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Links that Support/Compliment Structured Teaching
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Cindy's Autistic Support
cindysautisticsupport.com |
Cindy's web site is one of the web's most popular destinations for resources for people who work with individuals with autism. Full of resources and links. Excellent web site! |
AutismLearn 101
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Occupational Therapy Blog by Chris Knippenberg, OT
http://www.knipotvermont.blogspot.com/
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Chris Knippenberg's OT blog. Learn about self regulation, fine motor schools, models for success for school based occupational therapy programs and much more.
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Jill Kuzma's Social Thinking Weblog
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This is an excellent blog for social skills development. Based on Garcia Winner's Social Thinking concepts, Jill shares tips, resources and website reviews. She also shares links for interactive web activities and Youtube social skills videos. Excellent social skills blog!
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Division TEACCH
http://www.teacch.com
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A systematic approach to
structured teaching designed by the University of North Carolina Department
of Psychiatry. Vermont Structured Teaching is based on the principles of TEACCH.
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Do2Learn: Educational Resources for Special
Needs
http://www.dotolearn.com
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This site has some nice
resources, including some free activities and some examples of structured teaching ideas. It
has several on-line activities for children, including flash animated
educational songs and games and
worksheets. Includes many printable visual supports and schedule icons.
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Autism: Interventions and Strategies for Success
http://www.specialed.us/autism/index2.htm
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Susan Stokes articles written for the Cooperative Educational Service Agency #7 of Green Bay, Wisconsin. Excellent articles on structured teaching with examples.
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Make Beliefs Comics
http://www.makebeliefscomix.com/
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Make your own comics! Fun characters, each with a set of emotions, call-outs, thought-bubbles, headlines and "props."
You will have way too much fun with this before you even use it for supporting your students!
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Tasks Galore Publishing
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Web site of the well-loved Tasks Galore books. Includes on-line photos of "task of the month."
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Building Blox: Autism Teaching Tools
http://www.buildingblox.net
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This site has many examples of structured teaching supports, including visitor-submitted, downloadable materials.
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Autism Training Resources
| Vermont Higher Education Collaborative
www.vthec.org | he Vermont-Higher Education Collaborate (VT-HEC) is a non-profit organization dedicated to addressing the critical personnel, training and support needs involved with the education of all children and youth.They offer coursework and workshops needed for licensing or certificates in: Special Education, Early Childhood and Early Childhood Special Education, Driver Education, Health Education, Autism and Behavior Specialists.
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AIM: Autism Internet Modules
http://www.autisminternetmodules.org | Free internet modules for training on a wide variety of autism related topics. Graduate credit is available for a fee. | The National Professional Development Center on Autism Spectrum Disorders
http://autismpdc.fpg.unc.edu | The National Professional Development Center on Autism Spectrum Disorders is a multi-university center to promote the use of evidence-based practice for children and adolescents with autism spectrum disorders. The Center operates through three sites that include the FPG Child Development Institute at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, the M.I.N.D. Institute at University of California at Davis Medical School, and the Waisman Center at the University of Wisconsin at Madison. |
Special Education Law and Advocacy
| | Vermont Family Network | | | Center on Disability and Inclusion | A University of Vermont division whose mission is "to improve the lives of individuals with disabilities and their families through research, training, and community services" | | Wrightslaw - Special Education Law & Advocacy - | Information on special education law and advocacy. At this site you may sign up for a newsletter on special education law which is easy to understand for the lay person. Much of their materials is written from the perspective of the parent. Some nice publications, including From Emotions to Advocacy are available for download from this site. | Vermont Department of Education Parent Resource Page
| Links for legal resources, alternate assessment, IEP decision making process, parent rights, and special education guide.
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Autism Information
| | Autism Speaks | Family oriented autism advocacy and information. Creators of an excellent kit, the First 100 Days Kit - that is designed to assist families in getting the critical information they need in the first 100 days after an autism diagnosis. | | Autism Society of America | Autism advocacy website that features up-to-date news, a calendar of events, resources and information. | Autism Society of Vermont
| "The mission of the Autism Society of Vermont is to provide information and support to Vermonters with Autism Spectrum Disorder, their families, service providers and other interested citizens, and to advocate for the right of each person with Autism and their families to a fulfilling life within the community
| | Vermont Autism Task Force |
The mission of the Vermont Autism Task Force is "to coordinate the efforts of interested parties who serve individuals with autism spectrum disorders and their families, and to promote the implementation of best practices throughout the state of Vermont." Includes the Vermont Autism White Paper and a toolkit of excellent resources. | Asperger Association of New England
| Provides advocacy and support to individuals with Asperger Syndrome/"High Functioning Autism" and their families. Includes support groups, training opportunities, online support groups, employment assistance; legislative advocacy and family grants. | Autism Votes -
| This site is dedicated to tracking and disseminating information on legislative action on autism spectrum disorder issues. Particularly geared toward insurance coverage initiatives on the state and national levels. | | Understanding Asperger's Syndrome: A Professor's Guide | For college bound individuals with autism spectrum disorders. This site includes a 12-minute presentation from Organization for Autism Research's (OAR), is designed to help college-bound students with autism spectrum disorder (particularly Asperger Syndrome or HFA) by familiarizing professors and other college personnel with the unique traits of the learner.
