Special Needs (Early Childhood)

Special Needs Sites:

Learning Disabilities Resources Learning Disabilities Resources: Offers new articles about learning disabilities each week. Also features children's artwork and stories. (Special Needs) http://www.ldonline.org/index.html Speech Therapy Activities Speech Therapy Activities: Activities for parents and educators to help enhance the speech and language of children. (Special Needs) http://www.speechtx.com/ Hearing, Speech, and Deafness Center Site Hearing, Speech, and Deafness Center Site: An educational, service, and supply resource for deaf, hard-of-hearing, and speech impaired people. Has a parent-infant program for parents of deaf and hard-of-hearing children. (Special Needs) http://www.hsdc.org/ The Parent-Child Home Program The Parent-Child Home Program: Home-based literacy and parenting program serving families challenged by poverty, low-levels of education, language barriers and other obstacles to educational success. (Special Needs) http://www.parent-child.org Meeting the Needs of Infants, Toddlers, and Preschool Children with Disabilities Meeting the Needs of Infants, Toddlers, and Preschool Children with Disabilities: Summarizes U.S. requirements for meeting the needs of special needs children under the age of 5 in the public school classroom. (Special Needs) http://www.ed.gov/pubs/OSEP95AnlRpt/ch2a.html A website for parents of dyslexics & special needs children A website for parents of dyslexics & special needs children: offers advice and links for parenting chidren with dyslexia and special needs. (Special Needs) http://fp03-146.web.dircon.net/ Assessment of Preschool Children Assessment of Preschool Children: ERIC Digest discusses history of preschool assessment and explores current trends in identifying special needs students. (Special Needs) http://www.ericfacility.net/ericdigests/ed389964.html Preschoolers: Learning and Other Disabilities Preschoolers: Learning and Other Disabilities: Links to articles on learning and other disabilities that have information and advice directly relevant to preschool children. Rating system rates each articles as good, very good, or best. (Special Needs) http://www.kidsource.com/kidsource/pages/preschoolers.disabilities.html Too young for glasses? Too young for glasses?: contains information useful for families of babies and young children who have vision impairment which could be improved by use of prescription glasses. (Special Needs) http://visionre.net Aba Resources for Recovery from Autism Aba Resources for Recovery from Autism: Information on educational intervention for autism and related pervasive developmental disorders. (Special Needs) http://members.tripod.com/RSaffran/aba.html Institutes for the Achievement of Human Potential Institutes for the Achievement of Human Potential: Nonprofit educational organization introduces caregivers to the field of child brain development. Serves both brain-injured children and well children. (Special Needs) http://www.iahp.org/ Early Childhood Research Institute on Measuring Growth and Development Early Childhood Research Institute on Measuring Growth and Development: Producing a comprehensive, individualized measurement system for children with disabilities from birth to eight years of age. Site includes program goals and contact information. (Special Needs) http://ici2.umn.edu/ecri/