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TEACH California is a Web site administered by the California Department of Education (CDE). With the understanding that California faces a great shortage of special education, mathematics, and science teachers, the site is designed to explain the teacher preparation process, assist prospective teachers in creating their plan to become credentialed teachers, and offer links to important resources.

Information and resources to serve the unique needs of persons with disabilities so that each person will meet or exceed high standards of achievement in academic and nonacademic skills.

This webset features members of the screen actors guild reading aloud picture books as only professional actors can. The actors introduce themselves and explain why they chose the book they are reading. This is an excellent tool for teaching reading with expression.

WestEd’s Center for Prevention & Early Intervention provides nationally-recognized training, technical assistance and resources for successful education, special education, early intervention, and child care.

The Desired Results system is an accountability initiative of the California Department of Education (CDE) developed to determine the effectiveness of its child development and early childhood special education services and programs.

SEEDS is a project of the CDE Special Education Division and the Sacramento County Office of Education that offers training and technical assistance to administrators, staff, and families involved in early childhood special education programs.

Informative and useful web links for students provided by the Ramon Alternative Center, Palm Springs, CA.

A program developed at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) allows students with severe physical disabilities to create music just by moving their heads.

Assistive Technology for All Individuals with Disabilities.

The Clearinghouse for Specialized Media & Translations (CSMT) helps to close the achievement gap by providing instructional resources in accessible formats to students with disabilities in California.

If you have a child with a severe learning disability (LD), you may qualify for valuable tax benefits. If your child has AD/HD or other physical, mental or emotional impairments, you may also qualify for tax benefits.

Working pages of resources that are available for special education teachers and regular education teachers.

CalSAVE helps California's schools and public agencies buy the latest technology, instructional resources and other products for less money and with more efficiency. CalSAVE leverages the statewide buying power of California's schools and public agencies to secure the lowest possible price. Click here for more information, and history, about CalSAVE.

Here's a link to a REALLY GOOD DEAL for physically disabled kids in middle and high school who are taking math and science classes. It's a set of programs for graphing, writing equations, geometry diagrams, and more. Best of all, with a letter from the student's school, the package is FREE. It's about a $350 value.

TICAL Website with information on the K12 Voucher Program, with links to all related sites.

This website provides a rich experience for students in the arts. In addition, it allows teachers to create highly engaging lessons that use interactive experiences that teach spacial awareness, following directions, the use of prepositions and so much more!

Virtual teachers outperform real thing Virtual characters and digital tutors are helping children and adults develop advanced social and language skills that can be tough to learn via conventional approaches, according to researchers who briefed reporters here last week at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

Education for students with disabilities now takes place in a wide range of settings, from full inclusion in mainstream classes to special day classes that allow intensive support for particular skills. This Edutopia article brings a lot of information together for all levels.

AT Cadre featured products including Read: Aloud, Draft: Builder, Write: Outloud, Co: Writer, Solo, etc.

Now computer users who need low vision aids due to macular degeneration, retinitis pigmentosa, or other causes of low vision can take control of Web and software application pages. (Good only with Windows (r) operating systems.)

OVAC offers a complete line of Closed Circuit Television (CCTV) products for the visually impaired.

AT Cadre featured software including Go Solve, Fastt Math, etc.

AT Cadre featured Math Companion, etc.

Dennis Deeds from Palm Springs Districts shared this site with us.
http://www.oatsoft.org

Supporting teachers using technology to support all students