Mainstreaming Your Special Education Classroom into Cyberspace
Internet Training & Curriculum Development for K-12 Educators    

Sarah DiRuscio can provide outstanding "hands-on" technology training at your school.
Learn more about how she can motivate your teachers to use computers on a daily basis!


Print Out these Great Seminar Handouts in PDF format
Special Education Resources Handout
K-6 Cross Curricular Handout
or
7-12 Cross Curricular Handout

Top Special Education Web Sites

»ARC Web Site- http://TheArc.org/misc/dislnkin.html

»Cornucopia of Disability Information-gopher://val-dor.cc.buffalo.edu:70/1
CODI is intended to serve as a community resource for consumers and
professionals by providing disability information in a wide variety of areas.

»Jerome & Deborah's BIG PAGE of Special Education Links
http://www.mts.net/~jgreenco/special.html
This is one of the top special education web sites in terms of the number of
links for educators and the general public.

»National Center for Supercomputing Applications-http://bucky.aa.uic.edu/
This center provides technology and resources appropriate for a variety of
disabilities including visual, physical, cognitive and auditory.

»Schoolhouse Project-http://www.nwrel.org/school_house/
The Schoolhouse provides comprehensive educational resources, projects,
discussions, interactions, collaborations, lessons, curriculums, and standards for grades K-12.

»Special Education Resources-
http://www.webcom.com/pleasant/sarah/teach/sped.html
This site not only provides links to some outstanding special education sites
for educators, it also contains many current ERIC articles on a variety of topics.

»Teacher Resources-http://www.esu3.k12.ne.us/curriculum/resourcepage.html#15
This is the web site that has it all! This is a great place to start to find information on:
Curriculum, Classroom Resources, HTML Resources, and Colleges/Universities.

»Univ. of Washington's Special Education Dept.-
gopher://hawking.u.washington.edu:70/11/disability-related
The University provides excellent information on assistive technologies which
make the Internet accessible to students and adults of all abilities.
This is a great collection of special education & technology information!



Top Curriculum Sites for the Special Education Classroom

»Blue Web'n Site-http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/bluewebn/
This incredible site is filled with lesson plans teachers will love.

»Classroom Connect GRADEs database-http://www.classroom.com
This is the first stop for any educator looking for effective lesson plans and resources on the Internet.

»Network for Improving Technology & Special Education-
http://www.edc.org/FSC/NCIP/
Join with educators  throughout the country who share a common desire to improve
the use of technology with students who have disabilities.

»Software for Special Needs -
http://www.bushnet.qld.edu.au/~sarah/spec_ed/spec_ed_sw.html
This site provides information on using software with special needs students
and effective classroom strategies.

»Spec. Ed. Teachers Helping Teachers-
http://www.pacificnet.net/~mandel/SpecialEducation.html
This site has a collection of lesson plans and articles written by special education teachers.



Special Education Technology
Resources on the Internet


»At Risk Students & Technology-gopher://gopher.cic.net:3005/00/classroom/at-risk
The number of students who are not graduating from traditional schools is increasing.
As educators, you have the ability to reach out to those students. This thoughtful project,
written by educators will help sharpen your thinking on this critical issue.

»K-12 classroom computer guide-
»University of Kansas Department of Special Education-
http://www.sped.ukans.edu/welcome
A comprehensive directory of Internet resources pertaining to disabilities



Support Groups for Families with Special Needs

»Help For the Family with the Special Child-http://www.pacifier.com/~estiles/
This Web Page provides support for parents of children who are gifted
as well as those who have Children with Disabilities and Special Educational Needs.

»Sibling Support Project - http://www.chmc.org/departmt/sibsupp/default.htm
An excellent site of sibling support resources, workshops and connections
regarding brothers and sisters of people with disabilities, chronic illnesses or mental health concerns.



General Special Education Resources on the Internet

»ADA Document Center-http://janweb.icdi.wvu.edu/kinder/
Information about the Americans with Disabilities Act as well as general disability information .

»Disability Resources-http://disability.com
You'll find Disability Resources, Products and Services. Topics include: Careers and Jobs, Children, Cognitive/Developmental Disabilities, Commercial Links, Disability/Legal, Government Resources,
Internet Info, Info on Medicine/Health, Non-Profits, Recreation/Entertainment/Lifestyle,
and Universities/Education.

»Disabilities Sites of Interest-http://www.merrywing.com/newsites.htm

»Ron MacKinnon's Educational Bookmarks- http://juliet.stfx.ca/people/stu/x94emj/bookmark.html#SPECED
This collection of hotlinks is an invaluable resource for educators!

»Special Needs Education Network -
http://schoolnet2.carleton.ca/~kwellar/snehome.html
Provides services to parents, teachers, schools and other professionals, individuals,
groups and organizations involved in education of students with special needs.

»SSA Home Page - http://www.ssa.gov/SSA_Home.html

»US Department of Education-Special Education Programs-
http://www.ed.gov

»WebABLE-http://www.webable.com/
An information repository for people with disabilities.

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