Contents:

• General
• Dyslexia
• Dyspraxia
• Dyscalculia
• Dysgraphia
• ADD/HD
• Asperger's Syndrome
• Autism
• Epilepsy
• Homeschooling
• PDDNOS
• Tourette's Syndrome
• Bilingualism
• Down's Syndrome
• Cerebral Palsy
• Mental Health

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General

• BBC
  http://www.bbc.co.uk/education
  January 1998 saw the first broadcast of "Dyslexia in the Primary Classroom," in their series, Teaching Today, Staff Development. For information on educational programming contact: Edinfo@bbc.co.uk

• Becta
  http://www.becta.org.uk/inclusion/discussion/senfor.html
  This list is for Special Needs Co-ordinators, those in local authority services and others involved in supporting pupils with special educational needs.

• CompuServe
  Those who use this internet service provider can try GO ADD, GO DISABILITIES, and GO DYSLEXIA

• Council for Exceptional Children, Division for Learning Disabilities
  http://www.cec.sped.org/
  From their website: 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. CEC advocates for appropriate governmental policies, sets professional standards, provides continual professional development, advocates for newly and historically underserved individuals with exceptionalities, and helps professionals obtain conditions and resources necessary for effective professional practice.

• ERIC (Educational Resources Information Center)
  http://www.eric.ed.gov/

• European Agency for Development in Special Needs Education
  http://www.european-agency.org/

• European Children in Crisis
  http://www.ecic.be/
  Contains information on language shock, provisions regarding specific learning difficulties in the various member states of the European Union, a page for students, parents, teachers and therapists, future events, and useful links. Languages: currently English, German and French; eventually will have all the European languages.

• European Commission
  http://europa.eu.int/

• European Council of International Schools
  http:// www.ecis.org
  Contains their standards for accreditation.

• European Disability Forum
  http://www.edf-feph.org

• European Forum for Child Welfare
  http://www.efcw.org

• European Citizen Action service
  http://www.ecas.org

• European Parents Association
  http://www.epa-parents.org

• Inclusion
  http://inclusion.ngfl.gov.uk/index.php?i=203
  Forums have been set up in response to requests from practitioners who are supporting the education of learners with special educational needs or individual learning needs.
  

• Learning Disabilities Association of America
  http://www.ldanatl.org/
  LDA claims to be the largest non-profit volunteer organization advocating for individuals with learning disabilities with a membership of more than 50,000. Their purpose is to advance the education and general welfare of children and adults of normal or potentially normal intelligence who manifest disabilities of a perceptual, conceptual, or coordinative nature.

• Learning Disabilities Online
  http://www.ldonline.org
  Enthusiastically recommended by a FAWCO club member as "absolutely the best resource I have found to date on this subject." They publish a free monthly newsletter to which you can subscribe on site which offers news on the latest developments in the field of learning disabilities. In addition they have a feature called, "Ask Rick," which has monthly, question-and-answer installments where advice is offered by the leading special educational expert, Richard Lavoie. Notice: In addition to English, LD OnLine is now available in French, German, Spanish, Italian and Portuguese. Click on the flags at the bottom of the Home page to access.

• Learning difficulties and disabilities resource page
  http://library.thinkquest.org/11799/data/resources.html

• LDReview
  http://www.ldreview.com/
  Read advice and reviews on LD schools, camps, organizations, books, software, and more — gathered from thousands of parents, teachers and other LD professionals.
  

• Study Guides and Strategies
  http://www.studygs.net
  An educational public service website.
  
  

• The Learning Tool Box
  http://coe.jmu.edu/learningtoolbox/

• The Lighthouse Project
  http:// www.hco.nl
  The final report, January 1998, of a research project which investigated the existing services for international special needs students in The Hague, The Netherlands. The text of this report is found on the site of Haags Centrum voor Onderwijsbegeleiding.
  

• National Adult Literacy Agency
  http://www.nala.ie/
  From their website: The NATIONAL ADULT LITERACY AGENCY (NALA) is the coordinating, training and campaigning body for all those interested and involved in adult literacy work in Ireland. Members include individual literacy students, tutors and organizers as well as voluntary group members, Vocational Education Committees, Libraries, Trade Unions, Training Workshop and Centres for the Unemployed.
  

• National Center for Learning Disabilities
  http://www.ncld.org/
  From their website: The National Center for Learning Disabilities provides national leadership in support of children and adults with learning disabilities by providing information, resources, and referral services; developing and supporting innovative educational programs, seminars, and workshops; conducting a public awareness campaign; and advocating for more effective policies and legislation to help individuals with learning disabilities.
  

• National Information Center for Children and Youth with Disabilities
  http://nichcy.org/textonly/indtxt.htm From their website: NICHCY is the national information and referral center that provides information on disabilities and disability-related issues for families, educators, and other professionals. Our special focus is children and youth (birth to age 22).

