Celebrating Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder: Practical Resources During a Pandemic
SPAN Parent Advocacy Network (Spanadvocacy.org)
SPAN is New Jersey's parent training and information center funded by the US Department of Education. This organization provides an array of support and information to parents of students with disabilities within New Jersey.
Special Education Parent Advisory Group (SEPAG)A Special Education Parent Advisory Group (SEPAG) is a state-mandated, district-level, parent driven group charged with providing input to the local school district on system-level challenges in special education and related services. We are very excited to have Mrs. Levinson speak at our May 8, 2024 Sepag Meeting. Please see the link for more information.
MCASE
Assistive Technology Presentation Link: Supporting Students with Reading & Writing Disabilities
LD Online: Great information on students with learning disabilities and ADHD
LD Online is a great source for hundreds of expert-reviewed articles and resources for educators, parents, and others concerned about children and adults with learning disabilities and ADHD.
The National Social Norms Institute began in 2006 at the University of Virginia. The mission of this institute is mainly to reduce heavy episodic alcohol consumption and alcohol-related harm among college students. It also focuses on effective interventions that target tobacco use, DUI prevention, seat-belt use, and tax compliance. These interventions have not only been limited to college students, but have also been extended to high school students and community-wide settings. Other areas teens often struggle with, i.e., sexual assault prevention, improvement of academic performance, and delaying sexual debut, are currently being targeted using the social norm approach to provide the public with interventions.
Promising Practicing Networks (PPN) provides educators, parents, and others with research-based information about practices that help improve the lives of children and families. In addition, PPN offers information related to child well-being, i.e., physical and mental health, academic success, and economic security.
Explore is a philanthropic based media that displays the selfless acts of others, creates a gateway into the soul of humanity, and inspires learning for life. This site provides a gallery of films, photos, and live cams for various educational purposes.
EduApps
The EduApps Family covers a range of user requirements to support teaching and learning, so users can choose the App that best fit their needs. The techniques covered include reading, writing, planning and literacy. There are also sources available for different types of learners, including those with visual difficulties.
Visuword Online Graphical Dictionary
On Visuwords Online Graphical Dictionary, a student can look up word meanings and associations with other words (nouns, verbs, adjectives, and adverbs) and concepts. It can be used as a dictionary or a thesaurus, and is a great source for writers, journalists, students, teachers, and artists.
Spelling City provides students with a fun way (i.e., games) to study their vocabulary words, essentially making spelling fun. For teachers, Spelling City is a wonderful source to help make spelling and vocabulary a subject that students will love. Below is a list of ways this site can assist teachers in the classroom.
Spelling City allows parents to create individualized vocabulary and spelling lists for students of all ages and learning abilities.
This website's main function is to connect and integrate college students with disabilities as a virtual community with a voice on important issues.
This website helps students prepare for the SAT by providing free practice tests. The questions that are on the sample test will be similar to those students will experience as part of the college application process. The questions are arranged into mini practice tests with each practice test providing a score card at the end. There are also explanations for incorrect answers so that students can learn from their mistakes.
