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The Department of Special Education at the University of Kansas provides individuals, families and educators a multitude of informational programs and publications to best assist people with disabilities and their families. Below are three sources of helpful resources in the field of Special Education:
The Department of Special Education faculty and staff operate a number of research and professional development centers and websites that benefit individuals with disabilities and their families and the professionals who serve them. Across the country and abroad, professionals and families rely on KU resources for up-to-date and research-based information regarding the educational needs of children, youth, and adults with disabilities. Visit our sponsored research page to get a more detailed description of the federally funded programs the Department of Special Education offers.
(http://www.altec.org/)
Deshler, Donald D
Smith, Sean J*
ALTEC, the Advanced Learning Technologies in Education, creates resources, supports collaboration and resource sharing, and fosters alliances that help educators discover and use the possibilities of the Internet for both their students and for themselves.
(http://www.beachcenter.org)
Sailor, Wayne
Turnbull, Ann P*
Turnbull, H R
Wehmeyer, Michael L
The Beach Center on Disability strives to make a significant and sustainable difference in the quality of life of families and individuals affected by disability. The Center conducts research, provides training and technical assistance, and provides international, national, state, regional, and local service in collaboration with families who have members with disabilities, individuals with disabilities, the professionals and policy leaders who serve families and individuals, and members of the communities in which the families and individuals live.
(http://www.ku-crl.org/)
Deshler, Donald D*
Lenz, Keith
Meyen, Edward L
Robinson, Suzanne M
Smith, Sean J
The Center for Research on Learning is an internationally recognized research and development organization noted for studying problems in education and working to place solutions that make a difference into the hands of educators, learners, employers, and policy makers.
(http://www.circleofinclusion.org)
Horn, Eva *
Thompson, Barbara J
The Circle of Inclusion website is designed to help early childhood service providers and families of young children. The site offers information about the effective practices of inclusive educational programs for children from birth through age eight.
(http://das.kucrl.org)
Deshler, Donald D*
Division of Adult Studies is committed to enhancing quality of life for people with disabilities or who experience societal and ecological barriers. To achieve this mission DAS performs policy analysis, research, product development, staff development, information dissemination, and program evaluation.
(http://elearndesign.org)
Deshler, Donald D
Meyen, Edward L*
Smith, Sean J
The mission of the e-Learning Design Lab (e-DL) is to explore new uses of educational technology to enhance learning environments that meet the educational and professional development needs of society.
(http://beachcop.beachcenter.org/CommunityBrowser.aspx?id=393&lang=en-US)
Turnbull, Ann P*
The mission of the Early Childhood Family Support CoP is to foster action on the part of families and practitioners in enhancing family quality of life. The CoP is a gathering place for families, practitioners, researchers, and policy leaders to address key issues related to family support at the early childhood level and to benefit from the synthesis of the best available research, family wisdom, and professional wisdom.
(http://web.ku.edu/~spedres/)
Robinson, Suzanne M*
This site assists educators at all levels (pre-service, in-service, and higher-ed) in understanding and educating their increasingly diverse populations. As a portal to a variety of online resources, the site introduces an educator to the different disability groups and provides suggestions and activities for addressing the academic, behavioral, and social needs of these populations. Links are grouped by academic category and disability area.
(http://www.igdi.ku.edu/)
Carta, Judith J*
Infant Growth and Development Indicators for Infants and Toddlers site is dedicated to assessing the results of early intervention and early childhood special education services provided young children birth through age 3. IGDIs enable early childhood practitioners to monitor and estimate children's growth and progress, impacting intervention design, implementation, and modification at reasonable levels of training, time, and cost.
(http://www.autismnetwork.org/)
Smith, Sean J*
The ICAN site is for anyone who lives with, teaches, or otherwise supports children and youth with autism spectrum disorders (ASD), including parents, teachers, and individuals with ASD.
(http://jgcp.ku.edu/)
Carta, Judith J
Greenwood, Charles R*
JGCP began in the mid-1960s when residents of Northeast Kansas City, Kansas, joined with KU faculty to address concerns about child development in a low-income community. Together, the KCK community and JGCP have designed programs to improve the parenting, care, and instruction received by children in Kansas and throughout the country.
(http://www.lsi.ku.edu/lsi/centers/#KUCDD)
Wehmeyer, Michael L*
The Kansas University Center on Developmental Disabilities (KUCDD), established in 1969 and affiliated with the Schiefelbusch Institute for Life Span Studies and the KU Department of Special Education, is funded by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Administration on Developmental Disabilities to pursue its mission to conduct research, training, technical assistance, and community service activities that enhance the quality of life, self-determination, and inclusion of Kansans with developmental disabilities and their families.
