Academic and Professional Journals 1. C.E.C. Teaching Exceptional Children Magazines 10. Exceptional Children 2. Journal for the Education of the Gifted 11. Behaviour Disorders 3. Journal of Speech and Hearing Disorders 12. Brain and Development 4. Language, Speech & Hearing Services in Schools Exchange 13. Communication 5. Journal of Learning Disabilities Psychology 14. Development 6. Topics in Language Disorders 15. Child Develoopment 7. Journal on Mental Retardation 16. The Exceptional Parent 8. Journal of Speech and Hearing Research 17. Gifted Child Quarterly 9. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders Children 18. Teaching Exceptional Websites (may change without notice) 1. Association for Community Living http://www.acl.on.ca/cities.html 2. Building an Inclusive Community http://www.inclusionrenfrewcounty.com/supports.htm 3.. Canadian Council for Exceptional Children www.caphwdsb.on.ca/ccec 4. Conference Board of Canada http://www2.conferenceboard.ca/nbec 5. Council for Exceptional Children http://www.cec.sped.org 6. Eric Clearinghouse on Assessment and Evaluation http://www.ericae.net 7. Eric Clearinghouse on Disabilities and Gifted Education http:www.ericec.org 8. IEP Standards, Special Education Board Plan Standards www.educ.gov.on.ca/eng/document/nr/00.01/improve.html 9. Inclusive Website http://www.quasar.ualberta.ca/ddc/incl/intro.html 10. Learning Disabilities of Ontario www.ldonline.org 11. Ontario Council for Exceptional Children cec.on.ca 12. Ontario Ministry of Education www.gov.on.ca/eng/general/elemsec/speced.html 13. Special Education Resources on the Internet (SERI) http://www.hood.edu/seri/serihome 14. Special Needs Opportunities Window www.snow.utoronto.ca 15. Adaptive Technology Resource Centre http://www.utoronto.ca/atrc 16. Special education: A guide for Educators (2001) http://www.edu.gov.on.ca/eng/general/elemsec/speced/guide.html www.provincial- Adaptive Technology 1. Educational Sites http://snow.utoronto.ca http://www.edc.org/spk2wrt http://www.kurzweiledu.com http://www.ldonline.com http://www.closingthegap.com Autism Spectrum Disorders 1. Asperger Syndrome http://www.udel.edu/bkirby/asperger/ 2. Autism Society of Canada http://www.autismsociety.org/autism.htm 3. British Columbia Ministry of Education: Teaching Students with Autism http://www.bced.gov.bc.ca.htm/ 4. Bulletin Board for questions on Autism http://www.telepath.com/canace/autism.htm/ 5. Information and anecdotes on Asperger Syndrome http://www.vicnet.net.au/vicnet/community/asperger/htm 6. Links for Autism conferences, etc. http://autism.org/links.htm/ 7. Parentbooks on Autism Spectrum Disorders www.parentbookstore.com 1-800-209-9182 Behaviour 1. 2. Centre for the Prevention of School Violence http://www2.ncsu.edu/ncsu/cep/PreViolence/ind ex.html SNOW: Students With Behaviour Dissorders http://snow.utoronto.ca/best/accommodate/behaviour.html Blind and Low Vision 1. American Foundation for the Blind http://www.afb.org 2. CNIB www.cnib.ca/eng/eye 3. Diabetic Retinopathy www.optometrist.ns.ca/diseases.html 4. National Organization for Albinism and Hypo-pigmentation www.albinismm.org 5. Parental www.vision3d.com/parent/html Deafness 1. American Sign Language http://www.deafworldweb.org/pub/a/asl.html 2. Audiogram Information http://earinfo.com/howread1.html 3. Causes of Deafness http://seecenter.org 4. Hearing Loss and Hearing Aids http://www.apsea.ca/ssdhh.htm 5. Information on Deafness http://clerccenter.gallaudet.edu/InfoToGo/ 6. Range of Hearing Loss and Educational Implications http://www.bced.gov.bc.ca/specialed/hearimpair/toc.htm 7. Resources up.org/htm/toc.htm Developmental Disabilities http://listen- 1. Curriculum Guide for Moderate and Severe Disabilities http://www.brookespublishing.com/store/books/ford0271/index.htm 2. Down Syndrome links www.telebyte.com/upside 3. Information on CP www.ofcp.on.ca 4. Teaching Reading to Children www.amazon.com Giftedness 1. British Columbia Ministry of Education http://www.gov.bc.ca/specialed 2. Gifted Education Resource Site http://hoagiesgifted.org Learning Disabilities 1. Attention Deficit Disorder www.chadd.org 2. Learning Disability Association of Ontario http://ldao.on.ca 3. Learning Disabilities Online http://www.idonline.org 4. Resources www.ldresources.com Mild Intellectual Disabilities 1. A British Columbia Ministry of Education - Students with Intellectual Disabilities: Resource Guide for Teachers http://www.gov.bc.ca.specialed/sid/ 2. Special Needs Opportunity Window (SNOW) – Students who are Slow Learners http://snow.utoronto.ca/best/accommodate/slow.html 3. University of Alabama at Birmingham – Mental Retardation: A symptom and a syndrome www.uab.edu/cogdev/mentreta.htm Physical Disability 1. Apple’s Disability Resources http://www.apple.com/education/k12/disability/ 2. Centre for Applied Special Technology (CAST) http://www.cast.org/index/html 3. IBM Special Needs Homepage http://www.austin.ibm.com/sns/index.html 4. Microsoft’s Accessibility Initiatives http://www.microsoft.com/enable/default.htm Speech and Language Impairment 1. American-Speech-Language-Hearing Association www.asha.org/index.cfm www.asha.org/speech/disabilities/index.cfm 2. Classroom Resource Sites www.ecs.org 3. Early Identification of Speech-Language Delays and Disorders www.kidsource.com/ASHA/early identification.html 4. Information http://www.speechdelay.com 5. North Central Regional Educational Lab http://www.ncrel.org 6. Questions & Answers about Child Language www.kidsource.com/ASHA/child language.html 7. Questions & Answers about: Stuttering www.kidsource.com/ASHA/articulation.html : Language www.kidsource.com/ASHA/articulation.html Support Associations and Centres 1. American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) www.afb.org 2. American-Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASLH) 3. Canadian Blind Sports Association 4. Canadian Down Syndrome Society 5. Canadian Institute for the Blind (CNIB) www.cnib.ca 6. Geneva Centre for Autism 1-416-322-7877 www.autism.net 7. Learning Disabilities Association of Ontario 8. Neuro-Developmental Treatment Association 9. Ontario Associations for Community Living & local associations 10. United Cerebral Palsy Association