Websites
The following websites are a sampling of valuable internet sites with different levels of information, geared towards students, parents and professionals.  Kindly advise the webmaster, if you encounter a broken link or a website with questionable content.

Academy for Educational Development - National Information Center for Children and youth with Disabilities
www.nichcy@aed.org

ARC

Attention Deficit Disorder Association
www.add.org

Attention Deficit Disorder Magazine by ADDitude
www.additudemag.com
Additude magazine provides recourses for parents, children and adults with Attention Deficit Disorder. ADHD ADD Coaching, special education and family support.

Circle of inclusion
http://circleofinclusion.org/
The site is geared for early childhood service providers and families of young children. This web site offers demonstrations of and information about the effective practices of inclusive educational programs for children from birth through age eight.

Coordinated Campaign for Learning Disabilities
www.aboutld.org

Education Product Group

Florida Inclusion Network

Inclusion Press

Inclusion

Kagan  Publishing and Professional Development
http://www.kaganonline.com/
Dr. Kagan fathered the structural approach to cooperative learning which is now used in classrooms at all grade levels, world-wide, to produce revolutionary positive results. Dr. Kagan and his team have developed and perfected well over 150 of these simple teaching techniques or structures, such as Numbered Heads Together, Timed Pair Share, Pairs Compare, Kinesthetic Symbols, and Lyrical Lessons.  This website contains weekly newsletters with valuable information and classroom activities, as well as incredible teacher-friendly links to activities, strategies, and seasonal songs, poems and much more.

LD Online
http://www.ldonline.org/
A service of The Learning Disabilities Project at WETA, Washington, D.C.

Learning disabilities and practical LD information
www.ldinfo.com

Learning Disabilities Association of America
www.ldanatl.org

Learning Disabilities Association of Massachusetts
http://www.ldam.org/
LDAM is dedicated to enhancing the quality of life for all individuals with learning disabilities and their families, and to alleviating the restricting effects of learning disabilities.

Learning Disabilities Association of Massachusetts
www.ldam.org

MISunderstood Minds
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/misunderstoodminds/
This site is a companion to the PBS special Misunderstood Minds, and profiles a variety of learning problems and expert opinions. It is designed to give parents and teachers a better understanding of learning processes, insights into difficulties, and strategies for responding.

Disability Resources.org: Regional Resources Directory
http://www.disabilityresources.org/DRMreg.html

Internet Special Education Resources: Special Education Advocacy Services
http://www.iser.com/CAadvocacy.html

Internet Special Education Resources: Learning Disabilities, Special Education Assessment Professionals
http://www.iser.com/CAassess.html

American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Resource Center
http://professional.asha.org/resources/

National Center for Learning Disabilities: Resource Locator
http://www.ncld.org/resources/index.cfm

National Center for Learning Disabilities
www.ncld.org

National Institute for Urban School Improvement
Inclusive Schools: Good for Kids, Families, & Communities
http://www.inclusiveschools.org

Parent Advocacy Coalition for Educational Rights
www.pacer.org

Recording for the Blind and Dyslexic

Help4Teachers

Rick Lavoie
http://www.ricklavoie.com/gateindex.html
Rick is probably best known for his videos "How Difficult Can This Be?: The F.A.T. City Workshop" and "Last One Picked, First One Picked On: The Social Implications of Learning Disabilities". These award-winning films have brought Rick's sensitive and compelling message to countless thousands throughout the world.

Teaching & Learning Educational Issues Series: Special Education Inclusion

The Association of Educational Therapists
www.aetonline.org
A national professional association for educational therapists. AET defines and sets standards for the professional practice of educational therapy. Educational therapists provide a broad range of individualized educational interventions for children and adults with learning disabilities and other learning challenges.

The Connecticut Association for Children and Adults with Learning Disabilities (CACLD)
www.cacld.org
An independent, regional, non-profit organization serving children and adults with learning disabilities and attention deficits .Since 1963 parents and professionals have joined together in this association to share their mutual concerns, provide current information, and offer direction and support.

The International Dyslexia Association (IDA)
www.interdys.org
A non-profit organization dedicated to helping individuals with dyslexia, their families and the communities that support them.

