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Assistive Technology
AbilityHub is an Assistive Technology related web site for people with a disability who find operating a computer difficult, maybe even impossible.
ABLEDATA is a national database containing descriptive and source information on assistive devices for people with disabilities. Here is information about how to access it.
Alliance for Technology Access offers information for children and adults with disabilities who want to use assistive technology to enhance their lives.
AT Network Assistive technology . . .Tools for Living
The Boulevard An Assistive Technology Expo, providing valuable information about quality products and services available to individuals with disabilities and healthcare professionals.
Family Center on Technology and Disability
Family Guide to Assistive Technology PLUK (Parents, Let's Unite for Kids) has published it's book on accessing assistive technology at this site.
Fast Forward provides information about the new program called Fast Forward, which "teaches language learning impaired children to process speech more effectively, building skills they need to comprehend and use language more effectively."
Kester Braille fills the need for non-visual materials to teach specific skills to beginning readers in the same sequence these skills are taught to their sighted companions.
National Assistive Technology Technical Assistance Partnership
Recordings for the Blind & Dyslexic:
RFB&D is currently implementing a grant that provides FREE one-year individual memberships for their recorded books and textbooks to students with learning and print disabilities in nine Bay Area counties. Now is the time to take advantage of these free subscriptions. With a subscription students can download a book or parts of a book directly to their computer. They can also sync the audio files with compatible portable media players-- including textbooks. Click here for more information and to learn how to apply. You also can contact Bridget Foster at (209)606-1166 or email: bridgetfoster@earthlink.net
Response to Intervention and Progress Monitoring
The Advocacy Institute: Response to Intervention Resources for Advocates
National Center on Response to Intervention
National Center of Student Progress Monitoring
Special Education
Access Center – improving education for k-8 students with disabilities.
CADRE Caucus -- News from the Center for Appropriate Dispute Resolution in Special Education (CADRE). The Caucus periodically updates you on new features and resources found at the CADRE web site and in the world of special education conflict resolution.
CAST Center for Applied Special Technology
Connect for Kids provides information and resources to get the tools needed to make communities work for kids, to get connected to groups that equip adults to act together for kids, to learn how well children are doing in their community, state, or nation, and to become a better citizen by representing children who can't vote.
Dropout Prevention from the National Dropout Prevention Centers includes a dropout prevention network site and a link to the National Dropout Prevention Center for Students with Disabilities.
Family & Advocates Partnership for Education (FAPE)
The Partnership is a new project which aims to inform and educate families and advocates about the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act of 1997 and promising practices.
Future of Children promote effective policies and programs for children by providing policymakers, service providers, and the media with timely, objective information based on the best available research
Great Schools (formerly SchwabLearning) A comprehensive on-line resource for parents of children with learning difficulties.
Inclusion in Science Education for Students with Disabilities
This site presents accommodation and inclusion for students with disabilities involving teaching strategies, IEP's, learning environments, and assistive/adaptive technologies.
Independent Educational Consultants Association is a professional organization for educational consultants in private practice, who assist families in making decisions about schools or programs for students with learning or behavioral needs.
International Dyslexia Society
MilitaryK12Partners offers resources, like Special Education Modules, to assist schools that serve military families. Students at the Center, an educational resource that provides information on important policies, procedures and best practices is also located on the site, as well as links to many resources developed by other government and non-government agencies.
National Center for Culturally Responsive Educational Systems
National Association of School Psychologists
National Center on Secondary Education and Transition
National Center on Student Progress Monitoring
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
PACER Parent Advocacy Coalition for Educational Rights
The PACER Center is a funded parent center providing support and advocacy for children with disabilities and their families.
PEER Parents Engaged in Education Reform
Project SPIES
The SPIES Outreach Project disseminates a validated curriculum, Strategies for Preschool Intervention in Everyday Settings. The curriculum is used in teaching adults. It is designed to help them teach young children in the context of daily routines wherever they happen - in homes, preschools, child care settings, and in the community.
Regulations on IDEA 2004: US Department of Education Resources
Spanish Glossary Project - More than 200 education- and disability-related terms translated from English to Spanish. From the U.S. Office of Special Education Programs.
University of Kansas Center for Research on Learning
U.S Dept. of Education - Frequently Asked Questions
Q&As include information on such topics as discipline and transportation, preschool and transportation, and transportation for extracurricular activities.
U.S. Dept. of Education - Research Proven Programs
U.S. Dept. of Education - Special Education
Please note: Matrix does not endorse or recommend any provider, treatment, or philosophy that families may encounter from the resources, events, or websites listed. Matrix encourages you to obtain more information about any resource prior to selecting a provider.
