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BEHAVIOR ~ Positive Supports
Center for Effective Collaboration
and Practice
http://cecp.air.org/
Functional Assessment of Behavior
http://www.pbis.org/english/Functional_Assessment_of_Behavior.htm
Functional Behavior Assessment
http://www.air.org/cecp/fba/default.htm
Getting Behavior in Shape at
Home
http://www.pbis.org/english/behaviorshape.htm
Positive Behavioral Intervention
and Supports (English and Spanish)
www.pbis.org
Tips for Parents: Incorporating
Positive Behavior Support (PBS) Into the IEP
http://www.pbis.org/files/parentiep.doc
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COLLEGE PLANNING
College Board
http://www.collegeboard.org
College Edge
http://www.embark.com
CollegeNet
http://www.collegenet.com
Colleges and Careers Guidance
Center
http://www.collegexpress.com/
Colleges That Change Lives
http://www.ctcl.com
fastWEB
http://www.fastweb.com/fastweb
FishNet: the College Guide
http://mycollegeguide.org
Peterson's Education and Career
Center
http://www.petersons.com
Student Financial Assistance Programs http://studentaid.ed.gov/students/publications/completing_fafsa/index.html
The Princeton Review
http://princetonreview.com
The United States Dept. of Education: The Student Guide http://studentaid.ed.gov/students/publications/student_guide/index.html
Virginia College Quest: A Guide to College Success for Students with Disabilities
http://www.vacollegequest.org
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FOREIGN LANGUAGES
All Languages
BBC Languages
http://www.bbc.co.uk/languages/
Foreign Language News and Newspapers
http://libraries.mit.edu/guides/types/flnews/
How Language Performance is
Assessed in Fairfax County Public Schools
http://www.fcps.edu/DIS/OHSICS/forlang/PALS/index.htm
Vocabulary Training Exercises
http://www.vokabel.com/
French
EIFFEL: Excellence in French
for Every Learner
http://www.fcps.edu/DIS/OHSICS/forlang/eiffel/index.htm
Fairfax County Public Schools:
Especially for Students of French
http://www.fcps.edu/DIS/OHSICS/forlang/esp_stud/frstud.htm
Links to French Resource Sites
http://www.fcps.edu/DIS/OHSICS/forlang/french/index.htm
German
Fairfax County Public Schools:
Especially for Students of German
http://www.fcps.edu/DIS/OHSICS/forlang/esp_stud/germstud.htm
Links to German Resource Sites
http://www.fcps.edu/DIS/OHSICS/forlang/german/index.htm
Latin
Fairfax County Public Schools:
Especially for Students of Latin
http://www.fcps.edu/DIS/OHSICS/forlang/esp_stud/latstud.htm
Links to Latin Resource Sites
http://www.fcps.edu/DIS/OHSICS/forlang/latin.htm
Sign Language
Links to American Sign Language
Resource Sites
http://www.fcps.edu/DIS/OHSICS/forlang/amslan.htm
Spanish
C.B. Putnam's Spanish Page
http://www.ea1785.org/htm/Units/Upper/modlang/putnam/spanish/spanish.htm
Fairfax County Public Schools:
Especially for Students of Spanish
http://www.fcps.edu/DIS/OHSICS/forlang/esp_stud/spstud.htm
Learn Spanish
http://www.studyspanish.com/
Links to Spanish Resource Sites
http://www.fcps.edu/DIS/OHSICS/forlang/spanish/index.htm
STARS: Spanish Tutorial and
Review Site
http://www.fcps.edu/DIS/OHSICS/forlang/stars/index.htm
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LEGAL & PROCEDURAL INFORMATION
Amicus for Children, Inc.
http://www.amicusforchildren.org
The Brazelon Center
http://www.bazelon.org/
Virginia Department of Education
http://www.pen.k12.va.us
Virginia's General Assembly
http://legis.state.va.us/
Wrightslaw
http://wrightslaw.com
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MATH
Getting Ready for Your Math
Final (good tips for any math test)
http://www.eop.mu.edu/study/MathFinal.html
LD online: Math Skills
http://www.ldonline.org/article.php?id=0&loc=70
Multiplication.com is a site
with resources for teaching multiplication facts.
