"All things are difficult
before they are easy."
Here are a few links which may be helpful to you.
Some are disability specific whereas others are more general to having
children with special needs.
Misunderstood
Minds
In support of a documentary, the Misunderstood Minds' Web site contains
profiles of the students in the documentary, as well as sections on
attention,
reading, writing, and mathematics. A neat part of this website is the
interactive feature entitled Firsthand that provides a sense of what it
may be
like for a student struggling with a learning disability.
LD OnLine web site
Comprehensive web site on learning disabilities for parents, educators,
and
kids. Features include information on LD/ADHD, resources (books,
videos),
conferences/events, personal essays, students' art and stories,
bulletin board,
chat room, "Ask the Expert," searches by author, and "talk
back" survey.
SchwabLearning
A site dedicated to helping kids and families of kids with learning
differences
be successful in learning and life. This site features over 200
articles on LD,
a free email newsletter, bulletin boards, free publication downloads,
resources, polls, and more!
Learning Disabilities
Association
Web site for the national Learning Disabilities Association whose
primary
audience is families of individuals with LD, but professionals also
comprise a
portion of the membership.
International Dyslexia
Association
Formerly the Orton Dyslexia
Society, the International Dyslexia Society is
probably the most interdisciplinary organization related to LD and much
of
their focus has been on reading. Other topics
are included as well.
All Kinds of Minds
Web site for Dr. Mel Levine's
organization containing great newsletters,
articles, practical strategies, programs, products, Q&A, etc. on a
variety
of topics such as learning differences, memory, attention,
organization, study
skills, etc.
http://www.thearc.org/
Web site for information
and resources related to serving children, adults, and families
affected by
mental retardation. There are state,
local, and national chapters.
http://www.autism-society.org/site/PageServer
One of the largest
organizations for families affected by Autism and Aspergers Syndrome
http://www.state.ky.us/agencies/behave/homepage.html
This is a super web site
dedicated to all things behavioral!
Great for tips and behavior plans you may want to try.
http://www.eparent.com/
Exceptional Parent is a
magazine that you may find helpful and resourceful.
You will find a lot of practical suggestions
and tips for dealing with issues unique to life with exceptional
children.
http://www.nichcy.org/index.html
A veritable encyclopedia of
information on every disability you can imagine. More
information than I can summarize.
http://familyeducation.com/home/
Web site with general
educational information that shows you “what every 5th
grader should
know”…parenting advice, child development, etc.
All of the
following links are instructional
practice. The Virginia SOL sites in
particular contain more links to other wonderful sites where your child
can
take practice SOL tests. The SOL
PASS site is a pay site, but
it
also has past years’ released SOL tests that you may be interested in
to see
what the tests are like.
http://www.resourceroom.net/index.asp
http://www.solpass.org/?src=overture
http://www.abc.net.au/countusin/default.htm
http://www.virginiasol.com/test_grade5.htm
http://www.virginiasol.com/test_grade4.htm
http://www.literacycenter.net/
