Special Education
Parents & Families
Assistive Technology | Positive Behavioral Supports | Reading and Writing Interventions
Math Interventions | Least Restrictive Environment (LRE) | Disproportionality | Assessment
Preschool Disabilities Resources | Developing Learning Environments for Preschool Children
Social Emotional Development in Preschool | Language Arts Literacy in Preschool
Mathematics in Preschool | Transition to Adulthood | Autism | Hearing Loss or Deaf-Blindness
Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) | Intellectual Disabilities- Educational Resources | Mental Health
- Center for Implementing Technology in Education
http://www.cited.org/index.aspx - AT Ideas for Writing
http://www.pluk.org/Pubs/AT_ideas_106k.pdf - Center for Applied Special Technology,CAST
http://www.cast.org/ - National Center on Universal Design for Learning
http://www.udlcenter.org/ - Center for Assistive Technology and Environmental Access
http://www.catea.gatech.edu/ - Web Resources for Assistive Technology in the Classroom
http://www.sc.edu/scatp/ATclassroom.htm - AbleData
http://www.abledata.com/ - NCIP National center to Improve Practice in Special Education Through Technology, Media and Materials
http://www2.edc.org/NCIP/ - Assistive Technology Index
http://www.disabilityresources.org/AT.html - Rehabilitation Engineering and Assistive Technology Society of North America (RESNA)
http://www.resna.org
- NASP Resources - Positive Behavioral Supports
http://www.nasponline.org/resources/factsheets/pbs_fs.aspx - OSEP Technical Assistance Center on Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports
http://www.pbis.org/ - PBIS World
http://www.pbisworld.com - Center for Effective Collaboration and Practice - Functional Behavior Assessment Forms
http://www.1edweb.com/fba%20forms.htm - Writing Social Stories
http://myaspergerschild.com/2011/02/how-to-write-social-stories.html - US Department of Education- Restraint and Seclusion Resource Document
http://www2.ed.gov/policy/seclusion/restraint-and-seclusion-resource-document.html
Reading and Writing Interventions
- Teaching Channel
https://www.teachingchannel.org/ - What Works Clearinghouse
http://ies.ed.gov/ncee/wwc/ - Read Write Think
http://www.readwritethink.org/ - Center on Instruction
http://www.centeroninstruction.org/ - Federal Resources for Educational Excellence
https://explore.data.gov/Education/Federal-Resources-for-Educational-Excellence-FREE-/4gct-cisg - Florida Center for Reading Research
http://www.lsi.fsu.edu/centers/fcrr/index.html - Intervention Central
http://www.interventioncentral.org/ - The National Institute for Literacy
http://lincs.ed.gov/pipermail/transitions/2009/date.html - The National Center for Family Literacy
http://www.famlit.org/ - Doing What Works - Research-based educational practices online
http://dww.ed.gov/ - National Center on Response to Intervention (RtI)
http://www.rti4success.org/ - Text Project strategies and tools for beginning and struggling readers http://www.textproject.org/
- The Best Evidence Encyclopedia (BEE) is a website created by Johns Hopkins University School of Education, Center for Research and Reform (CRRE) that provides easy-to-read, Consumer Reports®-style reviews of various types of K-12 education programs, including early childhood programs, elementary and secondary reading and math programs, and programs for struggling students and English-language learners. To be included on the BEE, reviews must meet a set of rigorous research standards.
