41. 10. Special Education/Special Needs - Resources, Links, Lesson Plans, For SpecEd special ed/special Needs. VERY GOOD A ) (http//hometown.aol.com/bmavin/stein.htm)AVKO educational Research Foundation, specializing in dyslexia (http//www http://www.l2l4ed.com/10__special_ed_special_needs.htm

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42. WileyEurope :: How To Reach And Teach Children And Teens With Dyslexia: A Parent Socially, and Emotionally Cynthia M. Stowe, M.ed. and emotional needs of studentswho have dyslexia. special features include over 50 fullpage activity sheets http://www.wileyeurope.com/cda/product/0,,0130320188|desc|10653,00.html

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43. E-news Sample http//www.lrpdartnell.com/scstore and click on special education by providing appropriateaccommodations to a student with dyslexia. Bd., 33 IDELR ¶ 212 (ed La http://www.specialedconnection.com/SEC/newenews.html

Below is a sample e-news issue. Special Ed e-news are short e-mail newsletters giving you significant case decisions, important developments in the special education community, updates on LRP's new products and special savings offers. And best of all, you receive LRP Publications' Special Ed e-news - absolutely free. Take a moment to read the sample issue below. To sign-up for this FREE service, click here Special Education e-news No. 00-01 December 6, 2000 Provided by LRP Publications What's Working: Test Confidentiality No easy solutions for retaining, releasing testing materials HotLaw: Discipline Corporal punishment claim fails; 'basket hold' restraint does not 'shock the conscience' NOTE: If you have any trouble accessing the product links provided in e-news, go to http://www.lrpdartnell.com/scstore and click on special education. RECENT DECISIONS Section 504: Accommodations address student's dyslexia; IDEA services unnecessary The U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana held that a district complied with Section 504 and state law procedures by providing appropriate accommodations to a student with dyslexia. Grant ex rel. Grant v. St. James Parish Sch. Bd.

44. Go Phonics Multi-Sensory Kit With 48 Phonics Games Is Orton Gillingham Based (fo is ideal as a teacher resource, home school K2 curriculum, for remedial reading(dyslexia and language-based learning disabilities), special ed, tutoring, and http://www.gophonics.com/guide.html

