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General Special Education Resources

About.com Special Ed.
Allegro Foundation--A Champion for Children with Disabilities
ARC Home Page
Assistive Technologies/Learning Disabilities/Inclusion (20 links)
Accessibility Options--This site explains how to utilize the Sticky Keys and Mouse Keys.
Assistive Technology in Regular Education Classrooms
Audiblox develops a variety of learning skills, including concentration, perception, memory and logical thinking; effective in addressing difficulties in reading, spelling and writing.  It is effective for dyslexia, dysgraphia and other learning difficulties
Behavior Home Page
Bridges 4 Kids--The goal of bridges4kids is to provide as much timely, useful information as possible to both parents and professionals regarding children with special needs, disabilities, and those who are at-risk.
Disability Discussion Forum-- stories about awareness, rights, inspiration
disABILITY Information and Resources
Disabilities Resources - directory of Disabilities related websites.
Early Childhood Special Education
Ed Chapman's Speech and Developmental Delays Page
Education and Special Education Links
Family Education.com
Family Village
GetTheRightSchool.co.uk--focuses on getting your child into the school of your choice

ICDRI--central source for international resources for persons with disabilities
Marc Sheehan's Special Education Page
Misunderstood Minds--The site includes strategies for addressing various learning difficulties, tools for educators and parents, background on current issues surrounding the topic, resources to learn more, and information on the five children profiled in the documentary and their families. "Misunderstood Minds" airs Wednesday, March 27, 2002 at 9pm on PBS.
Mouse Keys--are primarily intended for people which have difficulties to move a real mouse. Hence this feature is part of the Accessibility set-up in the Control Panel.
National Association of Special Education Teachers (NASET).

No Child Left Behind--This site gives you updates on the no child left behind act involving Florida.
One Hand Typing and Keyboarding--and other resources for the student with one hand
PreSchool Zone--Resources for Early Childhood Special Education
Robertson County Special Services Cooperative
StickyKeys--is an accessibility feature designed for people who have difficulty holding down two or more keys at a time. When a shortcut requires a key combination such as CTRL+P, StickyKeys will enable you to press one key at a time instead of pressing them simultaneously. This procedure tells you how to turn on StickyKeys through Accessibility Options in Control Panel.
Students with Special Needs
SoothSayer Word Prediction--is a software program that can help you type faster and more accurately. It works in conjunction with other programs such as off-the-shelf word processors, web browsers, databases, spread sheets, etc.
Special Education Home Page
Special Education.org
Special Education Preschool Resources
Special Education Resource Area
Teacher Resources
The Functional Independence Skills Handbook--An assessment and full curriculum to assist people with special needs in gaining more functional independence. Domains of learning include adaptive behavior, affective abilities, cognitive skills, socialization, sensory motor, speech and vocational.
You Can Read!--a learn-to-read phonics program on videotapes. The program was written and produced by teachers and has been highly recommended by both parents and educators. It includes 12 easy-to-follow lessons on four videotapes and is accompanied by over 150 corresponding worksheets. "You Can Read!" is effective for the young child who is ready to read and for the older child or adult who has experienced some difficulty in reading.
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