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The worldwide web is a great place to get information and support. The following are some of our favorite web sites:
Learning Disabilities Web Sites
LDA of America www.ldaamerica.org
LDA of OregonState www.ldaor.org
LDA of CaliforniaState www.ldaca.org
LDA Recommended Web Sites
All Kind of Minds www.allkindsofminds.org
Coordinated Campaign for Learning Disabilities www.aboutld.org
Council for Exceptional Children – Division for LearningDisabilities www.dldcec.org
Council for Learning Disabilities www.cldinternational.org
Hello Friend: The Ennis William Cosby Foundation www.hellofriend.org
International Dyslexia Association www.interdys.org
Great Schools (was the Schwab Foundation for Learning) www.greatschools.org
Learning Disabilities Council www.ldcouncil.org
LD OnLine www.ldonline.org
LD Worldwideis a multi-lingual website for everyone, including non-English speakers. A site for parents, individuals with LD, educators, researchers and clinicians with the most current information on LD, ADHD, Dyslexia, reading difficulties and more www.ldworldwide.org
Living with LD, a special site for teens and adults with LD www.livingwithLD.org
Misunderstood Minds www.pbs.org/wgbh/misunderstoodminds
National Association for the Education of African American Children with LearningDisabilities www.charityadvantage.com/aacld/HomePage.asp
NationalCenter on Learning Disabilities (NCLD) www.ncld.org
NationalInformationCenter for Children and Youth with Disabilities (NICHCY) www.nichcy.org
National Institutes of Mental Health www.nimh.nih.gov/publicat/learndis.htm
News and Insights about Learning Disabilities from NCLD www.LD.org
Nonverbal Learning Disabilities www.nlda.org
Parents of Gifted/Learning Disabled Children www.geocities.com/Athens/1105/gtld
SensoryProcessingDisorderResourceCenter www.sensory-processing-disorder.com
Smart Kids with LD www.smartkidswithld.org
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
ADDA - National Attention Deficit DisorderAssociation www.add.org
ADD information, links to other sites and chat area www.add.about.com
ADDvance OnLine resource for families www.addvance.com
ADD Resources,newsletter from ADD Adult Support Group www.addresources.org
AD/HD News, lots of updated information www.adhdnews.com
ADHD Web Site www.ADHDSupport.com
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder – National Institute of Mental Health
Born to explore, a site that emphasizes the positives of ADD www.borntoexplore.org
CH.A.D.D. (Children & Adults with ADD) www.chadd.org
Attention Research Update on ADD from Duke University www.helpforadd.com
My ADHD, helps parents, teachers, & health care professionals collaborate to promote children’s success www.myADHD.com
National Resource Center on AD/HD provides science-based information on AD/HD,operated byCH.A.D.D. www.help4adhd.org
Living with ADD support forum www.livingwithadd.com/forum
Parent and Student Information Web Sites
Academic Information on-line education resource center with extensive subject guides and distance learning. Free accurate information and resources for prospective and current students (and other researchers) www.academicinfo.net
ADHD at School: use this comprehensive online guide from ADDitude magazine to help your child set up classroom accommodations, build strong study skills, and learn better time-management. To view the full contents of the guide go to www.additudemag.com/RCLP/sub/4163.html
All Kinds of Minds parent tool kit www.allkindsofminds.org/ptk/index.aspx
American Council on Education www.gedtest.org for GED information
Books without Barries www.bookshale.org accessible books, magazines and periodicals are free for all US students with qualifying disabilities
PBS Kids,get wild about reading with stories, games and songs for kids http://pbskids.org
Center for the Improvement of Student Learning clearinghouse for education research, promisingpractices andsuccess stories from around the state www.yourlearningcenter.org
Child Development Institute http://childdevelopmentinfo.com/index.htm
Families Together http://familiestogether.org/
Providing families with resources and supports that build and maintain strong, healthy, informed, and actively involved family members who can work together to improve the life-long outcomes for their child or their sibling with a disability
FAPE – Helping parents/advocates improve educational results for children with disabilities www.fape.org
Grammar Sucks www.grammarsucks.com
Page Ahead Page Ahead helps children realize their potential by providing them with the inspiration to read http://www.pageahead.org
