Special Needs Learners

TEACHER RESOURCES  | ORGANIZATIONS  | DISABILITIES  |  ELL/ESL

 

Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Sources (OSERS) - Links to informational publications, reports, and nationals studies and provides links to other disability-related materials

National Center to Improve Practice in Special Education Through Technology, Media, and Materials (NCIP) - Links to special education and technology resources and articles on technology and special education. Funded through 1998.

Organizations

 

Council for Exceptional Children - Membership and publication information, career connections, online version of CEC Today (newsletter).
National Clearinghouse for Professions in Special Education - Links to information on a variety of positions serving those with special needs, employment resources, and research.

Disabilities

Inclusion - Produced by The Renaissance Group, includes information about IDEA, teaching strategies, preparing for inclusion, and more.

Internet Special Education Resources - a nationwide directory of professionals, organizations, and schools that serve the learning disabilities and special education communities. Includes a directory and links to training programs, job opportunities, assistive technology and specalial need software.

Learning Disabilities Online - Information about different learning disabilities, conference schedule, and kid's page. Teacher page includes strategies, bulletin board for exchanging ideas, frequently asked questions, and book recommendations.

National Information Center for Children and Youth with Disabilities (NICHCY) - A "national information and referral center that provides information on disabilities and disability-related issues for families, educators, and other professionals." Includes printable publications, news, and frequently asked questions.

Second Language Learners

CCBC (Cooperative Children's Book Center) - Bibliography of 40 Spanish/English Bilingual books recommended and reviewed by the Library of the School of Education at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Dave's ESL Cafe -  a virtual community of teachers and learners with job forums, chat rooms, language help and many links to more ESL resources.

ELLLO - (English Language Listening Lab Online) is a free online listening resource of over 1,000 listening activities designed especially for ESL and EFL students and techers, targeting specific skills, needs and interests. Most listening activities include images, an interactive quiz, transcript of the audio and downloadable MP3.

EnglishClub - Resources for both students and techers for the study of grammar, spelling, pronunciation and usage, playing games, chatting and interacing with other English language learners.  English Club is written mainly in British English, taking the The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Current English as a reference, but has pages about other varieties of English such as American or Canadian. As a reference for American English,Webster's New World College Dictionary is used .

ESL Gold - Over a thousand pages of free information and resources for both teachers and students. All materials are organized by skill and level, thematically organized into categories such as "Speaking," "Reading," "Listening," and "Writing."

EverythingESLnet - Lesson plans, teaching tips, classroom activities, discussion topics, and resource information.

Interesting Things for ESL Students - Ror people studying English as a Second Language (ESL) or English as a Foreign Language (EFL), this site contains many activities including quizzes, word games, word puzzles, proverbs, slang expressions, and anagrams.

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