May 2, 2013
SPE-330 Special Education Foundations and Framework
Instructor: Mary Urich
Investigating Special Education Internet Resources
Table of Content * Disabled Students Program * National Collaborative on Workforce and Disability (NCWD) * OSERS-Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services * Team (START) * The National Education Association (NEA) * Special Needs Center * Special Education Association * National Center for Learning Disabilities * Michigan Law Center * The M.O.R.G.A.N Project * American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry * SOS Children’s Village * Stand-Up * Special Education News * Mission Valley Special Education Local Plan (SELPA) 1. Disabled Students Program dsp.berkeley.edu/ The DSP is committed to making sure all students with disabilities have equal education. The DSP offers a variety of services for disabled children. They have a Disability Specialist that identifies the disabled student’s personal needs. 2. National Collaborative on Workforce and Disability (NCWD) http://ncwd-youth.info Is a source for information about work and youth’s with disabilities. They are experts in employment, education, disabilities and the development of workforce and family issues. 3. OSERS-Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services www.2ed.gov/about/offices/list/osers/nidrr/index.htm This is a main federal agency that supports training, applied research and development to improve the lives of people with disabilities. They are known for generating new knowledge and promoting and improving the disabled person’s ability to perform normal everyday task of their choice in a community setting. 4. Team (START) Special Needs Technology Assessment Resource Support
Nsnet.org/start/learning.pdf
There is a lot of technology available today where students can learn to cope with their learning disabilities to use technology,