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EDUC 2510/2520: Exceptional Children

Resources and information relevant to the topics discussed in EDUC 2510.

Websites for Teachers of Exceptional Children

  • Arc of the United States
    "The world’s largest grassroots organization of and for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. With over 140,000 members affiliated through more than 850 state and local chapters across the nation, The Arc is devoted to promoting and improving supports and services for all people with intellectual and developmental disabilities."

  • Council for Exceptional Children (CEC)
    "The largest international professional organization dedicated to improving educational outcomes for individuals with exceptionalities, students with disabilities, and/or the gifted."

  • Disabilities Studies for Teachers
    "This website contains lesson plans and materials designed to help teachers integrate disability studies into social studies, history, literature, and related subjects in grades 6-12.  The plans and materials also can be adapted for use in postsecondary education."

  • Disability Social History Project
    A community history project that provides an opportunity "for disabled people to reclaim our history and determine how we want to define ourselves and our struggles. People with disabilities have an exciting and rich history that should be shared with the world."

  • Family Village
    "A global community of disability-related resources."

  • National Rehabilitation Information Center
    "An online gateway to an abundance of disability- and rehabilitation-oriented information organized in a variety of formats designed to make it easy for users to find and use."

  • National Center for Learning Disabilities (NCLD)
    "Provides essential information to parents, professionals and individuals with learning disabilities, promotes research and programs to foster effective learning and advocates for policies to protect and strengthen educational rights and opportunities."

  • National Dissemination Center for Children with Disabilities (NICHCY)
    Provides information on specific disabilities, early intervention, special education, research, resources and connections throughout the country, parent materials, disability and professional organizations, laws and much more.

  • National Association of Special Education Teachers (NASET)
    "The only national membership organization dedicated solely to meeting the needs of special education teachers and those preparing for the field of special education teaching."

  • Special Education News
    Provices "in-depth, timely news related to educating students with disabilities." Includes "research and practical teaching and discipline methods, school funding from the state and local school district perspectives, and new technology and their applications in the classroom and the special education professional's office."

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Subjects: Education