Families Resources: Web-Based

·  Kinship Care Legal Resource Center
Kinship care, commonly defined as the "full-time care, nurturing, and protection of children by relatives, members of their tribes or clans, or other adults who have a family relationship to a child," is a growing phenomenon across the United States.

·  Adobe Digital Kids Club
A site created for teachers, students, and parents — digital photography, video, and imaging resources needed to engage students in learning while teaching them important digital communication skills.

·  40 Developmental Assets for Young People
Building blocks of healthy development that help all young people grow up healthy, caring and responsible.

·  WrightsLaw: ADD/ADHD and Eligibility for Services
Do you have a child with ADD/ADHD? Is your child eligible for special education under the IDEA? Many readers think the answer is a clear "yes." Many readers think the answer is a definite "no."

·  25 Reasons to Use Visual Strategies with Students
Perhaps we use something visual to help a student understand a situation. Maybe we provide a visual prompt so a student can accomplish a task more independently.

·  The Parents’ Guide to the Information Superhighway
This guide is for parents who have begun to see that computers and online services will be or already are a part of children’s at school, at community centers, at home, or at the library—and who are looking for some guidelines and advice.

·  Pediatric Hearing Aid Loaner Bank Established by Oticon
Oticon Pediatrics has unveiled a program designed to assist hearing care professionals in providing care for infants and toddlers newly identified with hearing loss.

·  Assuring Better Child Health and Development Electronic Resource Center
The ABCD Electronic Resource Center is designed to provide state policymakers and health care providers with easy access to research and resources that they can use to promote early childhood health and development.

·  Childhood Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: Guide to Effective Treatment
As adults, we recall our childhood days of avoiding stepping on cracks or repeatedly asking our parents "if we are there yet." Repetitive play, superstitions, and ritualistic games are normal parts of childhood. Yet some parents are faced with the issue of their child’s ritualistic behaviors becoming a problem."

·  DisabilityInfo.Gov introduces new state and local resources map to assist visitors in locating disability-related information close to home
The federal government’s one-stop Web site for disability-related information and resources — DisabilityInfo.gov — today unveiled a new feature, a state and local resources map, designed to assist visitors in finding disability-related information in their own states and localities.

·  NCSER: Secondary School Experiences of Students With Autism (April 2007)
The National Center for Special Education Research at the Institute of Education Sciences has released a new fact sheet on the National Longitudinal Transition Study-2 (NLTS2) entitled Facts From NLTS2: Secondary School Experiences of Students With Autism.

·  Choosing Child Care for A child with Special Needs
Choosing child care for any child can be an arduous and stressful task, but for parents of a special needs child, it can also be a very confusing and emotional experience. Here are some tools that can help.

·  Workshopsolutions.com: Homebuilt assistive devices for the disabled
Workshop Solutions is a voluntary, not-for profit, website . It is maintained and completely funded by the founders. It was established for the purpose of providing a place in space where engineers, technicians, inventors and workshop enthusiasts can display and share knowledge on the assistive devices they have built to better the lives of the disabled.

·  The Child & Family WebGuide
The WebGuide is a directory that evaluates, describes and provides links to hundreds of sites containing child development research and practical advice. Topics are selected on the basis of parent recommendations; they cover all ages, from early child development through adolescence.

·  Information and Special Needs Resources for Parents of Children with Special Needs or Disabilities
Special Needs Resource Project (SNRP) provides a basic guide for parents of children with chronic health issues, disabilities and special needs. This site is designed to help you get a jump-start in your search for helpful information and resources.

·  Dyslexia and Driving an Automobile
As an adult, he realized he would have to learn driving the same slow, steady and disciplined way that he learned to read. He was determined to learn however.

·  Video: Reading and the Brain
Reading and the Brain explores how brain scientists are working to solve the puzzle of why some children struggle to read and others don’t.

·  Dyslexia: What Brain Research Reveals About Reading
5 to 15 percent of Americans—14.5 to 43.5 million children and adults—have dyslexia, a learning disability that makes it difficult to read, write, and spell, no matter how hard the person tries or how intelligent he or she is.

·  Dyslexia: Beyond the Myth
The common myths about dyslexia are that dyslexics read backwards and reverse words and letters. While these characteristics may be part of the problem with some individuals, they are NOT the most common or most important attributes.

·  Dyslexia Basics
Dyslexia is a language-based learning disability. Dyslexia refers to a cluster of symptoms, which result in people having difficulties with specific language skills, particularly reading. Students with dyslexia may experience difficulties in other language skills such as spelling, writing, and speaking.

Organizational Problems and the Beginning of the School Year
Some children with learning disorders have great difficulty learning to read…others read fluently. Some kids struggle with math…others are gifted in this area. Like the proverbial snowflakes, each LD child is different with a unique pattern of strengths and struggles.

·  College options for students with intellectual disabilities
Find internet resources; answers to frequently asked questions related to developing or expanding services for students with intellectual disabilities in college settings.

·  PEPNet: educational opportunities for individuals who are deaf or hard of hearing
PEPNet’s national network of regional centers provides resources, information, in-service training, and expertise to enhance educational opportunities for individuals who are deaf or hard of hearing and their families.

·  Back-to-School Transitions: Tips for Parents
The key to a child’s success in school is educational responsibility.

·  Video: Growing and Learning in Preschool
You’ll see how a preschool curriculum based on solid research builds school and life-related skills, why well-qualified teachers are so important, and how play is integrated into learning.