Educational resources pertinent to students with disabilities.
*Note: These contents are assembled from several web sites, some of whom are now defunct. Although I have the documents in my records, I've provided the current links to available items. Copies of material from defunct sites, as well as my works, are provided below. Copyright belongs to the authors and/or publishers of the material according to the information contained in the documents. An internet search of the titles or of content from the material should be made for referencing purposes. The owner of this web site only claims authorship where indicated within the material.
Accommodations Manual - How to Select, Administer, and Evaluate Use of Accommodations for Instruction and Assessment of Students with Disabilities — the selection, administration, and evaluation of the effectiveness of the use of instructional and assessment accommodations by students with disabilities.
Creating Opportunities for Students with Intellectual or Multiple Disabilities, Saskatchewan, 2001 — This revised manual is provided as a resource to assist with educating students with intensive educational needs.
Expectations for Students with Cognitive Disabilities: Is the Cup Half Empty or Half Full? Can the Cup Flow Over? -2004 — an analysis of nationally representative cognitive and achievement data to illustrate the dangers in making blanket assumptions about appropriate achievement expectations for individuals based on their cognitive ability or diagnostic label. In addition, a review of research on the achievement patterns of students with cognitive disabilities and literature on the effects of teacher expectations is included.
Inclusive Policy and Practice in Education: Best Practices for Students with Disabilities -2004 — See www.inclusiveeducation.ca
Inclusive Post-Secondary Education: Human Rights can Legislate Change but can it Create Acceptance? — Inclusive post-secondary education for people with intellectual disabilities will be looked at as an important transition from inclusive primary school education through the secondary grades and into adulthood.
National Center on Educational Outcomes (NCEO) — provides national leadership in designing and building educational assessments and accountability systems that appropriately monitor educational results for all students, including students with disabilities and English Language Learners (ELLs).
Never too Late: Approaches to Reading Instruction for Secondary Students with Disabilities — four factors necessary for students to become proficient readers
Responsiveness to Intervention in the SLD Determination Process — to provide a conceptual overview of responsiveness to intervention (RTI)—including hypothetical examples of how RTI might operate within a school setting and for a particular student—and to discuss its role within the larger context of specific learning disabilities (SLD) determination.
Tangible Symbol Systems™ Making the Right to Communicate a Reality for Individuals with Severe Disabilities -2000 — In this book, we discuss the use of tangible symbols for communication throughout the day.
Teaching Students with Autism A Guide for Educators
Teaching Students with Reading Difficulties and Disabilities A Guide for Educators
Teaching Students with Visual Impairments
The Technical Work Group on Including Students With Disabilities in Large-Scale Assessment -2006 — These papers are written for educators who are responsible for administering large-scale assessment and accountability systems and address several topics related to the inclusion of students with disabilities in large-scale assessments.
Tool Kit on Teaching and Assessing Students With Disabilities — The Tool Kit brings together the most current and accurate information, including research briefs and resources designed to improve instruction, assessment, and accountability for students with disabilities in a format that is easy to access and to understand.