(http://www2.ku.edu/~ltec/)
Griswold, Deborah A
Knowlton, Earle
Walther-Thomas, Christine S*
The Leadership in the Teacher Education Core (LTEC) website provides information about this funded project (CFDA 84.325) that supports doctoral study in special education teacher preparation. These students specialize in four distinct tool areas: research, technology, cultural responsiveness, and professional development. Graduates of this project will be teacher educators who can immediately apply evidence-based best practices in teacher education.
(http://www.nrcld.org/)
Deshler, Donald D*
The National Research Center on Learning Disabilities conducts research on the identification of learning disabilities, formulates implementation recommendations, disseminates findings, and provides technical assistance to national, state, and local constituencies.
(http://www.pbis.org)
Sailor, Wayne *
The Center has been established by the Office of Special Education Programs, US Department of Education to give schools capacity-building information and technical assistance for identifying, adapting, and sustaining effective school-wide disciplinary practices.
(http://www.preservice.kucrl.org/)
Deshler, Donald D*
Lenz, Keith
This site offers a compilation of resources for preservice educators, including video segments and instructional support materials that capture some of the key ideas and components that are central to improving adolescent literacy in secondary schools.
(http://people.ku.edu/~mayaosh/POISE.html)
Robinson, Suzanne M*
Project POISE is a personnel preparation project funded by the US Department of Education, Office of Special Education Programs. POISE personnel work in partnership with school district staff to prepare special education teachers to work in urban and/or multicultural settings.
(http://www.specialconnections.ku.edu/cgi-bin/cgiwrap/specconn/index.php)
Robinson, Suzanne M
Smith, Sean J*
The Special Connections site connects teachers to strategies that help students with special needs be successful across the general education curriculum. Teacher tools for implementing best practices, case study materials, resources, and online collaboration are provided in modules focusing on instruction, assessment, behavior plans and collaboration.
(http://smarttogether.org/)
Lenz, Keith *
Robinson, Suzanne M
SLC promotes academic and self-sufficiency for low-achieving youth. This research-based program includes tutoring, mentoring, and professional development for teachers and supports thousands of youth in Kansas and across the country.
(http://www.stratepedia.org/)
Lenz, Keith *
Stratepedia (formerly Content Enhancement) provides teaching methods designed for use in general education classrooms to promote learning for all students.
(http://www.lsi.ku.edu/)
Palmer, Susan
Sailor, Wayne
Turnbull, Ann P
Turnbull, H R
Wehmeyer, Michael L*
The Schiefelbusch Institute for Life Span Studies (LSI) is one of the largest and most highly regarded human development and disabilities research centers in the country. The LSI brings together scientists of diverse disciplines to study human development from its genetic origins through the final stages of life. The LSI supports basic and applied research, treatment and assessment clinics, service coordination and delivery, consultation, and training-notably, training of the next generation of scientists. The Life Span Institute's 12 centers have more than 130 programs and projects active at any one time in Kansas as well as other states. Many projects directly serve individuals, families, and communities and are located in underserved Kansas City neighborhoods and rural Kansas counties.
(http://www.transitioncoalition.org)
Morningstar, Mary E*
The Transition Coalition provides online information, support, and professional development on topics focusing on the transition from school to adult life for youth with disabilities.
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| www.disabilityinfo.gov | |
| This federal interagency site contains links to resources of interest to people with disabilities, educators, administrators, service providers and family members, and provides access to referrals available at the federal, state, and local levels. The site also contains information from universities, research institutes, and non-profit organizations. |
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| www.ncd.gov | |
NCD's overall purpose is to promote policies, programs, practices, and procedures that guarantee equal opportunity for all individuals with disabilities; and to empower individuals with disabilities to achieve economic self-sufficiency, independent living, and inclusion and integration into all aspects of society. |
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| Council for Exceptional Children | www.cec.sped.org |
| The Council for Exceptional Children (CEC) is dedicated to improving educational outcomes for individuals with exceptionalities, students with disabilities, and/or the gifted. | |
| Education World: Special Education Community | |
| At the Education World Special Education Subject Center, you will find wonderful resources like information and tools from Education World and other valuable sources, chosen specifically for the special education community. | |
| IDEAPractices | www.ideapractices.org |
| The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act Amendments of 1997 Public Law 105-17, were signed by the President on June 4, 1997 . The Final IDEA '97 Regulations were released on Friday, March 12, 1999. | |
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| Children and Adults with Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder | www.chadd.org |
| CHADD (Children and Adults with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder)is the nation's leading non-profit organization serving individuals with AD/HD and their families. CHADD has over 16,000 members in 200 local chapters throughout the U.S. | |
| NIH: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder | |
| NIH works to improve mental health through biomedical research on mind, brain, and behavior. | |
| ADD/AHDD Online Support Group | www.adders.org |
| This group's objective is to promote awareness to Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder and to provide information and as much free practical help as we can to sufferers, both adults and children, and their families. | |