The Learning Disabilities Association of Canada
www.ldac-taac.ca

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LITERATURE

P = Primary

I = Intermediate

A = Advanced

The following listing of literature books was adapted from  Sapon-Shevin (1999) Because We Can  Change the World, Boston, Allyn and Bacon .  These books serve as valuable resources to increase disability awareness and foster a celebration in our individual diversity!

Print Version of Literature listings available on  PDF

    Primary Literature Resources          

Adler, David.  The Number on My Grandmother’s Arm.  New York: UAHC Press, 1987.

Blos, Joan W. Old Henry. New York: William Morrow, 1987.

Boyd, Lizi. Sam is My Half Brother.  New York: Viking 1990. 

Brill, Marlene Targ. Allen Jay and the Underground Railroad. Minneapolis: Carolrhoda Books, 1993.

Browne, Anthony. Willy and Hugh. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1991.

Bunting, Eve.  The Wall. New York: The Trumpet Club, 1990. 

 Burningham, John. Mr. Grumpy’s Motor Car. New York: Thomas Y. Crowell, 1973.

Calmenson, Stephanie. The Principal’s New Clothes.  New York: Scholastic Inc., 1989.

Calemenson, Stephanie. Wanted: Warm, Furry Friend. New York: Macmillan, 1990.

Cameron, Polly.  I Can’t, Said the Ant. New York: Scholastic Book Services, 1961.

Cannon, Janell.  Stellaluna. New York: Scholastic Books, 1993.

Caple, Kathy.  The Biggest Nose.  Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1985.

Carlson, Nancy.  Arnie and the New Kid.  New York: Viking Press, 1990.

Carlson, Nancy.  I Like Me. New York: Viking Kestrel, 1988.

Carlson, Nancy.  Making the Team. Minneapolis: Carolrhoda Books, 1985.

Carson, Jo.  You Hold Me and I’ll Hold You. New York: Orchard Books, 1992.

Caseley, Judith.  Ada Potato. New York: Greenwillow Books, 1989.

Caseley, Judith.  Apple Pie and Onions.  New York: Greenwillow Books, 1987.

Caseley, Judith.  The Cousins. New York: Greenwillow Books, 1990.

Caseley, Judith.  Molly Pink. New York: Greenwillow Books, 1985.

Chorao, Kay. Molly’s Lies. New York:  The Seabury Friends, 1979.

Clements, Andrew.  Big Al.  New York: Scholastic Books, 1989

Clifton, Lucille. My Friend Jacob. New York: E.P. Dutton, 1980.

Coerr, Eleanor. Sadako. New York: The Putnam Grosset Group, 1993.

Cohen, Barbara.  Molly’s Pilgrim. New York: Lothrop, Lee and Shepard Books, 1983.

Coleman, Evelyn. White Socks Only.  Morton Grove, IL: Albert Whitman, 1996.

Delaney, Ned. Two Strikes Four Eyes. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1976.

Delton, Judy.  Two Good Friends. New York: Crown, 1974.

dePaola, Tomie. Nana Upstairs and Nana Downstairs. New York: G.P. Putman’s Sons. 1973 .

dePaola, Tomie. Now One Foot, Now the Other. New York: New York: G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 1981.

dePaola, Tomie. Oliver Button Is A Sissy. New York: Harecourt Brace Jovanovich, 1980.

DiSalvo-Ryan, Dy Anne. Uncle Willie and the Soup Kitchen. New York: Morrow Junior Books, 1991.

Dooley, Norah.  Everybody Cooks Rice. New York: Scholastic Books, 1991.

Dragonwagon, Crescent. Diana, Maybe. New York: Macmillan, 1987.

Dragonwagon, Crescent. Will it be Okay? New York: Harper Row, 1977.

Elwin, Rosamund, and Paulse, Michele. Asha’s Mums. Toronto: Women’s Press, 1990.

Ernst, Lisa Campbell. Sam Johnson and the Blue Ribbon Quilt. New York: Lothrop, Lee and Shepard Books, 1983.

Ets, Marie Hall. Elephant in a Wall.  New York: Viking Press, 1972.

Fanshawe, Elizabeth. Rachel. Scarsdale. New York: Bradbury Press, 1977.

