Special Education

Special Education at the University of Kansas

The Special Education program at the University of Kansas has enjoyed a world-renowned reputation for excellence for decades, and provides a number of programs and resources.

NCIP at EDC

The National Center to Improve Practice (NCIP) is a network, led by EDC. This Center houses a large collection of varied media to address the needs of disabled students.

NCIP has added online workshops and library of links with an opportunity for chatting with authors online. The site has also organized resources for speech recognition (rather than keyboarding) on computers for students with disabilities.

ClassBridge

ClassBridge offers software for generating IEPs with mastery skills in 26 subjects online. School psychologists will find links to all of the above topics at School Psychology Resources.

Federal Resource Centers for Special Education

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Council for Exceptional Children

Council for Exceptional Children has developed a best practices for students with disabilities. It includes info for administrators as well as teachers.

Special Education Resources - Curry School of Education

Special Education Resources, from the Curry School of Education, contains spaces for pertinent laws (from EDLAW), online journals, intervention techniques (especially involving technology).

This site would be particularly useful for regular classroom teachers whose expertise lay in domains other than special education.