Special Education

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Special Education

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edit   Welcome Welcome to the Special Education node of WikiEducator A space on WikiEducator to develop materials pertaining to Special Education, Learning Disabilities, etc.

edit   Featured project ...coming soon! edit   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 [http://www.servicelearning.org/library/lib_cat/index.php?library_id=8379 Speak Out For Understanding]

edit   Activities created Ideas page. chat with Debbie Havusha, formerly of Jewish Family Services - Canes Enable project, Vancouver, Canada upcoming chat with Jennifer Mitchinson, Canadian Community Living Foundation, Ontario, Canada Researching Inclusion International, UK; also their Projects Contact with Teachers Without Borders (Learning Disabilities resources)