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Education
Resources for the Classroom
Accommodations/AssessmentsThis manual
from the Council of Chief State School Officers details
a five-step plan for use of accommodations in assessments
and provides fact sheets and teacher tools. The five steps
are: expect students with disabilities to achieve grade-level
academic content standards, learn about, select and administer
accommodations for instruction, administer accommodations,
and evaluate and improve accommodations use for individual
students.
T he Department of Education announced a new
policy designed to help states better ensure the achievement
of students with disabilities. That policy allows states
to develop modified achievement standards and use assessments
aligned with those modified standards for a group of students
with disabilities who can make progress towards, but may
not reach, grade-level achievement standards in the same
time frame as other students. The new web site includes
the guidance on the policy, grant information, and technical
assistance resources to help in assessing students with
disabilities, available at: www.ed.gov/admins/lead/speced/toolkit/index.html
ADHD
Identifying and Treating Attention Deficit
Hyperactivity Disorder: A Resource for School and Home
www.ed.gov/about/reports/annual/osep/index.html#adhd-res
This resource guide designed for families and educators
provides information on how attention deficit hyperactivity
disorder (ADHD) is identified and treated. The resource
includes sections on legal requirements, treatment options
and helpful hints on how to improve the quality of life
at home and at school, for a child identified with ADHD.
Behavior
Bullying and Teasing of Youth with Disabilities:
Creating Positive School Environments for Effective Inclusion
(Issue Brief): Bullying has been proven by numerous
studies to be a serious problem nationwide. Harassment
of youth with disabilities in particular has been steadily
increasing. Whole school anti-bullying/anti-violence programs
are necessary to address this problem effectively. This
NCSET Issue Brief provides clear definitions of bullying,
teasing, and disability harassment. It also outlines research
about bullying and harassment, and describes two effective,
comprehensive, whole-school, anti-bullying programs. Finally,
the brief offers recommendations and resources for further
action. Resource can be reviewed at: www.ncset.org/publications/viewdesc.asp?id=1332
Emergency Plans
Developing Emergency Plans for Students
with Disabilities
This document from the Center for Health and
Health Care in Schools includes things to consider when
developing a plan for students with disabilities. The
document also addresses plans for students with limited
English proficiency to make sure they understand the emergency
procedures.www.nod.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=Page.viewPage&pageId=11
Health Issues
The National Diabetes Education
Program developed this guide to educate and inform school
personnel about diabetes, how it is managed, and how each
member of the school staff can help meet the needs of
students with the disease. To access this resource, go
to: www.ndep.nih.gov/diabetes/pubs/Youth_SchoolGuide.pdf
Medication Management in Schools
Improving Safety and Quality in Medication Management
in Schools
Power point presentation developed by The Center for Health
and Health Care in Schools(CHHS)
2004 Version of the School Health Index
Module www.cdc.gov/HealthyYouth/SHI/
The School Health Index focuses on how schools can promote:
*Physical activity, *Healthy eating, *Tobacco-free lifestyle
and *Safety-related behaviors. The CDC has developed guidelines
for schools on addressing each of these health behaviors.
They can play a critical role in preventing the leading
causes of death, disability, and illness.
School Nurse Outcome Measures: www.cshcn.org/forms/OSPI_Report.pdf
Background: What are “school health services”? The answer depends upon whom you ask. Students, parents, educators, health care and public health professionals may hold differing views on the extent and type of health services that should be provided in public schools, who should provide services, and who should pay for services.
Supplemental Education
Services
Promising Practices: Supplemental Educational
Services
Tips & promising practices for implementing supplemental
educational services, including tutoring, are offered
in "Creating
Strong Supplemental Educational Services Programs."
