point of sorts for everyone who wants to read it, to share
thoughts, comments, advice regarding Tourette Syndrome, ADHD,
Aspergers and other related disorders."
www.ldonline.org
The Learning Disabilities Online is a service of the PBS
station in Washington, DC, WETA. The site has pages specifically for
Parents, Teachers and Kids. There are also quite a few Forums where
you can ask and give advise on lots of topics.
www.nrcld.org
National
Research Center on Learning Disabilities is focused on research
towards identifying learning disabilities and providing technical
assistance to national, state, and local constituencies. There are
lots on information on Response to Intervention (RTI).
www.addedreality.com
ADDed Reality is published as an education and
exceptional needs information source for educators, parents and
students. Although the focus is disability related there is much
that pertains to general education.
www.learningabledkids.com
Learning Abled Kids was created by a woman who
home schools her child so there is curricular information but also
general information about learning disabilities, IEPs, etc. She also
has a Yahoo news group.
www.sparktop.org
This is the kid's portion of the schwablearning.org site.
It's geared to kids with learning disabilities and has games and
even message boards.
www.apraxia-kids.org
Lots of information on Childhood Apraxia of Speech with
different sections for families and professional. Apraxia of speech, also known as verbal apraxia
or dyspraxia, is a speech disorder in which a person has trouble
saying what he or she wants to say correctly and
consistently.
www.difflearn.com
Lots
of products related to teaching kids with Autism Spectrum disorders
but these products would be useful to a much broader group of
students.
www.brainconnection.com
The Brain Connection is affliated with the company Scientific
Learning Corporation. While that in and of itself is not a bad
thing, the site tends to provide information in support of their
products so just be a little skeptical. Still, it has lots of really
good stuff on how the brain works and how people
learn.
General
Information
www.nichcy.org
The National Dissemination Center for Children with
Disabilities (NICHCY). A great overall site and a really good place
to start on so many topics related to children with disabilities. We
like their Publications page in particular. Much of the
information is also available in Spanish.
www.cec.sped.org
Council for Exceptional Children is an excellent site
with lots of great general information. Among the many good links is
the Publications
Page of the CEC.
www.eric.ed.gov
The
Education Resources Information Center (ERIC), sponsored by the the
U.S. Department of Education, produces the world’s premier database
of journal and non-journal education literature. This is a HUGE
database with lots of scholarly articles on every educational topic
you can imagine. Use this site to check up on specific authors,
programs or phrases that are mentioned elsewhere but not with the
details you need. Use the "advanced search" option
to filter out "hits" that are only abstracts. The database
contains lots of full articles but even more entries that are just
article abstracts so unless you have access to the publications via
another mechanism (sometimes you can buy articles on-line a la
carte), you probably only want to start with matches where
the entire article is online and and accessible for free. The
contractor that maintained the site was changed in 2004 and as a
result many things changed. For details, see www.lib.msu.edu/corby/education/doe.htm. Some of the older stuff is available at www.ericdigests.org.
The Council for Exception Children has a page
related to ERIC seaches regarding exceptional children: ericec.org/faqs.html.
www.aboutourkids.org
This site is from the
New York University (NYU) Child Study Center. There is a good broad
based Articles page and an
archive of their monthly and informative Parent Letter. Poke
around for more stuff too.
codi.buffalo.edu
Cornucopia
of DIsability Information (CODI) has lots of good information.
Although the local stuff is related to the Buffalo, NY area, there
is plenty of great information for folks outside of that area.
www.specialconnections.ku.edu
Special
Connections is funded through the federal Office of Special
Education Programs (OSEP) to provide educators with tools and
resources that support students with special needs in general
education settings and in accessing the general education
curriculum. Four main areas of focus include Instruction,
Assessment, Behavior Plans, and Collaboration. Best practices are
identified within each of these four areas and nationally recognized
experts create materials for a module about that topic.
www.edweek.org
Education
Week and Teacher's Magazine on-line site.
www.educationworld.com/special_ed/
Education
World's Special Ed page contains information on inclusion,
strategies, professional development, success stories and more.
