Inclusion as an approach is the law of the land; as an attitude,
inclusion presents one of the most idealistic and creative challenges
teachers have ever faced! Classrooms today are far more diverse than heretofore, both nationally and locally. Students formerly in Resource Rooms and Gifted Centers are now integrated into the mainstream--which has undergone pressures to detrack.
Essential Tools -- The Essential Tools series include resource guides, practice guides, policy guides, and other guides to increase the capacity of organizations involved in secondary education and transition for youth with disabilities.
Who Are Secondary Students in Special Education Today? -- Understanding the complex set of characteristics that youth with disabilities bring to their experiences at school and in the community is a foundation for serving them well.
When Thinking Skills Trump Reading Skills -- Adolescents and “back-to-basics” reading programs rarely mix. Four strategies stimulate thinking while teens learn to read.
Task, Text, and Talk: Literacy for All Subjects -- Disciplinary literacy builds secondary students' academic content knowledge and their reading, writing, and thinking skills at the same time.
Family Village - global community that integrates information, resources, and communication opportunities on the Internet for persons with cognitive and other disabilities, for their families, and for those that provide them services and support
Parents Helping Parents -- Parent-directed family resource center for children with any kind of special need
LDOnline - Web newspaper with links to professional resources, information about learning disabilities and Attention Deficit Disorder, and an interactive KidZone
Schwab Foundation for Learning - raising awareness about learning differences
and providing
parents and teachers with the information, resources and support they need
to improve the lives of kids with learning differences
Deciding to Teach Them All -- Asking the right questions has an enormous impact on how we pursue equity and excellence in our classrooms.
The Council for Exceptional Children
- news, CEC training and events information, standards and accreditation, publications
and products, public policy and legislation information, and clearinghouses for special education
With Boys in Mind / Media and Literacy: What's Good? -- Rather than bemoan boys' fascination with movies and video games, teachers can use these visually mediated narratives to engage reluctant readers and writers.