• For parents:
  http://expat-moms.com/

• ProTeacher
  http://www.proteacher.com This is a web directory and online community for elementary school teachers in grades K-6 which offers lesson plans, education news, links to references and much more.
  

• Public Broadcasting Service
  http://www.pbs.org
  Information on programming. Richard Lavoie videos can be ordered through their online shop
  

• Schwab Foundation for Learning
  http://www.schwablearning.org/
  From their website: Schwab Foundation for Learning is a non-profit operating foundation, founded by discount brokerage pioneer Charles R. Schwab and his wife, Helen O'Neill Schwab. In 1989, the Schwabs established a resource center as a community service to give families information and support on learning differences. The Foundation is dedicated to raising awareness about learning differences and providing parents and teachers with the information, resources and support they need to improve the lives of kids with learning differences.
  

• STOMP (Specialized Training of Military Parents)
  http://washingtonpave.org/stomp.html
  email: wapave9@washingtonpave.org
  A federally funded parent training and information center established to assist military families who have children with special education or health needs worldwide.

• For Teachers:
  http://members.tripod.com/dolfrog/index.htm
  Auditory Processing Disorder

• The Times Educational Supplement
  http://www.tes.co.uk/
  Has a wonderful library of past articles, including those relating to special education.

• For would-be tutors:
  http://bartonreading.com

• United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
  http://www.unesco.org/education/
  

• US Department of Education
  http://www.ed.gov/

• A website for learning-differently students set up in honor of Ennis Cosby, the late son of actor Bill Cosby:
  http://www.hellofriend.org/

Dyslexia

• For adults: Adult Dyslexia Organisation http://www.futurenet.co.uk/charity/ado

• The Arts Dyslexia Trust
  http://www.rmplc.co.uk/orgs/nellalex/

• The British Dyslexia Association
  http://www.bda-dyslexia.org.uk/
  An excellent site providing among other things an on-line list of free information sheets and a publication list of the latest books on computer-aided learning as well as current software programs.

• Child Development Institute
  http:// www.childdevelopmentinfo.com/learning/teacher.shtml

• For children: http://www.iamdyslexic.com and http://www.dyslexicfriends.co.uk
  

• The Dyslexia Institute
  http:// www.dyslexia-inst.org.uk/
  This institute is involved in psychological and educational assessment, teaching and teachers' training programs; offers a multimedia literacy development programme called "Units of Sound."

• Dyslexia International - Tools and Technologies
  http://www.ditt-online.org

• Dyslexia Online Magazine
  http://members.aol.com/dddyslexia/magazine.htm

• The Dyslexia Society
  http:// www.dyslexia-society.com

• The International Dyslexia Association (IDA):
  http://dyslexia-parent.com/world_of_dyslexia.html
  (formerly The Orton Dyslexia Society) Contains a wonderful "Kids Only" section for children ages 6-15 with age-appropriate information, suggested books and tapes, and much more.
  

• The European Dyslexia Test
  http://www.surrey.ac/uk/Psychology/WDNF/edt.html
  A research project between the Psychology Department of the University of Surrey, UK, and the World Dyslexia Network Foundation (John Everatt and Ian Symthe)
  

• The Greenwood Institute
  http://www.greenwoodinstitute.org/index.html
  Dyslexia, Learning Disabilities and Literacy Resource Site
  

• The Kamara Centre for Learning and Communication Disorders
  http://www.geocities.com.Athens/4727/
  Lists some behaviors that might signal need for assessment and/or treatment; good site for people interested in language-based learning disorders.
  

• Recording for the Blind and Dyslexic
  http://www.rfbd.org/
  From their website: Internationally, we serve nearly 78,000 people with "print disabilities" (which include blindness, visual impairments, learning disabilities or other physical disabilities), and have titles available for students in kindergarten through post-graduate studies. Our library includes a broad selection of titles from literature to history to math and the sciences. We also have a large selection of reference and professional materials available for our members.
  

• Special Education Resources on the Internet
  http://www.seriweb.com/

• Teens Helping Teens
  http://www.ldteens.org/
  An excellent site, created by teenagers for teenagers, but also containing good tips for parents and teachers. One excellent feature is the "Study Pattern Inventory, Learning Style Inventory Worksheet" (http://www.ldteens.org/study_patterns_%26_learning_.html) where a form can be completed and submitted for evaluation.
  

• World Dyslexia Network Foundation
  http://www.surrey.ac.uk/Psychology/WDNF/
  http://web.ukonline.co.uk/wdnf
  In collaboration with the Department of Psychology at the University of Surrey, UK, this site is designed to provide a forum for submitting and browsing research. It first came online in 1996 to coincide with the 100 years anniversary of the first diagnosis of dyslexia.

