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Online Safety for Kids with
Learning Disabilities
By:
Center for Implementing
Technology in Education (2009)
on the LD Online website.
http://www.ldonline.org/article/Online_Safety_for_Children_with_LD
Our Kids Online Support
A "Family"
of parents, caregivers and
others who are working with
children with physical and/or
mental disabilities and delays.
Here we can discuss our
children's accomplishments and
defeats, knowing that the
audience includes others who
know what we are going through.
We can also get some idea of how
others address specific
problems/concerns with feeding,
learning, schools, medical
resources, techniques and
equipment, as well as describing
the problems to friends and
family or just coping.
www.our-kids.org
"Our School Doesn't Offer
Inclusion" Article from Kids Together
http://www.kidstogether.org/noinclusion.htm
Parent Involvement & Participation
Resources Page
Pop-Up I.E.P.
Are you dreading your next Individual
Education Program (IEP) meeting? Are you already in disagreement with
your IEP team or your school staff over needed services for your child?
If so, you are not alone. Below are some "conversation stoppers" that
parents may hear when advocating for their children. Knowing what the
"real" issues might be, some respectful but effective responses, and
what the laws say about educating children with disabilities can assist
you in getting your IEP team meetings moving again in a more positive
direction! http://nclid.unco.edu/nclid/ssn/index.php
Positive Attitude Primary
Success Predictor for LD Adults
Article from SchwabLearning.org based on 20
year longitudinal study, "Patterns of Change and Predictors of Success
in Individuals with Learning Disabilities."
http://www.schwablearning.org/articles.aspx?r=622
Culturally Responsive
Positive Behavioral Interventions & Supports (CFPBIS)
Funded
by Wisconsin’s Department of Public Instruction and located at the
UW-Madison. The research team will implement the CRPBIS pilot in
two Wisconsin school districts, Madison Metropolitan School District and
Sun Prairie School District, to address enduring disparities in academic
and behavioral outcomes that culturally and linguistically diverse
students have experienced. The two-year research project begins in
January of 2012.
http://equityallianceatasu.org/
Project 10: Transition
Education Network
The mission of Project 10 is to assist
Florida school districts and relevant stakeholders in building capacity
to provide secondary transition services to students with disabilities
in order to improve their academic success and post-school outcomes.
http://www.project10.info/
Reflections of the ESE Policeman [pdf
article]
by Wilbur Hawke
Response To Intervention (RTI) Resources
Page
Restraint & Seclusion
Requirements from Florida Department of Education - January 2011
The 2010 Florida Legislature passed House Bill 1073, creating
section 1003.573, Florida Statutes,
Use of Seclusion and Restraint on Students with Disabilities.
The statute establishes
documentation, reporting, and monitoring requirements for the use of
seclusion and restraint on students with disabilities. New brochure on
BRIC website focuses on questions frequently asked by parents of
students with disabilities. Downloadable brochures at
http://www.fldoe.org/ese/pubxhome.asp . Brochure available
in Spanish and Creole.
Sample Advocacy Letters
"If it's not in writing...it didn't happen."
Why re-invent the wheel? Great resource for every imaginable
letter you will need to write concerning your child and services.
http://www.familyrn.org/SampleLetters.html
Say Yes to No
Guide
“Kids today spend
an average of 44.5 hours a week in front of electronic screens, more
than any other activity except sleeping. The constant barrage of Yes
messages undermines critical character traits for success. Research
shows that self-discipline is twice as strong a predictor of
academic success as intelligence. Our kids may be as smart as ever,
but a culture of “More, Easy, Fast and Fun” threatens the learning
that happens in the classroom and what children need to become
thriving adults.” From MediaWise:
www.mediawise.org
click here
to download Guide [pdf]
Schwab Learning
A nonprofit organization, dedicated to
providing reliable, parent-friendly information from experts and parents
for parents and educators of children with learning disabilities.
Lots of resources and publications.
www.schwablearning.org
Información en Español:
www.schwablearning.org/espanol
Section 504: Office of
Civil Rights
Section 504 is
the federal law designed to protect the rights of individuals with
disabilities in programs and activities that receive federal funds from
the U.S. Department of Education (ED).