www.udel.edu/erc
The Educational
Resource Center on the Newark campus of the University of Delaware
is New Castle County branch of the Delaware Learning Resource System
(DLRS). The DLRS contains over 25,000 books, videos, audiocassettes,
filmstrips, blackline masters, manipulatives, games, and computer
software that are available for loan to the general public.
www.udel.edu/cds
The mission of the Center for
Disabilities Studies is to enhance the lives of individuals and
families in Delaware through education, prevention, service, and
research related to disabilities.
www.schoolpsychology.net
Research
learning disabilities, ADHD, functional behavioral assessment,
autism, adolescence, parenting, psychological assessment, special
education, mental retardation, mental health, and more.
www.cdl.org
Center
for Development and Learning has a wide selection of information
designed to help all students reach their learning potential.
www.osepideasthatwork.org
Ideas
that Work from the Office of Special Education Programs created this
What Works page to provide easy access to projects they've funded on
behalf of IDEA and NCLB.
www.specialchild.com
This site has a
little bit of everything. Some good stories, some bad stories, some
medical stuff, some legal stuff. The site is interesting with a
casual feel and lots of comments and suggestions from parents and
care givers as well as professionals. The Disorder Zone page is a
good summarized source of explanations and descriptions of the more
common disabilities.
www.ectac.org
Early Childhood Technical
Assistance Center. Focused largely on younger kids, this site is a
wealth of inofrmation and links to even more.
smhp.psych.ucla.edu
The
School Mental Health Project from UCLA has lots of good documents
that they encourage to be downloaded and shared.
www.kidshealth.org
Lots
of general information from the A.I. duPont Hospital for Children
with sections for Parents, Kids and Teens covering physical, mental
and emotional health.
www.thearc.org
According to their
website, the ARC is "is devoted to promoting and improving supports
and services for people with mental retardation and their families."
The local Delaware chapter is www.arcde.org.
www.specialneeds.com
The Special Needs Project
(SNP) is a great place to find out about and buy child development
textbooks, books about aspergers syndrome, autism, and other
disabilities. Located in Santa Barbara, California, SNP serves
families, professionals, agencies and schools worldwide with the
largest, most authoritative collection of disability-related
materials.
www.jkp.com
Jessica
Kinglesy Publishing is an independent publisher of accessible
professional and academic books in the social and behavioural
sciences. Lots of good books.
www.mentalhealth.samhsa.gov
U.S..
Department of Health and Human Services Substance Abuse and
Mental Health Services Administration. Lots of information like a
Services Locator, publications and a Child and Adolescent Mental Health
page.
www.ncpad.org
The
National Center on Physical Activity and Disabilitiy is concerned
with making sure everyone remains physically active - especially
persons with physical disabilitities.
nclid.unco.edu
The
National Center on Low Incidence Disabilities is dedicated to
helping students with sensory and severe
disabilities.
peppinc.org
Parents
Educating Parentsand Professionals, inc. is made up of Georgia's
Parent Information Center (the equivalent of PIC) and several
other groups. It was good information on the web site and offers
chat rooms and online seminars. Some stuff is specific to the state
of Georgia but there is plenty of generic information
too.
www.conductdisorders.com
The goal of this
parent created site is to be a "soft place to land for the
battle-weary parent." You will be amazed at the number of
suggestions offered and the amount of support given. They even
manage to have a few laughs along the way! Their advice is to
take what you need, offer what you can, and leave the rest.
Autism
Autism articles on this sites Forum page
The
Forum page features a combination of original documents and things
found elsewhere on the web.
www.delautism.org
Delaware chapter of
the Autism
Society of America. Call or write for a free packet of
information about the disorder, what resources are available in
Delaware, etc.
ldaf.com
Lower Delaware Autism
Foundation. A good reference all year long but also something to
consider checking out when you head for the beach to see if there
are kids events you might like.
www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/autism/actearly
The Centers for Disease
Control's National Center for Birth Defects and Developmental
Disabilities web page on Learn the Signs. Act Early lists some key
developmental milestones that can help alert parents about
developmental delays.
www.firstsigns.org
This site is
dedicated to ensuring the best possible developmental outcome for
kids by the improving screening and referral practices for
identifying children with autism and other developmental delays.
