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Handbook of Parent Rights English: http://ec.ncpublicschools.gov/parent-resources/ecparenthandbook.pdf
Handbook of Parent Rights Spanish: http://ec.ncpublicschools.gov/parent-resources/ecspanishhandbook.pdf
Policies Governing Services for Children with Disabilities: http://ec.ncpublicschools.gov/policies/nc-policies-governing-services-for-children-with-disabilities/policies-62010.pdf
NCDPI Wiki Central: http://wikicentral.ncdpi.wikispaces.net/NCDPI+WikiCentral+Page
IDEA and Disability Laws: http://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/osers/osep/index.htmlGeneral
- Exceptional Children Assistance Center www.ecac-parentcenter.org
- Internet Resources for Special Children (IRSC) Link Here
- Information and Publications www.ed.gov/about/pubs/intro/index.html
- State Department of Instruction www.ncpublicschools.org/ec
Autism
- Autism Society www.autismsociety-nc.org
- Treatment and Education of Autistic and Related Communication-handicapped Children (TEACCH) www.teacch.com
Behavior
- NC Positive Behavior Support www.ncpublicschools.org/positivebehavior/
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Council for Exceptional Children: Division for Children with Emotional and Behavioral Disabilities – www.ccbd.net
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Center for Effective Collaboration and Practice – www.air.org/cec
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National Dissemination Center for Children and Youth with Disabilities – www.nichcy.or
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IDEAs That Work –http://osepideasthatwork.org/ Blueprints for Violence Prevention – www.colorado.edu/cspv/blueprints
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Join Together for Kids – www.ed.gov
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National Crime Prevention Council – www.ncpc.org
- Educational Resources Information Center [ERIC] – http://eric.ed.gov
Cognitive Disabilities
- The Arc – www.thearc.org
- AAMR – www.aamr.org
- Federation for Children with Special Needs – www.fcsn.org
- National Association of Down-Syndrome - www.nads.org
Learning Disabilities- Learning Disabilities and ADHD - www.ldonline.com
Curriculum Links- North Carolina Extended Content Standards: http://www.ncpublicschools.org/curriculum/ncecs
- Future Ready Occupational Course of Study: http://www.ncpublicschools.org/acre/standards/new-standards/#ocs
- Common Core State and NC Essential Standards: http://www.ncpublicschools.org/acre/standards/
Literacy
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Florida Center for Reading Research: http://www.fcrr.org/
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Adolescent Literacy: http://www.adlit.org/
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Center on Instruction: http://www.centeroninstruction.org/
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DIBELS- University of Oregon:https://dibels.uoregon.edu/
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Fiction Teachers.com: http://www.fictionteachers.com/
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Free Reading Resources: http://free-reading.net/index.php?title=Main_Page
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National Reading Panel: http://www.nationalreadingpanel.org/
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Reading Rockets: http://m.readingrockets.org/
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Reading is Fundamental: http://www.rif.org/
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Reading Quest: http://www.readingquest.org/
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Read, Write, Think: http://www.readwritethink.org/
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Starfall: http://www.starfall.com/
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Trelease on Reading: http://www.trelease-on-reading.com/
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Aaron Sheppard’s Readers Theater: http://www.aaronshep.com/rt/
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Poetry Teachers: http://www.poetryteachers.com/
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Writing Fix: http://www.writingfix.com/
Math
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Number Worlds: http://clarku.edu/numberworlds/index.htm
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National Council of Math Teachers: http://www.nctm.org/standards/default.aspx?id=58
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Intervention Central: http://www.interventioncentral.org/
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Activities integrating math and science: http://www.aimsedu.org/
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Math Activities for Kids: http://www.amathsdictionaryforkids.com/
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Math Dictionary for Teachers: http://intermath.coe.uga.edu
Transitioning/Postsecondary Outcomes
- National Secondary Transition Technical Assistance Center: http://www.nsttac.org
- National Dissemination Center for Children with Disabilities: :nichcy.org/schoolage/transitionadult/goals
- Writing Post Secondary: http://www.nsttac.org/sites/default/files/assets/pdf/POSTvideo2.pdf
Transition Websites
http://www.careerprofiles.info/ This is a comprehensive site of issues related to exploring careers.
http://www.careerinfonet.org/ This is a great site to explore careers, find help as a job seeker, explore training and education requirements.
http://www.youth-move.org/ This site has opportunites for you to learn more about transition from a professional standpoint. It also has application for students under the tabs for Career Development and Social & Community life tabs.
http://nsttac.org/ A great resource for all things transition for educators and parents.
http://www.ncpublicschools.org/docs/gradrequirements/resources/gradchecklists.pdf This provides the graduation requirements in a progress monitoring format. This is a great tool for course planning.http://ecac-parentcenter.org/ A great resource for parents and teachers to obtain information about the IEP and the transition plan.http://www.careerprofiles.info/ There are a lot of inspiring and motivational stories located here that could be used to assist in self advocacy skills.
Free Apps for Teacher Recourses/Instruction
MyScript Calculator (Vision Objects)This calculator allos students to write in their hand writing.
Teach (Knowmia) This a new free lesson planning and recording tools for teachers and their students. It creates lession and they can be published on Knowmia.com there are alot of visual aids from multiple sources, organise them in steps.
Star (Renaissance Learning Inc.) Assessments for math, early literacy and reading skills may be a good source for probes and information to assist in writing student present level of performance and annual goals..
iNtervene (Archon apps) Used to Track students’ academic and behavioral progress towards reaching a goal.
Autism Apps (Touch Autism) a comprehensive list of apps that are being used with and by people diagnosed with autism down syndrome and other special needs.
Khan Academy (Khan Academy) A variety of academic topics covered to assist in academic instruction.
Math (Your Teacher.com) Contains a library of over 50 courses for elementary, middle, and high school math, community college math and college math; and standardized test prep.
HMH Math on the Spot (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt) Tutorials for students from 6th grade math to Algebra 2.Common Core Standards (MasteryConnect) Allows you to find standards by subject, grade and subject category (domain/cluster)ShowMe Interactive Whiteboard (Learnbat,Inc) Allows you to record voice-overview whiteboard tutorials and share them online.eduDice (Jay Kay Studio) This would be geared for younger students struggling with ordering and counting, and computation. This would provide a visual model at a more concrete level.Educreations Interactive Whiteboard (Educreations, INC) Allows you to created recordable whiteboard for tutorials and introduction of concepts.
Inspiration Maps Lite (Inspiration Software, Inc. ) Allows the teacher or student work with up to five digrams to crate visual thinking and organizational skills.
Writing (SecondGuess ApS) This app is diverse and is useful for common spelling mistakes to providing phonetic model .
Sticky Notes for iPad and iPhone (tewks) Students can use to assist with developing organizational skills.
Everyday Mathematics Equivalent Fractions (McGraw- Hill School Education) This is a game that student can play to reinforce their understanding of equivalent fractions.
Flashcards (Brainscape) Students or teachers can create flash cards for instruction and studying.Standard notebooks Free(superior arts Inc ) This is an app for simple for productive note books. Note taking is a high yield instructional practice.Doceri Interactive Whiteboard (SP Controls,Inc.)This is a tool that allow teachers to combine screening, desktop control and interactive whiteboard in one app. Takes away the need for a Mobi.