Golenbock, Peter.  Teammates. San Diego: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1990.

Graham, Bob. Rose Meets Mr. Wintergarten. Cambridge, MA: Candlewick Press, 1992. 

Gretz, Susanna. Duck Takes Off.  New York: Four Winds Press, 1991.

Gretz, Susanna. Frog, Duck, and Rabbit. New York: Four Winds Press, 1992.

Grifalconi, Ann.  Kinda Blue. Boston: Little, Brown, 1993.

Hallinan, P.K. A Rainbow of Friends. Nashville: Ideals Children’s Books, 1994.

Hausherr, Rosmarie. Celebrating Families. New York: Scholastic Press, 1997.

Havill, Juanita. Jamaica and Brianna. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1993.

Havill, Juanita. Jamaica Tag-Along. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1989.

Heide, Florence Parry and Gilliland, Judith Heide. Sami and the Time of Troubles. New York: Clarion Books, 1992. 

Heine, Helme. Friends. Old Tappan, NJ: Simon and Schuster, 1982.

Henkes, Kevin. Chester’s Way.  New York: Greenwillow Books, 1988.

Henkes, Kevin. Chrysanthemum. New York: Greenwillow Books, 1991.

Hoffman, Mary. Amazing Grace. New York: Dial Books for Young Readers, 1991.

Hoose, Phil and Hoose, Hannah. Hey Little Ant. Berkeley, CA: Tricycle Press, 1998.

Hopkinson, Deborah. Sweet Clara and the Freedom Quilt. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1993.

Howe, James. Pinky and Rex. New York: Antheneum, 1990.

Hutchins, Pat. My Best Friend. New York: Greenwillow Books, 1993.

Hutchins, Pat.  The Doorbell Rang.  New York: Grenwillow Books, 1986.

Kasza, Keiko.  The Wolf’s Chicken Stew.  New York:  G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 1987.

Keller, Holly. Lizzie’s Invitation. New York: Greenwillow Books, 1987.

Mack, Nancy. Tracy. Milwaukee, WI: Raintree Editions, 1976.

Maguire, Arlene. We’re All Special.  Santa Monica, CA: Portunus Publishing, 1995.

Marron, Carol.  No Trouble for Grandpa. Milwaukee, WI: Raintree Publishers, 1983.

Martin, Ann. Rachel Parker, Kindergarten Show-Off. New York: Holiday House, 1992.

McCully, Emily Arnold. Mirette on the High Wire. New York: Scholastic, 1992.

Medearis, Angela Shelf.  Our People.  New York: Antheneum, 1994.

Merrifield, Margaret. Come Sit by Me. Toronto, Ontario: Women’s Press, 1990.

Miles, Lauren. The Rag Coat.  Boston: Little, Brown, 1991.

Mochizuki, Ken.  Baseball Saved Us. New York: Lee and Low Books, 1993.

Morris, Ann. Bread, Bread, Bread. New York: Scholastic, 1989.

Most, Bernard. The Cow that Went OINK. New York: Scholastic Books, 1990.

Otey, Mimi. Daddy Has a Pair of Striped Shorts. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux., 1990.

Passen, Lisa. Fat, Fat Rose Marie.  New York: Henry Holt, 1991.

Pellegrini, Nina. Families Are Different.  New York: Scholastic Books, 1991.

Peterson, Jeanne Whitehouse. I have a Sister-My Sister is Deaf. New York: Harper, 1977.

Pinkwater, Daniel M. The Big Orange Splot.  New York: Scholastic Books, 1977.

Pinkwater, Daniel M. Doodle Flute.  New York:  Macmillan, 1991.

Polocco, Patricia.  Mrs. Katz and Tush. New York: A Bantum Little Rooster Book, 1992.

Rabe, Berniece.  The Balancing Girl.  New York: E.P. Dutton, 1981.

Rockwell, Anne.  Show and Tell.  New York: HarperCollins, 1992.

Rylant, Cynthia.  An Angel for Solomon Singer. New York:  Orchard Books, 1992.

Schiff, Naomi.  Some Things You Just Can’t Do By Yourself. Stanford, CA: New Seed Press, 1973.