This site has lists of red flags that may
indicate a problem as well as developmental
milestones and some good books and other resources.
www.abaresources.com
A website set up by a
mom with downloadables related to the Applied Behavioral Analysis
program she is using with her child.
www.neurodiversity.com
This site was quite a collection of topics and
links that are generally related to the autism spectrum. It is
maintained by a mom in New England who has a child with Asperger's.
She invests an awful lot of time and effort in the site but it is
not exactly hard core science. Still, it is interesting. For
example, for an interesting game where you have to choose an emotion
based on a photograph of their facial expression, check out the
page: www.neurodiversity.com/nvc/index.html.
members.tripod.com/RSaffran/aba.html
This site was created by
the father of a child with autism and focuses on Applied Behavior
Analysis
www.autismspeaks.org
Autismspeaks is dedicated
to funding global biomedical research into the causes, prevention,
treatments, and cure for autism; to raising public awareness about
autism and its effects on individuals, families, and society; and to
bringing hope to all who deal with the hardships of this disorder.
www.lucasworks.org
Lucasworks is a local
Delaware company run by the the mom of an adolescent (Lucas) with
autism. The goal of the comapny is to employ Lucas and his peers to
produce useful products while helping teach the students important
job skills. Check out the site and order some products.
www.srdad.com
Stan Goldberg is Senior
Dad - a man in his 60s with two grown children and a 5 year old.
Stan has a weekly podcast show on the site and an Autism Briefing
Room page among other interesting items.
Speech and Language
www.slpwebsites.com
The Speech and Language
Pathology and Audiology project is designed to be a kind of
clearinghouse of resources on programs, disorders, state boards,
jobs and more.
www.speech-language-therapy.com
Dr. Caroline Bowen from
Austrailia's website is full of useful links to all sorts of SLP
resources. She considers her SLP Start Page is what she considers the most used
and usable resources.
www.speech-express.com
The aim of Speechville Express is to
provide you with knowledge about available resources to help your
child, or a child you care about who has a communication impairment
or disorder.
www.apraxia-kids.org
Apraxia-kids.org provides information on
childhood apraxia of speech (verbal dyspraxia, developmental apraxia
of speech) and children's speech and language topics, including
evaluation, therapy and other childhood communication
topics.
www.kidspeech.com
Website of the Kaufman Children's Center for
Speech, Language, Sensory-Motor and Social
Connections. The Signs and
Symptoms page is a good
information source.
www.speechteach.co.uk
A
web site for parents and professionals supporting children with
speech difficulties.
Assistive Technology
Assistive articles from this site's Forum
page
The Forum page features a
combination of original documents and things found elsewhere on the
web.
www.dati.org
Delaware Assistive Technology Initiative connects Delawareans
who have disabilities with the technology they need in order to
learn, work, play and participate in community life safely and
independently. The site has lots of good information like details on
their Assistive Technology Resource Centers (ATRC) where equipment
is demonstated, loaned and exchanged.
atto.buffalo.edu
The
Assistive Technology Training On-line (ATTO) project offers on-line
tutorials for parents and teachers regarding the use of assistive
technology for the elementary classroom.
www.citeducation.org
Center for
Implementing Technology in Education. The Center for Implementing
Technology in Education (CITEd) is a new technology
implementation center, funded by the U.S. Department of Education.
CITEd supports state and local education agencies in developing
systems that effectively integrate instructional technology so that
all students achieve high educational standards
www.abledata.com
This site is maintained
for the federal DOE and is a repository of information about
assistive technology devices. The is not a commerical site and
therefore does not sell anything but does contain some information
on companies that do see the equipment.
www.resna.org/AFTAP
This is the alternative
financing page of the Rehabilitation Engineering & Assistive
Technology Society of North America. While most assistive technology
devices required by a student to obtain a Free and Appropriate
Public Education (FAPE) should be paid for as the district or state,
this site provides information on other financing options -
including those for related to helping a disabled get a
job.
www.attainmentcompany.com
Attainment is a small company in Wisconsin that offers
lots of good original materials as well well thought out items from
elsewhere. Prodcuts range from help with the first IEPs to community
based transition training programs. Parents may want to check out
the IEP section first. Teachers may want to start with the
Professional Resources page.
