Curated OER
Here's to Your Health!
Studets research a health issue. They write an essay about the health issue. The create a public service announcement.
Curated OER
Is This Really Okay for Me? A Public Health Statistical Analysis
Future public health consultants are asked in a letter to help determine if a fictitious drug is causing birth defects in a population. They perform a simulation using beans and probability calculations to come to a conclusion. Note that...
Curated OER
Alzheimer's Disease
Investigate Alzheimer's disease. Conduct research using a variety of resources, obtain information, and input the data into a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet. Identify trends in the data and categorize them for an audience.
Other
Parenting Post Secondary Students With Disabilities
An article explaining the importance of parental support and guidance for post-secondary students with disabilities. Parents have the opportunity to play a vital role in their child's post-secondary development, through being a mentor or...
Other
Palaestra: Activity Ideas for Students With Severe Disabilities
Article listing activity ideas for students with severe, multiple, and profound disabilities. The article includes six sections, all outlining suggestions for activities to promote physical activity in students with severe or multiple...
AdLit
Ad lit.org: Transitioning Students With Disabilities to Higher Education
How can you help high school students get ready for post-secondary education? Review these recommendations from the Department of Education and find out how to help students understand their disabilities, explain their disabilities to...
AdLit
Ad lit.org: Transition of Students With Disabilities to Postsecondary Education
How do a student's rights and responsibilities change when they move from high school to post-secondary education? Read these questions and answers from the Department of Education to find out.
LD Online
Ld Online: College Students and Disability Law
This extensive article discusses the details surrounding special education laws and services for college students with disabilities, including learning disabilities. A great reference for teachers and parents of graduating high school...
LD Online
Ld Online: Teaching Adolescents With Learning Disabilities, Part 1
This article discusses, in-depth, the idea of "watering up" the curriculum for adolescents with learning disabilities. The article begins by explaining that accommodations usually seem to "water down" the curriculum and decrease...
Other
National Center for Learning Disabilities: Transitioning to Life After...school
Tips for students with disabilities for succeeding in college or the workplace after high school.
Other
Teaching Students With Learning Disabilities
Directed towards educators of students with learning disabilities, this in-depth site provides many links to resource pages for educators. Be sure to check out the link under the heading "For K-8 Teachers" entitled "Accommodations for...
Other
Teaching Students With Learning Disabilities
Directed towards educators of students with learning disabilities, this in-depth site provides many links to resource pages for educators. Be sure to check out the link under the heading "For K-8 Teachers" entitled "Accommodations for...
LD Online
Ld Online: Planning Student Directed Transition
Teachers have reported that students who are involved in their transition planning experience success and a sense of accomplishment. This article discusses the importance of transition planning, and in involving the student with...
LD Online
Ld Online: Mathematics for Secondary Students With Ld
An excellent, comprehensive article providing discussion on the effectiveness of mathematics instruction to students who have learning disabilities. In addition to the complete discussion presented, the article includes strategies for...
US Department of Education
Student Placement and Section 504
This site provides details on the law pertaining to placement of students with disabilities under Section 504 and Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act. Topics discussed include student placement, evaluation, educational...
US Department of Education
Student Placement and Section 504
This site provides details on the law pertaining to placement of students with disabilities under Section 504 and Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act. Topics discussed include student placement, evaluation, educational...
US Department of Education
Student Placement and Section 504
This site provides details on the law pertaining to placement of students with disabilities under Section 504 and Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act. Topics discussed include student placement, evaluation, educational...
US Department of Education
Student Placement and Section 504
This site provides details on the law pertaining to placement of students with disabilities under Section 504 and Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act. Topics discussed include student placement, evaluation, educational...
Read Works
Read Works: School Bus Strike Hurt Kids With Disabilities Most
[Free Registration/Login Required] A literary text about the effects of a four-week school bus drivers' strike in New York City. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
University of Washington
University of Washington: Do It: (Stem)
Educators searching for resources to help teach STEM material to students with disabilities will find a plethora of publications, videos, training materials and other sources provided by the University of Washington "DO-IT" program.
American Institutes for Research
Center on Response to Intervention: Supporting Teachers With Progress Monitoring
This 2006 presentation (PDF PowerPoint and Handouts), conducted by Dr. Erica Lembke and Dr. Laura Saenz.at the Summer Institute on Student Progress Monitoring, discusses issues related to successfully implementing Curriculum Based...
Province of British Columbia
Teaching the Student With Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
Provides detailed information, in over 15 pages, focusing on teaching students who suffer from Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS) or Fetal Alcohol Effects (FAE). To access the extensive list of resources and additional pages for teachers, be...
Province of British Columbia
Teaching the Student With Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
Provides detailed information, in over 15 pages, focusing on teaching students who suffer from Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS) or Fetal Alcohol Effects (FAE). To access the extensive list of resources and additional pages for teachers, be...
Province of British Columbia
Teaching the Student With Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
Provides detailed information, in over 15 pages, focusing on teaching students who suffer from Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS) or Fetal Alcohol Effects (FAE). To access the extensive list of resources and additional pages for teachers, be...