Resources for Educators

RESOURCES
 

A non-profit organization that uses technology to expand opportunities for all people, especially those with disabilities. Provides information on research and development of innovative computer technology for individuals with disabilities.

 

A service of  WETA, Washington D.C., in association with The Coordinated Campaign for Learning Disabilities. A leading website for parents, teachers, and other professionals.

 

Anon-profit organization whose members are individuals with learning disabilities, their families, and the professionals who work with them. LDA strives to advance the education and general welfare of those with learning disabilities - both children and adults.

 

A collection of Internet information for those involved in fields related to Special Education. This site continually modifies, updates, and adds additional informative links.

 

 

A nationwide directory of Professionals who serve the learning disabilities and special education communities. ISER is a directory, similar to the Yellow Pages, focused exclusively on special education and learning disabilities resources.

 

Offers free tools and resources to help school staff and parents to promote positive classroom behaviors and foster effective learning for all children and youth.

 

Showcases hundreds of tools to help you meet every day educational challenges through technology. Provides resources to plan an educational technology initiative and establish a community practice. Offers evidence-based, promising, and emerging practices based on latest research.

 

A national technical assistance (TA) center funded by the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Special Education Programs. Designed to improve outcomes for elementary and middle school students with disabilities.

 

Serves as a national source of information information on disabilities, IDEA, NCLB (as it relates to children with disabilities), research-based information on effective education practices.

 

National Center on Dispute Resolution, encourages the use of mediation and other collaborative strategies to resolve disagreements about special education.

 

Connects teachers to strategies that help students with special needs successfully access the general education curriculum.

 

Facilitates improved services to children and youth with disabilities by gathering information that supports changes to policy and practice at the national, state, and local level.

 

 

A membership organization that develops programs, products, and services essential to the way educators learn, teach, and lead. Dedicated to advancing best practices and policies for the success of each learner.

 

The largest non-profit professional association committed to ensuring success for all students through staff development and school improvement.

 

OSEP (Office of Special Education Programs)

Dedicated to improving results for infants, toddlers, children and youth with disabilities ages birth through 21 by providing leadership and financial support to assist states and local districts.

 

A nonprofit professional membership organization with the mission to contribute to the well-being of society by developing, enhancing, and supporting the growth and vitality of the science of behavior analysis through research, education, and practice.

 

A non-profit charitable organization that encourages the use of behavioral sciences in solving human problems.