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Last Updated: 11/5/09

Search Engines

• Yahoo Special Education Resources

Internet Gateways

• Educator's Reference Desk (ERD)
  ERD provides many resources such as resource guides, lesson plans, a question archive, and more!
• Educational Resources Information Center
  "The Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC) is a national information system designed to provide ready access to an extensive body of education-related literature."
• Education World: Where Educators Go To Learn
  This site provides links to articles in the field of education, a large selection of lesson plans and activities, curriculum resources, technology and school issues resources.
• Special Education Resources on the Internet (SERI)
  "Special Education Resources on the Internet (SERI) is a collection of Internet accessible information resources of interest to those involved in the fields related to Special Education."

Research Databases

• Education Abstracts
  Coverage of education topics from preschool through college in English-language periodicals and yearbooks.
• Educator's Reference Complete (ERC)
  "Contains more than 1,100 periodicals and 200 reports from the U.S. Department of Education."
  
• Elibrary Elementary
  This database consists of newspapers, magazines, books, maps, pictures, audio and video material, and transcripts.
• ERIC
  Database of the Educational Resources Information Center.  It contains annotated references to published and unpublished education-related literature. 
• PsychINFO
  Indexes professional journals that include coverage of learning and education.

Dictionaries

• Lexicon of Learning
  The Lexicon of Learning is maintained by the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development.  It is designed to "provide clear definitions of educational terms."

Style Guides

• Links to web versions of APA, MLA, Turabian from the CMU Libraries web page

Resources

• Attention Deficit Disorder and Learning Disabilities
  This site is a great overview of the characteristics of children with ADD and its diagnosis and treatment. it also provides a list of links for more information
• Autism blog by Julie Lorenzen
  Written by the mother of an autistic child, this blog provides insight into the rewards and challenges of daily living.
• Autism Research Institute
  ARI is a nonprofit organization devoted to research in the field of autism.
  
• Center for Applied Special Technologies (CAST)
  "CAST is a not-for-profit education research and development organization that uses technology to make education more flexible and accessible for all students, especially those with disabilities."
• Center for the Study of Autism
  The Center provides information about autism to parents and professionals, and conducts research on the efficacy of various therapeutic interventions.
• Child Care and Early Education Research Connections
  A website that offers a collection of more than 10,000 resources from the discipline related to child care and early education.
• Children and Adults with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (CHADD)
  This site is a wonderful resource for parents, children, and teachers who seek information on education, advocacy, and support for individuals with AD/HD.
• Closing the Gap
  This organization offers links to information and service providers, plus a searchable database of computer-related products for children and adults with special needs.
• Great Schools
  The mission is "to improve education by inspiring parents to be involved."
  
• Internet Mental Health
  This site provides information on a variety of mental disorders. Created by Canadian psychiatrist, Dr. Phillip Long, it provides links to descriptions of mental disorders, links to research and publications, as well as links to other resources on the web.
• Internet Resources for Special Children (IRSC)
  This web site is dedicated to children with disabilities and other health related disorders.
  
• LD OnLine: Learning Disabilities Resources
  Here teachers can discover new ways to assist struggling students within inclusive classrooms and parents can learn how to be their child's best advocate.
• Marc Sheehan's Special Education/Exceptionality Page
  The site includes pages devoted to educational resources such as lesson plans and special education resources.
  
• National Center for Girls and Women with AD/HD
  Founded in 1997 to promote awareness of AD/HD in women and girls.
  
• National Center for Learning Disabilities(NCLD)
  "NCLD provides essential information to parents, professionals and individuals with learning disabilities, promotes research and programs to foster effective learning, and advocates for policies to protect and strengthen educational rights and opportunities."
• National Center for the Study of Adult Leaning and Literacy (NCSALL)
  "The National Center for the Study of Adult Learning and Literacy (NCSALL) both informs and learns from practice. Its rigorous, high quality research increases knowledge and gives those teaching, managing, and setting policy in adult literacy education a sound basis for making decisions. NCSALL is also a leader in designing innovative professional development programs and in building support for research use."
• National Dissemination Center for Children and Youth with Disabilities
  "NICHCY stands for the National Dissemination Center for Children with Disabilities. We serve the nation as a central source of information on: disabilities in infants, toddlers, children, and youth; IDEA, which is the law authorizing special education; No Child Left Behind (as it relates to children with disabilities); and research-based information on effective educational practices."
• National Institute of Mental Health
  "The mission of NIMH is to transform the understanding and treatment of mental illnesses through basic and clinical research, paving the way for prevention, recovery and cure."
  
• One ADD Place
  One ADD Place is a comprehensive site for research and information relating to Attention Deficit Disorder, AH/AD, and Learning Disorders (LD).
• SNOW: Special Needs Ontario Windows
  "SNOW is a project aimed at supporting educators of students with special needs. This web site serves as a clearinghouse of practical resources and curriculum materials, as a place for educators to meet and share ideas, and as a place for educators to develop their professional skills."
  
• Through the Looking Glass
  Extensive information and links for children and adults with a range of physical and developmental disabilities.
• U.S. Department of Education
  Includes teaching materials, professional development resources, and ideas for administrators and suggestions for strengthening teacher quality.
• Wrightslaw (The Special Ed Advocate)
  This site, by a special education attorney, provides parents, educators, and attorneys with advocacy information and special education law for children with disabilities.
  • Individualized Education Program (IEP)
  • Procedural Safeguards Notice
  • Prior Written Notice

Online Journals

• Open Access Journals in the Field of Education
  This resource links to 125 scholarly, peer-reviewed, free, full-text journals in the field of education.

Organizations and Associations

• American Hyperlexia Association
• Autism Information Center
• Autism Society of America
• Council for Exceptional Children
• International Dyslexia Association
  The International Dyslexia Association (IDA) is a non-profit organization dedicated to helping individuals with dyslexia, their families and the communities that support them.
• Learning Disabilities Association of America
• National Association of Special Education Teachers
• National Association of State Director of Special Education
• National Autism Association
• National Center to Improve Practice in Spec. Ed. Through Technology, Media & Materials
• National Dissemination Center for Children and with Disabilities (NICHCY)
• National Down Syndrome Society
  This is a comprehensive, online information source about Down Syndrome.
• National Education Association