Special Education
Special Education
Web Resources
- Council for
Exceptional Children
This organization's webiste provides research reports, information
on grants, digests, fact sheets, bibliographies, FAQs, links to
applicable laws and regulations, guidelines for web site
accessibility, and unannotated listings of additional web resources
in a wide array of relevant categories. It also includes
information and links to careers in special education.
- Office
of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (OSERS),
U.S. Dept. of Education
OSERS provides an array of supports to parents and individuals,
school districts and states in three main areas: special education,
vocational rehabilitation and research. The website includes
information about law and policy, grantmaking guidelines and
reports, research and statistics.
- Regional Resource and
Federal Center Network
The Regional Resource and Federal Centers (RRFC) Network is made up
of the six Regional Resource Centers for Special Education (RRC)
and the Federal Resource Center (FRC). The Center assists state
education agencies in the systemic improvement of education
programs, practices, and policies that affect children and youth
with disabilities.
- Illinois State
Board of Education: Special Education
The website provides full-text publications, access to laws and
guidelines, and much additional information of use to parents,
teachers and administrators.
- Association on Higher Education
and Disability (AHEAD)
AHEAD is an organization of professionals committed to full
participation in higher education for persons with disabilities. It
offers training programs, workshops, publications, and conferences
designed to address the need for upgrading the quality of services
and support available to persons with disabilities in higher
education. The website includes organizational information,
standards and guidelines, and publication information.
- National Center on
Educational Outcomes (NCEO)
This Center's mission is to provide "national leadership in the
participation of students with disabilities in national and state
assessments, standards-setting efforts, and graduation
requirements." The website includes a wide variety of documents,
reports and directories to assist in accomplishing the group's
goals.
- National Center on Secondary
Education and Transition (NCSET)
The Center 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. It is
headquartered at the Institute on Community Integration, University
of Minnesota, and a variety of policy and research reports are
available at the website. Also available is a Directory of
State Resources and Contacts that lists pertinent officials and
programs.
- National Dissemination Center
for Children and Youth with Disabilities (NICHCY)
Funded by the U.S. Dept. of Education, this is an information and
referral center that focuses on ages birth to 22. The website
provides a wide array of full-text publications and other
information focusing on topics such as: Specific disabilities;
Special education and related services for children in school;
Individualized education programs; Parent materials; Disability
organizations; Professional associations; Education rights and what
the law requires; Early intervention services for infants and
toddlers; and Transition to adult life. It is possible to search NICHCY's databases of
organizations, conferences, publications, and resource
library.
- Special
Education Reform Program Designs for Change
Designs for Change is an advocacy group for school reform.
Itprovides assistance to families, principals, teachers, Local
School Councils, and social service agencies to assist them in
creating appropriate educational programs for Chicago students with
disabilities.
- Inclusive Schools
Network
The Inclusive Schools Network is "a web-based resource for
families, schools and communities that promotes inclusive
educational practices". The site is funded by the Education Development Center.
- Internet Special Education
Resources (ISER)
ISER is a nationwide directory of professionals who serve the
learning disabilities and special education communities. The intent
is to help parents and caregivers find local special education
professionals to conduct and assist in learning disabilities and
attention deficit disorder assessment, therapy, advocacy, and other
special needs. The site also provides brief reviews of special
education books, life skills product listings, and some full-text
essays and articles.
- HEATH Resource
Center
The HEATH Resource Center of The George Washington University,
Graduate School of Education and Human Development, is the national
clearinghouse on postsecondary education for individuals with
disabilities. Support from the U.S. Department of Education enables
the clearinghouse to serve as an information exchange about
educational support services, policies, procedures, adaptations,
and opportunities at American campuses, vocational-technical
schools, and other postsecondary training entities. HEATH
participates in national conferences, training sessions, and
workshops; develops training modules; publishes resource papers,
fact sheets, directories, and website information; and fosters a
network of professionals in the arena of disability issues.
Professional Education and Certification
- National
Clearinghouse for Professions in Special Education
Website includes career information, a directory of educational
programs, licensure information, reports about recruitment and
retention intitiatives, statistics, salary data, and links to
resources for employment listings. There is a
searchable database of more than 800 colleges and universities
that offer degree or certification programs in special
education.
Selected Print Resources for Special Education
Colleges with programs for students with learning
disabilities or attention deficit disorders. 6th
ed.-- . Stamford, Conn. : Peterson's, c2000- .
Regenstein Library, 4th Floor Reference Collection. Call Number:
L901.P4536
The complete learning disabilities
directory. Lakeville, CT : Grey House Pub., 1994-- .
Annual.
Regenstein Library, 4th Floor Reference Collection. Call Number:
LC470.6.C66 1998
Dictionary of special education and
rehabilitation / edited by Glenn A. Vergason, M.L.
Anderegg. 4th ed. Denver : Love Pub., c1997.
Regenstein Library, 4th Floor Reference Collection. Call Number:
LC3957 .D53 1997
The Directory for exceptional
children. [1st]- ed.; 1954- Boston, P. Sargent.
Regenstein Library, 4th Floor Reference Collection. Older editions
in Regenstein Bookstacks and SSA Library. Call Number:
LC4007.D6
Directory of college facilities and services for the
handicapped. Phoenix, AZ : Oryx Press, 1983- .
Most recent owned by UofC Library is the 4th edition, 1996
Regenstein Library, 4th Floor Reference Collection. Older editions
in Regenstein Bookstacks. Call Number: LC4812.6.D576
Encyclopedia of special education : a reference for
the education of the handicapped and other exceptional children and
adults / edited by Cecil R. Reynolds, E.
Fletcher-Janzen. 2nd ed. New York : J. Wiley & Sons, 2000. 3
v.
Regenstein Library, 4th Floor Reference Collection.Call Number:
LC4007.E53 2000
Handbook of special and remedial education :
research and practice / edited by Margaret C. Wang,
Maynard C. Reynolds, and Herbert J. Walberg. 2nd ed. Oxford, OX, UK
; Tarrytown, NY, USA : Pergamon, 1995. (Note: the first edition,
1987, is titled Handbook of special education, 3 vols, and
locates in the Regenstein bookstacks).
Regenstein Library, 4th Floor Reference Collection. Call Number:
LC3965.H2630 1995
Oxford handbook of deaf studies, lanugage and
education /edited by Marc Marschark and Patricia
Elizabeth Spencer. New York : Oxford University Press, 2003.
Regenstein, Bookstacks Call Number: HV2380.O88 2003
The special education yellow pages /
Roger Pierangelo, Rochelle Crane. Upper Saddle River, N.J. :
Merrill, c2000.
Regenstein Library, 4th Floor Reference Collection. Call Number:
LC4031 .P488 2000
