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is your easy access to services provided
by the Martin County Board of County Commissioners
and selected services of
other local government offices and appropriate not-for-profit organizations
which provide services to the public.
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Information & Crisis Services
People call 2-1-1 for many reasons. Some simply need a phone
number to a community program,
while others call because they need to talk over a problem.
Every call is different. Every call is responded to by a trained, empathetic,
caring specialist.
| Autism
(Spanish) AUTISM WEBSITE HAS OWN AUTISM ENCYCLOPEDIA ChatAutism.com is a brand new initiative. It is all about autism and Asperger’s syndrome and is written by people who have autism themselves, it gives a real-life perspective to the facts of autistic spectrum disorders. CABLE CHANNEL DEDICATED TO AUTISM AND OTHER NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS The Dan Marino Foundation is building an "...entire cable television channel dedicated to autism and other neurological disorders- a place where you can see therapies, hear from scientists, and watch the latest breakthroughs." go to http://www.childnett.tv/ Web Courses Free for Parents of Children with Autistic Spectrum
Disorders. On-line web courses for parents of children with
Autistic Spectrum Disorders available free of charge. Make sure to
register on the parents' page http://www.webed.com/parents/,
and not the regular page so that youcan access the courses for free. |
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Attention Deficit Disorder One ADD Place Children and Adults with Attention Deficit Disorder (CHADD) Asociacion de Ninos con Sindrome de Hiperactividad y Deficit de Atencion www.anshda.org (Spanish) ADD Online Newsletter National Attention Deficit Disorder Association |
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Brain Injuries Brain Injury Association |
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DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES Cognitive and Developmental Disabilities National Down Syndrome Society United Cerebral Palsy Association, Inc Florida Developmental Disabilities Council |
| Distance Learning
Florida Online Reading
Professional Development is an online staff development
project designed to help teachers improve reading instruction for
learners in grades preK-12 |
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International Dyslexia Association Recording for the Blind and Dyslexic Recording for the Blind and Dyslexic |
| Early Intervention http://www.early-intervention.org |
| Educational
Family Educational Links www.familyeducation.com/splash
Great educational Web sites. The site has a listing of more than 400
educational Web This site gives lots of ideas that will help teachers and parents understand how to make learning visual. http://www.dotolearn.co Lots of information and resources for Learning Disabilities: http://www.ldresources.com/ Free software downloads: http://www.riverdeep.net/edmark/Great for lower functioning students: http://www.dttrainer.com/default.htmSpeech and Alternative Augmentative Communication: Moderate / Severe Population: TMH, PMH, Autism, Deaf / Blind: Startwrite is an innovative software program that lets you quickly create custom handwriting practice sheets on your own computer. Print them out and they are ready for your child to practice their handwriting. http://www.startwrite.com Intellitools: Great curriculum ideas in the Activity Exchange. You can download overlays. http://www.intellitools.com Florida
Department of Education |
| Electronic Books
Adapted Books for Special Needs Learners http://wcoserrc.org/webpages/books.html Children's Storybooks Online http://www.magickeys.com/books/ Talking Books http://www.everhart.leon.k12.fl.us/assist_tech_resources.htm#talking_books
This site
offers books electronically for a small fee 500 downloads for $19.95,
the books are in PDF format, and have sound files attached. This means
the student can click on the text and have it read to them. www.Isaveatree.com |
| Epilepsy Epilepsy Foundation of America |
| Graphics |
| Inclusion
Americans
with Disabilities Act, signed into law on July 26 1990, is a
wide-ranging legislation intended to make American Society more
accessible to people with disabilities. |
| Interagency |
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Learning Disabilities Association of America www.ldanatl.org Learning Disabilities online National Center for Learning Disabilities LD Resources |
| Literacy
Literacy Activities and Lessons Literacy Websites for Preschoolers National Geographic Windows on Literacy Great information and handouts that support language and
literacy development. Literacy web sites for elementary students and teachers Lots of very useful information for parents as well as educators and lots of materials to download. You can switch between English and Spanish. http://www.colorincolorado.org/homepage.php Freedom
Scientific Literacy Products |
| Math
This site has loads of math games. You'll really forget that
you are learning or practicing math! This site offers teachers and schools free lesson plans, general math activities, family activities, handouts and more. These resources can easily be incorporated into existing lesson plans, and used with a variety of textbooks and supplemental programs. http://www.mathliteracy.com |
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Mental Health National Alliance for the Mentally Ill National Institute of Mental Health Mental Health Issues Mental Health Medications |
| Miscellaneous
Psych Web Special Education Fun Special Kids Resource Network Virtual Hospital Dragonfly Toy Company - devoted to people with
special needs
American games, worksheets, etc. SuperKids Vocabulary Builders -Activities to help improve your
students' vocabulary. Smart-Mouth.org -The Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI)
has launched an informative and entertaining web site for kids
interested in food. Show your students how important it is to know what
foods do for and to your body and how the food industry markets certain
products. AboutSchool.com - An educational resource solely dedicated students,
parents, and teachers. It provides helps in a wide range of school
subjects - including math, science, reading, writing, & more. Kidz Time - Kidz Time recognizes that playing is a child's work.