IDEA Parent Guide – a parent’s guide to the Individuals with Disabilities Act (IDEA) so you can become an informed and effective partner with the school in supporting your child’s special learning and behavioral needs – www.ld.org/IDEAguide
IEP & 504 Plans Legal Resources Seattle Area resourcesforSeattle-area kids withLDwww.developmentalweb.com/IEPs_and_504_Plans.htm
504 Information www.504student.com
IRS and Taxes, educational program for students to understand taxes www.irs.gov (click on “Individuals” then “Students” then “Understanding Taxes”
K-12 Academics www.k12academics.com
Kids Read, site for kids to find their favorite books, series and authors, reviews, trivia games, contests, and word search www.kidsreads.com
Math and Reading help for kids www.math-and-reading-help-for-kids.org
National Center for Learning Disabilities (NCLD) promotes public awareness and understanding of children and adults with learning disabilities www.ncld.org
National Center for Learning Disabilities IDEA Parent Guide provides information to help ensure your child’s rightful education www.ncld.org/content/view/900/456084
Partnership for Learning is a statewide nonprofit that informs and mobilizes parents, educators and the community to improve our public schools www.partnership4learning.org
Program for screening preschoolers before they enter Kindergarten to determine whether they have the early literacy skills they need to become readers www.getreadytoread.org
Recording for the Blind and Dyslexic (RFB&D) National resource for getting school books recorded on tape www.rfbd.org/membership.htm
Recording for the Blind and Dyslexic is now giving away, to persons with qualified learning or print disabilities, free individual memberships to download audio books. With this membership students will not receive RFB&D titles in the mail, just free internet downloads. www.rfbd.org/promotions.htm
RTI Action Network features informational resources as well as opportunities to interact with top researchers and colleagues. Implementation of RTI from preschool to secondary programs with information for administrators, teachers, specialists, and families www.RTINetwork.org
RTICenter (National Center on Responses to Intervention) is a source of knowledge, expertise, and research for administrators, educators and parents www.rti4sucess.org
RTI (Responsiveness to Intervention) explains the process of assessment and intervention for student progress in Elementary School www.nrcld.org
RTI for Washington State description of Washington State’s Response to Intervention policy www.k12.wa.us/specialEd/RTI.aspx
Seattle Public Library www.spl.org
Through the Looking Glass provides the “National Center for Parents with Disabilities and their Families”. The Center’s activities focus on priority issues facing parents with disabilities: custody and parental evaluations; family roles and personal assistance; intervention with parents. http://lookingglass.org/ncpd/index.php
Transition & Your Adolescent with Learning Disabilities. Moving from high school to postsecondary education training and employment provided by the National Research Center on Learning Disabilities www.nrcld.org
Washington Higher Education Coordinating Board administers state’s student financial aid programs and develops strategic master plan for higher education www.hecb.wa.gov/
Washington State Child Care Resource and Referral Network, help finding child care andmoney for child care www.childcarenet.org
Washington Talking Book and Braille Library for books on tape www.wtbbl.org
WASL Online Resource Center for Parents and Students, find out everything you need to know about the WASL www.wasl2006.org
Transition, Colleges, Universities, CareerSchools and Employment
Center for Change in Transition Services, from theUniversity of Washington http://depts.washington.edu/ccts
College Navigator can help students become better, more informed consumers when choosing a college. Sponsored by the US Department of Education www.nces.ed.gov/ipeds/cool
Colleges with Programs for LD students www.college-scholarships.com/learningdisabilities
Documentation for SAT and ACT the necessary documentation for student testing accommodations www.ets.org/disability
HeathResourceCenter – Information on transitioning to employment or college and other post secondary issues www.heath.gwu.edu
National Center for Fair & Open Testing leading admissions groups urge colleges to reconsidertesting requirements www.fairtest.org
Postsecondary Innovative Technology Transition Project (Post-ITT) – Helps students, schools, and families with transition from High School to College. http://www.postitt.org/
The National Center on Secondary Education and Transition , a transition planning resource for life after high school for students with disabilities www.myfuturemyplan.com