Based on Orton Gillingham methodology (ideal for dyslexia), the Go Phonics Kit is comprehensive and teacher-developed. Whether you use it as a teacher resource, for remedial reading, or as a home school curriculum, Go Phonics provides any age beginning reader with a strong K-2 foundation. As a home school curriculum, Go Phonics uses a sequential building block approach for providing multi-sensory phonics instruction. The tools provide the support - 48 colorful phonics games that integrate with 5 workbooks and 59 decodable storybooks. To receive a full color brochure, lesson profile and scope for your home school curriculum, call 1-800-553-5950. Go Phonics is an Orton-Gillingham based program that is ideal for teaching remedial reading to children with dyslexia and language-based learning disabilities. With this remedial reading program skills are taught one step at a time in a multi-sensory, sequential, building block fashion-using fun integrated tools for practice and preparation. The game portion of this remedial reading program provides a fun way of teaching phonics by practicing word decoding with sounds that have been taught. Using this method both one-on-one and in the classroom has proven highly effective for teaching students with learning disabilities. For a free brochure, call us toll free at 1-800-553-5950. Go Phonics is an Orton-Gillingham based learn to read program that is ideal for teaching remedial reading to children with dyslexia and language-based learning disabilities. Dyslexia is the leading cause of reading failure and school dropouts in our nation. Reading failure caused by dyslexia is highly preventable through direct, explicit instruction in phonemic awareness. Designed for ANY AGE beginning reader, Go Phonics minimizes confusion for struggling readers and puts natural readers on the fast track. Skills are taught one step at a time in a multi-sensory, sequential, building block fashion-using fun integrated tools for practice and preparation. For a free brochure, call us toll free at 1-800-553-5950. Phonics is made easy with our learn to read program based on Orton-Gillingham and Slingerland methodology. The game portion of this learn to read program provides a fun way of teaching phonics by practicing word decoding with sounds that have been taught. Skills are taught one step at a time in a multi-sensory, sequential, building block fashion-using fun integrated tools for practice and preparation. Our learn to read program is comprehensive and teacher-developed and provides any age beginner with a strong K-2 foundation. For a free brochure, call us toll free at 1-800-553-5950. Based on Orton Gillingham methodology (ideal for dyslexia), the Go Phonics Kit is comprehensive and teacher-developed. Whether you use it as a teacher resource, for remedial reading, or as a home school curriculum, Go Phonics provides any age beginning reader with a strong K-2 foundation. As a home school curriculum, Go Phonics uses a sequential building block approach for providing multi-sensory phonics instruction. The tools provide the support - 48 colorful phonics games that integrate with 5 workbooks and 59 decodable storybooks. To receive a full color brochure, lesson profile and scope for your home school curriculum, call 1-800-553-5950. Go Phonics is an Orton-Gillingham based program that is ideal for teaching remedial reading to children with dyslexia and language-based learning disabilities. With this remedial reading program skills are taught one step at a time in a multi-sensory, sequential, building block fashion-using fun integrated tools for practice and preparation. The game portion of this remedial reading program provides a fun way of teaching phonics by practicing word decoding with sounds that have been taught. Using this method both one-on-one and in the classroom has proven highly effective for teaching students with learning disabilities. For a free brochure, call us toll free at 1-800-553-5950. Go Phonics is an Orton-Gillingham based learn to read program that is ideal for teaching remedial reading to children with dyslexia and language-based learning disabilities. Dyslexia is the leading cause of reading failure and school dropouts in our nation. Reading failure caused by dyslexia is highly preventable through direct, explicit instruction in phonemic awareness. Designed for ANY AGE beginning reader, Go Phonics minimizes confusion for struggling readers and puts natural readers on the fast track. Skills are taught one step at a time in a multi-sensory, sequential, building block fashion-using fun integrated tools for practice and preparation. For a free brochure, call us toll free at 1-800-553-5950. Phonics is made easy with our learn to read program based on Orton-Gillingham and Slingerland methodology. The game portion of this learn to read program provides a fun way of teaching phonics by practicing word decoding with sounds that have been taught. Skills are taught one step at a time in a multi-sensory, sequential, building block fashion-using fun integrated tools for practice and preparation. Our learn to read program is comprehensive and teacher-developed and provides any age beginner with a strong K-2 foundation. For a free brochure, call us toll free at 1-800-553-5950. ... Home

45. NALD - Links To Internet Resources - Educational Resources - Special Ed. edUCATIONAL RESOURCES special ed. The Deaf Resource Library; Deaf ResourcesList; Deaf World Web; DO-IT Program; dyslexia Archive - Specific Learning http://www.nald.ca/NETLINKS/resource/res14.htm

EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES - SPECIAL ED. About ASL Alberta Association of the Deaf Alberta Deaf Literacy Page American Sign Language Browser ... Next Page

46. Specialed.html special ed. IEPs According to Dr. Seuss ! General Information. The Division forLearning Disabilities. Learning Disabilities and special education. dyslexia. http://www.eaur.wnyric.org/website/specialed.html

47. LD OnLine - Bulletin Boards - Helping Helpers Liz Legere, 0121-03 1330. Re special ed major in CT new. Jenn, 01-26-03 1912. Alexa,01-16-03 0050. dyslexia new. Jennifer, 01-01-03 1452. Re dyslexia new. http://forums.weta.org/ldonline/phorum/list.php?f=18&collapse=0

48. Llandovery College - Dyslexia Unit special ed.(dyslexia), AMBDA, has dyslexic children of her own, is a very experienceddyslexia teacher and can offer parents a wide range of sources of advice http://www.llandoverycollege.com/Dyslexia.htm

