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WEB RESOURCES
The following links have been provided for your convenience:
- Assistive Technology
- Deaf-Blindness
- Curriculum Standards
- Inclusion and Curriculum Adaptations
- Inquiry & Design-based Learning
- Law & Legal Issues
- Positive Behavior Supports
- Transition
Assistive Technology
Adaptive Technology Center for New Jersey Colleges at The College
of New Jersey
The staff of the Adaptive Technology Center has located key websites that focus on specific issues and products concerning the ever changing world of assistive technology. They focus on the role of assistive technology in ensuring academic success for all students.
http://adaptivetech.tcnj.edu/links.html
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Deaf-Blindness
The National Technical Assistance Consortium for Children and Young
Adults Who Are Deaf-Blind
A federally funded project that provides technical assistance to
families and agencies serving children and young adults who are deaf-blind
(ages birth to 28 years). NTAC combines the resources, expertise,
and experience of two major organizations: Teaching
Research and The Helen Keller National
Center.
http://tr.wou.edu/ntac/
DB-LINK: The National Information Clearinghouse On Children Who Are Deaf-Blind
A federally funded information and referral service that identifies, coordinates, and disseminates (at no cost) information related to children and youth who are deaf-blind (ages 0 to 21 years). Five organizations have pooled their expertise into a consortium-based clearinghouse. This collaborative effort uses the expertise and resources of:
- American Association of the Deaf-Blind
- Helen Keller National Center
- Hilton/Perkins Program - Perkins School for the Blind
- Teaching Research - Western Oregon University
- The National Family Association for Deaf-Blind (NFADB)
Curriculum Standards
New Jersey Department of Education, New Jersey Core Curriculum Content Standards
http://www.state.nj.us/njded/cccs/index.html
New Jersey Department of Education, New Jersey Curriculum Frameworks
http://www.state.nj.us/njded/frameworks/index.
ISTE National Educational Technology Standards (NETS)
The National Educational Technology Standards (NETS) Project is
an ongoing initiative of the International Society for Technology
in Education (ISTE) and a consortium of distinguished partners and
co-sponsors. The primary goal of the ISTE NETS Project is to enable
stakeholders in PreK-12 education to develop national standards for
educational uses of technology that facilitate school improvement
in the United States.
http://cnets.iste.org/
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Inclusion and Curriculum Adaptations
Ask Eric
AskERIC is a personalized Internet-based service providing education
information to teachers, librarians, counselors, administrators, parents,
and anyone else interested in education throughout the United States
and the world.
http://ericir.syr.edu/
Axis Disability Rights Website
Norman Kunc and Emma Van der Klift have spent the last 20 years
working to ensure that people with disabilities are able to take their
rightful place in schools, workplaces, and communities.
http://www.normemma.com/
Circle of Inclusion
This web site offers demonstrations of and information about the
effective practices of inclusive educational programs for children
from birth through age eight.
http://circleofinclusion.org/
Early Childhood Research Institute on Inclusion
The goal of this five year national research project is to study
the inclusion of preschool children with disabilities in typical preschool,
day care and community settings. It is funded by the U.S. Dept. of
Education.
http://www.inform.umd.edu/EDUC/Depts/ecrii/
IDEA Partnership
Comprehensive site on IDEA (Individuals with Disabilities Education
Act), that provides a plethora of resources for educators, parents
of and individuals with disabilities.
http://www.ideapartnership.org/database.cfm
Inclusive Education Web Site by the Renaissance Group
The Inclusive Education Web Site is designed to help you learn more
about inclusion by answering some of the most frequently asked question
inclusion. There is information about teaching in an inclusive classroom
and resources for learning more about inclusion. This site is produced
by the Renaissance Group, a consortium of universities working to
improve the quality of educator preparation.
http://www.uni.edu/coe/inclusion/
Institute on Community Integration
Part of the College of Education and Human Development at the University
of Minnesota, the Institute's mission is to improve the quality and
community orientation of services and supports available to individuals
with developmental disabilities and their families. The site provides
information on research, professional training, technical assistance,
and publishing activities.
http://ici.umn.edu/
KidSource Online: Integrating Children with Disabilities into Preschool
This site provides an online digest which examines research on preschool programs that include children both with and without disabilities, in addition to numerous related articles.
http://www.kidsource.com/kidsource/content/preschool.disabilities.html
National Institute for Urban School Improvement
The mission of the National Institute for Urban School Improvement
is to support inclusive urban communities, schools, and families to
build their capacity sustainable, successful urban education. The
site synthesizes existing research into accessible media, both print
and electronic, that is used to support efforts on the part of the
public, families, professionals, and advocacy organizations to create
inclusive school communities.
http://www.urbanschools.org
National Dissemination Center for Children with Disabilities
(Formerly known as The National Information Center for Children and Youth with Disabilities (NICHCY))
Funded by the U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education
Programs (OSEP), it serves as a central source of information on IDEA,
the nation's special education law, No Child Left Behind (as it relates
to children with disabilities), and
research-based information on effective educational practices. http://www.nichcy.org/
New Jersey Department of Education, New Jersey Core Curriculum Content
Standards
http://www.state.nj.us/njded/cccs/archive/1996
New Jersey Department of Education, New Jersey Curriculum Frameworks
http://www.state.nj.us/njded/frameworks/index.html
Special Education Resources on the Internet
A collection of Internet accessible information resources of interest
to those involved in the fields related to Special Education. This
collection exists in order to make on-line Special Education resources
more easily and readily available in one location.
