Special Education/Links & Resources


 * Outdoors for All, Seattle, USA
 * Jewish Family Services Agency (Canes Enable), Vancouver, Canada (Debbie Havusha)
 * Neil Squire Society, Vancouver, Canada
 * Giant Steps, Montreal
 * central.ca Autism Resource
 * The Ontario Curriculum Unit Planner: Special Education Companion (PDF)
 * National Service Inclusion Project (USA)
 * Handbook. Inclusion ~ Creating an Inclusive Environment: A Handbook for the Inclusion of People with Disabilities in National and Community Service Programs
 * Self-Evaluation Checklist (Sample)
 * Universal Design Education Online
 * Education Ministry, NZ - Special Education
 * Services & Funding
 * Open Philanthropy
 * ESU10 focus on Special Education

At Learn and Serve America’s National Service-Learning Clearinghouse we have a number of resources which I think might interest you. Start with Service-Learning and Individuals with Disabilities: Selected Resources (this bibliography includes resources both on individuals with disabilities doing service-learning as well as being recipients of service-learning). www.servicelearning.org/instant_info/bibs/cb_bibs/indiv_disab/


 * David Roche - Church of 80% Sincerity


 * City of Ottawa's Accessibility Training, Customer Service
 * Search Curriculum Services Canada Keywords: disabilities, etc.
 * Alice Krueger, Virtual Ability, Accessibility in Open Textbooks. Alice, CEO of Virtual Ability, Inc runs the non-profit company that provides development & employment opportunities for people with disabilities. Gentle Heron, her avatar, leads the support community for people with real life disabilities in Second Life. See Event Link - College Open Textbooks, CCCOER

Then check out just a few of the items from our collection for some interesting discussions and project examples:

The Poster Project: Service Learning, Disability Studies, and the Arts

Students With Disabilities and Service-Learning

Assessment of Service-Learning in the Deaf-Blind Community

Service Learning Across Language and Culture

Helping Students Graduate: A Strategic Approach to Dropout Prevention, for K-12 educators

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