Educational, resource and even legal resources are all available for special education.
The Special Education program at the University of Kansas has enjoyed a world-renowned reputation for excellence for decades, and provides a number of programs and resources.
The National Center to Improve Practice (NCIP) is a network, led by EDC. This Center houses a large collection of varied media to address the needs of disabled students. Recently, NCIP has added online workshops and library of links with an opportunity for chatting with authors online. The site has also organized resources for speech recognition (rather than keyboarding)on computers for students with disabilities.
Classplus offers software for generating IEPs with mastery skills in 26 subjects online. School psychologists will find links to all of the above topics at School Psychology Resources.
Special Education Resources, from the Curry School of Education, contains spaces for pertinent laws (from EDLAW), online journals, intervention techniques (especially involving technology). This site would be particularly useful for regular classroom teachers whose expertise lay in domains other than special education.
As usually happens in education when so many resources sprout, a federal clearinghouse is established. You will find it at the Federal Resource Center for Special Education.
Council for Exceptional Children best practices for students with disabilities has been developed. It includes info for administrators as well as teachers.
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Before selecting or designing online projects to accommodate your mainstreamed special education students, consult the experts. The NCIP site is an excellent diving board.