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Broad Issues and Resources
| | Teaching Learners with Multiple Special Needs: Autism Search |
This is an autism-filtered search link for the blog, “Teaching Learners with Multiple Special Needs.” The site is one of the most comprehensive sites on special education, and includes hundreds of resources including current research topics, videos and stills of actual instructional activities, great web sites, reviews of software and assistive technology. Hit the “home” button to break out of the autism specific search and prepare to be amazed! | | Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis (JABA) | A searchable database of free (mostly) and downloadable peer-reviewed journal articles related to applied behavioral analysis. Many autism articles.
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Autism information and Advocacy
| Autism Society
Autism Society of Americahttp://www.autism-society.org | Autism advocacy website that features up-to-date news, a calendar of events, resources and information. | Autism Society of Vermont
| "The mission of the Autism Society of Vermont is to provide information and support to Vermonters with Autism Spectrum Disorder, their families, service providers and other interested citizens, and to advocate for the right of each person with Autism and their families to a fulfilling life within the community
| | Vermont Autism Task Force |
The mission of the Vermont Autism Task Force is "to coordinate the efforts of interested parties who serve individuals with autism spectrum disorders and their families, and to promote the implementation of best practices throughout the state of Vermont." Includes the Vermont Autism White Paper and a toolkit of excellent resources. | Vermont Family Network | Parent to Parent and VPIC merged as the Vermont Family Network. The VFN provides extensive resources and supports to families of children with disabilities. VFN also administers the Family Infant and Toddler Program. Their web site is an excellent source of information on upcoming events and on-going programs in the state of Vermont.
| | Center on Disability and Inclusion | A University of Vermont division whose mission is "to improve the lives of individuals with disabilities and their families through research, training, and community services"
| Asperger Association of New England
| Provides advocacy and support to individuals with Asperger Syndrome and their families. Includes support groups, training opportunities, online support groups, employment assistance; legislative advocacy and family grants. | Autism Votes -
| This site is dedicated to tracking and disseminating information on legislative action on autism spectrum disorder issues. Particularly geared toward insurance coverage initiatives on the state and national levels. | | |
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Sources for images and icons | Boardmaker and Boardmaker Plus for Mac or PC (separate disks for each platform) | Boardmaker comes with pcs dictionaries that have both symbols and drawings for concepts, nouns and verbs. Photos and other graphics can be imported as well. Boardmaker is an excellent way to create static visual supports such as schedules, task strips and visual supports. Boardmaker Plus adds interactivity to boards. Icons can be made into buttons to create interactive learning activities or communication aids. Mayer-Johnson has many pre-made templates or add-on resources and picture sets that can be purchased separately. Boardmaker can be ordered separately or with Speaking Dynamically Pro. SDP can be used with Boardmaker to create dynamic communication boards. | Mrs. Riley's Page Builder | Mrs. Riley's Page Builder is an interactive website that is designed to make the task of creating picture cards and icons easier. According to its creators, devoloper Ben Throop and Autism Specialist Kristin McCole, it was, "created so professionals, teachers, and parents could collaboratively make educational materials, starting with picture cards." The duo, with a team of collaborators, set out to make a web-based program that was easier, faster and less expensive than some of the other applications used for this purpose. | Google Image Search and eBay | Google Image Search is an excellent way to find photos of items and sometimes even actions such as hand washing. eBay can be particularly helpful for finding photos of items such as toys. The photography is generally not copyright protected and is often taken from several angles. No membership necessary to browse. | Pyramid: Picture Exchange Communication System | Pyramid Educational Products is the source for PECS (Picture Exchange Communication) manuals and official products. | Beyond Autism PECS Pictures/Icons page | This page is chalk-full of downloadable PECS icon pages. Most of the ready-made sheets are at the line drawing or symbolic level, but resources and instructions are provided for accessing photographs. To navigate the PCS, use a find for a given term, (“bathroom”) to see if an icon is on the page. Has great sources for Boardmaker pages, Intellikeys overlays and Dynavox templates. | ESL Flashcards | Free flashcards with fun illustrations of a variety of concepts. These were originally created for ESL learners, but have merit for use for children with autism who are at the drawing level (as opposed to needing photographs or objects). Actions, adjectives, opposites, alphabet, body parts, colors, clothing, daily activities, food, places, seasons/weather, time, holidays, etc. I do not recommend the emotions, health or occupations for children with autism, as they require a high level of interpretation. Download and print cards in three different sizes. |
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