Dyslexia Unit Head Of Department:- Mrs C. Hopkins Llandovery College welcomes children with moderate dyslexia. It offers an ideal environment for such children because it is small enough to offer a secure, family atmosphere. Teaching staff know all the children well and are therefore always aware of each individual child’s problems and needs. A wide range of extra-curricular activities allows children to develop confidence and social skills. In September 1992 a specialist unit was set up to give extra support to dyslexic children and since then the results achieved by these pupils has been very impressive. For instance in the summer of 1997 four dyslexic pupils achieved between them the following grades at GCSE level: 6 A*, 19 A, 13 B, 1 C. The Head of the Unit, Mrs Cheryl Hopkins, BA Hons, PGCE, Adv.Dip. Special Ed.(Dyslexia), AMBDA, has dyslexic children of her own, is a very experienced dyslexia teacher and can offer parents a wide range of sources of advice on problems associated with dyslexia, which is now known to affect up to 10% of the population, including some of the brightest children. Mrs Hopkins is assisted by Mrs Anne Owen, Cert. Ed. who has completed the dyslexia modules of the Advanced Diploma in Special Needs and who also has dyslexic children of her own. The Unit is an integral part of the school and aims to help all of its pupils to realise their potential as fully as possible in the following ways: Help with diagnosis, assessment and entry procedures. Mrs Hopkins is always glad to talk to parents about dyslexia and can give advice to parents who are considering psychological testing, measurement or statementing under the 1981 Education Act. Entry to the school in the case of dyslexia would be by informal interview and assessment by the unit, supported by an educational psychologist’s report. Names and addresses of educational psychologists can be provided by Mrs Hopkins. She is always glad to conduct a preliminary informal assessment.

49. Daily Pioneer - UWP Offers New DPI Certification For Special Ed Teachers UWP offers new DPI certification for special ed teachers. the three categories ofspecial needs specific disabililties such as dyslexia, emotional/behavior http://www.uwplatt.edu/news_temp/news_2002_10_09.html

Date: October 4, 2002 Contact: Rea Kirk, School of Education, 608-342-1131, kirkr@uwplatt.edu Prepared by: Colleen Schultz, Communications Specialist, 608- 342-1194, schultco@uwplatt.edu UWP offers new DPI certification for special ed teachers PLATTEVILLE-Special education teachers can now enroll at the University of Wisconsin-Platteville for certification in cross-cultural special education. About 50 teachers are enrolled this semester, according to Rea Kirk, UWP associate professor of education. The new program meets a critical need in southwest Wisconsin, said Kirk. "It means teachers who qualify for the cross-cultural certification can now teach all areas of disability, not just one." The program also saves hundreds of hours and miles for teachers who formerly had to drive to UW-La Crosse or UW-Whitewater to get the necessary training and education, she added. Kirk and adjunct faculty member Julie Phillips spearheaded the effort, getting Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction approval this year. "It's very important for us to have this in southwest Wisconsin," said Phillips. "We have small rural school districts which may have a limited number of students in areas of disabilities."

50. Welcome I became involved with the orthodox methods promoted by several dyslexia organizationsand . Our son was placed in specialed classes where his self esteem http://www.meadowbrook-education.com/welcome.htm

If page is hard to read, try changing background color here: Cream Blue Lavender Aqua Marine Pink Orange Olive Green Mint Green Gray White Table of Contents Home Welcome Dyslexia Other Challenges Successes! Program Overview ... Other Links Email Page Link to a Friend! Our journey to find the help to get our son out of Special Education. My husband and I struggled for several years trying to help our youngest son who had been diagnosed with dyslexia in the third grade. We read about many "helps" and tried several approaches to give our son reading and writing skills appropriate to his intelligence level. I became involved with the orthodox methods promoted by several dyslexia organizations and spent several years being trained to teach dyslexic children. These methods generally make use of strong phonics and multi-sensory approaches, which proved to be "band aids" that only covered over but never corrected the cause of his problems. Frustration . . . Our son was placed in "special-ed" classes where his self esteem plummeted and school lost any charm for him. He attended summer school in Seattle for two years at a special school for dyslexic children. During his fourth grade year he began an extensive program at a clinic dedicated to helping this type of child. Vision therapy, ADD bio-feedback, counseling sessions and individual tutoring were strongly emphasized. Still he struggled and was discouraged by having to be in special-ed classes where he never seemed to get the help he needed to be self-sufficient.