| One ADD Place | www.oneaddplace.com |
| This website provides information on both child and adult attention deficit disorders and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder here. Learn the ADD and ADHD symptoms and how to test for them and discover the latest natural treatments and pharmaceutical medications and medicines. | |
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| Autism Society of America | www.autism-society.org |
| Autism Society of America (ASA) is the leading voice and resource of the entire Autism community in education, advocacy, services, research and support. | |
| Asperger and Autism Information by MAAP Services | www.maapservices.org |
| MAAP Services for Autism and Asperger Syndrome is a nonprofit organization dedicated to providing information and advice to families of More advanced individuals with Autism, Asperger syndrome, and Pervasive developmental disorder (PDD). | |
| Asperger Syndrome Education Network | www.aspennj.org |
| ASPEN ® is a volunteer non-profit organization headquartered in New Jersey. Our fifteen chapters provide families and individuals whose lives are affected by Autism Spectrum Disorders (Asperger Syndrome, Pervasive Developmental Disorder-NOS, High Functioning Autism), and Nonverbal Learning Disabilities education, support, and advocacy. | |
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| Positive Behavioral Interventions & Supports | www.pbis.org |
| The Center has been established by the Office of Special Education Programs, US Department of Education to give schools capacity-building information and technical assistance for identifying, adapting, and sustaining effective school-wide disciplinary practices. | |
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| LDOnLine | www.ldonline.org |
| This is the leading web site on learning disabilities for parents, teachers, and other professionals. | |
| Learning Disabilities Resource Community | www.ldrc.ca |
| The Learning Disabilities Resource Community (LDRC) has been developed to provide knowledge-building and communication tools for individuals and groups involved in the education of those with learning disabilities and to support research and development in associated fields. | |
| Learning Disabilities Association of America | www.ldanatl.org |
| Today, LDA is the largest non-profit volunteer organization advocating for individuals with learning disabilities and has over 200 state and local affiliates in 42 states and Puerto Rico. | |
| National Center for Learning Disabilities | www.ncld.org |
| The National Center for Learning Disabilities (NCLD) works to ensure that the nation's 15 million children, adolescents and adults with learning disabilities have every opportunity to succeed in school, work and life. | |
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| American Association of Mental Retardation | www.aamr.org |
| AAMR promotes progressive policies, sound research, effective practices, and universal human rights for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. | |
| The Arc of the United States | www.thearc.org |
| The Arc of the United States advocates for the rights and full participation of all children and adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities. | |
| The ArcLink | www.thearclink.org |
| The Arc of the United States is the national organization of and for people with mental retardation and related disabilities and their families. We are devoted to promoting and improving the quality of services for consumers and families. | |
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| National Center on Secondary Education and Transition | www.ncset.org |
| The National Center on Secondary Education and Transition coordinates national resources, offers technical assistance, and disseminates information related to secondary education and transition for youth with disabilities in order to create opportunities for youth to achieve successful futures. | |
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| Mental Measurements Yearbook Index | www.unl.edu/buros/ |
| Mental Measurements Yearbook, produced by the Buros Institute, contains fulltext information about and reviews of all English-language standardized tests covering educational skills, personality, vocational aptitude, psychology, and related areas as included in the printed Mental Measurements Yearbooks. | |
| Functional Behavioral Assessment | www.air.org/cecp/fba/default.htm |
| Functional behavioral assessment is generally considered to be a problem-solving process for addressing student problem behavior. Functional behavioral assessment should be integrated, as appropriate, throughout the process of developing, reviewing, and, if necessary, revising a student's IEP. | |
| LD Online: Understanding Tests and Measurements for the Parent and Advocate | |
| Most parents of special needs children know that they must understand the law and their rights. Few parents know that they must also understand the facts. The "facts" of their child's case are contained in the various tests and evaluations that have been administered to the child. Changes in test scores over time provide the means to assess educational benefit or regression. | |
| Buros: Test Reviews Online | buros.unl.edu/buros/jsp/search.jsp |
| This is a website where you can access information online, exactly as it appears in the Mental Measurements Yearbook series. | |
Committed to research and evidence-based interventions, faculty members and students from the KU Department of Special Education continue to produce a broad array of print and technology-based resources useful to the special education community. Clicking on the options below enables the user to browse for resources based on topic, author, or type of resource. The user can use the key-word or date search to obtain listings in citation format.
Committed to research and evidence-based interventions, faculty members and students from the KU Department of Special Education continue to produce a broad array of print and technology-based resources useful to the special education community. Clicking on the options below enables the user to browse for resources based on topic, author, or type of resource. The user can use the key-word or date search to obtain listings in citation format.