The National Collaborative on Workforce and Disability for Youth (NCWD/Youth) www.ncwd-youth.info
Your Employment Selections (YES) – is a job preference and career exploration program for youth and adults with disabilities. The program provides information about community jobs, increase choice making opportunities and assist transition planning www.yesjobsearch.com
Teacher Information Web Sites
Center for the Improvement of Student Learning clearinghouse for education research,promising practices andsuccess stories from around the state www.yourlearningcenter.org
Education Week on the Web www.edweek.org
ERIC Web site used by librarians, teachers, school administrators, students and parents. Unlimited access to more than 1.2 million bibliographic records of journal articles and other education-related materials www.eric.ed.gov
Find tips, lesson plans and units, activities, worksheets, songs and perms, and other resources for the first days and weeks of school from A to Z www.atozteacherstuff.com
IDEA Partnership Community good source of information for teachers and parents
Life Success for students with learning disabilities: A Teacher Guide from the Frostig Center www.ldsuccess.org/teacher_guide/index.html
Lesson Planet is a search engine for teachers that provides teacher-reviewed online resources including more than 150,000 online lesson plans and 75,000 online worksheets.
National Instructional Materials Accessibility Standards (NIMAS) when publishers create instructional materials that correspond to the NIMAS standard, these materials can easily be converted into accessible formats for students with disabilities. NIMAS will help to ensure that students with disabilities have access to high quality instructional materials, in appropriate accessible formats, at the same time as other students, visit http://nimas.cast.org/
National Secondary Transition Technical Assistance Center (NSTTAC) funded through 2010 by OSEP to assist States in building their capacity to support and improve transition planning services and outcomes for youth with disabilities – www.nsttac.org
Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory provides educators with top quality professional development, technical assistance and research services www.nwrel.org
Teaching LD,for teachers who work with LD students www.TeachingLD.org
Virtual Field Trip provides an alternative form of presenting information. Students can go on virtual field trips without leaving the classroom www.field-guides.com
Washington Alliance formed partnership of 12 school districts in the Puget Sound area dedicated to improve student performance and achievement through training for school personnel www.allianceforbetterschools.org
Washington Higher Education Coordinating Board administers state’s student financial aid programs and develops strategic master plan for higher education www.hecb.wa.gov/
Education, Special Education, Government and Advocacy Sites
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) Home Page www.ada.gov
Educational Service District (Puget Sound ESD) www.psesd.org
ERIC (EducationResourcesInformationCenter) www.eric.ed.gov
FAPE – The Families and Advocates Partnership for Education -project helpsfamilies and advocates improve educational results for children with disabilities www.fape.org
IDEA Regulations a one-stop shop for resources relating to IDEA and its regulations
Internet Special Education Resources www.iser.com
Job Accommodation Network (JAN) not a job placement service, but an international consulting service that provides information about job accommodations and the employability of people with disabilities. JAN is a free service that provides information on how to accommodate specific functional limitations, with database of more 16,000 specific accommodations www.jan.wvu.edu
Legislative email alerts and many other resources sponsored by the National Center for Learning Disabilities http://www.ncld.org/on-capitol-hill
NationalCenter to improve practice in SpecialEducation http://www2.edc.org/FSC/
OSPI (Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction in WA) to find Special Education Link and the Rules and Regulations for the State of Washington; scroll downtoState Regs/Federal, click on that and scroll down to State WAC 392-172 Information, open and find Rules and Regs. www.k12.wa.us
Office of Special Education & Rehabilitation Services www.ed.gov/offices/OSERS
PacerCenter champions for children with disabilities, information on Special Education issues www.pacer.org
Special Education information everything you want to know about Special Ed.
