Educational Resources
The U.S. Department of Education maintains a website
with a wide range of information on services, programs, funding, calls for research
proposals, and other governmental and non-governmental resources for education.
Multicom offers over 70 multimedia products
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have found their American Sign Language Dictionary to be a very
significant aid in helping students develop sign language as a form of functional
communication and recommend it to anyone trying to teach functional communication skills.
"Dr. Martin L. Sternberg's award-winning tutorial now features over 2600
signs, an online connection for downloading new signs, a Fingerspelling module, learning
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video examples and animated illustrations, individual progress-tracking, multiple-player
learning games, and search capabilities in five languages."
The Alabama Department of Education has recently
developed a website and is in the process of expanding its features.
The Georgia Department of Education administers
policies of the State Board of Education under the direction of the State Superintendent
of Schools. The Department disburses State education funds, provides technical assistance
and support services to local school systems, and operates three State schools for hearing
and visually impaired students. The Department places emphasis on being a service agency
rather than a regulatory agency. The operation and management of local schools is the
responsibility of local boards of education and local school superintendents within the
framework of law and State Board policy.
The Florida Department of Education Home Page.
"On this site, you will find information to help you learn more about Florida's
public education issues. You'll have access to up-to-date statistics, information about
standards and accountability, teacher certification, scholarships, and more. You'll be
able to meet the men and women at work at YOUR Department of Education."
The Mississippi Department of Education
website: "Richard Thompson was named State Superintendent of Education . The
State Board of Education voted to hire Dr. Richard L. Thompson to serve as State
Superintendent of Education. Thompson, who currently serves as North Carolina's Deputy
State Superintendent is excited about the prospect of returning to Mississippi and assumed
the position on July 1. A special thanks to Dr. Richard Boyd, Interim Superintendent
for his service to our State during the selection process."
The North Carolina
Department of Public Instruction is the state agency that most other
places call their Department of Education.
The South Carolina Department of Education does not appear to have a website.
Anyone who has information on an official SC DoE website please let us know.
The Tennessee Department of Education
website. "The mission of taking Tennessee to the top in education guides
administration of the state's K-12 public schools. The Department of Education puts
students first in every aspect of education decision-making and has challenged Tennessee
educators to be creative in designing programs that make a positive
difference." - Jane Walters Commissioner
The Individuals
with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) is available on-line. This Act
strengthens academic expectations and accountability for the nation's 5.8 million children
with disabilities and bridges the gap that has too often existed between what children
with disabilities learn and what is required in regular curriculum.
The Division of School Psychology of
APA is composed of scientific- practitioner psychologists whose major professional
interests lie with children, families and the schooling process. The Division represents
the interests of psychologists engaged in the delivery of comprehensive psychological
services to children, adolescents, and families in schools and other applied settings. The
Division is dedicated to facilitating the professional practice of school psychology and
actively advocates in domains such as education and health care reform, which have
significant implications for the practice of psychology with children. Members receive the
journal School Psychology Quarterly and the quarterly newsletter The School Psychologist.
The Division welcomes student members. Non-doctoral level school psychologists and
practitioners are welcome to join the Division as Professional Affiliates.
The Educational Resources Information
Center (ERIC), funded by OERI, is a nationwide information network that acquires,
catalogs, summarizes, and provides access to education information from all sources. The
data base and ERIC document collections are housed in about 3,000 locations worldwide,
including most major public and university library systems. ERIC produces a variety of
publications and provides extensive user assistance, including AskERIC, an electronic
question answering service for teachers on the Internet. The ERIC system includes 16
subject-specific Clearinghouses, the ERIC Processing and Reference facility, and ACCESS
ERIC which provides introductory services.
AskERIC is a personalized, Internet-based
service providing education information to teachers, librarians, students, counselors,
administrators, parents, and others. In addition, AskERIC is a Sun SITE repository, which
enables expansion of the quality and quantity of its resources and services to the
education community.
ERIC Clearinghouse on Disabilities and Gifted Education
(ERIC EC) is one of 16 federally funded clearinghouses in the ERIC system, a
nationwide information network sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education, Office of
Educational Research and Improvement (OERI), and administered by the National Library of
Education (NLE). ERIC EC gathers and disseminates the professional literature,
information, and resources on the education and development of individuals of all ages who
have disabilities and/or who are gifted. ERIC EC provides access to the ERIC
database of educational materials, which has more than 900,000 citations (60,000 citations
on disabilities or gifted issues).
The National Parent Information Network (NPIN) is a pilot
project led by the ERIC Clearinghouse on Urban Education at Teachers College and the ERIC
Clearinghouse on Elementary and Early Childhood Education to provide information and
communications capabilities to parents and those who work with them.
The ERIC Clearinghouse on Assessment and Evaluation
seeks to provide 1) balanced information concerning educational assessment and 2)
resources to encourage responsible test use.
The National Association of School Psychologists
(NASP) is the largest association of school psychologists in the world. Over 19,000
members of NASP strive to assure that all children grow up in educationally and
psychologically healthy environments by promoting research-based, effective programs that
prevent problems, enhance independence, and promote optimal learning for all individuals.
This is accomplished through caring professional service, state of the art research and
training, advocacy, and ongoing program evaluation.
Micro-Sped Computer Consultants sell special
education software, custom programs, computer hardware, and also provide access to the
internet.
Fetal Alcohol Support
Network A dozen lengthy articles on various aspects of FAS, especially educational
issues. Also a listing of 250 abstracts of articles on FAS/FAE research.
Inclusive Education Web Site of
the College of Education at the University of Northern Iowa Whether you're familiar with
inclusive education or have little idea what the term means, this web site is designed to
help you learn more about it. By answering some of the most frequently asked question on
inclusion, you'll get some basic guidelines for teaching in an inclusive classroom.
The Office of Special Education and
Rehabilitative Services (OSERS) supports programs that assist in educating children
with special needs, provides for the rehabilitation of youth and adults with disabilities,
and supports research to improve the lives of individuals with disabilities. To
carry out these functions, OSERS consists of three program-related components:
the Office of Special Education
Programs (OSEP);
the Rehabilitation Services
Administration (RSA); and
the National Institute on Disability and
Rehabilitation Research (NIDRR).
The mission of the U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights is to ensure equal
access to education and to promote educational excellence throughout the nation through
vigorous enforcement of civil rights. A primary responsibility is resolving
complaints of discrimination. Agency-initiated cases, typically called compliance reviews,
permit OCR to target resources on compliance problems that appear particularly acute. OCR
also provides technical assistance to help institutions achieve voluntary compliance with
the civil rights laws that OCR administers. In addition, OCR provides support to other
Department of Education programs.
LRP Publications - lots of information on special
education for researching issues in education law and keeping up to date on the latest
laws and news from Washington D.C. EAO will help you comply with federal and state
regulations, stay out of the courtroom, work with parents, and fight for all the funding
that you deserve.
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