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Learning Disabilities Website Links
General Sites
The Council for Exceptional
Children
http://www.cec.sped.org/
This is the largest international professional organization dedicated
to improving educational outcomes for individuals with exceptionalities,
students with disabilities and/or gifted. CEC advocates for appropriate
governmental policies, sets professional standards, provides continual
professional development, advocates for newly and historically underserved
individuals with exceptionalities, and helps professionals obtain
conditions and resources necessary for effective professional practice.
Information on professional development training and events, membership,
publications and products, professional standards, public policy
and advocacy, legislative action, and discussion forums are included
here.
The Council for Disability
Rights
http://www.disabilityrights.org/
This advocacy organication seeks to advance the rights of people
with disabilities. This site features a search engine, news, practical
information and a Parent Guide to Special Ed/Special Needs.
Council of Educators for Students
with Disabilities
Provides info and training to assist educators in complying with
federal laws protecting students with disabilities.
http://www.504idea.org/
Eric Clearinghouse on Disabilities
and Gifted Education
http://www.ericec.org/
Nationwide info network sponsored by the National Library of Education
(NLE), the Office of Educational Research and Improvement (OERI),
and U.S. Department of Education.
Federation for Children
with Special Needs - Massachusetts
http://www.iser.com/FCSN.html
Website for this organization that provides information, support,
and assistance to parents of children with disabilities, their professional
partners, and their communities. Lots of Parent Training information
and early intervention.
IDEA 97
- Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services
http://www.ed.gov/offices/OSERS/Policy/IDEA/
The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act Amendments of 1997
were signed into law on June 4, 1997.
This Act strengthens academic expectations and accountability for
the nation's 5.8 million children with disabilities and bridges
the gap that has too often existed between what children with disabilities
learn and what is required in regular curriculum. Site features:
legal and general information, articles, letters IDEA 97 updates,
training, and regulations.
IDEA Practices
http://www.ideapractices.org/
The IDEA Partnerships, working together for five years, inform professionals,
families and the public about IDEA '97 and strategies to improve
educational results for children and youth with disabilities.and
keeps parents informed regarding the latest news about IDEA. Brought
to you by ILIAD & ASPIRE, this site features news, IDEA laws
and regulations, law and policy resources, litigation log, related
laws, a wide range of IDEA topics and professional development resources.
The International Center of Disability
Resources in the Internet
http://www.icdri.org/
The Center collects and presents best practices in areas related
to disability and accessibility issues and provides a directory
of internet resources on these issues.
Justice for All Email Network
http://www.jfanow.org/
This site works to advance disability rights and programs through
involvement with national state organizations.
Learning
Disabilities
http://www.ncjfcj.unr.edu/homepage/today/Links_LD.htm
A list of useful informational and organiational sites compiled
by the National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges.
Massachusetts
Rehabilitation Commission
http://www.state.ma.us/mrc/vr/resources.htm#anchor260172
Good directory of resources geared specifically to residents of
Massachusetts. This site is maintained by the State of Massachusetts.
National Information
Center for Children and Youth with Disabilities (NICHY)
http://www.nichcy.org/index.html
Searchable database and guides to services and resources organized
by State.
Schwab Learning
http://www.schwablearning.org/index.asp
This site is designed exclusively for parents of kids with learning
differences and was created by the Schwab Foundation. Featured here
are links to free publications, newsletters, community resource
contacts, and numerous other sites. Profiles of successful people
with ADD/HD are also featured.
Special Education Non-profit
Resources
http://www.iser.com/nps.html
Links to national sites.
Specific
Learning Disabilities
http://wildcat.gocats.org/~pdiamond/learningdisabilities.html
Brief description of various disability categories and links to
organizations and information. This site was created by a teacher
and is concerned primarily with learning disabilities and children.
University of
Massachusetts at Lowell - Disability Website Links
http://atp.caeds.eng.uml.edu/Links.html
Links to hundreds of information, organization, resource, and research
links.
ADD/ADHD
ADD Action Group
http://www.addgroup.org/
N nonprofit organization that helps people find alternative solutions
for : Attention Deficit Disorder, Learning Differences, Dyslexia
and Autism.
Attention Deficit Disorder Association
(ADDA)
http://www.addgroup.org/
This site is packed with articles, personal stories, interviews
with AD/HD professionals, book reviews, and links to other AD/HD-related
sites.
