The Felt Source - Educational Flannelboards & The Bible in Felt Perfect for the Classroom, Church or Home. Easy for you and fun for kids. Felts are colorful, touchable and washable! Stories, animals, science and 175+ lessons from The Bible. FREE "no nonsense" shipping on orders over $50!
Activities for Visually Impaired Preschoolers The pre-reading activities were complied by Ruby Ryles and appeared in the Fall 1994 issue of Future Reflections, the National Federation of the Blind magazine for parents of blind children. The list of toys was compiled by the Parents of Blind Children of New Jersey.
ADD In School ADDinSchool.com presents hundreds of classroom interventions to help students with Attention Deficit Disorder
Auditory Processing Disorder in the United Kingdom (APDUK) Auditory Processing Disorder in the United Kingdom (APDUK), a new Voluntary Organisation recently formed and in the process of obtaining registered charity status. The site has been designed to be APD friendly, and APD informative providing useful handouts and Internet Links. The site has information about APD, and is designed using coping strategies, which can be useful for APDs when trying to understand text. There are handouts and links to a forum for UK APDs.
Australian Association of Special Education The Australian Association of Special Education Inc. (AASE) is a broad-based non-categorial association concerned with all who have special education needs.
Barton Reading and Spelling System A one-on-one tutoring program For people who struggle with reading, spelling or written expression due to dyslexia or a learning disability.
California - Center for Early Education The Early Education Center for Autism, LLC provides a comprehensive educational program that places a primary emphasis on fostering the development of communication, social skills, academic abilities, self-help skills, and problem-solving capabilities for young children with autism and related disorders.
Camp Ecology Camp Ecology, an educational summer day camp for kids in Aspen Colorado.
Celebration Shop Celebration Shop, Inc. is a Texas-based 501 (c)(3) nonprofit organization which provides healing experiences for the special needs of children of all ages through performing arts and media.
Character Education Partnership The Character Education Partnership (CEP) is a nonpartisan coalition of organizations and individuals dedicated to developing moral character and civic virtue in our nation's youth as one means of creating a more compassionate and responsible society.
Child Development Centre of Oakville The Child Development Centre of Oakville is a private, multidisciplinary centre which services families and their children with diverse communication and/or learning difficulties.
Child Trauma Parent information and links on child and adolescent trauma and loss, including general information, how to figure out if you should be concerned, and what to do about it.
Children's Therapeutic Learning Center Children's TLC provides therapeutic and educational intervention through a team approach for children with disabilities from birth through eight years of age. Family centered services are utilized to increase each child's functional abilities and prepare the child for a successful transition into the school environment.
Christian Caregivers Christian support network for the caregiver, family members, and friends who are struggling to cope with the stresses of caring for a chronically ill loved one.
CityKids Foundation The CityKids mission is to find a cure for diabetes and its complications through the support of research.
Coordinated Campaign for Learning Disabilities These organizations work together to make people aware of learning disabilities, share information with parents and promote the need for early detection and intervention.
Disability World Disability World - Huge number of links covering all disability issues
DisAbility.gov disAbility.gov's mission is to bring information on Federal programs, services, and resources to Americans with disabilities, their families, employers, and service providers.
Division for Learning Disabilities The mission of the Division for Learning Disabilities of the Council for Exceptional Children (DLD/CEC) is to improve the education and life success of individuals with learning disabilities.
Do2Learn A web site providing learning activities to promote independence in children and adults with special learning needs.
Dyslexia Teacher Information and resources for both specialist and general teachers of dyslexic children.
ERIC Clearinghouse on Disabilities and Gifted Education ERIC EC gathers and disseminates the professional literature, information, and resources on the education and development of individuals who have disabilities and/or who are gifted.
Exceptional Parent Library Books, videos, and software for parents, professionals, educators, children and siblings in more almost 50 special need areas of interest. Information you need: references, practical guidance, coping and caring.
Extra Language Resources eLr has on-line over 3,315 interactive therapy activities covering more than 525 separate speech, language and literacy targets. These materials are designed to assist with the remediation of a wide range of speech and language disorders such as phonological impairment, apraxia, aphasia and reading and spelling problems.