Transitions
Transition Planning: Community Mapping
as a Tool for Teachers and Students
By Kate Tindle, Pam Leconte, LaVerne Buchanan,
and Juliana M. Taymans
Community mapping is a tool grounded in a school-to-careers
research base that can aid educators’ efforts in
matching students’ transition needs with community
assets. It is also a tool that can build teachers’
knowledge and awareness of community assets to create
more effective transition plans. Additionally, it is an
instructional activity that helps students explore organizations
as well as career opportunities in their community. Community
mapping can be a geographical mapping of a target community
(concrete mapping) or an abstract mapping of assets or
services within a target community (abstract mapping).
Either way, it is a contextualized teaching and learning
(CTL) approach that can acquaint teachers with the target
community’s culture, resources, transition assets,
and needs. You can read it online at: www.ncset.org/publications/viewdesc.asp?id=2128
Universal Design for Learning and the Transition
to a More Challenging Academic Curriculum: Making it in
Middle School and Beyond
By Beth Casper and Deborah Leuchovius
Universal design means that environments and curricula
are designed, right from the start, to be flexible and
useable by students of widely varying abilities. The transition
from elementary school to the secondary system—middle
school and high school—is a traumatic time for many
students and their families. Any child can have difficulty
with the transition. However, students with disabilities
who need accommodations or adapted curricula—even
those who have had successful elementary school experiences—often
have more difficulty. With an increased national focus
on standards-based testing and curriculum, students with
disabilities face even greater challenges ahead. A new
approach to teaching and learning can help middle and
secondary school teachers more effectively accommodate
different learning styles. This approach, referred to
as “universal design,” holds potential for
easing the transition to middle school and helping all
students achieve academic success in their secondary school
years. This parent brief is available online at: www.ncset.org/publications/viewdesc.asp?id=2165
Directories/Resources
Data
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State/National
- Serving Children with Disabilities
Resource
Manual
There are many resources available to professionals working
with families with children with developmental disabilities.
This manual provides state and national resources that
child welfare workers will find helpful. Developed by
Georgetown University Child Development Center for Child
Health and Mental Health Policy. There are 4 parts of
the publication I. Developmental Disabilities II. Supporting
Families with Children with Disabilities III. Accessing
Services Through IDEA IV. Resource Manual
- The Case for Parent Leadership www.bridges4kids.org/articles/11-04/Case.pdf
This document includes five chapters and a resource section
that look at how parent leadership has grown as a nationwide
movement, how it works in various cities and schools and
how you can use it to improve your own school. Scattered
throughout are tools and checklists that you can use to
assess the current state of parent involvement at your
school.
Technology - Directory of Selected Technical Assistance Providers
(2005)
This directory, sponsored by the Special Education Technical
Assistance and Dissemination (TA&D) Network, provides
contact information and project descriptions for technical
assistance providers funded by the U.S. Department of
Education. It includes direct links to each center's Web
site and the option to e-mail each center directly. A
valuable resource for coordination, research, and information
sharing. www.federalresourcecenter.org/frc/oseptad.htm
- The U.S. Department of Education recently
released the 2004 National Education Technology Plan.
It is based on input from students, educators, administrators,
technology experts and education organizations, and builds
on the previous reports issued in 1996 and 2000. This
report describes seven action steps designed to improve
the use of technology in the nation's schools. www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/os/technology/plan/2004/
Web sites/Organizations
AAP School Health Resources for Pediatricians: aap.org/healthtopics/schoolhealth.cfm
The information on this site is intended for pediatricians
and other health professionals working in or with schools.
About.Com-Special Education: specialed.about.com/mbody.htm?once=true&
Special education resources
Academy for Educational Development: www.aed.org/about.html
Founded in 1961, AED is an independent, nonprofit organization
committed to solving critical social problems in the US
and throughout the world through education, social marketing,
research, training, policy analysis and innovative program
design and management. Major areas of focus include health,
education, youth development, and the environment.
All Kinds of Minds - Understanding the Differences
in Learning: www.allkindsofminds.org/index.aspx
All Kinds of Minds was founded in 1995 by renowned pediatrician,
Dr. Mel Levine, and financier Charles R. Schwab to translate
the latest research on how children learn into programs,
products, and services that help students struggling in
school become more successful learners.
