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Self-Advocacy

"Self-advocacy is the ability to be able to share one’s strengths and weaknesses."
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Enrichment

Activities that go above and
beyond the standard curriculum

Link to Files
 

 


Dayle on TVDayle's Video Reflections
Dayle Upham, author of Making the Grade: Reflections on Being Learning Disabled, offers introductory comments. You will need the Windows Media Player to view the movie
Windows Media 9 Player, free download  Play Movie (Streaming wmv file)

 

 

Examples of Student Projects

 

 


Resources

Web Sites:

Special Education Resources on the Internet
http://seriweb.com

The National Center for Children and Youth with Disabilities
http://www.nichcy.org

Internet Special Education Resources
http://www.iser.com/

CESA 7-Special Education Page
http://www.cesa7.k12.wi.us/sped/

The Council for Exceptional Children (CEC)
http://www.cec.sped.org

Special Education in Plan Language
http://www.cesa7.k12.wi.us/sped/Parents/plainlanguageindex.htm

http://www.ldonline.org/ld_indepth/adult/young_tell.html

To tell or not tell – about learning disabilities
http://www.ldonline.org/ld_indepth/adult/self_advocacy.html

Tales from the Road by Rick Lavoie
http://www.ldonline.org/askrick/index.html

National Center for Learning disabilities
http://www.ld.org

Office of  Special Education Resources
http://www.ld.org/livingwithld/resources_home.cfm#specialed

Wrights Law – this is a wonderful site
http://www.wrightslaw.com

A Special Education Web Site for School Administrators
http://www.cosa.k12.or.us/specialeducation/special2.htm

Special Needs Opportunity Windows
http://snow.utoronto.ca/

The Innovative Teaching Newsletter
http://surfaquarium.com/newsletter/specialed.htm

Disabilities: Physican Disabilities and General Information on All Disabilities
http://www.kidsource.com/kidsource/pages/dis.physical.html

Special Education Resources on the Internet
http://seriweb.com

Educators Resources
http://www.esc18.net/educate/spops.html

 

Articles:

Teaching Exceptional Children-Sept/Oct 2000: “First Year Teachers and Retention”

Educational Horizons-Winter 2001: “Maintaining Emotional Balance,” “Goal Setting: An Important Part of Teaching”

Record-Fall 2001: “Effective Professional Development”

Behavioral Disorders-November 1999: “Self-Reported Job Stress and Personality in Teachers of Students with Emotional or Behavioral Disorders”

Learning Disabilities Research and Practice-Vol. 15, #3, 2000: “The Postsecondary School Attendance and Completion Rates of High School Graduates With Learning Disabilities”

Journal of Emotional and Behavioral Disorders-Winter 2001: “Improving the Classroom Behavior of Students with Emotional and Behavioral Disorders Using Individualized Curricular Modifications”

Behavioral Disorders-May 2001: “Linking Self-Management Procedures to Functional Analysis Results”

Behavioral Disorders-February 2001: “The Effects of Teaching Parents Blended Communication and Behavior Support Strategies”

Behavioral Disorders-August 2000: “Behavioral Interventions Used with Diverse Students”
 


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