Mrs. Monroe, Special Education Teacher

Parent Resources I

Specialized reading program for students with language based learning 
disabilities.
http://www.wilsonlanguage.com

A parent's guide to helping kids with learning differences sponsored by the 
Charles Schwab Foundation.
http://www.schwablearning.org/

Links to a wide range of topics in special education.
http://www.specialed.about.com

Website of the Council for Exceptional Children, Division of Learning 
Disabilities.
http://www.teachingld.org/

A Frontline report on parents, educators and doctors trying to make sense of 
ADHD.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/medicating/

Links to resources in Special Education.
http://dir.yahoo.com/Education/Special_Education/

A site for parents and professionals who work with children and adults with 
learning disabilities.
http://www.ldonline.org/

A very informative site related to Nonverbal Learning Disabilities. Topics 
range from current articles in the field to summer camps for NLD children to 
research  projects seeking participants.
http://www.NLDline.com

OASIS (Online Asperger Syndrome Information and Support) An excellent site 
with extensive links to resources for students with Asperger's Syndrome and 
related Autism Spectrum Disorders.
http://www.udel.edu/bkirby/asperger

Tony Attwood's home page. Attwood is well known for his research on 
Asperger's Syndrome.
http://www.tonyattwood.com

Jeanie McAfee, author of "Navigating the Social World", a curriculum for 
teaching social, emotional, and behavioral skills to individuals with 
Asperger's syndrome and high functioning Autism.
http://www.jeaniemcafee.com

Parent site of the National Center for Learning Disabilities.  Information 
is provided on such topics as parent rights, IDEA, and RTI(Response to 
Intervention).
http://www.ncld.org/content/view/827/527/

Official DIBELS website. The Dynamic Indicators of Basic Early Literacy 
Skills (DIBELS) are a set of standardized, individually administered 
measures of early literacy development. They are designed to be short (one 
minute) fluency measures used to regularly monitor the development of pre-
reading and early reading skills.
http://dibels.uoregon.edu/

Article by neuroscientist Dr.Gordon Sherman about learning differences and 
cerebrodiversity.
http://www.towntopics.com/oct0505/other7.html

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