Additional Resources
Research-Based Practices Web sites | Augmentative Communication | Cognitive Research | Collaboration Between General and Special Education | Collaboration Between Parents and Professionals | Cooperative Learning | Deaf | Deaf/Blind | Disabilities: Mild/Moderate | Disabilities: Moderate/Severe | Inclusion | Instruction: Direct | Math/Science | Multicultural Special Education | Reading and Writing | School Reform | Schoolwide Discipline | Transition | Visually Impaired | Workforce Preparation | For Your Information
- California Department of Education (CDE)http://www.cde.ca.gov/
Includes information and links to the California State Educational system. Includes test performances, standards, and plans for schools and school districts.
- California Department of Education (CDE) - California Parent Organizations http://www.cde.ca.gov/sp/se/qa/caprntorg.asp
Web page on the CDE Web site that provides information about Parent Training and Information Centers (PTIs) and includes information on the Core programs and grant monies available. - California Department of Education Educational Conference
Calendar
http://www.cde.ca.gov/re/ca/cc/
Supplies the dates and topics for the Educational Conferences throughout the state. To add a statewide or national education conference, please use the online form: - California Department of Education/Special Education Department (SED)http://www.cde.ca.gov/sp/se/
Web page for the CDE SED provides information and resources for persons with disabilities for both academic and nonacademic skills.
- Department of Developmental Services Early Start (Birth to Three
Services) http://www.dds.ca.gov/EarlyStart/?Home.cfm
Provides information regarding early intervention services for infants and toddlers through California Early Start including regional services and online resources.
- National State Personnel Development Network networking site at the Western Regional Resource Center (WRRC)http://signetwork.org/
The SIG network is your one-stop connection to resources about: Comprehensive System of Personnel Development (CSPD), State Improvement Plan (SIP) and State Improvement Grant (SIG).
- SEEDS Projecthttp://www.scoe.net/SEEDS
The SEEDS Project assists the California Department of Education in providing technical assistance to early childhood special education programs.
- Sonoma County Office of Education Reading/Language Arts http://www.scoe.org/pub/htdocs/reading-language-about.html
Supplies a collection of resources and information to help improve literacy. To receive regular updates about learning disabilities, literacy development and other research-based practices via Kevin Feldman's listserv, send your request to kfeldman@scoe.org
- Special Education Early Childhood Administrators Project (SEECAP)http://www.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/seecap
Furnishes information on training and support programs for administrators of early childhood special education programs.
- Teach Californiahttp://teachcalifornia.org
Provides information on becoming a credentialed teacher in California.
Research-Based Practices Web sites and General information
- Access Center http://www.k8accesscenter.org/
Includes information about TA (technical assistance) systems, States, districts, and schools, to help students with disabilities learn from the general education curriculum.
- What Works Clearing House
http://ies.ed.gov/ncee/wwc/
What Works provides educators, policymakers, researchers, and the public with a central and trusted source of scientific evidence of what works in education.
Augmentative Communication
- California State University Northridge Center for Students with
Disabilities
http://www.csun.edu/cod/
The Center is committed to providing outstanding student services to students with disabilities, and to making a contribution to the field of disabilities in general and to those who provide services to people with disabilities by the dissemination of information through training programs, conferences, workshops, seminars, and electronic media; and may also conduct applications-oriented research as a means of improving the lives of persons with disabilities and the professional skills of those who work with them. - The Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC)http://www.hoagiesgifted.org/eric/digestlist.html
The Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC) Clearing House on Disabilities and Gifted Education provides a Web site that has a list of digests that provide information on many topics, including different forms of communication.
Cognitive Research
- School Improvement in MaryLand www.mdk12.org
Using MSDE’s 10-step process, this site will guide a school team through the school improvement process.