www.fctd.info
The Family Center is a
resource designed to support organizations and programs that work
with families of children and youth with disabilities. We offer a
range of information and services on the subject of assistive
technologies. Funding for the center comes from the DOE's Office
of Special Education Programs (OSEP).
www.atnet.org
The
Assistive Technology Network supports Californians with AT needs but
everyone can benefit from the wealth of information available on the
site - including on-line archives of their publication, Assistive
Technology Journal.
www.abilityhub.com
Abilityhub offers
adaptive equipment and alternate methods to access personal
computers.
www.ataccess.org
The mission of the
Alliance for Technology Access (ATA) is to increase the use of
technology by children and adults with disabilities and functional
limitations.
www.connsensebulletin.com
This site offers product
reviews and updates from Washington covering all three branches of
government on many issues related to education, not just assistive
technoloy. The site also offers an newsletter..
jset.unlv.edu
Journal of Special Education
Technology is an on-line publication of the Technology and Media division of
the Council for
Exceptional Children.
www.washington.edu/accessit/index.html
The National Center on
Accessible Information Technology in Education (AccessIT) promotes
the use of electronic and information technology (E&IT) for
students and employees with disabilities in educational institutions
at all academic levels. The site features a searchable
database of questions and answers regarding accessible E&IT. It
is designed for educators, policy makers, librarians, technical
support staff, and students and employees with disabilities and
their advocates.
www.assistivetech.net
This site a diverse
resource for assistive technology (AT) and disability-related
information. There is a searchable database helps you target
solutions, determine costs and find vendors of AT products for
people with disabilities, family members, service providers,
educators and employers.
www.techlearning.com
Technology and Learning
magazine's website.
Transition, Employment and
College
Transition articles on this sites Forum
page
The Forum page features a combination of original
documents and things found elsewhere on the web.
www.ncset.org
National
Center on Secondary Education
and Transition is a great place to start if you are looking for
transition issues after High School. Check out the Parent Briefs
under the Publications button and
the Topics button
too.
www.transitionmapde.org
TransitionMapDe.org is
an online ‘roadmap’ from school to the future for students ages 13
to 30 with developmental disabilities living in Delaware and/or
receiving special education services. This website includes
resources on school IEPs (Individual Education Plans), post-high
school education, housing, social and recreational life, health and
respite, and estate and financial planning for New Castle, Kent and
Sussex Counties.
www.doe.k12.de.us/exceptional_child/transition.htm
Transition
Services page of the Delaware DOE's Special Education page.
www.cleinc.net
College Living Experience
College Living Experience exists to assist students with special
needs in completing college and transitioning into independent
adults.
www.thinkcollege.net
The
ThinkCollege.net website provides information and links to anyone
interested in finding out more about college possibilities for youth
with intellectual disabilities. The site is made possible through
two grants from the U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special
Education Programs and the National Institute on Disability and
Rehabilitation Research, National Center for the Study of
Postsecondary Educational Supports.
ici.umn.edu/ementoring
Connecting to Success is
an electronic mentoring program, begun in 1999, designed to promote
successful transition of youth with disabilities to adult life.
Electronic mentoring, also called e-mentoring, uses a combination of
e-mail and face-to-face meetings to facilitate mentoring
relationships between young people and caring adults.
www.uncc.edu/sdsp/home.asp
The Self Determination
Synthesis Project is a collection point for self determination, self
advocacy and tranisition issues.
www.nlts2.org/gindex.html
National Transition Longitudinal Study-2. NLTS2
includes 12,000 youth nationwide who were ages 13 through 16 at the
start of the study (2000). Information will be collected over 10
years from parents, youth, and schools and will provide a national
picture of the experiences and achievements of young people as they
transition into early adulthood. This is a follow up to the original
National Transition Longitudinal Study from 1985 to
1993.
www.dol.gov/odep
The Federal Department
of Labor Office of Disability Employment. According to their mission
statement, the Office of Disability Employment provides national
leadership by developing and influencing disability-related
employment policy as well as practice affecting the employment of
people with disabilities.