http://www.multiplication.com/
Resource Room
http://www.resourceroom.net
Sparknotes, Provides study guides
to a variety of topics in math
http://www.sparknotes.com/math/
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PHONEMIC AWARENESS
LD Online How Now Brown Cow:
Phoneme Awareness Activities
for Collaborative Classrooms
http://www.ldonline.org/ld_indepth/teaching_techniques/cld_hownow.html
Literature
for Literacy Telecollaborative Project
http://www.literatureforliterature.ecsd.net/
Reading Workshop
http://www.manatee.k12.fl.us/sites/elementary/palmasola/rcompindex.htm
University of Virginia: Phonological Awareness Literacy Screening
http://pals.virginia.edu/
Virginia Department of Education
Scope and Sequence Chart
http://www.pen.k12.va.us/VDOE/Instruction/Reading/findings.pdf
READING
Alliance
for Excellent Education
http://www.all4ed.org/
Balanced
Reading.com
http://www.balancedreading.com/
Get Ready
to Read
http://www.getreadytoread.org/
"Learning
to Read/Reading to Learn" Learning To Read/Reading To Learn Campaign;
Helping Children with Learning Disabilities to Succeed. Office of Special
Education Programs' National Center to Improve the Tools of Educators July
9, 1996.
http://idea.uoregon.edu/~ncite/programs/read.html
http://reading.uoregon.edu/
The Knowledge Loom
http://knowledgeloom.org
National Institute for Literacy (Publications)
http://www.nifl.gov/nifl/publications.html
Reading
Online: Articles from the International Reading Association
http://www.readingonline.org
Reading Rockets
http://www.readingrockets.org
Reading Tips
for Parents
http://www.ed.gov/parents/read/resources/readingtips/index.html
Put Reading First: Helping Your Child Learn to Read http://www.nifl.gov/partnershipforreading/publications/reading_first2.html
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SOCIAL SKILLS
"Do's & Don'ts"
for Fostering Social Competence
http://www.ricklavoie.com/dosart.html
Home (at yours and others!)
for the Holidays
http://www.ricklavoie.com/homeholidayart.html
Self-Esteem: The Cause and Effect
of Success for the Child with Learning Differences
http://www.ricklavoie.com/selfesteemart.html
Social Competence and the Child
with Learning Disabilities
http://www.ricklavoie.com/competart.html
Social Tips for Giving and Receiving
Gifts
http://www.ricklavoie.com/holidaysart.html
The Teacher's Role in Developing
Social Skills
http://www.ricklavoie.com/teacherart.html
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SPECIAL EDUCATION TOPICS
Fairfax County Public Library
http://www.co.fairfax.va.us/library/homepage.htm
FDAâs Drug Safety Initiative
http://www.fda.gov/cder/drugSafety.htm
Hood College's Department of Special Education, Special Education Resources
on the Internet
http://seriweb.com
National Center for Learning Disabilities IDEA Parent Guide
http://www.ncld.org/content/view/900/456084/
National Dissemination Center for Children with Disabilities
http://www.nichcy.org
Psychology Self-Help Resources
on the Internet
http://www.psychwww.com/resource/selfhelp.htm
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SPECIAL NEEDS
Autism/Asperger's Syndrome
ABA Educational
Resources
http://www.abaresources.com
Autism Resources
http://www.autism-resources.com
Autism Society
of America
http://www.autism-society.org/
Center for the
Study of Autism
http://www.autism.com
Fragile-X Syndrome
Research Foundation
http://www.FRAXA.org/
Future Horizon
(a publishing company that publishes materials exclusively about autism)
http://futurehorizons-autism.com
National Alliance for Autism
Research
www.autismspeaks.org
Online Asperger Syndrome
Information & Support
http://www.udel.edu/bkirby/asperger/
Treatment and Education of Autistic
and related Communication handicapped Children(The TEACCH program at the University
of North Carolina, Chapel Hill)
http://www.teacch.com/
Yale's Child Study Center
http://info.med.yale.edu/chldstdy/autism/
Cognitive Delays
Association of Mental Retardation
http://www.aamr.org
Down Syndrome
http://www.nas.com/downsyn
Equity, Opportunity and Inclusion
for People with Disabilities since 1975.
http://www.tash.org
National Down Syndrome Society
http://www.ndss.org/
National Information Rehabilitation
Information Center
http://www.naric.com.