Collaboration Between General and Special Education
- California Association of School Administratorswww.acsa.org
ACSA supports California’s educational leaders to ensure all students have the essential skills and knowledge needed to excel. - American Association of School Administratorshttp://www.aasa.org/
Provides the list and links to the 24 approaches for reform from the Educators' Guide to School-wide Reform. - Regional Resource Center Program (RRCP) - Western Regional Resource Center (WRRC)http://www.rrfcnetwork.org/wrrc
Provides technical assistance to State Education Agencies and assists and supports in the systemic improvement of policies, procedures and practices which will result in quality programs and services for children with disabilities and their families. - Article: “Educating Students with Disabilities in General Education Classrooms: A Summary of the Research”http://www.rrfcnetwork.org/content/view/242/47/
This document shares current research on achievement and successful practices, related to educating students with disabilities in inclusive general education classrooms - New Horizons for Learning at John Hopkins University, School of Education www.newhorizons.org
New Horizons for Learning is an international network of people, programs, and products dedicated to successful, innovative learning. - Temple University, College of Education, Institute for School and Societyhttp://www.temple.edu/education/crhde/
The Temple University Institute for Schools and Society (formerly known as the Center for Research in Human Development and Education [CRHDE]) is devoted to the study of emerging educational problems and challenges facing children and their families. - The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC)http://www.eric.ed.gov
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC), sponsored by the Institute of Education Sciences (IES) of the U.S. Department of Education, produces the world's premier database of journal and non-journal education literature.
Collaboration Between Parents and Professionals
- Learning Point Associateswww.learningpt.org
Learning Point Associates is dedicated to providing high-quality, research-based resources designed to develop students’ skills and abilities to educators and policymakers. - Article: “Critical Issue: Constructing School Partnerships with Families and Community Groups”http://www.ncrel.org/sdrs/areas/issues/envrnmnt/famncomm/pa400.htm
Article discussed ways that schools can create partnerships between educators and families in their children's education.
Cooperative Learning
- California Services for Technical Assistance and Training
www.calstat.org
CalSTAT works in partnership with schools and families to provide training, technical assistance, and resources to special education, general education, and families in support of collaborative efforts to appropriately educate all children, particularly those with disabilities.
Deaf
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U.S. Department of Education - Deaf Students Education Serviceshttp://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ocr/docs/hq9806.html
U.S. Department of Education’s Web page, through the Office of Civil Rights (OCR), provides information about Deaf Students Education Services. - Mainsteam Amplification Resource Room Study (MARRS) – Archived Informationhttp://www.ed.gov/pubs/EPTW/eptw12/eptw12d.html
Mainsteam Amplification Resource Room Study (MARRS). Sound field amplification Technology used to enhance instruction, lessen teacher voice fatigue, and improve academic achievement in reading and language arts for students in grades K-6. - University of Nevada, Las Vegas - Libraryhttp://www.library.unlv.edu/services/disablty.html
UNVL Library Services to Patrons with Disabilities. The library provides services to patrons with disabilities that encourages independent use of the library to the fullest extent possible. - National Dissemination Center for Children and Youth with Disabilities (NICHCY)http://nichcy.org/disability/specific/hearingloss
We serve the nation as a central source of information on disabilities in infants, toddlers, children and youth. This Web page provides information specifically for Deafness and Hearing Loss.
Deaf/Blind
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National Consortium on Deaf-Blindness (NCDB)http://www.nationaldb.org/
NCDB is a national technical assistance and dissemination center for children and youth who are deaf-blind, funded by the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP). The consortium focuses to promote academic achievement and results for children and youth (from birth to age 26) who are deaf-blind, through technical assistance, model demonstration, and information dissemination activities that are supported by evidence-based practices. - INSITE Model – Archived Information http://www2.ed.gov/pubs/EPTW/eptw12/eptw12b.html
A home-based program to help parents and others identify children from birth to age 5 who are multi-disabled with sensory impairment to receive home programming to facilitate their optimal development. - National Dissemination Center for Children and Youth with Disabilities (NICHCY)http://nichcy.org/disability/specific/deafblindness
We serve the nation as a central source of information on disabilities in infants, toddlers, children and youth. This Web page provides information specifically for Deaf-Blindness.
