Education

Assistive Technology
Response to Intervention and Progress Monitoring
Special Education
SELPA

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.

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.

Center for Accessible Technology, in Berkeley provides information about the services of the C for AT, as well as information about assistive technology, including substantial information about voice recognition, access to science at school, and access to the web.

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

Marin Technology Resource Center

iTECH Center at Parents Helping Parents in Santa Clara provides information about products as well as strategies for incorporating assistive technology in the lives of children and adults with disabilities.

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

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Response to Intervention and Progress Monitoring

The Advocacy Institute: Response to Intervention Resources for Advocates

Essential Components of RTI - A Closer Look at Response to Intervention

Fact Sheet: Benefits of Curriculum Based Measurement

National Center on Response to Intervention

National Center of Student Progress Monitoring

Parent Page: What is Progress Monitoring?

Parent Page: What is Responsiveness to Intervention?

Parent Page: How Can Early Intervening Services and Responsiveness to Intervention Work Together?

RTI International

What is Curriculum-Based Measurement and What Does It Mean to My Child?

Special Education

Access Center – improving education for k-8 students with disabilities.

Behavior Plan Desk Reference

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.

California Department of Education:
Education Code
Special Education Division site with information on Special Education issues...be sure to check the Special Education division's home page for announcements and news on a regular basis. The newly updated California Special Education Programs Composite of Laws is included, and allows you to search for sections in the Composite pertaining to specific issues.
State Standards

CARS California Association of Resource Specialists.

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.

Education in Juvenile Justice

Educators in Private Practice

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.

International Dyslexia Society

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

School Wise Press
A place to "get smart" about California's schools, K-12. Comparative test scores available by school, area.

Slingerland Remediation for Learning Disabilities -- a list of professionals who provide these services.

Speech, Language, and Learning Services of Marin-Sonoma provides individuals and their families with evidence-based, state of the art services within a community network of professionals: both medical and educational. They also provide Parent education programs to give parents the tools they need to understand their child’s needs and how to provide the best learning tools for their child at home as well as in the community.

Student's Guide to IEPs

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

SELPAs (Special Education Local Planning Areas)

Vallejo City Unified School District (no seperate SELPA website)