Special Education  


State Assessments


Standards Based IEPs

Standards-Based Individualized Education Program (IEP) Guidance
  http://ritter.tea.state.tx.us/special.ed/guidance/sbIEP.html

LD

The Learning Disabilities Association of Texas
  http://www.ldat.org/
LD Online
  http://www.ldonline.org/
The Interdisciplinary Council on Developmental and Learning Disorders
  www.icdl.com

Early Childhood

Literacy Center Education Network - Play & Learn English
  http://www.literacycenter.net/lessonview_en.htm
Do 2 Learn - Educational Resources for Special Needs
  http://www.do2learn.com/
The Early Childhood Outcomes Center
  http://www.fpg.unc.edu/~eco/index.cfm

Math

TAKS-M Assessments and Answer Keys - Math
  http://portal.esc20.net/portal/page/portal/esc20public/SpecialEducation/AGCHome/TAKS-M%20Alternate%20Assessment
TEA - Curriculum Resources
  http://ritter.tea.state.tx.us/tchrtoolbag/CurRes_Math.html
iKnowthat.com - Online Multimedia Educational Games
  http://www.iknowthat.com/com
Online Library for Virtual Manipulatives
  http://nlvm.usu.edu/en/nav/vlibrary.html
Math Playground
  http://www.mathplayground.com/
Math Lessons that are Fun! Fun! Fun!
  http://math.rice.edu/~lanius/Lessons/index.html
Ready-to-use Online Interactive Multimedia Math Investigations
  http://illuminations.nctm.org//activitySearch.aspx
WebMath
  http://webmath.com/index.html
Resource Room
  http://www.resourceroom.net/

Language Arts / Writing

iKnowthat.com - Online Multimedia Educational Games
  http://www.iknowthat.com/com
Read - Write - Think
  http://www.readwritethink.org/
TEA Curriculum Resources
  http://ritter.tea.state.tx.us/tchrtoolbag/CurRes_LangArts.html
TeAch-nology.com
  http://www.teach-nology.com/
Busy Teachers Cafe - Resource website for Teachers
  http://www.busyteacherscafe.com/
edHelper.com
  http://www.edhelper.com/

Reading

TAKS-M Assessments and Answer Keys - Reading
  http://portal.esc20.net/portal/page/portal/esc20public/SpecialEducation/AGCHome/TAKS-M%20Alternate%20Assessment
Literactive - TEaching Children to Read
  www.literactive.com
HowStuffWorks - Learn How Everything Works!
  www.howstuffworks.com
Read - Write - Think
  http://www.readwritethink.org/
Reading Rockets
  http://www.readingrockets.org/<
Resource Room
  http://www.resourceroom.net/
Vaughn Gross Center for Reading and Language Arts
  www.texasreading.org
The Florida Center for Reading Research
  www.fcrr.org

Modifying for Students with Special Needs

Accomodations vs. Modifications
  http://www.texasprojectfirst.org/ModificationAccommodation.html
Classroom Modifications and Accommodations for Students with Learning Disabilities
  http://www.ldat.org/ld_info/accommodations.html
The Access Center
  http://www.k8accesscenter.org
The Council for Exceptional Children
  http://www.cec.sped.org
Guiding Principles for Assessment Accommodations
  http://www.teachervision.fen.com/teching-mthods/educational-testing/4134.html

Autism

Teaching Children with Autism
  www.polyxo.com
Autism Society of America
  www.autism-society.org
Cindy's Autistic Support
  www.cindysautisticsupport.com
Texas Statewide Leadership for Autism
  www.txautism.net
Support for Parents and Families
  www.kylestreehouse.org
Treatment and Education of Autistic and Related Communication-Handicapped Children
  www.TEACCH.com
Task Developed during TEACCH Training
  www.preschoolfun.com

Behavior

Positive Interventions and Effective Strategies
  http://www.behaviordoctor.org/
Texas Behavior Support Initiative
  www.txbsi.org
Behavior Problems and Discipline
  http://www.wrightslaw.com/info/discipl.index.htm
Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports
  http://www.pbis.org/main.htm

Brigance Online Training
Inclusion

Center for Applied Special Technology (CAST)
  www.cast.org/research/udl/
www.cast.org/research/faq
www.cast.org/publications/ncac/ncac_lowinc_section1.html
New Horizons for Learning
  http://www.newhorizons.org/spneeds/inclusion/front_inclusion.htm
Internet Resource for Special Children (IRSC)
  www.uni.edu/coe/inclusion/index.html
National Center for Student Progress Monitoring
  www.studentprogress.org
Tool Kit on Teaching and Assessing Students with Disabilities
  www.OSEPIdeasThatWork.org
The Special Education Network Inclusion Page
  www.specialednet.com/inclusion.htm

Teaching Students with Cognitive Disabilities

The Arc of the United States
  www.thearc.org/
American Association of Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
  www.aamr.org/
National Council on Disabilities
  www.ncd.gov/
Wrightslaw
  www.wrightslaw.com/
Texas Education Agensy Student Assessment Division - TAKS-Alt Resources
  www.tea.state.tx.us/index3.aspx?id=3638&menu_id3=793

Collaborative Teaching

Power of 2
  /www.powerof2.org
SERC Teaching and Learning Initiative: Six Approaches to Co-Teaching
  www.ctserc.org/initiatives/teachandlearn/coteaching.shtml
Pathfinder: Co-Teaching
  www.wsd1.org/PC_LMS/pf/co-teaching.htm
Division of International Special Education and Services
  www.cec.sped.org/intl/stepbystep_coteaching.htm
Special Connections: In Introduction to Cooperative Teaching
  www.specialconnections.ku.edu
National Education Association 6 Steps to Successful Co-Teaching
  www.nea.org/tools/17067.htm
The Access Center
  www.k8accesscenter.org/index.php/category/co-teaching/

Differentiated Instruction

Tomilson (2000). Differentiated Instruction for Advanced Learners in the Mixed-Ability Middle Schools
  www.ed.gov/databases/ERIC_Digests/ed389141.html
Web Site for Teachers, Administrators & Higher Education
  www.teachnology.com/litined/dif_instruction/
  Guild & Garger (1998).  What is Differentiated Instruction?
  www.cast.org/publications/ncac/ncac_diffinstruc.html


 
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