National Organization of Rare
Disorders
http://www.rarediseases.org
The Arc
http://thearc.org/
Emotional Disabilities
American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
http://www.aacap.org
Center for Effective
Collaboration and Practice
http://www.air.org/cecp
Child and Adolescent Bipolar
Foundation
www.bpkids.org
National Alliance for the Mentally
Ill
www.nami.org
Hearing Impairments
Better Hearing Institute
http://www.betterhearing.org/
Center for Hearing Loss in Children
at the Boys Town National Research Hospital
http://www.boystownhospital.org
Listen Up! and Talk It Up!
http://www.listen-up.org
Where Do We Go From Hear
http://www.gohear.org
Self-Help for Hard of Hearing
People
http://www.shhh.org/
The Council on Education of
the Deaf from Kent State University
http://deafed.net
Learning Differences
All Kinds of Minds: Understanding
Differences in Learning
www.allkindsofminds.org
Council for Exceptional Children
Division for Learning Disabilities
www.dldcec.org
Council for Learning Disabilities
(CLD)
www.cldinternational.org
International Dyslexia Association
(IDA)
www.interdys.org
LDonline
www.ldonline.org
LD Resources
http://www.ldresources.com
Learning Disabilities Association
of America (LDA)
www.LDAAmerica.org
National Center for Learning Disabilities
www.ncld.org
National Center for Learning Disabilities IDEA Parent Guide
http://www.ncld.org/content/view/900/456084/
Non-Verbal Learning Disorders
http://www.nldline.com
Schwab Learning
www.schwablearning.org
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SPORTS and RECREATION
Fairfax County Therapeutic Recreation Services
http://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/rec/Trs/pg1_Welcome.htm
ÊNational Sports Center
for the Disabled
http://www.nscd.org/
NOVA Cool Cats
Ice Hockey for the
Developmentally Disabled
http://www.novacoolcats.org/
Special Hockey Washington
http://www.specialhockey.org/
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STUDY SKILLS & TEST TAKING
Muskingum University
http://www.muskingum.edu/%7Ecal/database/
Virginia Tech
http://www.ucc.vt.edu/stdysk/stdyhlp.html
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TECHNOLOGY
Center for Applied Special Technology
http://www.Cast.org
Family Center on Technology and Disability
http://www.fctd.info
National Center to Improve Practice in Special Education Through Technology,
Media, and Materials
http://www.edc.org/FSC/NCIP/
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Twice Exceptional
Educational
Resources Information Center
www.hoagiesgifted.org
Fairfax County Public Schools Instructional Services
www.fcps.edu/DIS/gt
Fairfax County Public Schools Special Education Resources
www.fcps.edu/specialed.htm
LD Online
www.ldonline.org
National Association for Gifted Learners www.nagc.org
NEA: The Twice Exceptional Dilemma
http://www.nea.org/specialed/images/twiceexceptional.pdf
Twice-Exceptional Newsletter
http://2enewsletter.com
Uniquely Gifted
www.uniquelygifted.org
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WRITING
Access Homepage
http://englishcompanion.com
English Exercises Online
http://www.smic.be/smic5022/index.htm
Essay Punch, Essaypunch takes
users through the actual steps of writing a basic essay.
http://www.essaypunch.com
LD online: Writing
http://www.ldonline.org/ld_indepth/writing/writing.html
News-2-You (online, easy-to-read
news about current events for children)
http://www.news-2-you.com
Resource Room
http://www.resourceroom.net
Room 82 Homepage
http://englishcompanion.com/room82/index.html
Sparknotes, Provides in-depth
study guides to a large number of books assigned to secondary students
http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/
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U.S. Department of Education
What
Every Parent Should Know About No Child Left Behind
http://www.ed.gov/nclb/overview/intro/parents/parentfacts.html
IDEA
2004 News & Resources
http://idea.ed.gov
Resources
for Parents of Children with Special Needs
http://www.ed.gov/parents/needs/speced/edpicks.jhtml?src=ln
Homework
Help!
http://www.free.ed.gov/
Tips
& Resources for Parents
http://www.ed.gov/parents/academic/help/partnership-tips.html
Questions for
the U.S. Department of Education?
Phone: 1-800-USA-LEARN (1-800-872-5327)
Spanish speakers available (se habla español)
TTY: 1-800-437-0833
Fax: (202) 401-0689
Mail: U.S. Department of Education
400 Maryland Avenue, SW
Washington, DC 20202
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Virginia Department of Education
Link
for Parents:
http://www.doe.virginia.gov/VDOE/Parents/index.html
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