Disability-Related Resources
Local Medical Care for Children
General Links
- Agency for Health Care Administration
- Agency for Persons with Disabilities
- American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
- ARC Florida
- Association for Persons with Severe Handicaps (TASH)
- Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (ASCD)
- Attention Deficit Disorder Association (ADDA)
- Autism of America (Florida Chapter)
- AutismNOW Transition Planning
- Autism Research Institute
- Autism Society of America (ASA)
- Autism Speaks Resource Guide
- Autism Web: A Parent’s Guide to Autism Spectrum Disorders
- BEESS Resource and Information Center (BRIC) (formerly called Clearinghouse Information Center)
- Brain Injury Association
- CareerSource Florida
- Center for Autism and Related Disabilities (CARD)
- Center for Parent Information and Resources
- Cerebral Palsy Guide
- Child Development Institute
- Children and Adults with Attention Deficit Disorder (CHADD)
- Children’s Medical Services
- ClassTools.net
- Council for Exceptional Children (CEC)
- Department of Children & Families (DCF) Mental Health Services
- Disability.gov
- Division of Blind Services (DBS)
- Division for Communicative Disabilities & Deafness (DCDD)
- Division for Learning Disabilities (DLD)
- Division of Career & Adult Education
- Division on Career Development and Transition (DCDT)
- Educational Testing Service
- Family Cafe
- Family Education Network
- Family Network on Disabilities (FND)
- Florida Alliance for Assistive Services and Technology (FAAST)
- Florida Alliance for Information and Referral Services (FLAIRS)
- Florida Center for Instructional Technology
- Florida Center for Reading Research (FCRR)
- Florida Colleges (and Community Colleges)
- Florida Department of Economic Opportunity
- Florida Department of Education
- Florida Department of Education Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)
- Florida Department of Education, Bureau of Exceptional Education and Student Services
- Florida Developmental Disabilities Council
- Florida Diagnostic & Learning Resources System (FDLRS)
- Florida Division of Emergency Management — Get A Plan
- Florida Federation Division on Career Development and Transition
- Florida Inclusion Network (FIN)
- Florida Problem Solving & Response to Intervention (RTI)
- Florida PTA
- For Your Information (FYI) Transition
- Free Reading
- International Dyslexia Association
- Multi-Agency Network for Students with Emotional Disabilities (SEDNET)
- National Alliance for the Mentally Ill (NAMI)
- National Association for Gifted Children
- National Association for the Education for Young Children (NAEYC)
- National Center on Secondary Education and Transition
- National PTA
- Office of Special Education and Rehabilitation Services (OSERS)
- Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP)
- Project 10: The Transition Education Network
- Safe Kids Worldwide
- Social Security Administration
- Special Olympics International
- Special Olympics Florida
- Student Support Services Project
- The Able Trust
- The Association for the Gifted (TAG)
- Tourette Syndrome Association
- United Cerebral Palsy Association (UCP)
- U.S. Department of Education
- Very Special Arts (VSA) of Florida
- Very Special Arts (VSA) US
- Vocational Rehabilitation (Florida)
- Working with the Experts Resources
Early Childhood-Related Links
- BornLearning.org (Spanish or English)
- Crickweb Early Years
- Everything Preschool
- First-School
- First Steps Guide (Spanish or English)
- Fisher-Price
- Knee Bouncers
- Literacy Center Education Network
- PBS Kids
- Preschool Express
- Talaris Institute
- Todobebe (Spanish)
- Worksheet Lab
- WATI
- Zero to Three
Learning Disabilities Links
- GreatSchools Special Education
- LD Online
- Learning Disabilities Association of America
- National Center for Learning Disabilities
Occupational & Physical Therapy Links
Speech and Language Links
- American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA)
- Net Connections for Communication Disorders and Sciences
Websites for Special Needs
- AAC Intervention — Created by Julie Marro and Caroline Musselwhite to assist students who use augmentative communication. Links to Boardmaker resources.
- AbleNet Remarkable Ideas — Choose student grade level, skill to address, activity theme and search for wonderful matching lesson plans.
- Bright Solutions for Dyslexia — Latest research and materials for working with students with dyslexia.
- Cindy’s Autistic Support — Wonderful website with resources to assist students with autism.
- Creative Communicating — Ideas for working with students using augmentative communication.
- Dragnifier — Magnifier for the computer.
- Georgia Project for Assistive Technology (GPAT) — GPAT has developed numerous resources to assist educators and families in providing assistive technology services to students with disabilities.
- informED — An Australian website that has practical insights dealing with a variety of topics. This link addresses communication techniques with parents and students, and is the first part of a seven-part series.
- The Learning Toolbox — This website provides many wonderful ideas for test-taking skills, study skills, reading and much more for students with special needs.
- National Center for Learning Disabilities — Resources for helping students with special needs.
- QIAT — Quality Indicators for Assistive Technology
- Searchable Online Accommodation Resource (SOAR) — System designed to let users explore various accommodation options for people with disabilities in work and educational settings.
- Simplified Technology — Created by Linda Burkhart, this site is filled with ideas and handouts for students who use assistive technology.
- Tar Heel Reader — This website has many accessible books that will read to students, can be made switch-accessible, and may be downloaded as a PowerPoint, Flash or Impress format.
- Teaching Learners with Mulitple Needs
- TechMatrix — This website helps to match assistive technologies with student needs.
- Zac Browser — This is a free web browser for students with autism.
Scholarship Information
College Scholarships for the Deaf (Information coming soon)
Links
American Society for Deaf Children
CI Circle: Parents of Children with Cochlear Implants
Central Institute for the Deaf
Florida Department of Education Deaf or Hard-of-Hearing Home Page
Florida Educators of Students who are Deaf & Hard of Hearing (FEDHH)
Florida School for the Deaf and the Blind
Laurent Clerc National Deaf Education Center
National Association of the Deaf
National Center for Hearing Assessment and Management
National Technical Institute for the Deaf at Rochester Institute of Technology
Resource Materials and Technology Center for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing / FDLRS
Transition and Planning Services
FDLRS/RMTC/OSBD Videos
Florida Diagnostic & Learning Resources System (FDLRS) Resource Materials & Technology Center (RMTC) Outreach Services for the Blind/Visually Impaired & Deaf/Hard-of-Hearing (OSBD) has created the following videos:
- I have a student in my class that is deaf, does that mean he can’t hear anything? (View Video)
- Should I sit my student in front of the classroom? (View Video)
- Available resources to assist teachers with the needs of students who are deaf/hard of hearing in their classroom (View Video)
- What are some other strategies that will be helpful to me in my classroom? (View Video)
- My student wears a hearing aid. Does that mean he should be able to talk? (View Video)
- How do I talk to the student if he can’t hear me? (View Video)
- What if I’m showing a video or DVD as part of my lesson? Do I need to turn the volume up really loud? (View Video)
- Do all students that are deaf know sign language? Does that mean that I have to learn sign language, too? (View Video)
- The student in my class has an interpreter. Should the interpreter assist the student and monitor his behavior too? (View Video)
Developmental Skills
Additional Developmental Information and Questions
Links
- Crickweb Early Years
- Everything Preschool
- First School
- First Steps Guide (Spanish or English)
- Florida’s Central Directory
- Florida’s Transition Project
- Knee Bouncers
- Literacy Center Education Network
- PBS Kids
- Preschool Express
- Priory Woods
- The Perpetual Preschool
- Riverdeep Demos
- Sesame Street
- Seussville
- Starfall
- Talaris Institute
- Todobebe (Spanish)
- WATI.org
- Worksheetlab.com
- Zero to Three
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