www.partnersinpolicymaking.com/employment
This Partners in
Policymaking page is a self-study course designed to help people
with developmental disabilities find meaningful jobs and jumpstart
their careers.
www.communityinclusion.org
The Institute for Community
Inclusion supports the rights of children and adults with
disabilities to participate in all aspects of the community. Check
out the page related to transition and getting a job in
particular.
www.nsttac.org
National Secondary
Transition Technical Assistance Center's purpose is to help states
build capacity to support and improve transition planning, services,
and outcomes for youth with disabilities.
www.finaid.org/otheraid/disabled.phtml
Information on financial
aid for students with disabilities.
www.ncwd-youth.info
The National
Collaborative on Workforce and Disability for Youth (NCWD/Youth)
assists state and local workforce development systems to better
serve youth with disabilities. Funded by a grant from the U.S.
Department of Labor's Office of Disability Employment Policy (ODEP),
it is composed of partners with expertise in disability, education,
employment, and workforce development issues.
www.youthhood.org
This
website is designed for high school students (and their parents and
teachers) to help these young adults plan for life after high
school.
Gifted and Disabled
Gifted and
Disabled articles from this site's Forum
page
The Forum page features a
combination of original documents and things found elsewhere on the
web.
www.uniquelygifted.org
Many Special
Needs kids have extremely high intelligence in certain areas and are
in fact considered "gifted". This site is a good focal point from
which to begin exploring this concept.
www.twicegifted.net
This is a site
related to children who are asynchronous or uneven in some aspect of
their development. The purpose of this site is to bring to light
some of the unique and phenomenal talents of those who are nothing
short of extraordinary and unfortunately, many times overlooked in
regards to their talents. This site also provides information on
mental and emotional issues unique to gifted individuals and
provides an overview of gifted characteristics in
general.
Inclusion and LRE
Inclusion articles on this sites Forum
page
The Forum page features a combination of original
documents and things found elsewhere on the web.
www.picofdel.org/related/inclusive_schools.htm
The
idea behind Inclusion is that children with disabilities have better
outcomes when they are supported and educated with their
non-disabled peers in the general education classroom. This page is
has information on Delaware's Inclusive School Initiative from
Delaware's Parent Information Center (PIC).
www.inclusion.com
This Canadian site on
inclusion has references and links to US sites and issues
too.
www.normemma.com
Axis Consultation and Training, Ltd was started in
1990 and works with inclusion and other disability rights issues.
Norman Kunc, a co-founder, has spoken at Brandywine School District
on several occasions and was very well received. This is his
organization's web site.
www.inclusiveschools.org
This site is about the
National Inclusive Schools Week planned for Dec
2005.
www.projectchoices.org
Illinois State Board
Least Restrictive Environment (LRE) initiative.
www.cast.org
Founded in 1984 as the Center for Applied Special Technology,
CAST is a nonprofit organization that works to expand learning
opportunities for all individuals, especially those with
disabilities, through the research and development of innovative,
technology-based educational resources and strategies. CAST has
earned international recognition for its development of innovative,
technology-based educational resources and strategies based on the
principles of Universal Design for Learning (UDL).
Other
www.dropoutprevention.org/NDPC-SD
The National
Dropout Prevention Center for Students with Disabilities helps
states help the Districts and schools keep kids in school and on
track for a diploma.
www.rethinkingschools.org
On-line
magazine of teachers. Starting in the 80's a group of Milwaukee
teachers began putting pen to paper to share thoughts and ideas.
This grew into a magazine and is now on-line too. Surf around to
find some interesting articles on just about anything related to
education.
www.downsyndrome.com
Directory page of Internet
sites related to Downs Syndrome.
www.ilru.org
The ILRU (Independent Living
Research Utilization) program is a national center for information,
training, research, and technical assistance in independent
living.
www.ncil.org
The National Council on
Independent Living (NCIL) is a cross disability, grassroots
organization run by and for people with disabilities. NCIL
represents over 700 organizations and individuals including: Centers
for Independent Living (CILs), Statewide Independent Living Councils
(SILCs), individuals with disabilities, and other organizations that
advocate for the human and civil rights of people with disabilities
throughout the United States.