51. Private Schools Catching Up To Special Education it comes to special ed. By some estimates, as many as 20% of US children have someform of learning disorder, involving conditions such as dyslexia and autism. http://www.childrenfirstamerica.org/DailyNews/03Jan/0115032.htm

Private Schools Catching Up to Special Education Los Angeles Times When fifth-grader Andy Jones was diagnosed with dyslexia two years ago, his mother, K.C. Desmet, faced what she saw as two unappealing choices: She could enroll him in a private special education school, which she considered "overkill" for Andy's relatively minor disability. Or she could embark on a bureaucratic journey to get tutoring and other services from his public school in Long Beach. "We were beside ourselves," said Desmet, 39, an interior decorator. They found a third option: a special-ed school tucked inside a private school. Since third grade, Andy, now 10, has been attending Grace Christian School in Cypress. He is also enrolled in Opportunity Schools, a nonprofit organization housed inside the private campus that offers special education to 30 of Grace's 450 students. The schools are partners but function independently, with separate staffs and classrooms. For students like Andy, the program offers the best of both worlds, Desmet said. He attends regular classes at Grace but gets the special education he needs in Opportunity Schools.

52. INNOV> [I.T.] Special Education Resources in teaching students with ADD, auditory deficits, dyslexia, hyperlexia and throughtheir own experiences; both general and specific special ed categories. http://scout.wisc.edu/addserv/K12news/99-01/99-01-29/0002.html

From: Walter McKenzie [ mailto:mrmck@staffnet.com Sent: Friday, January 29, 1999 5:55 AM To: innovative-teaching@makelist.com Over 1,000 subscribers strong! INNOVATIVE TEACHING presented by Walter McKenzie - Creative Classroom Consulting http://www.interserf.net/mcken/consult.htm Innovative staff development: Technology Applications, Multiple Intelligences, Curriculum Integration and Creative Education. Let's see what we can do for your staff! January 29, 1999 Special Education and Assistive Technology are important components of any school's overall education program. I am always in awe of the great work Special Ed teachers do. As the Internet continues to evolve, we are beginning to see high quality support resources for the wonderful people who work in these domains. Here's a sampling of the best that's out there. Dive right in!

53. ODE - Office Of Special Education Due Process. dyslexia. special education Process ABC's and 123's. Central Links Sitemap Search Styles Site Help News Contact Us , ed Home, http://www.ode.state.or.us/sped/spedhelp3.htm

Office of Special Education Oregon Department of Education Search Help Staff List Home Subjects for which information is frequently gained from our website A-C D-G H-I J-P ... U-Z A-C Accessing Books on Tape > Oregon Commission for the Blind Oregon State Library Acronym Handbook Advocacy Information ... County Contacts D-G Data Collection Diploma Alternatives Discipline Data Discipline of Students with a Disability ... Grant Resources for Teachers and Principals H-I Hospital Programs Home Schooled Students IDEA Annual Application IDEA Regulations ... Interpreting for Students Who Are Deaf J-P Jobs at OSE Learning Disabilities Guidelines Long-term Care or Treatment Programs Maintenance of Effort Guidance ... Publications and Resources Nationally Q-T Qualified Staff Reading Resources Recruitment and Retention of Special Education Teachers Regional Programs ... Traumatic Brain Injury U-Z Videoconference Library Visual Impairment/Blindness and Low Vision Administration Programs ... ED Home Page last updated on: 4/1/2003 1:42:43 PM

54. Spedguiderev Email discussion lists on special ed and Disabilities http//curry.edschool.virginia.edu/go/cise/ose/resources/spedlists dyslexia.comhttp//www.dyslexia.com. http://www.library.wwu.edu/ref/subjguides/ed/spedguiderev.htm