ADD Resource.com
http://www.addresource.com/
A searchable gateway to hundreds of Web sites and online resources
for Attention Deficit Disorders and other learning disabilities,
including Tourette Syndrome..
ADD/ADHD
Links
http://user.cybrzn.com/~kenyonck/add/Links/
While a commercial cite, this site put together by lawyer Chas Kenyon,
offers many valuable ADD and ADHD links to information, news, resources,
parenting, and more.
Children and Adults with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity
Disorder (CHADD)
http://www.chadd.org/
Website for this twenty-thousand member organization formed to better
the lives of individuals with attention deficit disorders and their
families. Links to resources.
Directory
of ADD Websites - Yahoo
http://dir.yahoo.com/Health/Diseases_and_Conditions/Attention_Deficit_Disorder__ADD_/
A very complete list updated frequently.
Medline:
ADHD
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/attentiondeficitdisorderwithhyperactivity.html
A complete listing of research, scholarly and information sites
related to ADD/ADHD provided by the U.S.. National Library of Medicine
and the National Institutes of Health. Many links are provided to
information including recent research, treatment, diagnosis of children
and adults, alternative treatment, organizations, statistics and
legal issues.
Communication
Disorders
Communications Disorders
Links
http://library.cmsu.edu/paa/cb.htm
This site hosts hundreds of links organized by disorder and reviewed
and posted by the James C. Kirkpatrick Library at the University
of Southern Missouri.
NET
CONNECTIONS FOR COMMUNICATION DISORDERS AND SCIENCES
http://www.mankato.msus.edu/dept/comdis/kuster2/welcome.html
This site includes links and information on communication disorders,
communicative disorders, speech science, speech therapy, speech
pathology, audiology, and hearing impairments. It is intended for
professionals and students in the fields of speech-language pathology,
audiology, speech science, persons with communication disabilities
or differences and their support persons.
Dyslexia
The Center
for the Study of Dyslexia at Nicholls State University
http://www.nicholls.edu/dyslexia/default.htm
An interesting site for educators who are considering creating or
expanding programs at their own institution. This Center serves
college students attending Nicholls State University, and offers
a comprehensive psycho-educational assessment to identify dyslexia
and related disorders.
The
International Dyslexia Association Web site
The International Dyslexia Association (IDA) is a non-profit organization
dedicated to helping individuals with dyslexia, their families and
the communities that support them. Included here is information
on dyslexia, international conferences, research and branch events.
This site can be read in both English and Spanish.
Dysphasia
Dysphasia
http://www.tyquin.com.au/InfoPages/dysphasiatheloss.html
General information page on dysphasia.
Neurol Aphasia
http://www.emedicine.com/neuro/topic437.htm
Recent informational article outlining the history of diagnosis,
symptons, and treatment of this disorder. Includes thorough bibliography
of articles, many from Medline.
Dyspraxia
Apraxia Kids
http://www.apraxia-kids.org/
This site provides advice, event information, articles, research
and resources.
Childhood Apraxia of Speech Association
of North America
http://www.apraxia.org/
This site provides information and education to parents, professionals,
and the public regarding childhood apraxia of speech, its diagnosis,
treatment, and impact on children and their families.
Dyspraxia:
Developmental Verbal Dyspraxia or Apraxia of Speech
http://www.tayloredmktg.com/dyspraxia/das.shtml
Reprinted article bout this neurologically based speech disorder
by Ann S. Guild,MACCC/SLP with some additions Tracy Vail, MSCCC/SLP
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Dyspraxia Foundation
http://www.dyspraxiafoundation.org.uk/
Definition, recent research and
Gifted and Learning
Disabled
Gifted
and Learning Disabled: Twice Exceptional Students
http://www.sp.uconn.edu/~nrcgt/news/spring98/sprng984.html
Article from by Dawn Beckley, University of Connecticut Storrs,
CT
Gifted
but Learning Disabled: A Puzzling Paradox. ERIC Digest #E479.
http://www.ericfacility.net/ericdigests/ed321484.html
ERIC document available free.
Gifted
Children with Learning Disabilities
http://www.ldonline.org/ld_indepth/gt_ld/jld_gtld.html
This site explores the current practices with regard to defining,
identifying, and educating this population.
Organizations
Yahoo
Directory of Organizations
http://dir.yahoo.com/Society_and_Culture/Disabilities/Specific_Disabilities/Learning_Disabilities/Organizations/
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