Beginning Reading
http://www.bestevidence.org/reading/begin_read/begin_read.htm - NWP National Writing Project
http://www.nwp.org/ - Best Evidence Encyclopedia - Struggling Readers
http://www.bestevidence.org/reading/strug/strug_read.htm - FREE Federal Resources for Educational Excellence Teaching and Learning Resources from Federal Agencies - Reading and language Arts
http://www.free.ed.gov/subjects.cfm?subject_id=80&toplvl=78&res_feature_request=1 - Yale Center for Dyslexia and Creativity
http://dyslexia.yale.edu/ - The International Dyslexia Association
http://www.interdys.org/
- Teaching Channel
https://www.teachingchannel.org/ - Center on Instruction - Math
http://centeroninstruction.org/mathematics-instruction-for-students-with-learning-disabilities-or-difficulty
-learning-mathematics-a-guide-for-teachers - What Works Clearinghouse - Math
http://ies.ed.gov/ncee/wwc/topic.aspx?sid=9 - Foundations for Success: Report of the National Mathematics Advisory Panel
http://www2.ed.gov/about/bdscomm/list/mathpanel/report/final-report.pdf - Assisting Students Struggling with Mathematics: Response to Intervention (RtI) for Elementary and Middle Schools
http://ies.ed.gov/ncee/wwc/practiceguide.aspx?sid=2 - Best Evidence Encyclopedia - Elementary Math
http://www.bestevidence.org/math/elem/elem_math.htm - Best Evidence Encyclopedia - Middle School Math
http://www.bestevidence.org/math/mhs/mhs_math.htm - Khan Academy
http://www.khanacademy.org/ - National Library of Virtual Manipulatives
http://nlvm.usu.edu/en/nav/vlibrary.html - FREE Federal Resources for Educational Excellence - Math
http://www.free.ed.gov/subjects.cfm?subject_id=33 - Inside Mathematics
http://insidemathematics.org/index.php/home - The Math Forum at Drexel
http://mathforum.org/ - K-5 Math Teaching Resources
http://www.k-5mathteachingresources.com/
Least Restrictive Environment (LRE)
- The Access Center - Co-Teaching
http://www.k8accesscenter.org/index.php/category/co-teaching/ - The Access Center - Internet Resources for Collaboration and Inclusive Practices
http://sim.ttac.vt.edu/Documents/Resources%20for%20Collaboration%20and%20Inclusive%20Practices/
Collaboration%20and%20Inclusive%20Practices.pdf - NICHCY National Dissemination Center for Children with Disabilities - Co-Teaching
http://nichcy.org/schoolage/effective-practices/coteaching - TA & D Network
http://www.tacommunities.org/ - National Early Childhood Technical Assistance Center (NECTAC)
http://www.nectac.org/inclusion/default.asp - Institute for Community Inclusion (ICI)
http://www.communityinclusion.org/
- Brown University - Teaching the Diverse Learner
http://www.alliance.brown.edu/tdl/tl-strategies/crt-principles.shtml - NYU Metro Center - Technical Assistance Center on Disproportionality
http://steinhardt.nyu.edu/metrocenter/tacd
- Dynamic Learning Maps (DLM)
http://dynamiclearningmaps.org/ - National Center on Educational Outcomes (NCEO)
http://www.nasdse.org/Projects/TheNationalCenteronEducationalOutcomesNCEO/tabid/421/Default.aspx - The Inclusive Large Scale Standards and Assessment group(ILSSA)
http://www.hdi.uky.edu/ilssa/default.aspx - US Department of Education: Assessing Students with Disabilities
http://www2.ed.gov/admins/lead/speced/toolkit/index.html
Preschool Disabilities Resources
- New Jersey Parent Link Project
http://njparentlink.nj.gov/njparentlink/ - Doing What Works - Preschool language and literacy
http://dww.ed.gov/Preschool-Language-and-Literacy/topic/index.cfm?T_ID=15 - New Jersey Teaching and Learning Standards
http://www.state.nj.us/education/ece/guide
https://www13.state.nj.us/NJCCCS/PreschoolIntro.aspx
Developing Learning Environments for Preschool Children
- Curriculum and Assessment for Preschool Classrooms
http://www.state.nj.us/education/ece/curriculum/curriculum.htm
http://www.state.nj.us/education/ece/curriculum/iep
http://www.state.nj.us/education/ece/curriculum/assessment.htm - Classroom Checkups
http://www.state.nj.us/education/ece/checkups/ps.htm
http://www.state.nj.us/education/ece/checkups/ps.htm - Improving Outcomes for Preschool Children with Disabilities
http://www.state.nj.us/education/specialed/info/spp/ - Preschool Outcome Parent Information Sheet
http://www.fpg.unc.edu/~eco/assets/pdfs/Child_Outcomes_handout.pdf
Social Emotional Development in Preschool
- Center on the Social Emotional Foundation for Learning
