Special Needs Resources
Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (AD/HD
- Attention Deficit Disorders Association (ADDA)
- Children and Adults with Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (CHADD)
- School Success Kit for Kids with ADHD
- Signs and Symptoms of Mental Health Issues in African-American Youth: A Guide for Parents
- Creating the Optimal Living Environment for a Child with ADHD
- How to Stop Arguing and Start Talking with Your ADHD Child
- Parenting Teenagers with ADHD
- “Ten Things I Wish Students with ADHD Knew”
Autism
- Tips for Speech Therapy at Home for Children with Autism
- Classroom Accommodations for Kids with Sensory Issues
- Sensory Processing Treatments
- Create a Sensory Safe Yard for Children with Special Needs
- Estate Planning for Parents of Kids with Autism
- Moving with Special Needs Kids
- How to Calm a Child with Autism
- The Autism Society of America
- Cambridge Center for Behavioral Studies – Includes information on Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA).
- “It’s a Spectrum”- Doesn’t Mean What You Think
Blind and Visually Impaired
Classroom Accommodations
- Student Accommodation Classroom Plan
- Student Accommodation Plan
- Accommodations and Modifications
- Suggested Classroom Interventions for Children with ADD and Learning Disabilities
- Checklists for Teachers -“50 Tips: Classroom Management of ADD”
- ADDitude – Inside the ADHD mind
- LDonline – the educator’s guide to learning disabilities & ADHD
Dyscalculia (or dyscalcula)
Dysgraphia
Dyslexia
Early Intervention and Young Children
Family Support
- The American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Publishes Facts for Families, articles are also available in Spanish,German, French, and Polish. - Great Schools Involved Parents, Successful Kids
- LDOnline Valuable resources for parents, teachers,and students
Hearing Issues
- National Center for Hearing Assessment and Management
- American Speech-Language Hearing Association
- National Information Center on Deafness- Clerc Center
- American Society of Deaf Children
Learning Disabilities
- A Teacher’s Guide to IDEA – supporting students with disabilities
- Financial Planning for Children with Disabilities
- Special Education Nation
- Learning Disabilities Association of America
- Learning Disabilities On-line
- The National Center for Learning Disabilities (NCLD)
- Smart Kids with Learning Disabilities
Legal Rights
- Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services – U.S. Department of Education, Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, IDEA
Reading Readiness
- PBS Kids – Between the Lions, Get Wild About Reading
- Reading Rockets – Teaching Kids to Read and Helping Those Who Struggle
- EPIC – Digital library for students (Pre-K through 7th grade+) offered in English, Spanish, French, and Chinese.
Twice Exceptional Students
More about children that exhibit characteristics of both gifted and learning disabilities:
- Council for Exceptional Children
- More information on GT/LD Students
- SENG -Supporting Emotional Needs of the Gifted also includes discussion of Misdiagnosis of Gifted Children (twice exceptional).
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