Extra Lesson The Extra Lesson( intervention program is based on the paradigm that learning difficulties are related to developmental difficulties in the first seven year phase of the student's overall development, learning and early experiences.
Failure Free Reading The Last Reading Program You'll Ever Need for your LOWEST LITERACY students.
Hathaway Children and Family Services The mission of Hathaway Children and Family Services is to provide a continuum of quality services that enrich the lives and promote the healthy development of vulnerable and troubled children and families through community programs, special education and residential treatment.
HEATH Resource Center The HEATH Resource Center of the American Council on Education is the national clearinghouse on postsecondary education for individuals with disabilities.
Honeypot Honeypot is a young and dynamic charity, dedicated to improving the quality of life for severely disadvantaged young children living in Britain. Honeypot provides outings and respite holidays at the Honeypot House in the New Forest, Hampshire and ongoing support to children in their own environments with the Honeypot Club.
Ideal Lives Project Providing innovative practical ideas through biweekly columns and electronic books as well as customized consultation and research services for people who care about someone with a disability.
Institute on Community Integration ICI conducts research, training, technical assistance, and dissemination to improve the lives of persons with disabilities and their families.
Internet Special Education Resources Learning Strategies provides on-line tutoring to students in all subjects and all grades for students of special needs.
Learning Links Learning Links is an Australian charity and non-profit organisation assisting children who have difficulty learning. We work with families to provide a complete service for children in need. Our service brings together teachers, psychologists, speech pathologists, occupational therapists and family counsellors to work towards each individual child's goals.
Learning Strategies, Inc. Learning Strategies Inc., tutors and mentors hundreds of students, who range from pre-K to post-graduate levels. We tutor attention deficit disorder and other special needs students, as well as academic scholarship students - all with amazing successful results.
Live Work Play LiveWorkPlay (LWP) is a grassroots charitable organization working in partnership with care providers and the community, empowering young people with developmental disabilities to live as included and contributing members of Canadian society.
Make A Child Smile Here, kids with life threatening illnesses are featured monthly. If you can afford a small gift that would be wonderful!
Marazon System The Marazon Systems are developmentally appropriate planning and assessment systems designed for a variety of educational settings for children of all ages. The Systems provide parents and professionals with just the right tools to support and challenge children's growth, development and learning. The Marazon System is focused on describing and celebrating children's assets as opposed to traditional approaches to education, which attempt to "fix children's perceived deficits
Mental Health Aspects of Developmental Disabilities Mental Health Aspects of Developmental Disabilities (MH/DD) is the first and only journal exclusively devoted to the mental health needs of persons with mental retardation and developmental disabilities.
Natural Learning Provides specialized training, keynote addresses, and make-it/take-it sessions for literacy development
New Way Academy Teaching Kids with Learning Difficulties and Disabilities, Attention Defecit Disorder.
ORHS LD/ADHD Parent, Student, & Community Group An outreach resource to provide help, support, and information on learning disabilities, ADHD, Section 504, special education, and more for parents, students, teachers, and community.
Parenting Bipolar Children Information for parents and care givers of children with bipolar and other related emotional and behavioral disorders.
Parents Active for Vision Education Parents Active for Vision Education (P.A.V.E.) is a national non-profit education, resource and support organization whose mission is to raise public awareness of the crucial relationship between vision and achievement.
Partnerships for Inclusion Partnerships for Inclusion (PFI) is a North Carolina technical assistance project that pomotes the inclusion of young children with disabilities, birth through 5 years, and their families in all aspects of community life. PFI services include consultation to improve program quality and to promote children's smooth transitions among programs, training, assistance with strategic planning and program evaulation, and a magazine that highlights issues and programs in early childhood inclusion. PFI is part of the Frank Porter Graham Child Development Center at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
PlaySteps Children with special needs often require extra help to learn to play with toys. The new PlaySteps books teach constructive play, step by step and are recommended for children 3-8 years old.
Polyxo.com Polyxo.com focuses on teaching children with autism and related developmental disorders. Polyxo.com encompasses a variety of instructional techniques and philosophies, and provides useful and quickly applicable information for parents and professionals alike.
