Resources on the Web

Professional Organizations

• The Council of Exceptional Children
• Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (ASCD)
• National Organisation on Disabilities
  Check their Religion area.
• JENSA: Consortium for Special Needs Educators in Central Agencies for Jewish Education
• National Jewish Council for the Disabled
• Learning Disabilities Association of America
• Life in the Ghettos Web Quest

Teacher Resources

• Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators
  Lession plans and teaching tools.
• Peoria Department of Special Education
  Great homepage for information and resources.
• Exceptional Parent Magazine
  Information, support, ideas, encouragement and outreach for parents and families of children with disabilities and the professionals who work with them.
• Web Quest
  Inquiry-oriented activity where information used by learners is drawn from the web.
• Massachusetts Department of Special Education
• Educator’s Reference Desk on Special Education
• Information Center for Disabilities and Gifted Education

Disability Oriented Sites

Inclusion

• Special Education Inclusion
• Institute for Community Inclusion

Attention Deficit Disorders with or without Hyperactivity (AD/HD)

• CHADD: Children and Adults with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder
• Attention Deficit Disorder Association

Learning Disabilities

• Learning Disabilities Association of America
• Learning Disabilities Website
  For parents, teachers, and other professionals.

Autisum Spectrum

• Tony Attwood's Guide for Parents, Professionals, People with Asperger's Syndrome, and their Partners
• Autism Society of America
• Online Aspergers Syndrome Information and Support

Cognitive Challenges

• Association for Retarded Citizens
• National Down Syndrome Society

Mental Health Challenges

• Anxiety Disorders Association of America
• Obsessive Compulsive Foundation
• Child and Adolescent Bipolar Foundation
• National Alliance for the Mentally Ill
• National Depressive and Manic-Depressive Association
  Information on Mood Disorders, Support Groups and Resources.

Sensory Challenges

• Resource Center for the Blind
• Recording for the Blind and Dyslexic
• National Association for the Deaf
• American Sign Language Dictionary
• Jewish Braille Institute Library
  Free Talking Library

Special Education in Other Cities

• The Jewish Children's Bureau Therapeutic Yeshiva Day School of Chicago, Illinois
• Mercaz Harmony: International Center for Inclusion
  Working towards integration of disabled Israeli children.
• Chicago Based Keshet Program
  Places special needs children in Jewish Schools and Sunday Schools as well as provides resources and vocational training.
• Congregation M'Kor Shalom in NJ
  Caring community committee providing services and programs to those with special needs.
• Council for Jewish Special Needs, Phoenix
• Board of Jewish Education in New York

Sites of Interest

• Jewish Community Online's Internet Resources: Organizations : Educational
• Jewish Deaf Community Center
• Jewish Blind and Disabled

What Judaism Says about Special Needs

• The Reform Movement's Special Needs Statements
• The Orthodox Union
• United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism
  Listing of Resources, Materials, and Organizations.