Websites

Here are websites dealing with **Exceptional Education**

Internet Special Education Resources This site is meant to be sort of a catch all for disability information for special needs children. The site provides information on testing for certain disorders and programs designed to help those with certain disorders. Teachers can come on here to find certification programs as well as technology and devices designed to help students with disorders. Parents can use this to help find school needs schools and other programs that offer assistance and aid.

First Signs This site is about early detection and intervention for children with autism and related disorders. They explain the importance of early detection for autism and giving parents and teachers some signs to look for in children. Important milestones in a child's early life are also explained so this way parents know whats to expect developmentally from their children.

Smart Kids Smart Kids is an organization devoted to spreading information on learning disabilities. The site focusing on four different learning disabilities Dyslexia, NLD, ADHD and Executive Function Disorder. As usual the site comes with tips to help raise these children to be better socially adjusted and enhance treatments. It has a section dealing with your child's legal rights and information to help parents deal with their child's disability at different stages in their life.

NLDLine NLDLine is a site devoted specifically to Nonverbal Learning Disorder. It contains links to numerous sites and articles dealing with NLD. The articles are divided by topics like research, schools for NLD, parenting issues for NLD, and so on. Advocacy groups and coaches are also posted on the site to provide help for those that need it. There is also a collection of 15 stories about people dealing with NLD that show a more personal side of this disability.

Federation For Children with Special Needs This is a website for a group based in Massachusetts. Teh federation is for parents and groups of parents working on behalf of specail needs children. This is a way for varous groups dealing with special needs children can connect and work with each other. The website talks about new and old legisation dealing with expectional education and is a great way to learn about other organizations out there.

Children's Disability Information This is another sort of catch all website for children with disabilities. It has articles and numerous support websites for children with all kinds of disabilities, such as OCD, Cerebral Palsy, Autism, ADD, and so on. One cool thing they have up is interviews with authors from various different books dealing with children special needs. It is interesting to see the authors views and motives for writing the different books.

Learning Disabilities Association The Learning Disabilities Association is a organization devoted to spreading information about learning disabilities. The association serves as a way for people who are dealing with disorders to get together and support each other. the site as information for membership as well as a list of benfits that come with it. For teachers they have links to lesson plans and classroom strategies. For parents there is a list of sites with information on some of the more common learning disabilities as well as tips and advice for helping a child cope with a disability.

Carol's Speech and Language Disorders Carol is a speech and language disorder specialist that put up a website to help those with language and speech disorders. She provides links for teachers about lessons plans they can do that helps support children with these disabilities. She also provides links to other websites dealing with other disorders and she has a forum that people can go on the share their stories and give advice. This site is mainly geared towards teachers and people working with children with these disorders.