Teacher+and+Parent

Some good links and resources for teachers and parents:

http://www.education-world.com/special_ed/assistive/#general This site has links to a lot of teacher and parent resources. You can also access articles and reviews that directly apply to classroom situations. It also has reviews of products.

http://www.dltk-kids.com/ This is a fun site with lots of activities for teachers, parents and kids!

http://www.lessonplanz.com/ Great info and ideas for teachers!

http://www.abcteach.com/ Awesome site with great tips for teachers! I have used this website a great deal to create graphic organizers and printables to assist those students with cognitive disabilities.

http://www.putnam.k12.il.us/websites.html This site is full of links for all areas of education.

http://www.perry.k12.mi.us/edlinks.html This is an endless site full of informative links for anyone with questions in any area. Click on your interest area and it will show you five sites with more info and more links!

http://www.projectgenesis.us/ This is a nonprofit agency founded in 1991. They locate jobs for adults with disabilities, provide supported skill training, and academic support.

http://www.ataccess.org/default.html The alliance for technology access a good source to find links to products. http://www.ataccess.org/resources/fpic/accesstoys/letsplay2006/Lets_Play_2006.htm This part of the site gives a list of toys that have been tested with children with disabilities.

http://www.perpetualpreschool.com/preschool_themes/topics.html Great ideas can be found here. [|www.enchantedlearning.com] This is a software with many topics and theme units.

http://www.rfbd.org/ This is the website for Reading for the Blind and Dyslexic which we learned about when DATI visited. It has books on tape and CD as well as other informative options.

Here is a group focused on teacher development SDE - Staff Development for Educators http://www.sde.com/index.asp They have several different sections including hot topics in education. They also are a good resource for workshops and development.

Delaware Assistive Technology Exchange is located on the "The AT Messenger". It is a great resource for individuals looking for computer related, daily living, environmental adaptions, mobility, seating, positioning, recreation, sport, leisure, speech communication, vehicle modification, transportation, and vision used assistive technologies. Individuals advertise the equipment and have their contact information listed.