Teachers who work with English as a Second Language learners will find ESL/ESOL/ELL/EFL reading/writing skill-building children's books, stories, activities, ideas, strategies to help PreK-3, 4-8, and 9-12 students learn to read.
Learning Disabilities & Special Education
Attention Deficit Disorder Association
The Attention Deficit Disorder Association (ADDA) is designated as a 501 (c) 3 nonprofit organization by the Internal Revenue Service. This international organization has been in existence since 1989. The mission of ADDA is to provide information, resources and networking to adults with AD/HD and to the professionals who work with them.
Bookshare, the world's largest accessible digital library for people with print and learning disabilities (such as dyslexia), provides free membership to qualified U.S. schools and students, thanks to an award from the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Special Education. Get access to more than 43,000 digital books, textbooks and teacher-recommended readings to help your child succeed and enjoy reading independently.
Children and Adults with Attention Deficit Disorders
Children and Adults with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder is the nation's leading non-profit organization serving individuals with ADHD and their families. CHADD has over 16,000 members in 200 local chapters throughout the country. Chapters offer support for individuals, parents, teachers, professionals, and others.
Colleges with Programs for Learning Disabled Students
This page is designed to offer college bound students, parents, and counselors easy access to information about colleges and universities that offer programs, some quite comprehensive, designed to support students with learning disabilities.
Crosscultural Developmental Education Services
CCDES is a company that works with school districts, teachers, and parents around the United States and Canada, offering technical assistance, professional development, and numerous tools and resources. CCDES, founded by Dr. Catherin Collier in 1987, specializes in ESL, LEP and Special Education issues as well as an emphasis on Parent Education and Empowerment.
Ghotit offers unique writing and reading online services for people who suffer from dyslexia or dysgraphia. Ghotit's first service is an online context sensitive spell checker. Ghotit was founded by people that suffer from dyslexia and it's mission is to improve the overall quality of life of a dyslexic.
Institute for Community Inclusion
The Institute for Community Inclusion supports the rights of children and adults with disabilities to participate in all aspects of the community.
International Dyslexia Association
The International Dyslexia Association is an international, non-profit organization dedicated to the study and treatment of the learning disability, dyslexia. The International Dyslexia Association actively promotes effective teaching approaches and related clinical educational intervention strategies for dyslexics. IDA supports and encourages interdisciplinary study and research, facilitates the exploration of the causes and early identification of dyslexia and is committed to the responsible and wide dissemination of research-based knowledge.
LD OnLine is the leading Web resource on learning disabilities and ADHD for parents, teachers, and other professionals. The award-winning service offers the latest information on issues such as ADHD, special education, assessment, adult issues, and much more. Special features include Q&A's with leading practitioners, such as Richard Lavoie and Larry Silver, the Learning Store, active bulletin boards, and a kid's area.
LD Online a number of booklists that feature books for children with learning disabilities or ADHD. Titles include fiction and non-fiction, as well as guides for students on learning how to manage a learning disability.
LD OnLine: Acquiring English as a Second Language
This article examines "what's normal" when learning a second language and how you can tell when a student has a language-learning disability and when he or she is merely in the normal process of acquiring a second language.
LD OnLine: Effective Instructional Strategies for English Language Learners with Special Needs
Students struggle in school for a variety of reasons. Unless these students receive appropriate intervention, they will continue to struggle, and the gap between their achievement and that of their peers will widen over time.
LD OnLine: Reinvigorate Your Students' Enthusiasm for Writing
This article, featured on LDOnline.org, discusses effective ways of motivating students to write, including the use of graphic organizers.
LD OnLine: What is Dysgraphia?
This article from the National Center for Learning Disabilities, featured on LD OnLine, discusses dysgraphia and its warning signs, as well as strategies for addressing it for different age groups.
Learning Disabilities Association of America
LDA is a national, non-profit, volunteer organization including individuals with learning disabilities, their families and professionals. LDA is dedicated to enhancing the quality of life for all individuals with learning disabilities and their families, to alleviating the restricting effects of learning disabilities, and to supporting endeavors to determine the causes of learning disabilities. LDA seeks to accomplish this through advocacy, education, research and service, and through collaborative efforts.
Learning Disabilities Worldwide
LDW is an international organization dedicated to improving the lives of individuals with learning disabilities. They strive to increase awareness and understanding through our multi-lingual media productions and publications that serve populations across cultures and nations. Their educational enrichment programs are designed to serve individuals with LD, their families, and the professionals in their lives. They publish the largest peer reviewed journal, "Learning Disabilities: A Contemporary Journal", and present the annual "World Congress on Leaning Disabilities."
Michigan Family-to-Family Health Information & Education Center (F2FHIEC)
The goal of The F2FHIEC website is to improve access to quality care and supports for children with special needs in their communities by empowering families. The F2FHIEC website is designed as a virtual center you can visit for information, education and/or parent-to-parent support.
Minnesota Department of Education: ELL Companion Manual
This manual is designed to provide assessment and eligibility determination guidelines to special education professionals.
Minnesota Department of Education: ELL Special Education Website
This site offers translated special education forms written in the following languages: Arabic, Bosnian, Cambodian, Hmong, Lao, Russian, Somali, Spanish, and Vietnamese. It also has links to an ELL Special Education manual.
National Center for Latinos with Disabilities
National Center for Latinos with Disabilities is the only not-for-profit statewide organization focusing solely on the empowerment of Latinos with disabilities and their families. NCLD works toward the equal participation of this population in all aspects of society in an independent, productive, and meaningful manner — through unique linguistically and culturally appropriate advocacy, training, information and referral programs.
My favorite part of the site is definitely the topics from A-Z. The topics are extensive and the advice is amazing. I use this stuff in Australia and recommend it to other teachers here!
~ Dolina C.
