Valuable Web Sites
http://www.ldonline.org/ld_indepth/reading/ltr3-cec.html
This web site is contains information about learning disabilities and the process of reading and writing. It can help you with teaching the alphabetic language, reading and skills for writing.
http://www.ldonline.org/_indepth/bilingual_ld/esl_ld_math.html
This site teaches us how to deal with mathematical situations for bilingual students. It helps with the language for instruction, understanding concepts, and teaching concretely. It also discusses the type of praise that should be given when teaching math, for we all know it is a difficult subject.
http://members.aol.com/dyslextest/dyslexic.html
Here is a site that allows parents to get information about dyslexia. It also offers a test that can be applied if you suspect a child you know that might have dyslexia. It contains general information, and talks about the use of technology for students with dyslexia.
http://www.ldonlinde.org/ld_indepth/social_skills/behavior_management.html
Here is a site about modifications that can be done with behavior problems. It discusses issues with social skills, skill based deficits, and positive or negative feedback. This is a good web site for parents or teachers.
This is a good site for parents that help teach about children learning and technology. You can search for information through sorted categories that are in question/answer form. Some of these categories include: thinking skills, various learning styles, special needs, gifted children, home-schooling, and kids on the Internet.
http://www.familyeducation.com
This is a good place for parents to come when supporting their child’s education. This site has over a 1,000 channels that connect parents to pages of articles on topics they are interested in. There are channels on special needs, and learning disabilities and many others. There are also plenty of links that will send you in the right direction for information.
This site contains information for parents about their children from birth to adolescence. There are articles about education, health, safety, and new products.
This is a very good site for general information about kids.
This is a great site for kids to go to when they want to look at other kids stories and school news. This is also a site that allows children to publish their own stories and news about their school. New stories are published everyday and you can pick your favorite author.
http://tristate.pgh.net/~pinch13
This is a site that helps students locate information for research projects. This site gives search engines and links to topics that students have to research in school.
This is a great site to learn about a pet or just to receive information about pets to have. You can look at pictures and get good information on many pets. Some of the topics are: bird, dog, cat, barn animals, fish, horses, and mammals.
http://www.ed.gov/pubs/parents/Reading/
This is a great site for parents who have children struggling with reading. This site provides valuable information on what you can do to help children become life long readers.
http://www.ndss.org/AboutDS/aboutds.html
This is a good site that discusses what Down Syndrome is and how to deal with it. It has great information and some wonderful links that can help you look for more information on DS. It discusses medical issues and causes of Down Syndrome.
http://ericps.ed.uiuc.edu/npin/npinhome.html
This is a site that gives extensive information to parents about child development, child care, education and parenting, and much more. The National Parent Information Network reports on new issues that concern families today.
http://ed.info.apple.com/education/techlearn/parents/playgrd/playmenu.htm
This is an educators site that has many teaching ideas, but can be used by children too. It contains information primarily for grades K-6 or ages 5-12. It has many teaching and learning ideas concerning all subjects. Some ideas include indoor rainy day recess activities, stories for young children and much more.
http://classline.usatoday.com/
This site connects the USA Today news with classroom activities through the curriculum. It links top news stories, at-home lessons, and questions and answers with reporters. This is a great site to use if you want to connect the news with classromm studies.
http://www.glavac.com/topeducatorsites.htm
This is a huge site that can be used for teachers or parents trying to find activities for their students. It gives examples of reading, writing, math, and many more topics that have specific activities that can be used.
This is a good site that contains the educational resource information center. It allows teachers to look up information that can be used as great resources in the classroom.
http://www.webmaster@edmark.com
This is a wonderful web site that allows teachers to look into valuable computer programs that can be used in the classroom. Teachers can look at these programs and receive the information needed to have it in your room.
http://proteacher.com/index.shtml
This is a site that teachers can access to help them with information and teaching resources. This would be a good site for new teachers, who can receive information from this site and teachers who have been out in the field for a longer amount of time.
This is a great web site that helps new teachers and long time teachers seeking new ideas to find new lesson plans. This site contains many lessons for children with special needs and much more.
http://www.tfhusa.com/index.html
This site is for parents and teachers looking for toys that can help children with special needs. This company specializes in multi-sensory rooms and toys.
http://www.chadd.org/fact8.htm
This site is for children and adults with Attention Deficit Disorder. They are a supportive organization for parents and adults with ADD. This site has valuable information and many resources for people to access.
This site is the web site for American Retarded Citizens homepage. This site is a very good site for parents who have a child with Mental Retardation. This site contains good information and other resources that can be accessed.
This site offers articles that range from birth to fathering, to adolescence, and much more. This site gives parents an opportunity to chat with other parents and allows them to receive newsletters about being a parent.
This web site gives a guide to parents in how to keep their children off of drugs. It gives parents and students’ tools, and support to keep a child drug free. The site page is divided into age groups for easier access and links. This site also contains many more available resources.
http://www.blind.net/bgeneral.html
This site allows parents and others to learn about being blind in today’s society. This helps parents locate other resources for information on blindness. It also describes what being blind is like and how we can learn techniques to ease the difficulties of blindness.
http://www.familyvoices.org/~vrosales/
This is a site that helps find support for parents with special health problems. This organization deals with families with special health needs and how they can get the information they need. It also gives other resources that parents can access to help them with their concerns.
This site is like a huge medical dictionary that can help teachers and parents find answers to their questions about any medical problem their child may have. You can also access information on diseases and other medical disorders for example Tourette Syndrome, or Down Syndrome.
http://www.tourettesyndrome.net
This is a good site for teachers and parents to get information on Tourette Syndrome. This site lists facts and questions individuals have about Tourette’s. This is a good site and it lists other resources that individuals can access.
This site was created to provide information, technical assistance, training and research needs. This helps parents and teachers find the resources they need about the questions they have on special needs topics. It is a technical site, but it is a good starting place for parents and teachers with their research needs.