Behavior

1. ADD, ADHD: Classroom Management Tools That Stop Talk Outs, Off-Task Behavior And Misconduct - Teach skills for acting in a respectful manner, talking one at a time, hand raising, focusing, and so on.
2. Behavior Contracts - Printables to help students focus on self monitoring.
3. Behavior and Social Skills for students with LD - Information for teachers on how to manage classroom behavior and promote positive social skills.
4. Classroom Interventions for ADD -Top Ten Strategies to Manage Attention Deficit Disorder in Kids.
5. A Discipline System That Works For ADD Children - Article that discusses the 1-2-3 Counting system.
6. Managing the Classroom -Behavioral management systems often provide the structure they need to manage their own behaviors on a daily basis.

 

General resources

1. ADHD at School: Helping Children Follow Directions - Strategies to help children with attention deficit disorder (ADD ADHD) focus and sustain attention in the classroom.
2. Inclusive Classroom - This publication focuses on the mathematics and science educational needs of students with learning disabilities in inclusive classrooms.
3. Myths about LD - Myths and Misconceptions; mistaken ideas about Learning Disabilities (LD, NLD, EFD) and Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD).
4. SparkTop - "Where no two brains think alike - is a place where kids who learn differently can create awesome stuff … play great games … connect with other kids … and discover new ways to succeed in school and in life."
5. Strategies for Dealing with ADD in the Classroom - Practical steps parents and teachers can take to enable a child with "ADD" to learn and succeed.
6. The Different Types, or Styles, of ADHD - The diagnosis of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder is very broad, including several different types of ADHD.

Parent Resources

1. 30 Tips on Managing Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD) at Home - Tips on managing ADD at home.
2. Helping Your ADD/ADHD Kids - Ways to get along with your child.
3. Misunderstood Minds - Get a better understanding of learning processes, insights into difficulties, and strategies for responding.
4. What is Attention Deficit Disorder? - Many articles and loads of information about this topic.
5. Tips to Help Live with ADD - Ideas to help children with ADHD.
6. What can I do to help my child? - Many parental ideas on helping children with ADHD.

 

Classroom Strategies

1. 50 Tips on the Classroom Management of Attention Deficit Disorder - Tips on the school management of the child with ADD.
2. ADD/ADHD Resources for Teachers - Articles and resources to help with the special nature of students with ADD/ADHD.
3. ADHD in School: Room Set-Up - Setting up your classroom to help children with ADHD.
4. Accomodations for students with LD or ADHD - Alterations in the way tasks are presented that allow children with learning disabilities to complete the same assignments as other students.
5. Classroom Interventions for Junior High School and High School Teenagers - Suggestions to keep the student organized and focused to completing the task at hand
6. Classroom Interventions For Children With ADD & Learning Disabilities - Practical suggestions that can be used in the regular classroom as well as the special education classroom.
7. Classroom Modifications for ADD and ADHD - Suggestions for classroom settings to help with organizational and attentional problems.
8. Classroom Modifications for Students with ADD/ADHD - Tips from special education teacher Francisca Jorgensen
9. Classroom Rules That Work for Children with ADHD - Teaching strategies that anticipate the needs of children with ADHD and learning disabilities, and boost learning for all students.
10. Classroom Strategies for Engaging Students Attention - Scroll down to the article. have an understanding of what they struggle with; not by choice, but by problems associated with their disorder.
11. Interventions for Elementary School Children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder - How to help children to be more successful in elementary school.
12. More Classroom Tips for Teachers of Students with ADD ADHD - Use this ADHD checklist to help students with ADHD.
13. Organizing Your ADHD Students - Tips for organization help for students with ADHD.
14. Suggested Classroom Interventions For Children With ADD & Learning Disabilities - Practical suggestions that can be used in the regular classroom as well as the special education classroom.
15. Teaching students with ADD/ADHD - Strategies to help students with ADHD channel their energy and focus their attention so that they can achieve their full potential.

 

Reading Assistance

1. CLiCk, Speak - must be downloaded and installed; "Reading with a simple interface - CLiCk, Speak is designed to be as easy to use for sighted users as possible. The interface is completely mouse driven; there's no need to remember any key combinations. Reading through a page is as simple as placing the cursor and hitting the GO button; reading a selection is as easy as highlighting the text and hitting the SPEAK button".
2. Making Windows XP Talk -Windows XP has the ability to read out loud certain types of text on screen, directions on configuring your computer.
3. Natural Reader - Text to Speech free software. Download the Free version.
4. ReadPlease - Reads any text you can copy and paste into the reader- all purpose text-to-speech software. Download the 2003 version (it’s free), not the Plus version for which there is a charge. After downloading this application, go back to download two Spanish voices.
5. Simply Web 2000 - speech friendly, speech enabled accessible web browser with advance features that allow easy navigation of complex pages by blind users
   
6. WordTalk - works only for PCs - reads text in MS Word applications. Free software to download and configure into your MS Word program.

Handwriting Help for Kids

1. Amazing Handwriting Worksheet Maker - Select a handwriting style and create your worksheet
2. Custom Tracer Pages - Zaner-Bloser, D'Nealian and Cursive.
3. Handwriting For Kids - Alphabet and Numbers! Manuscript, cursive writing sheets . Also has Math sheets available.
4. Handwriting for Kids - Spanish symbols available; hints for creating worksheets designed for left-handed students.
5. Tracing Paper - Type in your words and create your dotted tracing paper. Zaner-Bloser style only.
6. One-Word Writing Worksheet Wizard - Makes English handwriting practice worksheets. Type in a word and then set a number of display options. For a practice worksheet listing many different words, use Multi-Word Writing Worksheet Wizard.