Through play, children learn what is acceptable. They try on different
personalities and they learn how to relate to other people's feelings.
This site's developers' hope is to help preserve the wonder in children
and help the adults in their lives share that wonder with them. CloudCam - A Camcorder is set up in Montana to see different kinds of
clouds. You can also look at the archives to see different kinds of
clouds. The education link directs you to lots of resources to use if
you're teaching about clouds. Create a Graph -This is a web tool to create all kinds of graphs--
including pie charts, line graphs, and bar graphs. All you need to do is
input your parameters and your data, a title, and create a printable
graph. Great for visual presentations. Whodunnit - This is a unit on mysteries and forensic science. It was
developed for elementary gifted students, but I'm sure you could use it
with older students in the regular classroom. |
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National Organizations & Info Association for the Severely Handicapped Council for Exceptional Children Exceptional Parent Magazine Federation for Children with Special Needs IDEA Index www.ed.gov/offices/OSERS/IDEA/index.html IDEA Regulations www.wrightslaw.com/law/code_regs/Introd_IDEA_Regs.htm Letter from the Secretary www.ed.gov/pubs/newskills/letter.html Library of Congress National Association for Gifted Children National Association of Private Schools for Exceptional Children National Organization for Rare Disorders National Information Center for Children and Youth with Disabilities (NICHY) www.nichcy.org/pubs/spanish/spanfs.htm (Spanish Pacer Center/ Parent Advocacy Coalition for Educational Rights Social Security Administration, Supplemental Security Technical Assistance Alliance for Parent Centers US DOE Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP) www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/osers/osep/index.html?src=mr US Government Printing Office US House of Representatives www.house.gov/house/govsites.html National Parent Information Network |
| Organizers and Concept Maps
In case any of you are looking for information related to graphic |
| Science
Visitors to this section of the Science Made Simple Web site will find
simple Science and Technology Education - Follow the Energy Flows to
discover how the same basic principles influence and control the way
things work in nature, living organisms, and human technology. |
| Sibling Support Project
The Sibling Support Project of the Arc of the US is pleased to
announce |
| Social Security
Social Security:
2009 Red Book:
A Summary Guide to Employment Support for Individuals
with Disabilities Under the SSDI and SSI Programs. ============================================================= Supplemental
Security Income (Part 1 of 3): A Bridge to Work Supplemental
Security Income (Part 2 of 3): So You Have Decided to Apply
Supplemental Security Income: Your Right to Appeal ( Part 3 of 3) Previous issues of E-News online can be found at http://www.ncset.org/enews/current.asp. |
| Speech and Language
Great information and handouts that support language and
literacy development. http://www.kidsource.com/ASHA/ http://www.class-tech.org/ http://www.cs.vassar.edu/~ide/tslt.html http://www.cs.uta.fi/research/hci/spi/links/dsp.html http://www.dcs.shef.ac.uk/research/units/ilash/Meetings/SALT97/ SpeechEasy - A True Fluency Device http://www.speecheasy.com/intro.htm National Stuttering Association http://www.nsastutter.org Stuttering Foundation of America http://www.stuttersfa.org National Association of Young People Who Stutter http://www.friendswhostutter.org National Center for Stuttering http://www.stuttering.com The Stuttering Homepage http://www.mankato.msus.edu/dept/comdis/kuster/stutter.html |
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State Organizations & Info Bureau of Instructional Support and Community Services FCAT Family Network on Disabilities of Florida www.fndfl.org/espanol.htm (Spanish) FDLRS Florida Parent Educators Association (home schooling) My Florida Online Sunshine: Florida Legislature Panhandle Area Educational Consortium Transition Center, University of Florida |
| Teacher Links
Teacher Tips - A collection of teacher tips they've use in their
classrooms. (The second link is for intermediate/secondary-specific
tips.) |
| Transition
Council for Exceptional Children National Center on Secondary Education and Transition National Information Center for Children and Youth with Disabilities |
| Visuals
Clip Art Sites - List of sites for clip art for your worksheets or multimedia projects. There are lots of sites on the web with free art you can use. |