Disabilities: Mild/Moderate
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Regional Resource Center Program (RRCP) - Western Regional Resource Center (WRRC)http://www.rrfcnetwork.org/wrrc
Provides technical assistance to State Education Agencies and assists and supports in the systemic improvement of policies, procedures and practices which will result in quality programs and services for children with disabilities and their families. - Article: “Educating Students with Disabilities in General Education Classrooms: A Summary of the Research”http://www.rrfcnetwork.org/content/view/242/47/
This document shares current research on achievement and successful practices, related to educating students with disabilities in inclusive general education classrooms - Publication: “Interventions for Students with Learning Disabilities”http://nichcy.org/wp-content/uploads/docs/nd25.pdf
NICHCY publication, News Digest, Volume 25 – July 1997, has articles related to reading and writing. Bibliography to go with above publication:
http://nichcy.org/wp-content/uploads/docs/bib14.pdf
Disabilities: Moderate/Severe
- U.S. Department of Education - Educational Programs that Work 1995 – Archived Informationhttp://www2.ed.gov/pubs/EPTW/eptw12/index.html
Links to eighteen abstracts discussing special education from the Educational Programs that Works 1995. - National Dissemination Center for Children and Youth with Disabilities (NICHCY)http://nichcy.org/disability/specific/multiple
We serve the nation as a central source of information on disabilities in infants, toddlers, children and youth. This Web page provides information specifically for Severe and/or Multiple Disabilities. - Publication: “Interventions for Students with Learning Disabilities”http://nichcy.org/wp-content/uploads/docs/nd25.pdf
NICHCY publication, News Digest, Volume 25 – July 1997, has articles related to reading and writing. Bibliography to go with above publication:
http://nichcy.org/wp-content/uploads/docs/bib14.pdf - Regional Resource Center Program (RRCP)http://www.rrfcnetwork.org/content/view/242/47/
Link to the document: “Educating Students with Disabilities in General Education Classrooms: A Summary of the Research”
Inclusion
- WestEd Least Restrictive Environmenthttp://www.wested.org/cs/we/view/pj/204
Managed by the California Department of Education and WestEd, the Least Restrictive Environment Resources Project develops resources for use by districts and sites to improve services for all students. - American Association of School Administrators (AASA)http://www.aasa.org/search.aspx?query=The+School+Administrator
Issue of The School Administrator, September 2008, Number 8, VOL 65, "Inclusion and Intervention: School Districts Apply the Latest Special Education Thinking." The issue contains many articles and resources on Inclusion and Intervention.
Instruction: Direct
- American Association of School Administrators www.aasa.org
AASA's mission is to support and develop effective school system leaders who are dedicated to the highest quality public education for all children. - American Federation of Teachers www.aft.org
This site is designed to improve the lives of our members and their families through knowledge, advocacy, and support. - School Improvement in Maryland www.mdk12.org
Using MSDE’s 10-step process, this site will guide a school team through the school improvement process.
Math/Science
- Higher Order Thinking Skills Programhttp://www.hots.org/
HOTS is a complete general thinking skills program for Title I and LD students in grades 4-8 that dramatically accelerates learning, test scores and social confidence. - Council for Exceptional Children - Math Information http://www.cec.sped.org/AM/Template.cfm?Section=Math&Template=/TaggedPage/TaggedPageDisplay.cfm
&TPLID=27&ContentID=4950
The Council for Exceptional Children offers the following strategies for teaching math to children and youth with disabilities and/or gifts and talents. - Council for Exceptional Children - Science Information http://www.cec.sped.org/AM/Template.cfm?Section=Science&Template=/TaggedPage/TaggedPageDisplay.cfm
&TPLID=27&ContentID=4953
The Council for Exceptional Children offers the following strategies for teaching science to children and youth with disabilities and/or gifts and talents. - TEACH Californiahttp://www.teachcalifornia.org/decide/ah01.html
Web site provides information on becoming a credentialed teacher in California in the areas of math and science.
