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REACH Resource Manual
Kindergarten-Grade 12
"The number of students with learning and/or behavioral challenges is increasing. In classrooms across North America, regular classroom teachers serve students with special needs with minimal support. Concerns about lack of resources, training, and staff...
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A Need to Succeed - Helping College Students With Special Needs
Tertiary
How many Adventist colleges are prepared to deal with special needs students? Should colleges admit students with special needs? Nine typical behavior patterns that the author has observed at the college level are listed. Helpful resources, ways to help, types...
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ADHD: A Neglected Issue in Church Schools
Kindergarten-Grade 8
This article looks at the issues surrounding ADHD (attention deficit & hyperactivitiy disorder). The diagnostic criteria for ADHD are included, as well as how to engage and involve an ADHD child in the Adventist classroom.
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Advent Home Youth Services
Grade 6-Grade 10
Adventist Home is a safe, minimum distraction environment where at-risk teens and their families can experience physical, mental, emotional, social, and spiritual growth and wellness. Maturation therapy is used.
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Adventist Deaf Ministries
Kindergarten-Lifelong
Adventist Deaf Ministries (ADM) provides a variety of tools to assist in evangelism for the deaf: Bible lessons, video series with American Sign Language (ASL) translation, easy reading printed materials, and publications such as the ADM Newsletter, the Deaf...
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All Kinds of Minds
Kindergarten-Grade 12
All Kinds of Minds is a non-profit institute that helps students who struggle with learning measurably improve their success in school and life by providing programs that integrate educational, scientific, and clinical expertise. The organization offers...
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American Sign Language Dictionary
Kindergarten-Lifelong
American Sign Language Dictionary is a visual and interactive tool perfect for individuals, groups, and classrooms. The collection offers over 2600 signs and includes fingerspelling, learning games, searching capabilities in five languages, and online...
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BC Special Education Policies and Resources
Preschool-Grade 12
Students with special needs have disabilities of an intellectual, physical, sensory, emotional, or behavioural nature, or have a learning disability or have exceptional gifts or talents. This website includes a wealth of online resources on topics, including:...
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Catapult Learning
Kindergarten-Grade 12
New!
Catapult provides research-based educational and support services to improve student achievement in USA public, private and religious schools. Being used in NAD Southern Union schools.
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Child Study Teams
Kindergarten-Grade 8
A descriptive overview of child study teams, also known as IEPT and IEPC in public schools. Discussed is the effectiveness of having child study teams within the Adventist school setting. Also discussed are methods of selecting personnel to guide the study...
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Coping With an ADHD Child With Conduct Disorder in an Elementary Classroom
Kindergarten-Grade 8
This article presents a case study of a child who had ADHD and conduct disorder in an Adventist elementary classroom. Details about methods that have been used are discussed, as well as research-based suggestions provided by a psychiatrist. These include strategies...
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Council for Exceptional Children
Kindergarten-Grade 12
"The Council for Exceptional Children (CEC) is the largest international professional organization dedicated to improving educational outcomes for individuals with exceptionalities, students with disabilities, and/or the gifted. CEC advocates for appropriate...
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CUC Guidelines for Servicing the Academically Challenged
Kindergarten-Grade 12
A brief outline with recommended practices for assessing and accommodating students with special educational needs.
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edHelper
Kindergarten-Grade 12
New!
Homework help for students includes sections in reading and writing, language arts, special education, languages (Spanish, French, German and Italian), science, social studies, puzzles, math, critical thinking, art and more.
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Education World
Tertiary-Lifelong
Education World's goal is to make it easy for educators to integrate the Internet into the classroom. Includes a search engine for educational web sites only, an information source on the web with news from USA Today, monthly site reviews and employment listings...
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Education World - Special Education
Preschool-Grade 12
Find Education World and other valuable sources at this site, chosen specifically for the special education community. Browse their special education database for a wealth of resources on organizations, discussion forums, disabilities, gifted and talented...
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Educational Tracking: A Democratic and Christian Dilemma
Kindergarten-Grade 12
Cheryl Simpson presents a historical overview of ability and achievement based curriculum tracking in American schools, and how this practice impacts students with special needs. Sub-headings include: Singling Out Gifted Students; Tracking and Special Education;...
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Florida Conference Curriculum Highlights
Kindergarten-Grade 12
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Visit this webpage to find curriculum materials recommended by and for Adventist teachers in Florida Conference, USA. This includes school scoring rubrics to guide work on each component of the Southern Union Adventist EDGE GREAT initiative, downloads for...
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Friendship Ministries
Grade 9-Lifelong
Friendship Ministries assists churches and organizations in ministering with, not to, people who have mental impairments. A series of Bible Study and Life Study lessons that help participants in learning to serve each other and develop lasting friendships...
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How Can I Help My Students Who Struggle With Reading Comprehension?
Kindergarten-Grade 6
The most important skill in reading is constructing meaning. Reading and comprehension are defined, as a precise definition of both will help teachers understand how to choose appropriate classroom interventions for individual needs. Comprehension instruction...
