Websites

** *WEBSITES* ** **__[|National Dissemination Center for Children with Disabilities] __ ** This website provides a wide list of different specific disabilities; each containing numerous facts and ideas for parents and teachers to treat and support children with different disabilities. This could be a great resource for teachers to gain some knowledge about all the different conditions and characteristics that kids may show during their learning process. I like the way the information is presented in a clear and simple format without leaving out important facts and information. Users can find different disabilities organized alphabetically; and what I like the most about it is that all of them contain an “educational implications” session, which can be a great resource in the classroom. In addition, the website contains information on laws pertaining to children with disabilities, interesting research made on education and exceptional children, current news and topics being discussed, and tips and ideas for babies and older children. The website can be use by parents, teachers, and even students it has a blog for users to write or read others’ posts about their experiences and concerns. Last but not least, a good thing about this website is that it is available for users in Spanish as well, which is great for teachers to share with parents who do not speak English. __[|Free Animation] __ ** This is a free animated website available for teachers and students. Great resource to teach writing through illustrations; children can create their own picture adding and changing colors, music, effects, or characters. Students can publish and comment about their creations, which can be very fun and interesting to share with the class. Great resource to include technology and creativity in the classroom; in addition, very appropriate for ESOL and students with disabilities.
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This is one of my favorite websites it provides a wide variety of topics related to education, disabilities, and behavior. It is a great resource to find ideas about activities, case studies, modules, and materials that teachers can use in the classroom to support children with different conditions. It provides ideas on how to accommodate the classroom to facilitate learning to students with disabilities and students with behavioral problems. Moreover, it has a list of learning strategies to enhance students reading experience and help them become more independent. It also has a list of articles and intervention guides for parents and teachers to help students achieve the standards and support diverse students’ population to succeed. The website contains great ideas and strategies to assess and monitor students along their learning experience; as well as specific information for different grade levels from K-12. As additional tools, the website has an online dictionary, some audio sessions from specialists, and a website directory.
 * __[|IRIS Resource Locator]__ **

This website provides great ideas and tips on how to use social stories to teach social skills to children with autism. The main idea is to use strategies that would engage and help the children make connections to be able to interact with the outside world. The website provides guidelines on what to consider when writing a social story and how to share them with the kids. Creative ideas such as illustration, symbols, story boxes, and videos are given. I think this could be a valuable resource since this tool can be new, but effective for many. In addition the website provides different interesting documents related to behavior, education, and assessment that can be also useful in the classroom. It discusses the concept of what and how teachers should teach in order to facilitate learning to students with disabilities.
 * __[|Teaching Children with Autism]__ **

This website provides support to parents and teachers of exceptional children. Different organizations and associates are available for parents and teachers in the different counties. It contains information and support through technology specialist to provide a quality education and support for families and students with disabilities. The website has resources such as an online training module (differentiated instruction), technology contact list, event calendar, parents services, and others. In my opinion it is important for teachers and parents to know that they have people and organizations to count on. As teachers we have the responsibility have out students feel secure and have all the opportunities to have a good education; having access to websites like this would give us the opportunity to contact people that would support our cause not only economically, but with resources and mentoring as well.
 * __[|Florida Diagnostic and Learning Resources System]__ **

This is a great website for parents and teachers to promote good behavior around the classroom or the house. It is access free and it involves a reward method for children in order to motivate them to completing different tasks. It includes rewards ideas and fun games for children. I think parents can definitely benefit from these since children are so attractive by technology, colors, and interaction. This would absolutely help teachers and parents with management and behavior.
 * __[|Kids Points]__ **

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">This is another of my favorite websites since it involves technology, interaction, and education. It provides different scenarios where students have the opportunity to explore around and learn sign language at the same time. I like how it is organized and includes images starting from the basic to the more complex. I think kids can have a lot of fun at the same time they learn using this tool. Teacher can also print the pictures and use them for different purposes around the classroom; these can be adapted to all content areas and are also considered ESOL strategies. It also includes modules on letters, vocabulary, lesson plans, receptive skills practice, and others.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"><span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">__[|ASL Vocabulary]__ **

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">This is a great website to create checklists for all grade levels in different subject areas. It provides customizable checklist for projects and assignments, which would help students identify what they need in order to completed what they have been ask for. I think this could be a very useful tool as teachers can make sure they have included key areas in the checklist; in addition, students are able to identify specific areas that they may be learning about. There is also a tool to motivate students practice on their math skills through games. Moreover, teachers can create a floor plan of their classroom to organize space and furniture around it in a wise way. Also teachers can create assignments, quizzes, worksheets and posters engaging students and using technology. Great resource to use to motivate students in all levels, including ESOL and exceptional students.
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