K-12 TLC Teacher Guide to Special Needs Education

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Americans with Disabilities Act, Assistive Technologies, Early Childhood Disabilities,
Inclusive Education, Transition/School-to-Work/Employment/College
Asperger's Syndrome, Attention Deficit Disorders, Autism, Blindness, Brain Injuries
Cerebral Palsy, Deaf/Deafness, Diabetes, Dyslexia, Down Syndrome,
Learning Disabilities, Mental Retardation, Speech Disorders, Spina Bifida , Spinal Injuries, Williams Syndrome

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Abbott, Jim: K-12 TLC Guide.
Campanella, Roy: K-12 TLC Guide.

Glennie, Evelyn: K-12 TLC Guide.

Keller, Helen: K-12 TLC Guide.
Nolan, Christopher: K-12 TLC Guide

Shriver, Eunice Kennedy: K-12 TLC Guide.

Pendergrass, Teddy: K-12 TLC Guide:

Sullivan, Anne: K-12 TLC Guide.

Access-Able Travel Source.
Adapted Physical Education, PECentral.

American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities.

Center for Disability Information & Referral, Indiana University.
Children with Special Needs, University of Richmond.
Children's Disabilities Information.
Council for Exceptional Children.
Direct Support Professionals, University of Minnesota.
Disability-Related Web Sites, Indiana University.
ERIC Clearinghouse on Disabilities and Gifted Ed.
Family Village, University of Wisconsin.
Federal Resource Center for Special Needs Education.
The History Channel:

08/18/1941: Hitler Suspends Euthanasia of Mentally Ill and Handicapped

Inclusion Strategies For Hyperlexic Children, American Hyperlexia Association.
Indiana Dept. of Ed. Division of Special Needs Education.
Institute for the Study of Developmental Disabilities, Indiana University.
Institute on Community Integration, University of Minnesota.
International Day of Persons with Disabilities, United Nations.
Kids Together, Inc..
Marketplace:

Internet Barriers for People with Disabilities.

Medical Home Program for Children With Special Needs, American Academy of Pediatrics.
National Center for Accessible Media.
National Center for Children & Youth With Disabilities.
National Center for Children with Disabilities.
National Center to Improve Practice In Special Ed., Education Development Center.
National Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC):
- National Center on Birth Defects and Disabilities.
National Disability Sports Alliance.
Nat'l Library Service: Blind & Physically Handicapped, The Library of Congress.
National Public Radio:

National Transition for Youth With Disabilities, University of Minnesota.
The New York Institute for Special Education.
Parent Advocacy Coalition for Educational Rights.
Public Radio International:
- Can Asperger's Be Used As a Criminal Defense?
- Training Monkeys to Assist People with Severe Disabilities.
Rapoport, Lydia, Writer's Almanac.
Science Update (audio: 1:25), American Association for the Advancement of Science:
- Tougher, Faster Cheaper Wheelchairs: 3/21/01.
Self Advocates Becoming Empowered.

Special Needs Education Resources on the Internet, Hood College.

TASH.

Teachers Helping Teachers.
University of Virginia:
- Office of Special Education.
USA Today:
- Special-Needs Students Named Homecoming Queens and Kings.
Web Content Accessibility Guidelines, W3: The World Wide Web Consortium.
Welcome to Bry-Back Manor.
Yahoo:
- Education : Special Needs Education.
- Health: Mental Health.
- Society and Culture: Disabilities.

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Assistive Technologies

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Dyslexia

Mayo Clinic:
- Dyslexia Has a Biological Basis.

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Early Childhood Disabilities

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Inclusive Education

Inclusive Education Web Site, University of Northern Iowa.

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Work/
Employment/
College

College and Career Programs for Deaf Students, Gallaudet University.
DO-IT, University of Washington:
- Career Planning Resources.
- College Preparation and Access.
- DO-IT Programs.
- Transition to College.
Institute on Community Integration, University of Minnesota.
Job Accommodation Network, West Virginia University:
National Transition Alliance for Youth with Disabilities.
U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.

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Asperger's Syndorme

Autism: K-12 TLC Guide.
Children's Mental Health: K-12 TLC Guide.
Sensory Overload: K-12 TLC Guide.

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Attention Deficit Disorders

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Autism

Asperger's Syndrome: K-12 TLC Guide.

Searle, Elizabeth: K-12 TLC Guide.

April 2: World Austism Awareness Day (Since 2008):

Official Web Site.

Autism Society of America.
Autism Special Needs Education Help Center.
BBC:
- Autistic Brains Are Different.
CBS News:
- Apps for Autism.
Healthfinder.
IAN: Interactive Autism network:

Official Web Site.

National Public Radio.

Kennedy Krieger Institute.
Living on Earth:

Autism and Toxins.

