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Teaching Standards

Interstate Teacher Assessment and Support Consortium Standards (InTASC)

National Board for Professional Teaching Standards:Early childhood through young adulthood/exceptional needs specialist overview.

National Board for Professional Teaching Standards:NBPTS exceptional needs standards for teachers of students from birth – 21+.

No Child Left Behind

Whitney, S. (2004). Parent’s guide to No Child Left Behind. Retrieved from

McKenzie, J. (2003). Gambling with the Children. Retrieved from

Learning Theories and Educational Environments

Constructivist theory. (n.d.). Retrieved from

Funderstanding. (n.d.). Theories. Retrieved September 26, 2004, from

Kearsley, G. (2004). Explorations in learning and instruction: The Theory Into Practice database. Retrieved from

Special Education Resources on the Internet

Federal Government Resources:

National Dissemination Center for Children with Disabilities (NICHCY).

Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP).

National Organizations:

Council for Exceptional Children (CEC).

National Association of State Directors of Special Education.

Autism:

Helen Keller National Center for Deaf-Blind Youths and Adults (HKNC).

National Technical Assistance Consortium for Children and Young Adults Who Are Deaf-Blind (NTAC).

Deafness and Hearing Impairment:

Alexander Graham Bell Association for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing.

CEC Division for Communicative Disabilities and Deafness (DCDD).

National Association of the Deaf.

National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD).

Emotional Disturbance:

Council for Children with Behavioral Disorders (CCBD). (2003).

National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH).

Intellectual Disability:

American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities(AAIDD).

ARC of the United States.

Multiple Disabilities:

TASH.

Orthopedic Impairment and Other Health Impairment:

American Heart Association.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Muscular Dystrophy Association.

National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke.

National Spinal Cord Injury Association.

United Cerebral Palsy.

Specific Learning Disability:

TeachingLD: Information and Resources for Teaching Students with LearningDisabilities.

LD Online.

Speech or Language Impairment:

American Speech-Language-Hearing Association(ASHA).

Traumatic Brain Injury:

TBI Home.

Visual Impairment including Blindness:

Lighthouse International.

National Association for Parents of Children with Visual Impairments (NAPVI).

Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorders:

Children and Adults with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (CHADD).

National Attention Deficit Disorder Association (ADDA).

Resources for Special Education Topics:

Awesome Library's Special Education page.

Disability Resources.

Special Education Resources on the Internet (SERI).

Kid Source Online.