Multicultural Special Education
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National Dissemination Center for Children and Youth with Disabilities (NICHCY)
http://nichcy.org/
We serve the nation as a central source of information on disabilities in infants, toddlers, children and youth. You will also find easy-to-read information on IDEA, the law authorizing early intervention services and special education. The Web site is also available in Spanish: http://nichcy.org/espanol. -
The Education Resources Information Centerhttp://www.eric.ed.gov/
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC), sponsored by the Institute of Education Sciences (IES) of the U.S. Department of Education, produces the world's premier database of journal and non-journal education literature. Enter “multicultural special education” in keyword search to gather results. -
Council for Exceptional Children – Cultural and Linguistic Diversity
http://www.cec.sped.org/AM/Template.cfm?Section=Cultural_and_Linguistic_Diversity&
Template=/TaggedPage/TaggedPageDisplay.cfm&TPLID=36&ContentID=55
The CEC has created this resource it includes information on strategies to teach students from diverse backgrounds as well as research, and current issues concerning cultural and linguistic diversity.
Reading and Writing
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Publication: “Interventions for Students with Learning Disabilities”http://nichcy.org/wp-content/uploads/docs/nd25.pdf
NICHCY publication, News Digest, Volume 25 – July 1997, has articles related to reading and writing. Bibliography to go with above publication:
http://nichcy.org/wp-content/uploads/docs/bib14.pdf - California Services for Technical Assistance and Training (CalSTAT)www.calstat.org/readingmessages.html
CalSTAT is a special project of the California Department of Education that helps schools and families educate children and young adults with special needs. The site provides information on the Core Message Area of Reading/Literacy, as approved by the California Department of Education. - American Federation of Teachers (AFT) www.aft.org/newspubs/reports/
This site is designed to improve the lives of teachers and their families through knowledge, advocacy and support. It provides a link to the report, “Reading IS Rocket Science: What Expert Teachers of Reading Should Know and Be Able to Do.”
School Reform
- American Association of School Administrators (AASA) www.aasa.org
AASA's mission is to support and develop effective school system leaders who are dedicated to the highest quality public education for all children. - Phi Delta Kappa International www.pdkintl.org
Phi Delta Kappa is an international association for professional educators dedicated to promoting quality education. - Association of California School Administration (ACSA) http://www.acsa.org/MainMenuCategories/ProfessionalLearning/
PromisingPractices/AtRiskStudents/Differentiatedinstruction.aspx
Article titled: "How Differentiated Instruction helps Struggling Students" by Celeste Cusumano and Jonel Mueller, on the ACSA Web site, discussed the changes made a school in California.
Schoolwide Discipline
- The Education Resources Information Centerhttp://www.eric.ed.gov/
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC), sponsored by the Institute of Education Sciences (IES) of the U.S. Department of Education, produces the world's premier database of journal and non-journal education literature. - American Federation of Teachers (AFT), Discipline and School Safetywww.aft.org
The AFT has a page dedicated to Discipline and School Safety. The pages provide information on strategies to create and maintain a safe school environment.
Transition
- Youth Transition Program (YTP) – Archived Information http://www.ed.gov/pubs/EPTW/eptw12/eptw12i.html
From Educational Programs that Work - 1995 description of the Youth Transition Program (YTP). - Regional Resource Center Program, Western Regional Resource Center http://www.rrcprogram.org/wrrc
Provides many resources for information about school-work transition.
