Disability Resource
Notebook
Heather Smith
EDUC 215*05
Schools and Diversity
December 6, 2011
Attention Deficit
Hyperactivity Disorder
(ADHD)
ADHD
• A pamphlet for parents.
(http://www.pluk.org/Pubs/ADD_Kelker_2003_1.3M.pdf)
• Helping the child with Attention
Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder.
(https://www.harvardpilgrim.org/pls/portal/docs/PAGE/PROVIDERS/
PATIENT/HANDOUTS/UNITED_ADHD_BROCHURE.PDF)
Pamphlets and Brochures
ADHD
National Institute of Mental Health, Attention
Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder.
I thought this website gave extremely valuable information
in terms that normal, everyday people could understand. I
got great information under the “Quick Links” tab where I
found out other conditions that coexist with ADHD and how
ADHD is initially diagnosed.
ADD/ADHD and School; Helping Children with
ADHD Succeed in School.
Tips and instances for occurrences that happen with
students with ADD/ADHD and how to bring them back to
the learning aspect. This website provided tools for helping
students with math, reading and homework. Gave great
insight about tips and teaching strategies and the ways that
parents could help as well, also provided related links.
ADHD
• RESEARCH BASED STRATEGIES
Autism/Asperger’s
Syndrome
Autism/Asperger's
Syndrome
• Autism, A Caldwell College Overview
on Autism.
(http://www.caldwell.edu/abaconference/Autism_Brochure.pdf)
• Asperger's Syndrome Fact Sheet.
(http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/asperger/detail_asperger.htm#1
79663080)
Pamphlets and Brochures
Autism/Asperger's
Syndrome
• Instructional Management Tips for Teachers of
Students With Autism Spectrum Disorder
(ASD).
- Expressed the importance of lesson preparation, visual learning aides,
mnemonic devices usage, and time management. I thought the graphs and
tables at the bottom of the article was insightful and provided great
advice and instructional tools.
• Autism Teaching Tools.
- Wide variety of learning and teaching tools for those with Autism,
provided a large number of categories for help in ; fluency and precision
teaching, curriculum management, children’s book list and play and autism.
Thought it was a good site for teachers and educators to look into when
having a child with Autism or Asperger’s in their classroom.
Autism/Asperger's
Syndrome
• RESEARCH BASED STRATEGIES
Visual Impairments
Visual Impairments
• Tips for Parents of Children with Visual
Impairments.
(http://www.wapave.org/RES/packets/VisualImpairmentBrochure.pdf
)
• Blindness or Vision Impairment Awareness.
(https://www.det.nsw.edu.au/detresources/visionbro_DQNmQFlTZL.
pdf)
• Braille and Visually Impaired Students, What
does the law require ?
(http://www.nfb.org/nfb/Braille_and_VI_Students.asp)
Pamphlets and Brochures
Visual Impairments
• Strategies for teaching students with
visual impairment.
Information and links about student handouts, general
strategies, and courtesy that should be given to visually
impaired students.
• Supporting General Education Classroom
Teachers of Braille-Learning Students.
Provides information about how a general education teacher
can provide and help those students with visual impairments
that require them to use the Braille system. Great pointers
under the sections: Elementary Classroom Teachers,
Information on Eye Conditions, and the Environment section.
Visual Impairments
• RESEARCH BASED STRAGIES
Behavioral/Emotional
Disorders
Behavioral /Emotional
Disorders
• Mood Disorders, Informational
Pamphlet.
• Myths and Facts about Depression
and Bipolar Disorder.
• Is it Just a Mood…Or Something
Else?
• Anxiety Disorders.
Pamphlets and Brochures
Behavioral/Emotional
Disorders
• Behavioral Disorders/Emotional Disturbances.
Behavioral patterns and different implications, also provided a lot of different
websites and sources at the bottom of the site for additional information.
• Strategies for Teaching Students with Behavioral Disorders.
Field experiences, testing and reading techniques, teacher strategies and
general roles in the classroom and ways to praise and help a child with an
emotional disorder both academically and emotionally (to an extent.)
• Accommodating Students with Mood Liabilities : Depression
and Bipolar Disorder.
Great cause and effect situations and cases when a student has an episode and
how to handle different actions and moods.
Behavioral/Emotional
Disorders
RESEARCH BASED STRATEGIES
Communicative Disorders
Communicative Disorders
• What is Aphasia?
• Gresham Speech Therapy.
• Auditory Processing Disorder in Children,
What Does it Mean?
• What is Developmental Apraxia of Speech.
Pamphlets and Brochures
Communicative Disorders
• Strategies for Teaching Students with Communicative
Disorders.
Introduces the allowance of a child to possibly tape the lecture, peer or
buddy system if and when appropriate, and testing and field study
experiences and techniques. Great website that has a broad spectrum of
disorders and great ideas.
• Teaching Strategies for Students with Speech
Impediments.
Teaches and stresses the importance of patience and the different things
a teacher can do to help a child with a speech disorder. Identifies the
importance of peer assistance, creating tests and lessons that will better
suit the speech impaired child and the possible need for a sign language
interpreter in the classroom.
Communicative Disorders
• RESEARCH BASED STRATEGIES
Developmental
Disabilities
Developmental
Disabilities
• National Down Syndrome Congress.
• Fragile X Syndrome.
Developmental Disabilities
• Lesson Planning Guide for Students with Fragile X
Syndrome: A Practical Approach for the
Classroom.
This informational document was long but really gave great insight and useful
approaches to teaching a child with FXS. It listed approaches in teaching and
different techniques and possible outcomes, it also listed the standards as well.
Toward the end it even had handouts and lesson plans that could be helpful to use.
• Teaching Autism Students in Inclusive
Classrooms.
Listed ways to keep the autistic child involved in the general education classroom with
clear rules, expectations and directions. Also explained behaviors that should be
looked for and how to deal with different situations that may arise. Also explained
about the layout of the classroom and layout of assignments
Developmental Disabilities
• RESEARCH BASED STRATEGIES
Learning Disabilities