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Special Education Resources for Parents and Teachers

• http://iris.peabody.vanderbilt.edu/resources.html - Visit the IRIS Center for Training Enhancements for free online interactive resources that translate research about the education of students with disabilities into practice. Our materials cover a wide variety of evidence-based topics, including behavior, RTI, learning strategies, and progress monitoring.
• The Access Center - a national technical assistance (TA) center funded by the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Special Education Programs whose mission is to improve educational outcomes for elementary and middle school students with disabilities.
• A Parent's Guide to Special Education - The Guide contains the most current and accurate information available regarding the special education system in Massachusetts to assist families in obtaining the supports and services that their children with disabilities need to succeed in school.
• Barrier Free Education - A resource site helping students with disabilities gain access to math and science education.
• The Family Center on Technology and Disability
• Inclusion - This website is dedicated to promoting inclusive schooling and exploring positive ways of supporting students with autism and other disabilities.
• http://www.letsmotorskills.com/index.htm - Motor movement, movement and fun.
• http://www.iser.com/index.shtml - ISER is a directory of professionals, organizations, and schools that serve the learning disabilities and special education communities.
• http://www.awesomelibrary.org/Library/Special_Education/Individualized_Education_Plans/Individualized_Education_Plans.html - Wonderful Special Ed resources.
• http://www.cast.org/publications/ncac/ncac_curriculumbe.html - CAST is a nonprofit research and development organization that works to expand learning opportunities for all individuals, especially those with disabilities, through Universal Design for Learning.
• http://www.slideshare.net/tina.meyer1/a-guide-to-co-teaching - Co-teaching slideshows
• http://www.mnsu.edu/comdis/kuster2/sptherapy.html - Examples of materials that can be adapted for therapy.
• http://www.csie.org.uk/publications/publications-request.shtml - Studies on Inclusive Education
• http://www.speakingofspeech.com/IEP_Goal_Bank.html - Speech goalbank
• http://www.westcentraled.com/documents/SDI.pdf - Specially designed instruction manual.
• http://www.interventioncentral.org/ - Intervention Central is committed to the goal of making quality Response-to-Intervention resources available to educators at no cost--especially in these times of tight school budgets.
• http://www.bridges4kids.org/IEP/iep.goal.bank.pdf - The Goal Bank is designed to assist teachers with writing measurable goals.

IDEA Resources

• IDEA Partnership
• National Association of State Directors of Special Education (NASDSE)
• Wrights Law
• Federation for Children with Special Needs
• LD Online - a website on learning disabilities for parents, teachers, and other professionals. They have links to a monthly newsletter with the latest news, perspectives and in-depth articles on learning disabilities.
• Learning Disabilities Worldwide - Learning Disabilities Worldwide, Inc. (LDW) is a non-profit, volunteer organization including individuals with learning disabilities, their families, and professionals
• Massachusetts Administrators for Special Education (ASE) - the lead association representing the special education administrators in Massachusetts. ASE provides a variety of services to its members - conferences, newsletters, information briefs, and representation of the membership at the federal and state levels.
• The Massachusetts Association of Special Education Parent Advisory Councils - MASSPAC
• Massachusetts Advocates for Children
• Massachusetts Department of Ed. Special Education Parent Information
• Microsoft Accessibility - Tools and Microsoft Products to make your computer easier to use.
• National Inclusive Schools
• Reach Every Child - A site of educational resources for teachers and students with links to many excellent resources.
• The Source Book for Teaching Science - Math and Science Resources
• Schwab Learning - A Parent's guide to helping kids with learning difficulties -Schwab Learning's primary focus is helping parents whose children have learning difficulties. This includes kids with learning disabilities (LD), Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (AD/HD), and other learning struggles.
• Special Education Resources on the Internet - SERI - SERI is a collection of Internet accessible information resources of interest to those involved in the fields related to Special Education. This site continually modifies, updates, and adds additional informative links
• TEC - The Education Cooperative - Provides member school districts with high quality, cost effective educational services.
• The Arc of the United States (with information on local chapters)