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Special Education Resources for Virtual Learning
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ONLINE LEARNING RESOURCES
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Deschaine, M. (2018). Supporting students with disabilities in k-12 online and blended learning. Lansing, MI: Michigan Virtual University.This resource provides a general overview of the eligibility categories and a brief description of learning characteristics, as well as pedagogical considerations for online and blended learning environments.https://mvlri.org/research/publications/supporting-students-with-disabilities-in-k-12-online-and-blended-learning/
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How to Make Online Learning Accessible for People with Special NeedsThis resource examines challenges that online learners with disabilities face and tips for how to overcome themhttps://blog.learnfasthq.com/how-to-improve-accessibility-to-online-learning-for-people-with-special-needs
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Best Special Education Websites & AppsYou'll find apps that address foundational skills, boost social and emotional skills, and help kids with autism follow a schedule. There are also sites that help teachers differentiate learning and access resources for developing language and math literacy.https://www.commonsense.org/education/top-picks/best-special-education-apps-and-websites
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4Teacher.org: How to teach with Technology4Teachers.org works to help you integrate technology into your classroom by offering online tools and resources. This site helps teachers locate and create ready-to-use Web lessons, quizzes, rubrics and classroom calendars. There are also tools for student use. Discover valuable professional development resources addressing issues such as equity, ELL, technology planning, and at-risk or special-needs students.http://www.4teachers.org
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Khan AcademyThis link provides implementation strategies (with videos) that address the following areas: 1) in-class practice, 2) homework, 3) review and test prep, 4) differentiation and remediation, strategies to engage and motivation students on Khan academy, and 5) ideas for using Khan Academy in your classroom.https://www.khanacademy.org/resources/teacher-essentials
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MathademicsMathademics offers short videos on elementary and middle school topics, focusing on subjects such as geometry and fractions.https://www.youtube.com/user/Mathademics
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Described & Captioned Media ProgramThis website offers free access to video-on-demand children’s television programming for thousands of students who are blind, visually impaired, deaf or hard of hearing.https://dcmp.org/
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Academic and behavior RTI resourcesThis website offers free acces to RTI resources to support behavior and academics.https://www.interventioncentral.org/
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FunBrainChildren with learning disabilities in grades K-8 can watch lesson videos and practice their skills in attention-grabbing games like Penguin Drop. Game directions are conveniently illustrated to assist struggling readers too.https://www.funbrain.com/pre-k-and-k-playground
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AAA MathChildren diagnosed with dyscalculia will particularly benefit from AAA Math, a website filled with free, easy-to-understand K-8 mathematics lessons. Interactive pages help remove frustration from tough concepts like division, ratios, exponents, and graphing. Practice questions and fun games like Countdown give students’ instant feedback to prevent learning incorrect methods.http://aaamath.com
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Storyline OnlineStoryline Online is an excellent resource for children with learning disabilities like dyslexia. This website records free videos of narrators, and sometimes well-known actors like Eva Longoria, reading children’s books aloud. Students develop their literacy skills by following along with text as the literature comes alive.https://www.storylineonline.net
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Into the Book!The Into the Book! website provides engaging reading comprehension activities in English and Spanish. Elementary children with learning disabilities will benefit from dissecting books, such as The Wolf Who Cried Boy and A Pirate’s Life. Short, 15-minute videos are included to teach important reading strategies like visualization and summarizing.https://reading.ecb.org/index.html
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StarfallStarfall is a free educational website with an optional low-cost membership program that teaches phonics. Young children diagnosed with learning disabilities will load fun activity lessons from letter recognition to reading full-length books. Students can also download swinging sing-alongs, including “Wheels on the Bus,” for fine-motor coordination.https://www.starfall.com/h/
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Do2LearnDo2Learn provides learning disabled youth access thousands of free elementary-level worksheets for literacy, math, visual discrimination, behavior management, and more. There are also printable picture cards available to promote functional communication in children with Autism.https://do2learn.com
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Reading RocketsReading Rockets provides research-based activities that help struggling readers. There is an extensive library of lessons centered on fluency, oral language, phonemic awareness, reading comprehension, and other literacy skills. Children can also incite their passion for reading with themed booklists, such “Young Detectives.”https://www.readingrockets.org/atoz
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AdaptedMindAdaptedMind adapts to exceptional children’s needs. Sign up for a free one-month trial. From first through eighth grade, students will discover hundreds of amusing reading and math activities illustrated by goofy monsters. Children will start with a quick pretest before engaging in video lessons and taking a confidence-boosting progress assessment.https://www.adaptedmind.com/index.php
