A Brief
History:
Attitudes and Treatment of People with Disabilities
The IRIS Center for Training Enhancements contains free online interactive
resources that translate research about the education of students with
disabilities into practice. Their materials cover a wide variety of
evidence-based topics, including behavior, RTI (Response To Intervention), learning strategies, and
progress monitoring.
Intervention Central provides teachers, schools and districts with free
resources to help struggling learners and implement Response to
Intervention and attain the Common Core State Standards.
The Disability Rights California website contains resources that provide publications and other
resources that may help attorneys, advocates, clients, people with
disabilities and their families find the information they need to
resolve their own challenges.
SUMMARY OF MAJOR SPECIAL EDUCATION TIMELINES
The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA), the Individuals with
Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation
Act of 1973 represent three attempts to improve the living conditions
of those with disabilities. This website, Disability Rights Education and Defense, provides the type, purpose, people protected under each act, information on free education, funding for implementation, procedures, evaluation, placement, and due process on all three of the acts.
The National Dissemination Center for Children with Disabilities offers brief, but detailed fact sheets on specific disabilities.
Each fact sheet defines the disability, describes its characteristics,
offers tips for parents and teachers, and connects you with related
information and organizations with special expertise in that disability.
Students learn at different rates and in different ways. Technology
supports instructional strategies by creating new routes to learning and
addressing multiple learning needs. Differentiate instruction by using
the wealth of digital resources that will challenge and engage all
multiple intelligences and learning styles.
The Tiered Instruction website provides resources for teachers. The resources include lesson plans, assessments, an introduction on tiered instruction, and a short video.
The Differentiation Central website provides teachers, school leaders and university faculty support and resources to help
these educators move from novice to expert in differentiation. Here you
will find exemplar lesson plans, help with writing clear learning
goals, information on strategies that support differentiation, as well
as recommended books, articles, Web-based tools, and multimedia.