Mayo Clinic.
National Institutes of Health:
- 05/14/01: Brain Gene Implicated in Autism.
- 08/22/01: Insights into Genetic Foundations of Autism.
National Public Radio:
Resources on Autism, University of Virginia.
Southern California Public Radio:
- Changing the Way We Think About Autism.
- The True Story of the Autism Vaccine Panic.
Exiting Nirvana: A Daughter's Life with Autism, Clara Claiborne Park, Oliver W. Sacks.

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Cerebral Palsy

Cerebral Palsy Tutorial, University of Washington.
Cerebral Palsy: A Guide to Care, University of Delaware.
Growing Up with Cerebral Palsy, National Public Radio.
How Can I Help?: Information for Friends and Relatives.
United Cerebral Palsy Associations.
United States Cerebral Palsy Athletic Association.
University of Virginia:
- Resources on Cerebral Palsy.
Yahoo!

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Down Syndrome

National Down Syndrome Society.
National Public Radio:

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Learning Disabilities

American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities.

Study Links Anesthesia to Learning Disabilities.

Resources on Learning Disabilities, University of Virginia.

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Mental Retardation

American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities.
American Association on Mental Retardation.
The Arc.
The Arc of Indiana.
Stone Belt Arc.
National Public Radio:

Label Falls Short for Those with Mental Retardation.

Resources on Mental Retardation, University of Virginia.
War on the "R" Word (pdf).

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Speech Disorders

Diseases and Disorders: K-12 TLC Guide.
Speech: K-12 TLC Guide.

Anatomy of a Stutter, U.S. News.

Functional Dysphonia: K-12 TLC Guide.

InteliHealth:
- The State of Stuttering.
National Public Radio:

Study: Stuttering Is (Often) in the Genes.

Science Update (audio: 1:25), American Association for the Advancement of Science:
- Brain Abnormalities and Stuttering: 8/27/01.
Southern California Public Radio:

The King's Speech: King George VI and His Debilitating Stammer.

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Spina Bifida

Mayo Clinic.
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke.
National Institutes of Health.
National Public Radio:

Prenatal Spinal Surgery.

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Spinal Injuries

Care Packages: The Story of Christopher Reeve, National Public Radio: 11/15/99 (audio: 47:49).

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Related Literature Section

Deaf Characters, Fairrosa Cyber Library.

Young Adult:
- Reference Books For Teachers, University of Richmond:
- Chuck Close, Up Close, Jan Greenberg & Sandra Jordan.
- The Door In The Wall, Marguerite DeAngeli.
- I Have A Sister, My Sister Is Deaf, Jeanne Whitehouse Peterson.
- Petey, Ben Mikaelsen.
- The Secret Garden, Frances Hodgson Burnett.
- Summer of the Swans, Betsy Byars.
- The Window, Jeanette Ingold.
- Sutcliff, Rosemary: K-12 TLC Guide.
Adult:
- Searle, Elizabeth: K-12 TLC Guide.
- Born on a Blue Day by Daniel Tammet:
  - Official Website.
  - National Public Radio.
  - Barnes and Noble.
- Boy Alone: A Brother's Memoir by Karl Taro Greenfeld:
  - National Public Radio.
  - Amazon.com.
- "The Boy Behind the Mask", Tom Hallman, Jr., The Oregonian.
- Care Packages: The Story of Christopher Reeve, National Public Radio (audio: 47:49).
- Exiting Nirvana: A Daughter's Life with Autism, Clara Claiborne Park, Oliver W. Sacks:
  - Amazon.com.

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K-12 TLC Teachable Moments

02/28: Fair Housing.

03/03/1887: The First Meeting of Anne Sullivan with Helen Keller.


Abbott, Jim Keller, Helen Sullivan, Anne

Grades K-3:
- My First Book of Sign Language, Joan Holub.
K-12:
- ADD Activities and Strategies, Cape Breton-Victoria Regional School Board.
Grades 3-7:
- Children with Special Needs, University of Richmond:
  - The Door In The Wall, Marguerite DeAngeli.
  - I Have A Sister, My Sister Is Deaf,
    Jeanne Whitehouse Peterson.
  - The Secret Garden, Frances Hodgson Burnett.
  - Summer of the Swans, Betsy Byars.
  - The Window, Jeanette Ingold.
Grades 3-12:
- Special Education: Death, Depression and Suicide,
  Laura Batson, Yale-New Haven Teachers Institute.
Grades 7-12:
- Poetry for "Special" Students, Victoria Mallison,
  Yale-New Haven Teachers Institute.
Grades 9-12:
- In Search of Afro-American Poets in Modern Times,
  Cynthia H. Roberts, Yale-New Haven Teachers Institute.
Other:
- Teachers Helping Teachers.
- Water, Weather, and the World, Lucia Rafala,
  Yale-New Haven Teachers Institute.

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This guide last edited 10/24/2011
This guide last revised 08/14/2008