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| HOMESCHOOLING |
| CompassLearning Odyssey www.childu.com On-line learning program for homeschooling or tutoring. • Get site info |
| Home Education Magazine www.home-ed-magazine.com/ "...free online newsletters, discussion boards, a networking list, and selections from the magazine, including articles, interviews, columnists, resources, reviews and more." • Get site info |
| Homeschool Zone www.homeschoolzone.com/start.htm "...an interactive global community of homeschoolers, afterschoolers and educators." • Get site info |
| HSAdvisor.com www.hsadvisor.com "Homeschool advice, curriculum and resources." Among other offerings on this feature-packed site is the ability to e-mail homeschool experts and receive personalized advice. • Get site info |
| Special Needs Resources for Homeschoolers www.homeschoolcentral.com/special.htm Special links for special needs on a general homeschooling site. • Get site info |
| Unschooling.com www.unschooling.com/ Essays, editorials, networking and resources. • Get site info |
| INCLUSION |
| Ideal Lives Advocacy & Inclusion Center www.ideallives.com Resource and information website for parents of children with special needs. Pay service offers research, support, individualized advice, specific information for particular diagnoses, newsletter and more. Free seven-day trial offered.• Get site info |
| The Inclusion Network www.inclusion.org/ Links and information on "engaging people with disabilities in all our daily activities —- at school, at work, at home and in the community." • Get site info |
| The Institute for Learning-Centered Education www.learnercentereded.org/SpecialEd/index.html Educational Accommodations Index lists IEP accommodations for various behaviors and disabilities, including attention deficiency, emotional impairment and auditory processing deficiency.• Get site info |
| SCHOOLS |
| Bootcamps for Teens www.bootcampsforteens.com Military schools, Christian boot camps, and other options for troubled teens. "When it comes to seeking help for a child in danger it is better to have sought help a little too early than a little too late."• Get site info |
| Teen Options www.teenoptions.com Help in assessing the needs of troubled teens and finding programs that can help them.• Get site info |
| SPECIAL EDUCATION |
| Assessing Children for the Presence of a Disability www.ldonline.org/ld_indepth/assessment/assess-nichcy.html From LD OnLine and the National Information Center for Children and Youth with Disabilities. • Get site info |
| The Dark Side of Special Education www.sacramentolda.org/observer/obs14/retaliat.htm A primer on retaliation from the California Special Education Observer. • Get site info |
| Disability-Friendly Colleges www.newmobility.com/review_article.cfm?id=122&action=browse From "New Mobility" magazine. • Get site info |
| Ed Chapman's Special Laughs Page edchapman.tripod.com/SpecialLaughs.html "Your Child May Have an IEP If..." • Get site info |
| Family & Advocates Partnership for Education www.fape.org/ "...aims to inform and educate families and advocates about the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act." • Get site info |
| Functional Behavioral Assessment cecp.air.org/fba/default.htm Information and research on handling disruptive behavior in the classroom. From the "Center for Effective Collaboration and Practice: Improving Services for Children and Youth with Emotional and Behavioral Problems; Helping Communities Create Schools that Promote Emotional Well-Being, Effective Instruction, and Safe Learning; Supporting Effective Collaboration at a Local, State and National Level." • Get site info |
| IDEA Training Package www.nichcy.org/ideatrai.htm Download more than 500 pages on special education law. • Get site info |
| Play Hearts, Not Poker www.harborhouselaw.com/articles/hearts.bollero.htm Excellent approach to negotiating an IEP by "an attorney, arbitrator, mediator and loving mother of an autistic daughter." • Get site info |
| Special Education specialed.about.com A treasurechest of articles, links, forums and calls to action from about.com. • Get site info |
| Special Education: Evaluation ldonline.com/ld_indepth/special_education/parent_guide_evaluation.html A parent's guide to the evaluation process, from LD OnLine. • Get site info |
| Technical Assistance Alliance for Parent Centers www.taalliance.org/ "... an innovative project that focuses on providing technical assistance for establishing, developing, and coordinating Parent Training and Information Projects and Community Parent Resource Centers under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)." • Get site info |
| Ten Common Mistakes Parents Make During the IEP Meeting www.thegraycenter.org/ten_common_mistakes_parents__mak.htm From the Web site of The Gray Center for Social Learning and Understanding. • Get site info |
| Understanding the Special Education Process ldonline.com/ld_indepth/special_education/sped_overview.html An overview for parents, from LD OnLine. • Get site info |
| Washington PAVE www.washingtonpave.org/ "Parents Are Vital in Education" • Get site info |
| Wrightslaw www.wrightslaw.com "Special Education Law and Advocacy" • Get site info |
| WORKSHEETS, TOYS AND OTHER RESOURCES |
| Activities for ESL Students a4esl.org/ A large assortment of on-line crossword puzzles, scrambled words, vocabulary and grammar quizzes, and bilingual quizzes (including Russian-English) for children who are learning English as a second language. • Get site info |
| Different Roads to Learning www.difflearn.com/welcome.asp On-line catalog of items to assist learning in autistic and other developmentally challenged children. • Get site info |
| Funschool.com www.funschool.com/games.php?section=g1 Free online educational games for kids. • Get site info |
| GEODONKA.com www.geodonka.com Educational software, baby and child educationl toys, and quality wooden toys.• Get site info |
| Kayleigh's Playground kayleigh.tierranet.com/index.htm Online learning activities for toddlers and young children. • Get site info |
| KidBibs www.kidbibs.com/ Bringing kids and books together, with information and tools for strengthening reading success. • Get site info |
| Kid Crosswords www.kidcrosswords.com/ Puzzles to print or do on-line. • Get site info |
| Mathematically Correct www.mathematicallycorrect.com/programs.htm Reviews and information on various math programs and textbooks. • Get site info |
| SchoolExpress.com freeworksheets.com/ Free worksheets, software, award certificates, on-line games. • Get site info |
| Seussville University www.randomhouse.com/seussville/university/reasoning/ Online and printable math, reading, reasoning and science games featuring Dr. Seuss characters. • Get site info |
| Splashes from the River www.splashesfromtheriver.com Home of The Basic Cozy Grammar Course, "a light-hearted, whimsical approach to learning basic English grammar." • Get site info |
| Teaching Ideas for Early Childhood Special Educators www.mcps.k12.md.us/curriculum/pep/teach.htm ...or for parents with kids home for vacations, holidays or homeschooling. • Get site info |
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