Dyspraxia

• Dyspraxia -Developmental, Verbal and other Neurological Problems
  http://web.ukonline.co.uk/madeleine.portwood

• Clumsy Child Syndrome (Dyspraxia)
  http://www.parentsplace.com/

• Healthtouch and Health Info: What is Developmental Dyspraxia?
  http://www.healthtouch.com/
  

Dyscalculia

• Dr. Steve Chinn's website
  http://www.resourceroom.net/

• Dyscalculia (or Dyscalcula): what it is and what it isn't
  http://www.ldonline.org

• Math learning disabilities
  http://www.ldonline.org/ld_indepth/math_skills/garnett.html

• Dyslexia and Dyscalculia Support Services of Shiawassee County
  http://www.shianet.org/

Dysgraphia

• Dysgraphia - what it is and what it isn't
  http://www.ldinfo.com/dysgraphia.htm

• Dr. Steve Chinn's website
  http://www.resourceroom.net/

• What is processing? (Excerpts from the LD self-advocacy manual)
  http://www.ldinfo.com/process_areas.htm
  

Attention Deficit / Hyperactivity Disorder (ADD/ADHD)

• ADD Warehouse: Videos and other resources
  http://addwarehouse.com/

• ADHD
  http://telosnet.com/review/index.html

• Attention Deficit Disorder in Europe
  http://www.pavilion.co.uk/add/
  Still under construction; currently available in English, Dutch and German; is attempting to provide ADD info per country.

• Children and Adults with Attention Deficit Disorder (ChADD)
  http://www.chadd.org

• Taming the Triad - an educational site about ADD
  http://www.tamingthetriad.com/
  

• National Attention Deficit Disorder Association
  http://www.add.org/index.html

• One A.D.D. Place
  http://www.oneaddplace.com A virtual neighborhood consolidating in ONE PLACE information and resources relating to Attention Deficit Disorder, AD/HD and Learning Disabilities. Also includes a list of famous people with ADD.

Asperger's Syndrome

• What is Asperger's Syndrome?
  http://www.wpi.edu/~trek/aspergers.html

• Center for the Study of Autism - Asperger's Syndrome
  http://info.med.yale.edu/chldstdy/autism

• Inside my head: A page on Asperger's Syndrome
  http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Troy/1807

Autism

• Autism Research Institute Publication list
  http://www.autism.com/ari/pubs.html

• Autisme Europe
  http://www.autismeurope.arc.be/

• Learning Styles and Autism
  http://www.autism.org/styles.html

• Establishing Home Routines
  http://www.parentsoup.com/

• National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders
  http://www.nidcd.nih.gov/
  Recommended as having, among other things, a lot of information on autism.

• What autism is and is not
  http://members.cox.net/jaynamom/index.html

Epilepsy

• British Epilepsy Association
  http://www.epilepsy.org.uk/

• National Society for Epilepsy (NSE)
  www.epilepsynse.org.uk

Homeschooling children with special needs:

• Dr. Steve Chinn's website
  http://www.resourceroom.net/

• Homeschool Teacher's Lounge
  http://www.suite101.com/myhome.cfm/homeschool

• Distance Learning programs: "A to Z Home's Cool"
  http://www.gomilpitas.com/homeschooling/regional/California.htm

• Able but Challenged - Homeschooling
  http://homeschooling.about.com/education/homeschooling/msubspecialneeds.htm

Pervasive developmental disorder not otherwise specified (PDDNOS):

• Jayna-Girl
  http://members.cox.net/jaynamom/index.html

Tourette Syndrome

• Guide to the Diagnosis and Treatment of Tourette Syndrome
  http://www.mentalhealth.com/book/p40-gtor.html

Bilingualism

• http://www.edu.bham.ac.uk//bilingualism/database/

Down's Syndrome

• http://thearc.org/

• European Down's Syndrome Association
  http://www.nas.com/downsyn/europe.html

• Disability Solutions - a website to help children and adults with Down's Syndrome
  http://www.disabilitysolutions.org

Cerebral Palsy

• Cerebral palsy
  http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Thebes/6822

• Children's Medical Center, University of Virginia
  http://www.med.virginia.edu/cmc/tutorials/cp/cp.htm

Mental health

• Mental Health Europe - Santé Mentale Europe
  http://wwwmhe-sme.org/enmhp

 

Educational Support Committee for Students with Special Challenges Students Who Learn Differently Prepared by Susan van Alsenoy, Chair Educational Support Committee Federation of American Women's Clubs Overseas (FAWCO) Copyright 1998-2003. All rights reserved. Website: http://www.studentswholearn.fawco.org Email: esc@fawco.org