http://seriweb.com/
Special Needs Education (SNE) Project
An Internet service providing resources for parents, teachers, schools, and others involved in the education of students with special needs. http://www.specialneeds.com
TASH
TASH is an international association of people with disabilities,
their family members, other advocates, and professionals fighting
for a society in which inclusion of all people in all aspects of society
is the norm. Their website provides information on inclusion, community
living, communication rights and public policy.
http://www.tash.org
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Inquiry & Design-based Learning
ISTE (International Society for Technology in Education)
ISTE is a nonprofit professional organization with a worldwide membership
of leaders and potential leaders in educational technology. Home of
the National Educational Technology Standards (NETS), the Center for
Applied Research in Education Technology (CARET), and the National
Educational Computing Conference (NECC), ISTE meets its mission through
knowledge generation, professional development, and advocacy. ISTE’s
web site contains coverage of many topics relevant to the educational
technology community.
http://www.iste.org
The WebQuest Page at San Diego State University
This site is designed to serve as a resource to those who are using
the WebQuest model to teach with the web. By pointing to excellent
examples and collecting materials developed to communicate the idea,
those experimenting with WebQuests will be able to learn from each
other.
http://webquest.sdsu.edu
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Law & Legal Issues
IDEA Partnerships
Tthe site informs professionals, families and the public about IDEA '97 and strategies to improve educational results for children and youth with disabilities.
http://www.ideapartnership.org
Edlaw
Provides texts of statutes, regulations, judicial decisions and
other useful materials.
http://www.edlaw.org
Special Education Law and Advocacy for Parents, Advocates and School
Personnel
Site by Reed Martin, provides information and resources related
to special education law.
http://www.reedmartin.com
Wrights Law
This site contains articles, cases, newsletters, and other essential
information about special education law and advocacy.
http://www.wrightslaw.com/
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Positive Behavior Supports
IEP Team’s Introduction to Functional Behavioral Assessment and Behavior Intervention Plans (2nd edition)
This guide has been prepared by the Center for Effective Collaboration
and Practice sponsored by the American Institutes for Research. It
provides in-depth information on functional behavioral assessments.
http://cecp.air.org/fba/problembehavior/main.htm
Kentucky Department of Education Behavior Home Page
The purpose of this site is to allow school personnel, parents,
and other professionals to gain access to information, to share effective
practices, and to receive ongoing consultation and technical assistance
concerning the full range of behavior problems and challenges displayed
by children and youth in school and community settings.
http://www.state.ky.us/agencies/behave/homepage.html
Multimodal Functional Behavioral Assessment
Provides sample bland and completed forms for functional behavioral
assessments and behavior intervention plans.
http://www.mfba.net/
Positive Behavioral Intervention and Supports
The Technical Assistance Center on Positive Behavioral Interventions
and Supports (PBIS) is funded by a grant from the US Department of
Education, Office of Special Education Programs, and is administered
from the University of Oregon in Eugene. Four additional partners
are involved, University of Kansas, University of Kentucky, University
of Missouri and University of South Florida. It gives schools capacity-building
information and technical assistance for identifying, adapting, and
sustaining effective school-wide disciplinary practices.
http://www.pbis.org/
Beach Center on Disability
Through research, teaching, technical assistance and service in
Kansas, the United States, and globally through partnership with researchers,
policy leaders and practitioners, the Beach Center on Disability will
make a significant and sustainable difference in quality of life.
http://www.beachcenter.org
Rehabilitation Research and Training Center on Positive Behavioral
Support (RRTC-PBS)
A national research and training effort to develop and disseminate
effective, practical, and empirically validated procedures for improving
support for individual with disabilities and problem behavior. http://rrtcpbs.fmhi.usf.edu/statement.html
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Transition
National Center on Secondary Education and Transition
Coordinates national resources, offers technical assistance, and
disseminates information related to secondary education and transition
for youth with disabilities in order to create opportunities for youth
to achieve successful futures.
http://www.ncset.org/
NJ Postsecondary Disability Support Directory
The staff of the Adaptive Technology Center has compiled current
disability support information from every college and university in
New Jersey. It includes contact information for each college’s
disability support staff and admissions office. http://adaptivetech.tcnj.edu/directory.html
National Center on Secondary Education and Transition
The National Center on Secondary Education and Transition (NCSET)
coordinates national resources, offers technical assistance, and disseminates
information related to secondary education and transition for youth
with disabilities in order to create opportunities for youth to achieve
successful futures.
http://www.ncset.org/
Person Centered Planning
This site was designed and built by staff from the Program on Employment
and Disability, at Cornell University's School of Industrial and Labor
Relations. It was funded by a grant from the Developmental Disabilities
Planning Council. It provides an overview of the person-centered planning
process. http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/ped/tsal/pcp/index.html
Research and Training Center on Community Living
The Research and Training Center on Community Living provides research,
evaluation, training, technical assistance and dissemination to support
the aspirations of persons with developmental disabilities to live
full, productive and integrated lives in their communities.
http://rtc.umn.edu/main/index.html
Institute on Community Integration
The Institute's mission is to improve the quality and community
orientation of services and supports available to individuals with
developmental disabilities and their families. They carry out this
mission through research, professional training, technical assistance,
and publishing activities, in collaboration with others across the
US and abroad.
http://ici.umn.edu/