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Special Education Teacher!
Special education teachers work with children and youths who have a variety of disabilities. Most special education teachers instruct students at the elementary, middle, and secondary school level, although some teachers work with infants and toddlers.
Using the Individualized Education Plan as a working plan, special education teachers design and modify instruction to meet a student’s special needs. Teachers also work with students who have other special instructional needs, including the gifted and talented. (Description
from National Clearinghouse for Professions in Special Education)
National Associations:
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Parents Engaged in Learning
APEL Education Consultancy trains parents of learning disabled or dyslexic
students to use computer assistive technology to move toward full inclusion.
American Institutes for Research
AIR provides information on fiscal policy issues and information needs related to the delivery and support of special education services.
Collaboration between General and Special Education
Teachers
ERIC Digest report on the benefits of collaboration in the classroom.
Connecting
the IEP to the General Curriculum
A talking paper from Mountain Plains Regional Resource Center and Utah State University Center for Persons with Disabilities
which promotes the value of the Individualized Education Plan (IEP) for
every student.
Council for Exceptional Children
The Council for Exceptional Children (CEC) is the largest international
professional organization dedicated to improving educational outcomes for
individuals with exceptionalities, students with disabilities, and/or the
gifted.
ERIC
Clearinghouse on Disabilities and Gifted Education
This Web site stores a wealth of information on all aspects of education
including the disabled and
gifted
and provides research on such topics as identification,
assessment, intervention, and enrichment
Federal Resource Center for Special Education
This Web site provides links
to regional
centers for special education around the United States. The Center
also serves as a link for all of the U.S. Department of Education's Office
of Special Education Programs' technical assistance.
IDEA
Policy: The Policymaker Partnership
"P operates to increase the capacity of policymakers to act as informed
change agents who are focused on improving educational outcomes for students
with disabilities.
Least Restrictive Environment Related to Individual Educational Plans
A technical assistance paper prepared by John Copenhaver of Mountain Plains Regional Resource Center
to discuss how the IEP team must adhere to all legal requirements related to
placement in the least restrictive environment.
National
Center to Improve the Tools of Educators
NCITE's purpose is to advance the quality and effectiveness of technology,
media, and materials for individuals with disabilities.
The
National Council on Disability
NCD is an independent federal agency which makes recommendations to the President
and Congress on issues affecting 54 million Americans with disabilities.
National
Information Center for Children and Youth with Disabilities
This site provides
an information clearinghouse
that on disabilities and disability-related issues,
focusing primarily on children and youth, birth to age 22.
National
Transition Alliance for Youths with Disabilities
This site provides information concerning ways to refine educational strategies for
transition programs for individuals with disabilities and offers information
about current transition models being implemented across the country.
Special
Education Chatboard
This chatboard facilitates networking and communication between Special Education teachers across the globe.
Special
Education Handbook
Compiled by the Massachusetts Teachers Association, this handbook has
information of interest for other states.
Special
Education Resources
An excellent Web site which offers extensive resources for K-12 special education.
We
appreciate link suggestions to bulletin
boards,
associations or other resources for Special Education Teachers.
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