Recipes For Learning RECIPES FOR LEARNING is dedicated to all children who have difficulty learning in the classroom. It is a collection of easy to use learning strategies, written as Recipes, in an easily arranged cookbook.
School Finders -- find the right school and program for your child School Finders helps find the right school for your child almost anywhere in the world -- whether he/she has special needs, is gifted, bored, or is just moving from one place to another. School Finders also helps parents arrange home schooling, acts as a special needs advocate, prepare your kids for college, and guides them through the college application process. We also furnish expert witness tetimony for legal cases where such testimony is needed.
Speaking to Write Explores the use of speech recognition software for writing by secondary students with disabilities.
Special Education Advocacy Welcome to the ALLIANCE - your personal resource to resolving Special Education and 'children at risk' issues. This site has been created to help you understand and navigate through the Special Education System by providing an individualized discussion process and several articles and sites related to Special Education.
Special Education Advocacy and IEPs in San Diego Helping parents in San Diego get access to Special Education services for their kids: IEPs, tutoring, classroom aides, accommodations, testing modifications, private school, and more.
Special Education Needs Legal Services Special Education Needs Legal Services specialises in education law and special educational needs. We provide a service throughout England and Wales offering advice, help and representation on all aspects of education law, including special educational needs (assessment, statementing, placement, SEN tribunals), admissions, inclusion / exclusions, school refusals, bullying and home tuition.
Special Education Network Welcome to the Special Education Network, a website dedicated to providing information and resources on the Education of Children with Special Needs.
Special Education News Special Education News answers a need for in-depth, timely news related to educating students with disabilities.
Special Education Resources on the Internet Special Education Resources on the Internet (SERI) is a collection of Internet accessible information resources of interest to those involved in the fields related to Special Education.
Special Education Subject Center Welcome to the Education World Special Education Subject Center. Here, you will find information and tools, from Education World and other valuable sources, chosen specifically for the special education community.
Sped Onlin Your one stop special education resource page offering links, resources, lesson plans and everything else having to do with special education.
SpEdEx We welcome you to the Special Education Exchange, or SpEdEx, as it is more commonly known.
Tomorrows Children's Fund Tomorrows Children's Fund is a non-profit organization that is privately funded. Our goal is to ease the pain and suffering of children with cancer and serious blood disorders.
Troubled Kids of the Carolina Welcome to the Troubled Kids of the Carolinas web site. Are you the parent or caregiver to a child who has behavior disorders? Do you sometimes feel like you are swimming in alphabet soup? If so, this web site is for you.
Uniquely Gifted Internet resources for families and professionals working with gifted/special needs children. Includes information on specific special needs, online support groups, special ed law, and advocacy.
United Cerebral Palsy of New York City CP/NYC is the leading nonprofit agency in New York City providing direct services, technology, and advocacy to people withcerebral palsy and their families.
Wediko Children Services Wediko is a non-profit agency with 65 years of experience dedicated to children whose learning, social development and self-direction is lagging.
Wholistic Learning Therapies This site contains ideas from a special education teacher on educational issues, behavior management, and wholistic therapies for children with learning and behavior disorders.
A Special Education Legal Primer for Parents Well-written advice for parents dealing with the special education system. The site contains definitions of common terms, suggestions and advice, and lists of resources and special education advocates.
Commonwealth Learning Center Massachusetts learning and tutoring center in Boston area for children and adults. Special needs, ADD and ADD/ADHD and gifted tutoring availalbe as well
(C)APD and LD Links To provide information, help, and support for sufferers of Invisible Disabilities, and their families. (Especially (C)APD ). The main aim of the site is to provide information to my sons Teachers to help them understand my sons Invisible Disability, and how it relates to, and is different from other Invisible Disabilities
AEG - Aspen Education Group Therapeutic Camps, Education, and Services for Youth with Special Needs, ADD, ADHD, Drug Addictions, ODD, Behavior Problems, Troubled Teens.
Banyan School Banyan School's mission is to educate elementary and middle school students with learning disabilities by identifying individual strengths and abilities, continuously monitoring individual progress, and adapting the curriculum to meet the student’s changing educational needs.