The Center for Health and Health Care in Schools (CHHCS):
www.healthinschools.org
Located at The George Washington University School of Public
Health and Health Services. Mission: "to explore ways
to strengthen the well being of children and youth through
effective health programs and health care services in schools."
CHHCS will test, analyze, advise, inform, and research programs
and services that will maximize outcomes for children and
adolescents in school settings.
The Council for Exceptional Children (CEC):
www.cec.sped.org/ab/
The largest international professional organization dedicated
to improving educational outcomes for individuals with exceptionalities,
students with disabilities, and/or the 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.
Family Village: www.familyvillage.wisc.edu/school.htm
School Links
The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act:
www.nectas.unc.edu/idea/idea.asp
This Web site provides an overview of IDEA, you can
find information on the Reauthorization of IDEA, Part C,
Section 619 and State Regulations.
Individuals with Disabilities Education Act: Federal
Law for Public Education www.cec.sped.org/law_res/doc/
This Web site provides updates on IDEA and information on
the law and regulations.
Federal Resource Center for Special Education (FRC):
www.dssc.org/frc/
The FRC works with the Office of Special Education Programs
(OSEP) to plan national conferences of education professionals,
with the object of communicating OSEP priorities and promoting
positive systemic change in special education programs across
the nation.
The National Association of Parents with Children
in Special Education (NAPCSE): www.napcse.org/site/
Helping parents stay abreast of current issues that are
shaping the field of special education and affecting the
lives and futures of their children in special education.
National Dissemination Center for Children with Disabilities: www.nichcy.org/index.html
The Dissemination Center is part of a broad Federal
effort to improve results for children with disabilities.
We're funded by the Office of Special Education Programs
(OSEP) at the U.S. Department of Education to connect you
with the resources you need in your efforts on behalf of
infants, toddlers, children, and youth who have disabilities.
National Clearinghouse for Professions in Special Education:
www.special-ed-careers.org/
The National Clearinghouse for Professions in Special Education
(NCPSE) is committed to enhancing the nation's capacity
to recruit, prepare, and retain well-qualified diverse educators
and related service personnel for children with disabilities.
The U.S. Department of Education has awarded
the American Institutes for Research (AIR) a five-year grant
to establish a National High School Center to help states
effectively implement the provisions and goals of the No
Child Left Behind Act (NCLB). The National High School Center
will serve as the central source of information and expertise
on high school improvement for states, districts, and a
national network of U.S. Department of Education-sponsored
technical Regional Comprehensive Centers.
For more information, visit: www.betterhighschools.org/
Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP): www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/osers/aboutus.html
The Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP) is a component
of the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services
(OSERS), which is one of the principal components of the
US Department of Education (ED). In addition to OSEP, OSERS
includes the Rehabilitation Services Administration (RSA)
and the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation
Research (NIDRR). OSEP's mission and organization focus
on the free appropriate public education of children and
youth with disabilities from birth through age 21.
Project Participate: www.projectparticipate.org/
Project Participate provides families, educators, administrators
and therapists with simple strategies to increase the active
participation of students with disabilities in school programs.
Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973: www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ocr/504faq.html
Frequently Asked Questions About Section 504 and the
Education of Children with Disabilities
Special Education Resources on the Internet: seriweb.com/
Special Education Resources on the Internet (SERI) is a
collection of Internet accessible information resources
of interest to those involved in the fields related to Special
Education. This collection exists in order to make on- line
Special Education resources more easily and readily available
in one location.
Teaching and Learning: www.weac.org/resource/june96/speced.htm
Special Education Inclusion
TutorsforKids.org www.tutorsforkids.org/
Under the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001, low-income
children in public schools “in need of improvement”
can receive free tutoring, also called supplemental educational
services (SES).
US Department of Education: www.ed.gov
Our mission, as a Department, is to ensure equal access
to education and to promote educational excellence for all
Americans.
Last Updated
March 16, 2007
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