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Special Education

 

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Special Needs Resources
  • Special Needs
    Engaging Deaf and Hard of Hearing Students in the School Library: A Handbook for Teacher-Librarians” by Nadene Eisner
    http://groups.lis.illinois.edu/k-12program/Eisner_CAS_Project.doc
  • Literacy Website
    For learners with deaf-blindness, multiple disabilities, complex challenges: You will find information based on current literacy research and practice, step by step ideas for moving each child along the literacy continuum, practical examples from families and classrooms.
    http://literacy.nationaldb.org
  • We Connect Now
    We Connect Now is dedicated to uniting people interested in rights and issues affecting people with disabilities, with particular emphasis on college students and access to higher education and employment issues.
    http://weconnectnow.wordpress.com/
  • English Language Learning and Teaching for Students with Disabilities
    From the June 2011 issue of the AWAY, a journal of the National Clearinghouse on Disability and Exchange.
    http://www.miusa.org/publications/books/altformats/awaytopics4
  • SEN Teacher
    SEN Teacher provides cost-free teaching & learning resources for students with special needs and learning disabilities. Many resources here may also be of use to educators of primary and elementary students.
    http://www.senteacher.org/
  • Zona Land
    This web site functions as a resource for those who want to study physics, the mathematical sciences, or mathematics in general, but are having a difficult time with textbooks or other approaches.
    http://zonalandeducation.com/
  • Soft Skills to Pay the Bills
    "Skills to Pay the Bills: Mastering Soft Skills for Workplace Success," is a curriculum developed by ODEP focused on teaching "soft" or workforce readiness skills to youth, including youth with disabilities.
    http://www.dol.gov/odep/topics/youth/softskills/
  • The National Resource Center on ADHD
    http://help4adhd.org/

 

News Articles
 
  • Researchers find connection between sunshine and ADHD
    A recent study found a correlation between the amount of sunshine in a particular location and the prevalence of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder. While there are exceptions, such as Florida, places with a lot of sun tended to have fewer cases of ADHD, data show. Scientists are still looking for explanations, but they said changes in our biological clocks and sleep quality may be behind the apparent connection.
    http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/local/2013/03/27/sunshine-lower-rates-of-adhd-correlated.html

 

Gifted Students
 


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