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