Visually Impaired
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Texas School for Blind and Visually Impairedhttp://www.tsbvi.edu
The Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired (TSBVI) serves as a special public school in the continuum of statewide placements for students who have a visual impairment within the State of Texas. The site provides resources for parents and professionals of the visually impaired. - Texas School for Blind and Visually Impaired, Resources for Parents and Professionalshttp://www.tsbvi.edu/resources
The resource page at TSBVI is designed to provide information on visually impaired individuals for parents and professionals. - Instruction Resource: Teaching Students with Visual and Multiple Impairments (MIVI) http://www.tsbvi.edu/instructional-resources/1707-teaching-students-with-visual-and-multiple-impairments
The resource page for Teaching Students with Visual and Multiple Impairments, it provides a list of resources for instruction. - Information Sheet: Cortical Visual Impairment Pediatric Visual Diagnosis Fact Sheethttp://www.tsbvi.edu/seehear/fall98/cortical.htm
Fact sheet with information about Cortical Visual Impairment (CVI) reprinted with permission from Blind Babies Foundation. - Article: “Hand-Over-Hand Guidance: What Lesson Do We Teach?”http://www.tsbvi.edu/seehear/fall98/hand.htm
Article by Andrea Story, discussing literature and visually impaired children. (Originally published in The National Newspatch, November 1997.) - Article: “IEPs for Consult Students - A Helpful Note”http://www.tsbvi.edu/seehear/winter99/consult.htm
Brief article by Chrissy Cowan, discussing students who are delegated as “consult”. Reprinted with permission from VL Connection, Fall 1998, Region XIII Educational Service Center. - Article: "Looking at Self-Stimulation in the Pursuit of Leisure of I'm Okay, You have a Mannerism" http://www.tsbvi.edu/seehear/archive/mannerism.html
Article by Kate Moss, Family Specialist and Robbie Blaha, Teacher Trainer TSBVI, Texas Deafblind Outreach, discussing leisure behavior in visually impaired individuals. - Transcript: "The Roles of Perception and Cognition in Controlling the Mobility Task"http://www.tsbvi.edu/orientation-a-mobility/90-the-roles-of-perception-and-cognition-in-controlling-the-mobility-task
Transcript from presentation by Emerson Foulke discussing perceptual systems and mobility, presented at International Symposium on Orientation and Mobility, Trondheim, Norway, 1996
Workforce Preparation
- California Dept of Education, Workability I http://www.cde.ca.gov/sp/se/sr/wrkabltyI.asp
Web site provides information and links to the California Department of Education's Workability program. The program called, "A California Transition Program - Students Learn to Earn" is designed to help youth with disabilities gain work experience. - National Collaborative of Workforce and Disability (NCWF) for Youth http://www.ncwd-youth.info/
NCWD for Youth is your source for information about employment and youth with disabilities. Our partners — experts in disability, education, employment, and workforce development — strive to ensure you will be provided with the highest quality, most relevant information available. - U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Disability Employment Policy (ODEP), Youth http://www.dol.gov/odep/categories/youth/
The Office of Disability Employment Policy (ODEP), in collaboration with the National Collaborative on Workforce Disability for Youth, has identified Guideposts for Success. The Guideposts reflect what research has identified as key educational and career development interventions that can make a positive difference in the lives of all youth, including youth with disabilities.
For Your Information
- U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education Programshttp://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/osers/osep/index.html
The Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP) is dedicated to improving results for infants, toddlers, children and youth with disabilities ages birth through 21 by providing leadership and financial support to assist states and local districts. - U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education Programs http://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/osers/osep/index.html
The Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP) is dedicated to improving results for infants, toddlers, children and youth with disabilities ages birth through 21 by providing leadership and financial support to assist states and local districts.M - U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services http://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/osers/index.html
The Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (OSERS) is committed to improving results and outcomes for people with disabilities of all ages. - U.S. Department of Education, Other Sites: Special Education and Rehabilitative Services http://www2.ed.gov/about/contacts/gen/othersites/specedrs.html
Web page at the U.S. Department of education that provides a list of Web sites that provide information on topics ranging from collaboration and school improvement to rehabilitation centers. - Council for Exceptional Children Web site http://www.cec.sped.org//AM/Template.cfm?Section=Home
The Council for Exceptional Children (CEC) is the largest international professional organization dedicated to improving educational outcomes for individuals with exceptionalities, students with disabilities, and/or the gifted. - National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) www.nces.ed.gov
Collects and analyzes data related to education in the United States and other nations. - The National Dissemination Center for Children with Disabilities – School Age Children, 3 - 22 http://nichcy.org/schoolage
We serve the nation as a central source of information on disabilities in infants, toddlers, children and youth. The School Age children page is provides information on Special Education in Schools, IDEA, Parents Rights, and much more.
Last updated: 11/16/2011
