FOR STUDENTS:

• Discovery School - http://school.discoveryeducation.com/
• PBS Kids - http://pbskids.org/
• Giggle Poetry- http://www.gigglepoetry.com/
• Wacky Web Tales- http://www.eduplace.com/tales/
• America's Story - http://www.americaslibrary.gov/aa/index.php
• National Geographic Kids- http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/kids/
• NASA- http://www.nasa.gov/audience/foreducators/Redirect_Spacelink.html
• Math Fun Brain - http://www.funbrain.com/brain/MathBrain/MathBrain.html

FOR PARENTS:

• Illinois State Board of Education- Special Education - http://www.isbe.net/spec-ed/Default.htm
• U.S. Department of Education- http://www2.ed.gov/parents/landing.jhtml
• EdHelper- www.edhelper.com
• PBS Teachers- http://www.pbs.org/teachers/
• ABC Teach- http://abcteach.com/
• Puzzlemaker- http://puzzlemaker.discoveryeducation.com/
• Smithsonian Education- http://www.smithsonianeducation.org/

• Notice of Procedural Safeguards for Parents/Guardians of Students with Disabilities- Updated October 2009
• Bi-County Special Education Cooperative- http://www.bi-county.org
• Illinois Department of Human Services- www.dhs.state.il.us
• Special Olympics Illinois - http://www.soill.org
• Transition to Life- www.transitiontolife.org

• What does team-teaching mean?

• Accomodation- An alteration in the way material is presented, or in
  the environmental settings, or task demands and/or conditions as
  necessitated to "work around" interference from a disability.
• ADA- Americans with Disabilities Act (1990)
• Age-appropriate- At the right level for the chronological (actual) age of the
  child/student. The descriptor can be applied to materials, curriculum,
  modifications for the child, or to the student's behavior.
• Americans with Disabilities Act (1990)- Public Law 101-336. A piece of federal legislation that prohibits discrimination on the basis of disability in areas such as employment, public accommodation, transportation, state and local government services, and telecommunications; also applies to education.
• Assessment- An assessment is an evaluation. It can be specific to one problem
  area academically, or it can include all academic areas, psychological functioning, peer relationships, etc. The methods of assessment may include objective testing using standardized tests, and/or observational methods, interviews, etc.
• Assistive Technology- Any object piece of equipment, or system that is used to enable an individual with a disability to function better. As examples: hearing aids for individuals with hearing loss, a braille printer for someone who is blind, a notebook computer/keyboard for a student who has severely impaired handwriting, voice dictation software for someone who can't write or keyboard, etc.
• Behavior Intervention Plan (BIP)- A formalized plan that targets specific behaviors for alteration and that follows from a functional behavioral assessment.
• Education for All Handicapped Children Act- Public Law 94-142. Federal legislation passed in 1975 that makes available a free and appropriate public education (FAPE) for all handicapped children in the United States. This piece of legislation
  was the forerunner to IDEA.
• Extended School Year (ESY)- A longer school year than the standard 10-month program. Generally used in situations where the student's team feels that the
  student will regress (or lose progress) over the summer months if
  s/he doesn't have some ongoing educational services.
• Individual Education Program- (IEP) A written education plan for a school-aged child with disabilities developed by a team of professionals (teachers, therapists, etc.) and the child's parents. The program is written for a student who has first found to be eligible under IDEA for special education. The multidisciplinary evaluations and assessments used to determine eligibility also guide the development of the IEP.
• IEP Team- A team of individuals comprising school professionals, the child's parent(s), and any other individual(s) who have specialized knowledge of the child. The IEP team is responsible for developing the goals and objectives for the child, and writing the program (IEP) that will serve as a "road map" for the student's teachers and related service providers; they are also responsible for reviewing and revising the plan.
• Independent Educational Evaluation (IEE)- The use of professionals outside of the local education agency's employ to assess a student for purposes of eligibility determination under IDEA or to determine the nature of the student's needs and services.
• Local Education Agency (LEA)- A school district, board of education, or other public authority under the supervision of a state educational agency having administrative control and direction of public elementary or secondary schools, or any other public educational institution or agency having administrative control and direction of a vocational education program.
• Manifestation Determination Review (MDR)- A meeting held to determine if a student’s misbehavior is related to his or her known disability.
• Occupational Therapy (OT) - A therapeutic modality/service where the therapist specializes in upper extremity (arm) function, including fine motor control and handwriting. Occupational therapists also deal in activities of daily living, and some get involved in cognitive (memory) rehabilitation and/or sensory integration issues.
• Physical Therapy (PT) - A therapeutic modality/service where the therapist specializes in gross motor skills such as walking, running, jumping, balance issues,
  etc.
• Related Service- As defined in IDEA, related services are: "transportation and
  developmental, corrective, and other support services that a child with disabilities requires in order to benefit from education; examples of related services include: audiology and speech therapy, psychological services, physical and occupational therapy, recreation, counseling services, interpreters for the hearing impaired,
  and medical services for diagnostic and evaluation purposes."
• SLP- Speech and Language Pathologist
• Transition- In its special education sense, it refers to preparing the student for post-high-school life. Under IDEA, there must be a transition component in an annual IEP
  for a student with a disability that considers what the student's goals are and what services or assistance they require to meet those goals.