RESOURCES FOR SPECIAL EDUCATION Good research starts with gathering information about the topic you are researching and developing lists of appropriate search terms. For BACKGROUND information, you might wish to review the information included in specialized REFERENCE SOURCES and/or to refer to articles, glossaries and bibliographies included in your textbooks. When you find a good article or book, you can trace the items listed in that bibliography for additional resources. When thinking about and gathering your research, consider the following: What you already know about the topic Who the experts are and what they have written about the topic The grade level on/for which this approach has been used. The history of the "problem" Try the following resources: Reference Sources Books in the Western Library Periodicals Electronic Sources ... Citing Resources REFERENCE SOURCES The following items are located in Haggard 2 in the Reference Collection: Advances in special education, 12 v. LC3950.A36 (See call number for separate titles) Dictionary of special education and rehabilitation, 4

55. Special Ed Section Of The DCSD Web Site Return to special ed Home and Table of for resolving disputes regarding special educationservices. dyslexia – One of several distinct learning disabilities http://www.dubuque.k12.ia.us/specialed/

elcome to the Dubuque Community School District Special Education Web Page! Each child is a gift. It will take all of us working together to untie the ribbons! Director of Special Education: Lynn Helmke The Forum 2300 Chaney Road Dubuque, Iowa 52001 New: Special Education and Literacy Curriculum in the Dubuque Community School District A balanced literacy approach is necessary for our students to learn to read and write and to function successfully in their classrooms. Learn about our program grade by grade. Special Education Board Policy Policy # 6102 April 9, 2001 Special education students shall be required to meet the requirements stated in Board policy or in their IEPs for graduation. It shall be the responsibility of the superintendent and the director of special education to provide or make provisions for appropriate special education and related services. Children from birth through age 2 and children age 3 through age 5 shall be provided comprehensive special education services within the public education system. The school district shall work in conjunction with the area education agency to provide services, at the earliest appropriate time, children with disabilities from birth through age 2. This shall be done to ensure a smooth transition of children entitled to early childhood special education services.

56. Value Voyager - Special Ed Advocacy Cruise Pete struggled with learning disabilities, including dyslexia, dysgraphia and ADHD. Pamis the editor of The special ed Advocate, the online newsletter about http://www.valuevoyager.biz/uploads/advocacycruise.htm

"From Emotions to Advocacy II" January 16, 2003 A Very Special Cruise Seminar and Fund Raiser for Special Education Learn .InterAct Help And .Enjoy Join Pete and Pam Wright Value Voyager is happy to announce the second annual "Special Education Cruise Seminar and Fund Raiser" which will take place onboard Carnival Cruise Lines' "Fantasy" sailing three days to the Bahamas from Pt. Canaveral, Florida on January 16, 2003. We have been receiving many inquiries from last year's attendees and we have just finalized our next program. ( Click here to read about last year's highly successful program). This year the fund raiser will benefit a class action lawsuit in Minnesota seeking compliance and FAPE for Minnesota's special education students. Attorneys, Sonja Kerr and Judith Gran, who are handling this case will be two of our featured guests along with Pete and Pam Wright from Wrightslaw. We have decided to coordinate this event a little differently this year. Pete and Pam Wright will conduct a full day seminar at the Radisson Hotel in Port Canaveral on Wednesday, January 15, 2003, the day before sailing. Participants will have the option of attending the cruise portion only or the complete program with hotel and pre-cruise seminar. The Cruise program will include networking opportunities with Pete, Pam, Sonja and Judith, Parent Forums

57. Learning Disabilities And Practical LD Information What is LD? dyslexia (reading). Find out here. Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD/ADHDHow is this related to LD? special ed law cutting through the red tape. http://www.hopkins.k12.mn.us/pages/north/ld_research/