Berkshire Hills Music Academy Berkshire Hills Music Academy is a private post-secondary school for young adults (18+) with strong musical aptitude who have special educational needs due to learning, cognitive, or developmental disabilities. In a two-year certificate program, the Academy offers students an integrated curriculum of academic, practical, pre-vocational, and musical studies designed to facilitate their transition to productive adulthood with a high quality of life.
Bridge School The Bridge School is an educational program dedicated to ensuring that children with severe speech and physical impairments achieve full participation in their communities through the use of augmentative & alternative means of communication (AAC) and assistive technology (AT) applications. Bridge School has established an outreach program to share what is developed at the school with parents, professionals and users of AAC/AT across the world. We invite you to explore this site to learn more about who we are, what we believe and ways that you can either benefit from or contribute to the ongoing programs, projects and activities that move all people closer to a life without barriers to expression and communication.
Does Your Child Have a Hidden Disability? 'invisible' disabilities are often the hardest of all for parents and children. When does a parent know when and where to look for help?
Jewish Events & Resources Special Needs Kulanu K'echad Kulanu K'echad is a joint collaboration between JBBBSL, JCC, Center for Jewish Education, Jewish Vocational Service and Jewish Family Services, provides a variety of services for children with special needs and their families. Jewish Community Center (JCC) The JCC offers numerous programs for children with special needs and their families, including Sunday Funday programs featuring crafts and sports activities, the Mitchell David Special Needs Maccabi Games and an inclusion program at Camp Milldale. There are also a wide variety of clubs and activities for adults with special needs, including a Shabbat program for young adults with disabilities, and a weekly social group for adults with developmental disabilities. Center for Jewish Education (CJE) CJE sponsors Gesher LaTorah, a special education program for children with a variety of learning needs and provides consultation and in-school workshops to assist teachers and principals to successfully mainstream children with learning difficulties.
KKID - Quality improvement programmes KKID organization offers Quality improvement, Professional education and Staff development by conducting various training programmes. KKID organize the quality improvement training programmes for NGO's staff and professional education development, India
Reading Games to Print and Play This game offers printable reading games that engage the emerging reader in fun learning experiences.
Special Education Law in Pennsylvania Attorney and advocate, Ilene Young, offers experienced representation to parents of children with special needs throughout Pennsylvania, including: Special education matters from early intervention through higher education accomodations -IEP compensatory education claims; Gifted education; Special needs issues in custody and support cases; Children and Youth agency matters; School discipline.
Special Needs Program Gilbert Parks and Recreation offers a wide variety of programs and special events for people with special needs. Activities include karaoke sign-a-longs, dances, movie nights, cheerleading programs, Special Olympic programs and more!
Sports for Special Needs Kids Competitive sports teams in your community may be a bad fit for your child with special needs, but there are organizations with programs that will welcome him or her. Here's how to find them.
Team Sports for Children with Special Needs Every child wants to belong to a group. And most kids want to play team sports. Not only is it just fun, but they also love to fit in: to wear a uniform, to have a position, to simply fit it. And this goes for kids with handicaps, disabilities, and delays. The world of team sports for children and adults with disabilities is growing, but it can still be hard to find. This page is dedicated to helping those kids find teams to join. This is a collection of links, sites, and information assembled by me, Pete Gaughan. This sprang from trying to find opportunities for my daughter. It isn't a professional or full-time effort; it's just one guy trying to keep track of it all.
The Special Needs Network Special Olympics Illinois has a long history of working with the founders of The Special Needs Network and is pleased to sponsor this initiative as it can help enhance the lives of Special Olympic Athletes. Special Olympics Illinois provides year round sports training and competition in a variety of Olympic-type sports for children (ages 8 years and older) and adults with mental retardation or closely related developmental disabilities. These provide continuing opportunities to develop physical fitness, demonstrate courage, experience joy and participate in a sharing of gifts, skills and friendship with their families, other athletes and the community. More than 19,000 athletes participate in 19 individual and team sports which have a dramatic impact on their lives. A study conducted by researchers at Yale University confirms that athletes participating in Special Olympics develop better social skills enabling them to more fully function in their home, school, job and community. Special Olympics athletes trul