Updated March 7, 2000 3:48 p.m. EST

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Adaptive/Assistive Technology

	•	EZscreen Touchscreens

	•	Assistive Technology Guide (free)

	•	The Basics of Adaptive Technology

	•	Glossary of Assistive Technology Terms

	•	IBM Special Needs Systems

	•	Microsoft Accessibility Technology

	•	Mayer-Johnson Picture Communication Symbols

ADD/ADHD

	•	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

	•	ADD Made Simple: A Manual

	•	Teaching Tips

	•	More Teaching Tips

	•	Even More Teaching Tips

	•	Building Academic Success

	•	ADD and the Teen

	•	Getting and Maintaining the Student's Attention

	•	Using Technology to Teach Spelling

	•	Back In Control Behavior Modification Program

	•	Establishing Home Routines

	•	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.)

Advocacy and Training

	•	Special Education Advocacy Tutorial

	•	The Special Ed Advocate

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

	•	Recovery Zone (Lovaas)

	•	ABA Resources for Recovery from Autism

Assessment

	•	Understanding Tests and Measurements for the Parent and Advocate

	•	Introduction to Functional Behavioral Assessments

	•	Using Functional Assessments and Behavioral Intervention Plans

	•	A Guide to Using Functional Assessments and Behavioral Intervention Plans

	•	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

	•	Homeschool Testing Services

Autism and Cognitive Impairment

	•	Special Kids Learning Resource Network (videos and books for kids with autism)

	•	Division TEACCH Structured Teaching

	•	Ideas for Including Children with Autism in Group Activities

	•	Toilet Training Using Structured Teaching

	•	Communication Incentives

	•	Building Communication Around Routines

	•	Teaching Social Skills (from the Syracuse Community-Referenced Curriculum)

	•	Establishing Home Routines

	•	Activity Checklist

	•	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

	•	Unschooling Autism

	•	Considerations In Planning for Children with Autism

	•	Maximizing Learning for Children with Autism

	•	Come Learn with Me (a homeschool program for a child with autism)

	•	Autism Behavior Management Introduction

Bookstore

	•	Parent's Corner

	•	Children's Corner

Behavior Disorders

	•	Transforming the Difficult Child: The Nurtured Heart Approach (live chat transcript with author)

	•	Addressing Student Problem Behavior

Commercial Sites

	•	Innovative Therapists International Oral-Motor Kits and Supplies Catalog

Considering Homeschooling

	•	Learning Disabled and Gifted: A Homeschool Perspective

	•	Special Education or Homeschooling: Sorting Out the Options

	•	Homeschooling the Child with NonVerbal LD

	•	Homeschooling Fact Sheet

	•	10 Tips for Homeschooling Your Special-Needs Child

	•	Homeschooling: Great Idea or Big Mistake?

	•	Homeschooling the Gifted Child

Curriculum

	•	New

	•	Used

	•	Worksheets (free)

	•	Lesson Plans (free)

	•	Unit Studies (free)

	•	Teaching Tools (graphic organizers, etc.)

Data Collection

	•	The Importance of Data

	•	Data Sheet Blank Forms

	•	ABBY Data Analysis Software Demo (free)

Disability Information Clearinghouses

	•	Special Education Resources on the Internet

	•	Electronic Curbcuts

Downloadables

	•	Record-Keeping Blank Forms (free download and print)

	•	Graph Paper, Grid Paper, Timelines, Etc. (Blank to print and use directly with the student)

	•	See also "Software" below.

Down Syndrome

	•	Down Syndrome: Teaching Reading and Language

Fragile X Syndrome

	•	National Fragile X Foundation

	•	Fragile X Research Foundation

	•	Fragile X Research Foundation of Canada

	•	Genetics Birth Defects Center

Free Things for Teachers

	•	Free Things for Educators (listed by subject)

	•	Free Stuff for Teachers and Kids

	•	Teacher Freebies

	•	Free Educational Resources

Federally Sponsored Resources

	•	Captioned Media Program (closed caption videos free to borrow)

	•	Federal Resources for Educational Excellence

	•	US Department of Education Homepage

	•	Federal Resources for Educational Excellence

	•	OSER's IDEA '97 Homepage

	•	ERIC Clearinghouse on Disabilities and Gifted Education

	•	National Parent Information Network

Hearing Impairment

	•	DeafWatch Homepage

	•	Captioned Media Program

	•	Basic Dictionary of American Sign Language Terms

	•	Animated Sign Language Dictionary

Homeschool and Education Search Engines

	•	Homeschool FindIt Virtual Library

	•	StudyWeb

	•	Childfun.com

	•	Education Resource Index (search by subject)

	•	Awesome Library K12 Educational Directory

	•	Education World

	•	The Learning Web

Learning Disabilities

	•	The Disabling of Labeling: A Phenomenological Approach to Understanding and Helping Children with LD

	•	Recordings for the Blind and Dyslexic (free)

	•	LD Online

	•	Simplified Learning by Joyce Herzog

	•	Gifted and Learning Disabled: Twice Exceptional

	•	Troubleshooting Learning Problems

	•	Reading Methods and LD

	•	How Children Learn to Read

	•	Features of Good Learning Strategies

	•	What Teachers Can Do About LD

	•	Adapting Math Instruction

	•	Strategies for Building Word Attack Skills

	•	Using Children's Literature to Teach Social Skills

	•	Interventions for Dyslexia

	•	Multisensory Approach to Spelling

	•	Dealing with Dysgraphia

	•	Math Learning Disabilities

	•	DOs and DONTs for Fostering Social Competence

	•	Homeschooling the Child with Nonverbal LD

	•	Teaching Organizational and Study Skills

	•	10 Tips for Developing Good Organizational Skills

	•	Developing Fluency with Basic Number Facts

	•	Teaching Tolerance of Annoyances and Distractions

Legal Assistance

	•	EdLaw

	•	RightToEd.Com (your link to disability service providers near you)