Learning disabilities and learning disability information related to dyslexia (dislexia), dysgraphia (disgraphia),dyscalculia (discalcula/dyscalcula), ADD, ADHD (AD/HD), gifted LD, information processing, learning styles, etc What is the CPI? Try the CPI On-Line!! Highlights of the CPI Read the CPI manual Compare CPI with other rating scales Read reviews about the CPI Download/Order the CPI The CPI LD Rating Scale!! LD Self-Advocacy Manual on-line Find specific recommendations Download/Order the Self-Advocacy manual Gifted/LD Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD/ADHD) Links to other LD sites Other information related to LD LD Definitions What is LD? Dyslexia? Dysgraphia? Dyscalculia? What is processing? Download the FREE Professional CPI Demo Download the LD Self-Advocacy manual Order/upgrade the Professional CPI Order copies of the LD Self-Advocacy manual Learning Disabilities!!! Welcome to the LDinfo Web Site This site is dedicated to the advancement of practical knowledge and understanding about the often mysterious world of Learning Disabilities. The key word here is "practical"!! NEW!!!

58. Billerica Special Ed PAC Home Links dyslexia, dyslexia, dyslexia.com. International dyslexia Association,Home ByLaws News Links. Maryellen Margossian email mmargos@attbi.com. http://home.attbi.com/~mmargos/bspecialed.org/ResourseBook/dyslexia.html

Home Links Dyslexia Dyslexia.com International Dyslexia Association Home By-Laws ... Links Maryellen Margossian email mmargos@attbi.com

59. Council Of Parent Attorneys And Advocates NewsWatch dyslexia. A Banc One Executive Finally Masters dyslexia Wall Street Journal4/24/98 . special ed programs in NJ condemned Bergen Co Record 3/23/99. http://www.copaa.net/newstand/newslist.html

The Council of Parent Attorneys and Advocates N EWS A RTICLES OF S PECIAL I NTEREST F ROM A ROUND T HE C OUNTRY A potpourri of press reports concerning disabilities, education of children with disabilities and the law gathered by COPAA and its members. You are invited to notify us of pertinent media stories in your locality; please send relevant information to: COPAA NewsWatch Americans with Disabilities Act The Disabilities Act Is Creating a Better Society [ Wall Street Journal William Raspberry: Claims Against Common Sense [ WashPost Reactions to Raspberry column [ JFA With Friends Like These...(Olmstead) [ Law News Network Study Suggests Employees Treated Unfairly Under ADA [ The Connecticut Law Tribune: The AMA, The ADA and Hearing Interpreters [ AMA Position Paper Sept 1998] Attention Deficit (Hyperactivity) Disorder (ADD/ADHD) NIH Statement: Diagnosis and Treatment of ADHD [ NIH Brain Differences Found with ADD [ MSNBC Differences Found in Hyperactive Kids' Brains [ LATimes Dyslexia A Banc One Executive Finally Masters Dyslexia [ Wall Street Journal With Judge's Nod, Student Takes to Ice [

60. COPAA NewsWatch: Special Ed Programs In N.J. Condemned special ed programs in NJ condemned. The 210,000 children classified for specialeducation in New Jersey have such disabilities as dyslexia, autism, and http://www.copaa.net/newstand/njspecialedcondemnd.html

N EWS A RTICLES OF S PECIAL I NTEREST F ROM A ROUND T HE C OUNTRY Special ed programs in N.J. condemned Tuesday, March 23, 1999 By DAVID GLOVIN Staff Writer In a harsh indictment of state special education programs, the U.S. government says New Jersey has allowed local schools to ignore federal mandates and is failing to protect the rights of disabled children. In a 17-page report, the U.S. Department of Education has given New Jersey until next month to require schools to include more disabled children in mainstream classes and improve its oversight of local programs. The state risks losing $130 million in aid if it does not comply. "Serious deficiencies have been allowed to exist for a number of years," the report says. "The state must take action to ensure that the state's long-standing, serious non-compliance is effectively and promptly corrected." The report cites numerous instances in which the four districts it inspected in June are flouting the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act. The report is critical of the state for failing to police these and other schools adequately. For instance, the report notes that Camden schools placed children in separate special education classes merely because they were performing below grade level. Special education is meant for children with physical or mental disabilities, not for those only in need of remediation.

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