A Guide to Special Education Resources in the Clarion University Libraries and on the Internet
Education Databases
Education Full-Text Database via Webspirs
Clarion University - Special Ed and Rehabilitative Sciences Department
Special Education Organizations
Association for the Education and Rehabilitation of the Blind and Visually Impaired
Includes information about advocacy, publications, and upcoming events in the organization.
Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh's Resource Guide
List of Organizations that help people with disabilities - An annotated list of organizations organized geographically; includes organizations based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States, and internationally.
Council for Learning Disabilities
Includes information sheets about various disabilities, information about legislation, the table of contents from Learning Disability Quarterly, and other related information.
Department of Education (U.S.) Links: Special Education
Yahoo's listing of government resources related to special education. Includes links to the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research, Office of Special Education, and Office of Special Education Programs.
Learning Disabilities Association of America
Includes fact sheets, information about IDEA, legislative alerts, and related information.
National Association of State Directors of Special Education
Includes discussion rooms, a research institute, links to state departments of education, and a job bank.
National Center for Learning Disabilities
Includes information on learning disabilities, resources, and how to find help.
National Organization for Gifted Children
Information about conferences, grants, publications, and other topics related to this organization. Also includes links to other gifted education organizations as well as a listing of the current table of contents from Gifted Child Quarterly
Pennsylvania Department of Education: Special Education Menu
PDE's special education information and links.
Yahoo's Directory of Special Education Organizations
Yahoo's listing of organizations that focus on special education.
Special Education & Gifted Education Resources
About.com's Special Education Section
Includes links to information on behavior plans, IEPs, special education vocabulary, disabilities, and inclusion strategies.
Awesome Library's Special Education Links
Links about assistive techologies, individualized programs, giftedness, and variety of disabilities, including ADD, cleft palate, physical and mental disabilities, and visual and hearing impairments.
This tool determines whether a web page is accessible to those individuals with visual impairments.
Council for Exceptional Children
Includes links to membership, publications, profesional development, and other related areas.
Council for Learning Disabilities
Includes information about the Council and its publications, as well as disability-related information, such as IDEA, disabilities, and assistive technology.
Education: Gifted & Talented Students
Developed by Kids Source Online, this web site provides articles (and ranks them by stars) on many education-related topics, including career planning, helping your gifted child, homeschooling, and legal rights.
EduHound: Special Education Links
Links on many education related topics, including assessment and state standards, as well as a variety of special education related topics, such as stuttering, dyslexia, diabetes, and autism.
ERIC Clearinghouse on Disabilities & Gifted Education
Provides information and links to research and resources related to special education.
This web site for the Division of Learning Disabilities, a division of the Council for Exceptional Children seeks to provide current information about teaching students with disabilities.
National Clearinghouse for Professions in Special Education
Includes links about becoming a special education teacher (including interviews from current special education teachers), employment and educator resources, research library, and recruitment initiatives.
National Information Center for Children and Youth with Disabilities
Listing specifically Pennsylvania resources, this site is designed as a way of putting parents or those with disabilities in touch with national and local organizations that can help them.
Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services
Includes information about the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services as well as links to related government organizations and special education information.
Pennsylvania Department of Education: Special Ed
Links to our Commonwealth's Department of Education Special Education information, including early intervention, an FAQ, assessment, giftedness, special education plans, and more.
ProTeacher: Special Needs Links
A variety of practical teaching ideas related to special education, including how to help a disorganized student, an animated sign language web page link, and information about ADD, LD, At Risk, and gifted education.
Special Education Resources on the Internet
A hotlist of special education links.
Special Education Resources on the Internet (SERI)
Includes links to information on disability products, legal resources, discusion groups, mental retardation, physical disorders, organizations, parents' and educators' resources, behavior disorders, specific disabilities, and inclusion resources.
Yahoo Inclusion and Yahoo Special Education Links
A variety of special education links.
Educational Resources (General)
Last Updated: August, 2008
