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What Teachers Need to Know About Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
NOFAS works to eliminate birth defects caused by alcohol use during pregnancy, and also to improve the lives of those with Fetal Alcohol Syndrome. This site has plenty of information for teachers, families, and health care professionals.
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National Down Syndrome Society
The National Down's Syndrome Society provides detailed information about Down Syndrome, including diagnosis, specific health issues, development information, education, and life planning issues.
Center for Parent Information and Resources
Nichcy: Traumatic Brain Injury
This resource provides information about traumatic brain injuries, and how to receive help if needed.
Department of Defense
Do Dea: Web Design: Module 2: Web Authoring / Intro to Html
In Module 2 of this course on web design, students learn how to begin creating a web page using a text editor, how to use tags and attributes, how to format text, and how to use lists. The last section covers accessibility issues and how...
Center for Parent Information and Resources
Nichcy: Traumatic Brain Injury
This resource provides information about traumatic brain injuries, and how to receive help if needed.
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: Overcoming Obstacles
When faced with a bump in the road, sometimes we forget we have a choice: overcome the obstacle or let it overcome you. Steven Claunch, who was born without fingers on his right hand and with one leg shorter than the other and has...
University of Oxford (UK)
American National Biography: Elizabeth Cady Stanton
This site provides a detailed biography of Elizabeth Cady Stanton, woman suffragist and writer of the 1800s.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Helen Keller: Author, Advocate, and Activist
Through two activities and a short biographical video, students will understand Helen Keller's accomplishments.
AdLit
Ad lit.org: My Son's Disability, and My Own Inability to See It
This is a cautionary tale, not just for people who have no real idea of what a learning disability is and probably suspect the whole thing is an overindulgent scam, but also for any parent of a child struggling mightily through school.
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Ad lit.org: Using Assistive Technology to Support Writing
Technology-and especially the subset of technology tools known as assistive technology-can be an effective element of the writing curriculum for students with disabilities. Assistive technology (AT) can be defined as a technology that...
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Schwab Learning: Learning Difficulties
Primarily a parent's guide to helping kids with learning difficulties which also offers resources helpful to teachers.
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Teachers First: Special Education
This site provides teachers and other education professionals with information and resources about teaching students with disabilities. Some links are about good teaching practices while other provide information about specific...
Reading Rockets
Reading Rockets: Launching Young Readers: Episode 9: A Chance to Read
For generations, too many people assumed that children with disabilities couldn't learn to read - so they never gave them a chance. Hosted by Molly Ringwald, "A Chance to Read" looks at the reading challenges facing kids with...
Curated OER
Act of Reading
What types of reading skills do students need to be successful? This informative site focuses on students with learning disabilities. Explore!
Capital Community College Foundation
Guide to Grammar and Writing: Using Unbiased Language
Gives guidelines to sensitive language by presenting preferred substitute words or phrases for potentially offensive ones. Covers sexism, race, age, sexual orientation, disabilities, and language that patronizes, demeans, excludes or...
AdLit
Ad lit.org: Dropout Risk Factors and Exemplary Programs
Dropout decisions may involve up to 25 significant factors, ranging from parenthood to learning disabilities. The most effective interventions address the various factors and employ multiple strategies, including personal asset building,...
AdLit
Ad lit.org: Communication Strategies for All Classrooms: Focusing on Ell
Concrete suggestions for teachers who want to communicate well with all of their students, especially English language learners and students with learning disabilities.
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Ad lit.org: Understanding Assessment Options for Idea Eligible Students
The No Child Left Behind law requires each school test students in Reading/Language Arts & Math each year in grades 3-8, and at least once more in grades 10-12. In some cases, children eligible for Individuals with Disabilities...
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Ad lit.org: No Child Left Behind: Options for Idea Eligible Students
If a Title I school repeatedly underperforms, federal law provides opportunities for students to change schools or obtain additional instructional support. This parent advocacy brief looks at the information parents of students with...
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Ad lit.org: No Child Left Behind: Determining Assessment Accommodations
Assessment accommodations help people with learning disabilities display their skills accurately on examinations. Teachers, learn how to test the true knowledge of your students. Don't test their ability to write quickly if you want to...
AdLit
Ad lit.org: Academic Rigor: At the Heart of College Access and Success
Low-income and minority students, students with disabilities, and those who are the first in their families to go to college, are often unprepared for and discouraged from taking rigorous academic courses in high school. It is therefore...
AdLit
Ad lit.org: Captioned Media: Literacy Support for Diverse Learners
Captioned or subtitled media is a great tool for teachers looking to differentiate classroom instruction - research has shown that ELLs, students with learning disabilities, and students who struggle academically may all benefit from...
AdLit
Ad lit.org: Adolescent Literacy: What's Technology Got to Do With It?
Learn how technology tools can support struggling students and those with learning disabilities to acquire background knowledge and vocabulary, improve their reading comprehension, and increase their motivation for learning.
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Project Ideal: The Special Education Referral Process
This resource provides an overview to the "Special Education Process" so that the learner may understand the global procedures for providing a student with disabilities a free and appropriate education.
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