www.f-cr.com
Family-Child Resource offers one
of the largest parent education programs in Pennsylvania.
www.ninds.nih.gov/index.htm
National Institute
of Neurological Disorders and Stroke. Part of the National Insitutes
of Health. Lots of information on specific neurological issues and
disorders.
www.taalliance.org
Technical Assistance
Alliance for Parents Centers. Parent Information Center of Delaware
(www.picofdel.org) is the local center associated
with the Federally funded site and related Federal initiative to
provide help and information to parents.
neuropsychologycentral.com
Lots of good, detailed resources on many facets of
Neuropsychology.
www.diannjones.com
Most parents aren't aware
that if a person with special needs is left more than $2,000, they
will lose eligibility for most government benefits. Diann
Collins, MBA, MetDESK Specialist, Parent/Advocate, does not charge
any fees to fellow parents to assist them with special needs
planning strategies, finding resources, and retaining benefit.
(Fomerly www.dianncollins.com)
www.ldsuccess.org
This site is divided into a
section for parents and one for teachers. The site describes six
success attributes - self-awareness, proactivity, perseverance,
goal-setting, support systems, and emotional coping strategies -
that have been shown to lead to successful life outcomes for
children with Learning Disabilities.
www.disabilityisnatural.com
This upbeat website
offers the view that people with disabilities are just like anyone
else and hopes what is seen as a disability today will one day be no
more of a stigma than being left handed - something once
considered quite "sinister". Lots of interesting stuff on the site
including some "Common Sense" articles in pdf format that can be
used as handouts. One particularly interesting page in on People
First Language at www.disabilityisnatural.com/peoplefirstlanguage.htm
www.specialfamilies.org
This site out of the UK
offers "ideas, support and information are the order of the day and
hopefully something will be of use."
www.losethetrainingwheels.org
This is an
organization that provides a program to help children with
disabilities learn to ride a bike without training wheels. This
group does not offer the program directly to kids, but partners with
local charities who sponsor the program and help pay.
www.anxietynetwork.com
Information on Social
Anxiety, Panic and Generalized Anxiety.
commtechlab.msu.edu/sites/aslweb
American Sign
Langauge browser site from the University of Michigan. Thousands of
ASL words demonstrated via Quicktime movies.
www.ncsall.net
The National Center for
the Study of Adult Learning and Literacy (NCSALL) is a federally
funded research and development center focused solely on adult
learning. NCSALL's efforts are dedicated to improving practice in
educational programs that serve adults with limited literacy and
English language skills, and those without a high school
diploma.
www.disabilityresources.org
This site defines
its role as to "disseminate information about books, pamphlets,
magazines, newsletters, videos, databases, government agencies,
nonprofit organizations, telephone hotlines and on-line services
that provide free, inexpensive or hard-to-find information to help
people with disabilities live independently."
www.elwyn.org
Elwyn is a non-profit human
services specializing in the education and care of individuals with
special challenges and disadvantages. Located in Media, PA, Elwyn
they also support programs in schools, community sites, workplaces,
and individual homes in Pennsylvania, Delaware, New Jersey. Their
goal is to help people with special needs maximize their potential
and live happier, meaningful lives.
www.specialedcareers.org
The National
Clearinghouse for Professionals in Special Education has information
on training, hiring and retaining Special Ed professionals.
www.pwpde.com
Practice Without Pressure is a
non-profit organization that helps children and adults with
disabilities receive quality medical, dental and personal care
without restraint or sedation, and thus with dignity and
respect. Not only do we work with the individuals with
disabilities and their families or caregivers to help give them the
tools to allow them to go through these procedures on their own, but
we're reaching out to providers as well to show them there are
alternatives to restraint and sedation.
www.csef-air.org
Center for Special Education
Finance, home of the Special Education Expendature project.
(Formerly www.seep.org).
dancing-baby.net/Baby/Babygif.htm
It's good to
be a webmaster. Why have a web site if you can’t include stuff like
this - even if it does slow the loading of the page down.
(Dancing Baby Image ©1996 Ron Lussier/Burning Pixel
Productions)
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