NATHHAN Articles - Hundreds of articles on a variety of subjects relevant to raising and educating special needs children. (T)
Homeschooling Children with Special Needs - An excellent collection of resources for anyone homeschooling a special needs child. Includes the basics on how and why to homeschool such children, as well as hundreds of resources for those already homeschooling. (T)
Ideal Lives - Look to this well-organized site to help find special education resources. Although it is mislabeled, Tour Stop #2 has some articles and resource links for parents & educators. Tour Stop #4 is also useful with Ideal Lives' top ten resources on the web. (T)
Gifted Development Center - (a service of the Institute for the Study of Advanced Development) "We serve parents, schools, and advocacy groups for gifted children with information about identification, assessment, counseling, learning styles, programs, presentations, and resources (T)
Hollingworth Center for Highly Gifted Children - A National Volunteer Resource and Support Network for Highly Gifted Children, their Families, Schools and Communities (T)
GT World - "At GT World, we strive to provide a warm, comfortable, yet challenging environment in which to explore intellectual giftedness and the issues which surround it. These include parenting and advocating for our children, teaching them how to advocate for th (T)
Hoagie's Gifted Education Page - Includes a page of links specifically for homeschooling gifted children. (T)
Learning Abled Kids - Homeschooling a child with Specific Learning Disabilities like ADD, ADHD, or Dyslexia can be a challenging task. Undoubtedly, your child will benefit from the one-on-one instruction. Equip yourself with the knowledge, skills, and tools for educating your (Y, M, O, T)
Learning Disabilities in English Language Learners - Children with learning disabilities (LDs) in reading and youngsters who are English language learners (ELLs) both are at risk for low reading achievement, but for different reasons. Children with genuine LDs in reading have intrinsic learning difficulties (T)
SchwabLearning.org - "A Parent's Guide to helping kids with learning Difficuklties". Site focuses on LD, but there are links to many other exceptionalities. (T)
National Dissemination Center for Children with Disabilities - Welcome to NICHCY and a wealth of information on disabilities! We serve the nation as a central source of information on: disabilities in infants, toddlers, children, and youth, IDEA, which is the law authorizing special education, No Child Left Behind (T)
Wrightslaw - Parents, educators, advocates, and attorneys come to Wrightslaw for accurate, reliable information about special education law and advocacy for children with disabilities. Wrightslaw includes thousands of articles, cases, and free resources on dozens of s (T)
Special Education Advocacy Strageties - Attorney Reed Martin's Web site offers materials for sale, as well as free downloads. (T)
The Braille Bug Site - From the American Foundation for the Blind (Y,M)
Louis Braille Biography - From the American Foundation for the Blind (Y,M)
The life of Louis Braille - From the Royal National Institute of the Blind (Y, M, O, T)
Louis Braille:A Touch of Genius - From National Braille Press (Y, M, O, T)
TEACHER HERO:LOUIS BRAILLE - From My Hero Project (Y, M, O, T)
Kelen Keller resources - From KidsKonnect.com (Y,M)
Braille - From Omniglot - writing systems and languages of the world (Y, M, O, T)
The Challenge of Difficult Children - I was drawn to this site by the How Not To Argue page; be sure to check it out. "Sometimes, parents intuitively know that their child has a real problem, even when no one else seems to think so. Being with a child day in and day out gives parents a perspective that no one else can share. If you think something is wrong, what's next?" Elaine Gibson gives insight into that question based on her own experiences with a difficult child. (T)
KinderSay - Kindersay is a free online video website designed to help preschool kids & English as Second Language (ESL) children learn English words. Over 500 online activities are available in a special Word Show format. One of the neatest features of this site is the ability to upload images and use those in your customized activities. Your kids will love a picture of Grandma on the G page for alphabet activities, or Mommy on the M page. The customized features do require registration but it is free. (Y)
Arthur's Communication Adventure - The goal of this guide is to help children who are hearing and sighted become more aware of ways that children who are blind, visually impaired, deaf, or hard-of-hearing learn, play, and enjoy the same things they do. The curriculum was developed especially for students in grades 2-3, but activities can easily be adapted for younger or older audiences. (Y)
Braille Name Tag - (Y)
Bits of Braille - A Braille study lesson plan for fourth through sixth grades. (M)
Disabilities and Special Education - Contains links to lesson plans and resources for students with disabilities, particularly those receiving special education. It also contains lesson plans about individuals with disabilities (Helen Keller or FDR, for instance). (Y, M, O, T)
A Different Place - Are you looking for exceptional activities for your high-ability or gifted student? Try A Different Place. A place on the Web to find differentiated activities in all content areas!! (Y, M, O, T)