We've put together a number of resources to support teaching students with exceptionalities. These include online documents, web sites and print resources on these topics:

• Individualized Education Programs
  
  
• Instructional Modifications and Accommodations
  
  
• Lesson and Instructional Planning
  
  

Individualized Education Programs

Online Documents

Autism Society of America (1997). The Individualized Education Plan (I.E.P.). [Online].
Available: http://www. autism-society.org/packages/IEP.html
This package from the Autism Society of America (ASA) offers an online resource on IEPs which includes background information, content, and procedures related to the IEP document and process. Several examples of IEP goals and objectives are included.

National Information Center for Children and Youth with Disabilities (1995). Helping students develop their IEPS. NIHCHCY Technical Assistance Guide # TA2. [Online]. Washington, DC.
Available: http://www.nichcy.org/pubs/stuguide/ta2book.htm

Web Resources

Office of Special Education Programs' IDEA Training Package National Information Center for Handicapped Children and Youth.
URL: http://www.nichcy.org/Trainpkg/trainpkg.htm
This site provides an on-line training package. Information on the legal requirements and provisions of the IDEA Amendments, including background information, resources, and training scripts. Text only and Adobe Acrobat PDF files are provided.

Print Resources

Van Reusen, A. K., Bos, C. S., Schumaker, J. B., & Deshler, D. D. (1994). The self-advocacy strategy. Lawrence, KS: Edge Enterprises, Inc.

Instructional Modifications and Accommodations

Online Documents

The Beach Center on Families and Disability, University of Kansas. (1997). How To: Improve the School Day for Students Supported By Medical Technology. [Online].
Available: http://www.lsi.ukans.edu/beach/index.htm

Hall, K. S. Classroom tips for children with sensory integration disorders. [Online].
Available: http://specialed.about.com/education/specialed/library/weekly/aa01160a.htm

Pedrotty Rivera, D. (1996). Using cooperative learning to teach mathematics to students with learning disabilities. [Online].
Available: http://www.ldonline.org/ld_indepth/math_skills/coopmath.html

Web Resources

Captioned Media Program. URL: http://www.cfv.org

Captioned Media provides free loan materials to individuals with a hearing loss, their families, and educators. The National Association of the Deaf administers the program.

Inclusive Education. URL: http://www.uni.edu/coe/inclusion.

The Renaissance Group, a consortium of universities seeking to actively reform teacher education, produces the Inclusive Education web site. They provide a valuable web site that covers a number of topics related to instruction and inclusive education. The Teaching Strategies section offers some examples of types of adaptations needed and of adapted activities.

The Library of Congress National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped. URL: http://lcweb.loc.gov/nls/nls.html

The National Library Service for the Blind offer a free library program of braille and recorded materials. These materials are available to individuals who are eligible. A listing of cooperating libraries and facts about the NLS program are given on the site. Visitors can also listen to a sample of a talking book.

National Center to Improve Practice in Special Education Through Technology, Media, and Materials (NCIP). URL: http://www2.edc.org/NCIP/

NCIP contains a library about technology and media accommodations. The site also provides video profiles of students using assistive and/or instructional technology and gives a guided tour of an exemplary early childhood classroom. The site was last updated in fall 1998, however still provides useful examples.

National Center to Improve the Tools of Educators. URL: http://idea.uoregon.edu/~ncite/.

This site provides access to online documents and descriptions of current projects related to the effective use of technology, media, and materials for individuals with disabilities.

Recordings for the Blind & Dyslexic. URL: http://www.rfb.org

Recordings for the Blind and Dyslexic is a nonprofit organization with a library of over 80,00 titles provided in taped format. Individuals with a documented disability such as a visual impairment or learning disability which makes reading standard print difficult are eligible to access the library. Membership is required and can be accessed on the web site.

Print Resources

Choate, J. S. (2000). Successful inclusive planning: Proven ways to detect and correct special needs (3^rd ed.). Boston: Allyn and Bacon.

Hoover, J. J. & Patton, J. R. (1997). Curriculum adaptations for students with learning and behavior problems. Austin, TX: Pro-Ed.

Kochhar, C. A., West, L. L., & Taymans, J. M. (2000). Successful inclusion: Practical strategies for a shared responsibility. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Merrill.

Ryndak, D. L.., & Alper, S. (1996). Curriculum content for students with moderate to severe disabilities in inclusive settings. Boston: Allyn and Bacon.

Instruction and Lesson Planning

Web Resources

Awesome Library. URL: http://www.neat-schoolhouse.org/awesome.html

The Awesome Library has a number of K-12 organized resources and links, which include special education, as well as a section on lessons.

Curry School of Education at the University of Virginia. Office of Special Education: Special Education Information. URL: http://curry.edschool.virginia.edu/go/cise/ose/information/

Students and faculty have compiled a sight of many resources related to special education. In the Information section of the web site, links to effective special education methods and research-validated interventions for students with disabilities are provided.

Family Village Library: Disability Awareness. URL: http://www.familyvillage.wisc.edu/geeneral/disability-awareness.html

The Family Village web site includes a section on disability awareness activities for educators and others. Descriptions and links to a number of resources on disability awareness media, documents, and activities are available to educators.

Gateway to Educational Materials. URL: http://www.thegateway.org

The Gateway to Educational Materials Project is a project sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education's National Library of Education as a special project of the ERIC Clearinghouse on Information and Technology. It includes a searchable database of "high quality lesson plans, curriculum units and other education resources on the internet." Some lessons plans included in the database are designed for students with special needs.

Education Place. Houghton Mifflin. Activity Search. URL: http://www.eduplace.com/hmco/school/index.html

This site includes an activity search allowing access to lesson plans that correspond to available commercial materials. Many activities contain a list of prerequisite skills needed and explicit teacher procedures. These can be adapted as appropriate for students with special needs.

University of Kansas Special Education. Picture Reading Literacy Project. URL: http://busboy.sped.ukans.edu/~kid_pix/

Details and samples of a research project designed to increase the literacy skills of students with mental retardation and/or severe, multiple disabilities are provided at this site.

Print Resources

Hunt, N., & Marshall, K. (1999). Exceptional children and youth (2^nd ed.). Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company.

Rivera, D. P., & Smith, D. D. (1997). Teaching students with learning and behavior problems (3^rd ed.). Boston: Allyn & Bacon.