This resource document
clarifies pertinent requirements of Section 504 and
responds to specific questions raised by parents and
school districts.
http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ocr/504faq.html
Section 504:
STAND
STatewide Advocacy Network on Disabilities, or STAND for
short, is a non-for-profit organization based in
Florida. STAND was started in December of 1996 by a
diverse, educated group of parents and attorneys who
recognized that children with disabilities are
misunderstood in the community, by both education
professionals and lay persons alike.
http://www.standadvocates.org/Section504.html
Section 504 - IDEA:
Basic Similarities and Differences
From Wrightslaw.
This
article will familiarize parents with why and how Section 504 impacts
the education of children with disabilities; illustrate some of the
differences between Section 504 and IDEA; and provide a basic
explanation of "how Section 504 works."
http://www.wrightslaw.com/advoc/articles/504_IDEA_Rosenfeld.html
Section 504 - IDEA
Flow Chart
Word
Adobe pdf
Self-Advocacy - Why It's
Important
Students who know how to present information
about their disability and seek the accommodations they need are more
likely to make a successful transition to life after high school.
From the Wrightslaw March 2, 2010 Issue of the Special Ed Advocate.
http://www.wrightslaw.com/nltr/10/nl.0302.htm
Six Main Principles
of IDEA
download pdf
Social &
Emotional Learning: A Curriculum of Care
Students achieve more once they've learned
to care for themselves and others, says Marilyn Watson. She's done the
research to prove this - and witnessed the positive results.
download pdf
http://peacecenter.berkeley.edu/research_sel.html
Speechville Express
If your child has difficulty with speech,
language, communication, or is a late talker, we hope you will find the
website helpful. Our aim 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.speechville.com
Starfall.com
Free and fun website to help your child
learn to read. The Starfall Method of reading instruction was
developed for the emergent reader. It is based in part on research by
the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development about how
children learn to read. The Starfall program was conceived by Dr.
Stephen Schutz, who as a child had difficulty learning to read.
www.starfall.com
Article about Starfall from News.com:
http://news.com.com/The+ABCs+of+learning+online/2009-1025_3-6195272.html
Teaching Tolerance Online
Magazine
A project of the Southern Poverty Law
Center, Teaching Tolerance is helping educators bring tolerance into the
classroom. Teacher resources include:
Web-exclusive features such as "Writing for Change," lessons that
challenge bias in language and classroom activities
and resources, classified by subject and grade level.
http://www.tolerance.org/
Tests and
Measurements for the Parent, Teacher, Advocate, and Attorney
By:
Peter W.
D. Wright
and
Pamela
Darr Wright
(2007) Most parents of special needs children know
that they must understand the law and their rights. Few
parents know that they must also understand the facts. The
"facts" of their child's case are contained in the various
tests and evaluations that have been administered to the
child... Link to
Online Article:
http://www.ldonline.org/article/6026
Twice Exceptional
Guide...Manual published by the National Education Association
While there are individual children with
distinctive or exceptional learning needs in every classroom, some
youngsters show a pattern of extreme strengths combined with areas of
significant difficulty. These youngsters are commonly referred to
as twice-exceptional; students who have outstanding gifts or talents and
are capable of high performance, but who also have a disability that
affects some aspect of learning.
[download pdf] Website:
www.nea.org
"Waiting to Fail" Instead
of Teaching a Child to Read - WrightsLaw Article
Retaining kids in hopes that "maturity" will
cause them to learn to read, write and spell vs. use a research based
reading program. From www.WrightsLaw.com Newsletter: 2/24/09 ISSN
1538-3202, Issue 475.
download pdf
Washington Learning
Systems
We are a small company working to create big
changes in the lives of young children. Our evidence based programs
promote early literacy, language, cognitive, and social development.
Free Parent Handouts in English & Spanish.
http://www.walearning.com/index.html
YES! Your Employment Services
Your Employment Selections (YES!) is a motion-video, Internet-based job
preference program for youth and adults with disabilities. This program
allows youth and adult participants with limited or no reading skills to
watch videos of jobs, listen as a narrator describes key tasks in each
job, and select preferred ones. YES includes video of 120 jobs. Each
video shows 2 to 4 minutes of critical tasks involved in a job. Video
was recorded at community employment sites across the nation.
Participants can search for preferred employment in one of two ways,
"Search by Work Conditions" or "Search by Job Tasks". There is a small
fee for an unlimited 3 month subscription.
http://www.yesjobsearch.com/index.cfm
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of the website. If you would like to suggest an article, resource,
helpful website or publication, please e-mail
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