http://csefel.vanderbilt.edu - Technical Assistance Center on Social Emotional Intervention
http://challengingbehavior.org
Language Arts Literacy in Preschool
- Reading Rockets
www.readingrockets.com - Colorin Colorado
www.colorincolorado.org - Reading in Fundamental
www.rif.org - Washington Learning Systems
www.walearning.com/resources - Get Ready to Read
www.getreadytoread.org
- National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
Early Childhood Corner
http://www.nctm.org/resources/content.aspx?id=9300 - What is important is Early Childhood Mathematics
http://www.nctm.org/about/content.aspx?id=12590 - Building Blocks
http://gse.buffalo.edu/org/buildingblocks/index-2.htm - National Center for Learning Disabilities (NCLD) Math Tips for Teachers
http://www.ncld.org/at-school/especially-for-teachers/effective-teaching-practices/
preschool-math-grows-up-tips-for-teachers - National Early Childhood Technical Assistance Center
http://nectac.org/topics/atech/atech.asp - National Association of Educators of Young Children (NAEYC) Developmentally Appropriate Practice (DAP)
http://www.naeyc.org/dap
- New Jersey Department of Education, Office of Special Education
http://www.state.nj.us/education/specialed/transition/ - NICHCY National Disseminaton Center for Children with Disabilities
http://nichcy.org/schoolage/transitionadult - OSERS Year of College and Career for Youth with Disabilities
http://www2.ed.gov/about/inits/ed/ycc/index.html
- US Department of Health and Human Services Interagecny Autism Coordinating Gommittee
http://iacc.hhs.gov/publications-analysis/july2012/index.shtml - Autism Spectrum Disorders: Missouri Best Practice Guidelines to Screening, Diagnosis, and Assessment
www.autismguideline.dmh.mo.gov - National Professional Development Center on Autism Spectrum Disorders
http://autismpdc.fpg.unc.edu/content/briefs - NJ Autism Program Quality Indicators
http://www.special-ed-law.com/docs/autism%20program%20indicators.pdf - Guidelines for Identification and Education of Children and Youth with Autism - CT DOE
http://www.sde.ct.gov/sde/lib/sde/PDF/DEPS/Special/Guidelines_Autism.pdf - National Standards Project- National Autism Center
http://www.nationalautismcenter.org/nsp/ - CDC - Center for Disease Control and Prevention
http://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/autism/index.html - National Autism Center's Manual: Evidence-based Practice and Autism in the Schools
http://www.nationalautismcenter.org/pdf/NAC%20Ed%20Manual_FINAL.pdf
Hearing Loss or Deaf-Blindness
- New Jersey State DOE Resources for Students with Hearing Loss of Deaf-Blindness
http://www.state.nj.us/education/specialed/deaf/ - Center for Sensory and Complex Disabilities: Research and Training (CSCD) The College of New Jersey
website coming in August of 2012 - New Jersey Commission for the Blind and Visually Impaired
http://www.familyconnect.org/directory.asp?Action=profile&AccountID=1080
- Brain Injury Alliance of New Jersey (BIANJ)
http://bianj.org/ - The National Resource Center for Traumatic Brain Injury (NRCTBI)
http://www.tbinrc.com/ - Center on Brain Injury Research and Training (CBIRT)
http://cbirt.org/about-us/ - CBIRT's interventions and strategies
http://cbirt.org/tbi-education/instruction-strategies/ - Rutgers online course about brain injury
https://ce-catalog.rutgers.edu/courseDisplay.cfm?schlD=47209 - CDC - Center for Disease Control and Prevention TBI
http://www.cdc.gov/TraumaticBrainInjury/
Intellectual Disabilities- Educational Resources
- NICHCY National Dissemination Center for children with Disabilities
http://nichcy.org/disability/specific/intellectual - American Association of Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (listing of National Resources)
http://www.aaidd.org/content_535.cfm?navID=146 - Vanderbilt Kennedy Center
http://kc.vanderbilt.edu/site/default.aspx - Functional Academic Curriculum for Teaching Exceptional Students (FACES) Texas curruculum
http://eweb.esc3.net/index.php/3-lid-resources-and-web-links/670-faces-curriculum-resources - Council for Exceptional Children
http://www.cec.sped.org/am/template.cfm?section=Home
- Families for Depression Awareness
http://www.familyaware.org - Traumatic Loss Coalitions for Youth
http://ubhc.umdnj.edu/brti/tlc/ - Support for Teens and Young Adults
http://www.jerseyvoice.net