Resources for the Teacher

• http://starfall.com/  Reading materials
  
• http://schoolexpress.com/   Look for free software to download
  
• http://www.atozteacherstuff.com/  Lots of materials for teaching
  
• http://www.stepbystepcc.com/themes.html  Materials for classroom "themes"
  
• http://www.edhelper.com/   Lots of materials for teaching, arranged by subject area
  
• http://www.enchantedlearning.com/home.html  Teaching materials
• http://www.sitesforteachers.com/ Over 300 web sites of interest to all teachers, search for "special education" or a subject for lesson plans, materials, etc.
• http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/bluewebn/ Blue Web'N has links to information for all teachers, search by grade level/subject
• http://school.discovery.com/ Links to information for teachers, students and parents
• http://www.techtrekers.com/ Lots of links for teachers of all kind

• http://www.seriweb.com/ Special Education Resources on the Internet (TONS of links)
• http://www.btsa.ca.gov/ba/profdev/toolkit/SE_Toolkit.html BTSA Special Ed Toolkit (lots of links to information)
• http://curry.edschool.virginia.edu/go/specialed/information/interventions.html  Extensive list of effective interventions that can be used with special needs students.
• http://curry.edschool.virginia.edu/sped/projects/ose/resources/  Special Ed resources from the University of VIrginia
  
• http://www.prenhall.com/specialed/main.html Merrill (Prentice Hall) Special Ed Resource Page (lots more links)
• http://unr.edu/homepage/maddux/splinks.htm Special education web resources from Cleborne Maddux (U of Nevada, Reno)
• http://www2.bakersfieldcollege.edu/btowns/   Developmentally appropriate practices
  
• http://www.uvm.edu/cdci/prlc/ Paraeducator Resource and Learning Center (U of Vermont)
  
• http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/osers/osep/index.html Office of Special Education Programs (US Dept of Ed)
• http://www.specialed.about.com/ About.com Special Education Links
• http://www.kinderart.com/special  Art projects for special needs students
  
• http://www.education-world.com/special_ed/ Education World Special Education Resources
• http://www.cec.sped.org/ Council for Exceptional Children
• http://www.dldcec.org/ LD division of CEC
• http://journals.cec.sped.org/index.cfm CEC Online journals
• http://ericec.org/ ERIC Clearinghouse on Disabilities and Gifted Education
• http://www.ideapractices.org/ IDEA Practices - info re Individuals with Disabilities Education Act
• http://www.cde.ca.gov/sp/se/ Special Education page from California Department of Education

• http://www.dds.ca.gov/EarlyStart/ESHome.cfm California Early Start home page
• http://www.wested.org/cs/we/view/pg/16 WestEd Center for Prevention and Early Intervention
• http://www.mcps.k12.md.us/curriculum/pep/pz.html Preschool Zone: Resources for Early Childhood Special Education (LOTS of links)
• http://www.sbcss.k12.ca.us/sbcss/specialeducation/ecthematic/ Early Childhood Thematic Units (you can download software and ideas for younger students)
• http://www.frcn.org/ Family Resource Network - links to information for families of children with special needs
• http://www.childfindidea.org/ Child Find - early identification
• http://www.firstsigns.org/ First Signs - early intervention resources
• http://www.nectac.org/ National Early Childhood Technical Assistance Center
• http://www.nectac.org/pubs/titlelist.asp Online publications from NECTAC
• http://www.lacoe.edu/ LA County Office of Education web site, includes early intervention services information
• http://ericec.org/faqs.html ERIC Early Childhood Special Education information (see Early Childhood links)
• http://www.dec-sped.org/ CEC Division for Early Childhood Special Education
• http://www.infanthearing.org/ NCHAM - information about identifying hearing problems in infants
• http://www.nofas.org/ National Organization on Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
• http://enablingdevices.com/catalog.aspx?session=child Enabling Devices - Children's Catalog
• http://www.scienceshareware.com/toys.htm ideas for adapting toys for use with switches
• http://www.fisher-price.com/us/special_needs/ Fisher-Price toys for children with special needs
• Sample of PowerPoint "talking book" (colors.ppt  1.4 Mb)
• http://www.abcteach.com/
• http://www.perpetualpreschool.com/
• http://www.preschooleducation.com/
• http://www.preschoolrainbow.com/
• http://www.sbcss.k12.ca.us/sbcss/specialeducation/ecthematic/index.html
• http://www.atozteacherstuff.com/
• http://www.first-school.ws/
• http://www.stepbystepcc.com/themes.html
• http://www.edhelper.com/
• http://www.hometown.aol.com/iteach345/
• http://www.kinderart.com/special
• http://www.enchantedlearning.com/home.html

• http://www.isn.net/%7Ejypsy/72iep.htm 72-point IEP checklist (includes citations for law and policy)
• http://www.iepware.com/ Demos of IEPMaker software
• http://www.ldonline.org/ LD Online, includes IEP information
• http://www.pai-ca.org/pubs/504401.htm Chapter 4 (IEPs) from the Special Education Rights & Reposibilities Manual of the Commnity Alliance for Special Education (as revised in April 2003)
• http://www.wrightslaw.com/info/iep.index.htm  List of links to IEP information
• http://iris.peabody.vanderbilt.edu/ info_briefs/eric/ericdigests/ed449599.pdf  Designing the IEP Process (an ERIC Digest in PDF format)
• http://www.calstat.org/iep/  IEP Online Training from CalSTAT