4.+Special+Education+Resources

Special Education Resources

http://specialed.about.com

 This site is a how-to and valuable resource for Special Ed teachers with beginning questions. The site explains a lot of terms used in the field of special education and explains the paperwork that special education teachers deal with. In special education, there are many laws and requirements for students that qualify for special education, this site really helps out those who are unfamiliar with this.

Concerns 1) A concern I have for this website is the presentation. There are quite a few advertisements which makes following the reading difficult. I am afraid a teacher may disregard this site because it does look like a bunch of links to advertisements. 2) Another concern I have for this site is that it only covers a few components of special education and if a teacher is needing background information on a lot of things, than this may not be the best site. 3) My last concern is that it is a site that directs you to more and there is not a section of the author's opinions or information.

Suggestions 1) One suggestion I have for using this technology in special education is using this a source to link a teacher to several lesson plans designed for kids with special needs. This site contains many sources for lesson plans and teachers do not have to search all over the internet. 2) Another suggestion I have is if a teacher has run out of behavior management plan that are not working, to look at this site for more suggestions. 3) The last suggestion I have for using this technology in education would be for help writing IEP's, these can be exhausting for teachers and this site offers tips to renew teacher's energy for writing these.

Five links that are useful for Special Education: 1) http://seriweb.com This site is great for general disabilities information and basic background information teacher's can use for background knowledge. 2)http://www.ncld.org/ This site is the National Center for Learning Disabilities, it is a great source for teacher's needing support in teaching students with learning disabilities <span style="color: #000a02; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">3)http://www.naset.org/ <span style="color: #000a02; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">This site is the National Association of Special Education teachers and has many resources for teaching students with disabilities. <span style="color: #000a02; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">4)http://www.autismeducation.net/ <span style="color: #000a02; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">The website is a great resource for teaching teaching students with Autism <span style="color: #000a02; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">5)http://www.ldonline.org/ <span style="color: #000a02; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">This last website is great for teachers teaching students with learning disabilities and allows for teachers to post and respond to questions.

<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">This video is a great introduction to inclusion media type="youtube" key="g9-XX9227ek?version=3" height="360" width="640"