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Arcademic Skill BuildersArcademic Skill Builders offers free, multi-player games for engaging students in tricky K-6 content from spelling to algebra and geography. Children with learning disabilities can compete for top scores while boosting their fact fluency. Plus, teachers or parents can access data tracking reports.https://www.arcademics.com
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Math Salamanders This website offers free practice websites as well as various graphic organizers and various math tools to scaffold learning for students.https://www.math-salamanders.com/
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Learning AllyLearning Ally is devoted to helping people with print disabilities, especially dyslexia. From kindergarten to college, learning disabled youth can access the website’s library of over 80,000 audiobooks with VOICEtext. Award-winning books, such as Little Red Riding Hood and Alice in Wonderland, are human narrated in clear voices to boost students’ comprehension.https://learningally.org/Browse-Audiobooks
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ExploratoriumChildren with learning disabilities and a knack for science will enjoy the Exploratorium, a website that brings the San Francisco museum to your desktop. Youth can scroll through 55 pages of educational videos to illustrate key topics like climate change, electricity, and human anatomy.https://www.exploratorium.edu/explore
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Teacher ToolsTeachers can use this site to locate tools to support specially designed instruction and scaffold learning for students. Take advantage of the multitude of instructional stratgies and video demonstrations. http://www.theteachertoolkit.com/
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Breezy Special EdSpecial Education - free resources and take home packets - Life Skills - Language Arts, Mathematics, Vocational, Work Taskshttp://www.breezyspecialed.com/
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Control Alt AchiveChrome Extensions for Struggling Students and Special Needshttps://www.controlaltachieve.com/2016/10/special-needs-extensions.html
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Renaissance and Get Georgia ReadingGet Georgia Reading and Renaissance are partnering to provide readers free, anytime/anywhere access to digital books and news with myONhttps://drive.google.com/file/d/1uvGPmRAedGCasReqqe_yyeB9kFjpDOB8/view?usp=sharing
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Daily Schedule - Low Incidence Sample daily schedule for low incidence that can be updated weekly and the shared with familieshttps://drive.google.com/file/d/1V6M7qTtfBPfqlNVo-NE16gDmU5wJfyhN/view

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IEP Goals Daily Planner for IEP goals - can be updated weekly and shared with familieshttps://drive.google.com/file/d/1lDpDAbVdbMVL1qnpmNf0OjYMLULEmmKX/view?usp=sharing
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30 iPad AppsHandy Chart featuring over 30 iPad apps for students with disabilitieshttps://www.educatorstechnology.com/2016/01/a-handy-chart-featuring-over-30-ipad.html
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Home Speech HomeSpeech Therapy Word Lists, Activities and Appshttps://www.home-speech-home.com/
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DPAN.TV The Sign Langauge ChannelThis site offers Kids Stories in ASL - you can access online or via an apphttps://dpan.tv/
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Supporting Individuals with Autism through Uncertain TimesToolkit and resources to support students with Autismhttps://afirm.fpg.unc.edu/supporting-individuals-autism-through-uncertain-times
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Don Johnston Learning Tools - free during global crisisSnap & Read, Cowirter, WordBank, uPar, Quizbot https://learningtools.donjohnston.com/making-elearning-accessible/request-free-access/
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A Major Update and Teaching Online during COVID-19As instruction is forced online, teachers require strategies to provide differentiated special education to their students. In this webinar, veteran online instructors help identify steps to move online and strategies for adapting the lessons already in motion to this new format. They will share a distilled set of simple, impactful tips as well as resources and tools available to you during the transition.” Slides and handouts are provided with the webinar.https://www.cec.sped.org/Tools-and-Resources/Resources-for-Teaching-Remotely/Webinars/TeachingSpedOnline?utm_source=cec&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=default&_zs=CufdW1&_zl=L0kc6
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audibleFor as long as schools are closed, we're open. Starting today, kids everywhere can instantly stream an incredible collection of stories, including titles across six different languages, that will help them continue dreaming, learning, and just being kids. All stories are free to stream on your desktop, laptop, phone or tablet. Explore the collection, select a title and start listening. It's that easy.https://stories.audible.com/start-listen
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Fulton County School Department of Services for Exceptional Children - Special Education TeleSchoolresources and guidance created for use during virtual learning dayshttps://drive.google.com/file/d/1SXn_3XuzNOkrXhJpQkfDW6r001Zhy-a4/view?usp=sharing
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Metro East GLRSVetted Digital Resources for learning at homehttp://www.me.glrs.org/digital-resources/
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North West GLRSVetted Digital Resources for learning at homehttps://docs.google.com/document/d/1o2-WoWUR8_IJnywdS60iGJHsuinUefMpqoZBFryN_mM/edit?usp=sharing
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Coastal GLRSWritQ for digital learninghttps://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1MsgAhpnV1MsKm4EOS9k2-bFMuvn27F8fgGnftpu2Xi0/edit?usp=sharing
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Coastal GLRSRead&Write for digital learninghttps://docs.google.com/presentation/d/19Ryb6A9fuxrRh7Jn5Lu-AX58-XbWXoBA3ZawmVnOoyU/edit?usp=sharing
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Coastal GLRSEquateIO for digital learninghttps://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1w4Yt3RzCmXSQKg6ew008zBn5yyWPtrv3Hue-a3x7sI0/edit?usp=sharing
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Remote Learning Toolkit - a Binder for COVID 19 School ClosuresLive Binder resource bank - all things for digital learninghttps://www.livebinders.com/b/2643771#anchor
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