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
- 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/
- 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]