Supplemental Security Income (SSI) - Social Security On-line extra money for child’s medical care if the child hasadisability www.ssa.gov
The FederalResourceCenter for Special Education www.dssc.org/frc
The U.S. Department of Labor www.disability.gov offers information about programs and services to serve Americans with disabilities, their family members, employers, educators, and caregivers
Washington PAVE – Information and resources about Special Education, also providestraining for parents of children with Special Education issues www.washingtonpave.org
Washington PAVE/STOMP a national parent center serving military families and U.S. military installations www.stompproject.org
Washington Protection & Advocacy System Newsletter www.wpas-rights.org/
Wrightslaw (by Pete and Pam Wright) good advice on Special Education issues
Your Link to Congress www.congress.org
Environmental Health Issues
Children’s Environmental Health www.healthyschools.org
Children’s Health and Environmental Coalition (CHEC) www.checnet.org
Collaborative on Health & the Environment – Northwest (CHE-NW) www.chenw.org
United States Health and Human Services, Environmental Issues for kids www.dhhs.gov/Kids
‘Green Squad’ Website, lets kids investigate everyday health and environment hazards intheirschools www.nrdc.org/greensquad
Protecting your child , the toxic chemicals website www.healthycar.org
Clearinghouse on environmental toxins research and legislation on children’s products
Educational Software Reviews
Assistive Technology The mission of this organization is to provide access to information on assistive technology (AT) devices and services as well as other community resources for people with disabilities and the general public. www.assistivetech.net
Technology and Learning Magazine ,software reviews – databaseof more than 1300educational software reviews www.techlearning.com
Childrens Software Revue reviews - 3000 reviews of both educational andentertainment titles www.childrenssoftware.com
The Review Zone– a writer/parent has published numerous reviews of books, educationaland entertainment software www.thereviewzone.com
Assistive Technology
Inspiration Softwear a unique site provides students with a tool for brainstorming and outlining. Ordering information and an on-line trial are provided www.inspiration.com
Washington Assistive Technology Act Program (WATAP). Help in finding and using equipment to assist with academics or work www.watap.org
Assistive Technology in Education www.at-advocacy.phillynews.com
Literacy Sites
International Reading Association www.reading.org
Literacy-Source - offers free literacy services in the Fremont area for adults www.literacy-source.org
Literacy Organization is gateway to electronic resources and tools for international youth andadult literacy communities www.literacy.org
National Institute for Literacy - develops publications for families and educators of learners across the life span. www.nifl.gov/
Other Disabilities
American council for the Blind www.acb.org
American Association of People with Disabilities, the largest cross-disability membership organization for the disabled in the nation. www.aapd-dc.org
Apraxia of Speech sponsoredby the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorder (NIDCD) www.nidcd.nih.gov/health/voice/apraxia.htm
ASHA American Speech/Language/Hearing Association www.asha.org
Aspergers – www.autism-society.org
Attachment Disorders www.attachmentdisorder.net
Web community designed for individuals with Aspergers/Autism/ADD and other PDD’s
Autism Web Site for Spanish-Speaking Families www.manitasporautismo.com
Brain Injury Association www.biausa.org
Center for Development & Learning www.cdl.org
Child & Adolescent Bipolar Foundation www.cabf.org
Conduct Disorders www.conductdisorders.com
Down Syndrome www.ds-health.com
Facts for Families about Psychiatric Disorders Affecting Children & Adolescents www.aacap.org
Families for Early Autism Treatment www.feat.org
National Neurofibromatosis Foundation www.nf.org
SensoryProcessingDisorderResourceCenter www.sensory-processing-disorder.com
Tourette’s Syndrome Association www.tsa-usa.org
Free Tutorial on Searching the Web - If you can’t find what you need from our Web Site listing and you want to search the Internet but need some brushing up on your Web skills, this is the site for you. www.sc.edu/beaufort/library/pages/bones/bones.shtml
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