	•	Council of Parents Attorneys and Advocates

	•	Law Crawler (State and National legal information search engine, including disability and special education law)

Medical Information

	•	Katie Beckett Medical Program Information (check with your state's Family Support office for information outside of Wisconsin)

Montessori Method

	•	Practical Life Activities

	•	Math Activities

	•	Language Development Activities

	•	Sensorial-Motor Development

	•	Montessori Homeschooling

	•	Montessori-Renaissance Parenting Q&As

	•	Montessori Learning Environment at Home

	•	Montessori Teaching and Teacher Training

	•	Montessori: The Rebirth of a Legend

	•	Montessori Information for Homeschoolers

	•	Swiss Homeschoolers Using the Montessori Method

Newsletters and Magazines

	•	At Our Own Pace (free newsletter)

	•	Homeschool Fun Online Magazine (free)

	•	Eclectic Homeschool Online Magazine (free)

Online Books and Libraries

	•	Library In the Sky (over 6500 links to educational resources)

	•	The Internet Public Library

	•	World Wide School Library

	•	National Library of Education

	•	The Library Card

	•	Bartleby Library: Great Books Online

	•	Bibliolinks for Bibliophiles

	•	On-Line Books

Parenting

	•	Parenting Special Needs (at About.com)

	•	National Parent Network on Disabilities

Prompt Hierarchy FAQ

Publications

	•	ED Pubs Online Ordering System

	•	Behavior Research and Therapy

	•	Child Development

	•	Learning and Motivation

	•	Research in Developmental Disabilities

	•	Index of Psychological and Social Science Journals

	•	Annotated Bibliography of Educational Journals

	•	WebMedLit

	•	Exceptional Parent Magazine Online

	•	Speech and Language Therapy in Practice

Recreation

	•	American Student Travel (special travel program for homeschoolers)

	•	Homeschool Penpals

	•	Therapeutic Riding and Handicapped Riding Programs

	•	Global Access (disability accessible travel)

Sensory Integration

	•	What Is Sensory Integration?

	•	Sensory Integration Dysfunction: the Misunderstood, Misdiagnosed and Unseen Disability

	•	Sensory Integration Observation Guide Level 1: 0-12 months scale

	•	The Tactile Defensive Child

	•	What Parents Can Do To Promote Sensory Integration

Similar Sites

	•	Bearable Times Kids and Teens Club

	•	Homeschooling Your Special Needs Child

	•	Islamic Educational Resources and Homeschooling Children with Special Needs

	•	Homeschooling Special Needs

	•	Aut-2B-Home

	•	General Resources (regular and special needs homeschool information)

Software

	•	M&M Software Catalog

	•	Arcamax Software (you pay postage only)

	•	Mother Goose Rebus Rhymes Software

	•	KD PC: StartWrite for children learning to print (free demo)

	•	PEP: Parent's, Educators and Publishers educational software

	•	Mrs. ABC's Spelling and Vocabulary Software

	•	Orton Gillingham Dyslexia Software

	•	Laureate Computer Software

Speech and Language

	•	Q & A About Articulation Problems

	•	Pragmatic Language Tips

	•	Top Tips for Teaching Speech/Language (winter 1999)

	•	Speech Therapy Activities (lots of free activities to promote speech and language aquisition)

	•	Speech Sound Aquisition in Children

	•	Free Ideas for Teaching Speech and Language

	•	Oral-Motor Myths of Down Syndrome

	•	Horns as Therapy Tools

	•	Straws as Therapy Tools

	•	Quia! Speech Activities

	•	Speech and Language Idea Exchange

Stimulus Control FAQ

Support Information

	•	E-mail Lists

	•	Online Message Boards

	•	Offline Support

Teaching

	•	Reading and Language Arts

	•	Writing

	•	Math

	•	Science Under Construction

	•	Teaching Spelling

	•	Art

	•	Social Studies

	•	Music Under Construction

Terminology

	•	ABCs of Government, Special Ed. and Advocacy

	•	Glossary of Commonly Used Acronyms

	•	Glossary of Acronyms

	•	ACRONYMS

	•	Dictionary of Special Education Terms

Transition Information

	•	Transition Handbook

	•	The Transitional IEP

	•	Functional Vocational Evaluation

	•	Sample Transition Plans

	•	Disability-Friendly Colleges

	•	SAT and ACT Test Accommodations

	•	Transition From School to Work and Community

	•	Options After High School

	•	Transitioning From the World of School to the World of Work (by Temple Grandin)

Umbrella Schools Offering IEPs

	•	Clonlara School

	•	The Essential Learning Institute

	•	National Academy of Child Development

	•	Hewitt Child Development

	•	Gentle Teaching: A Non-Aversive Approach

	•	Hanen Early Language

	•	Montessori for the Earth and in the Home

	•	Option Institute

	•	The Hadley School for the Blind (free)

Video

	•	Special Kids Learning Resource Network (videos for children with autism)

Vision Impairment

	•	Resources for Parents and Teachers of Blind Kids

	•	Six Friends: Families Living with Visual Impairment

	•	The Hadley School for the Blind