Scieszka, Jon. The True Story of the Three Little Pigs.  New York: Viking Kestrel, 1989.

Suess, Dr. The Butter Battle Book.  New York: Random House, 1984.

Skutch, Robert.  Who’s in a Family? Berkeley, CA: Tricycle Press, 1995.

Steig, William. Amos and Boris. New York: Farrar, Straus and Girous, 1972.

Tobias, Tobi.  The Quitting Deal.  New York: Viking Press, 1975.

Trivizas, Eugene. The Three Little Wolves and the Big Bad Pig. New York: Scholastic, 1993.

Tsuchiya, Yuko. Faithful Elephants: A True Story of Animals, People and War.  New York:  Trumpet Books, 1988.

Tsutsui, Yorko. Anna’s Secret Friend. New York: Viking Kestrel, 1986.

Turner, Ann.  Nettie’s Trip South. New York: Macmillan, 1987.

Uchida, Yoshiko.  The Bracelet. New York:  Philomel Books, 1976.

Waber, Bernard. Ira Sleeps Over.  Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1972.

Winthrop, Elizabeth. That’s Mine.  New York: Holiday House, 1977.

   Intermediate  Literature Resources                 

Barbalet, Margaret.  The Wolf.  New York: Viking Penguin, 1991

Bunting, Eve. Smoky Night.  San Diego: Harcourt Brace, 1994.

Cohn, Janice. The Christmas Menorahs: How a Town Fought Hate. Morton Grove, IL: Albert Whitman, 1995.

Coerr, Eleanor. Mieko and the Fifth Treasure. New York: Bantam Doubleday Dell Books, 1993.

Coerr, Eleanor. Sadako and The Thousand Paper Cranes. New York; Dell Publishing, 1977.

Curtis, Christopher Paul. The Watsons Go to Birmingham – 1963. New York: Bantam Doubleday Dell Books, 1995. I/A

Dolphin, Laurie. Neve Shalom, Wahat Al-Salam, Oasis of Peace.  New York: Scholastic, n.d.

Edwards, Pamela Duncan. Barefoot: Escape on the Underground Railroad.  New York: HarperCollins, 1977.

Ester, Eleanor. The Hundred Dresses.  New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1990.

Knight, Margy Burns.  Who Belongs Here? An American Story.  Gardiner, ME: Tilbury House Publishers, 1993.

Lowry, Lois.  Number the Stars. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1989.

Mochizuki, Ken.  Passage to Freedom: The Sugihara Story.  New York: Lee and Low Books, 1997.

Oppenheim, Shulamith Levey. The Lily Cupboard: A Story of the Holocaust.  New York: Harper Collins, 1992.

Platt, Kin. Hey, Dummy. Radnor, PA: Chilton, 1977.

Ringbold, Faith.  Aunt Harriet’s Underground Railroad in the Sky.  New York: Crown Publishers, 1992.

Rosenberg, Maxine B. Living in Two Worlds. New York:  Lothrop, Lee and Shepard, 1986.

Uchida, Yoshiko. Journey Home. New York: Macmillan, 1978.

Uchida, Yoshiko. Journey to Topaz. New York: Antheneum, 1972.

Wild, Margaret, and Vivas, Julie. Let the Celebrations Begin! New York: Orchard Books, 1991.

Wolf, Bernard. Anna’s Silent World.  Philadelphia: Lippincott, 1977.

Wolf, Bernard. Connie’s New Eyes. Philadelphia: Lippincott, 1976.

Wolf, Bernard. Don’t Feel Sorry for Paul. Philadelphia: Lippincott, 1974.

Advanced Literature Resources          

Curtis, Christopher Paul. The Watsons Go to Birmingham – 1963. New York: Bantam Doubleday Dell Books, 1995. (Intermediate /Advanced Resource)

Lowry, Lois.  Number the Stars. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1989. (Intermediate /Advanced Resource)

Salibury, Graham.  Under the Blood-Red Sun.  New York:  Bantum Doubleday Dell Books, 1994.

Uchida, Yoshiko. Journey Home. New York: Macmillan, 1978. (Intermediate /Advanced Resource)

Uchida, Yoshiko. Journey to Topaz. New York: Antheneum, 1972. (Intermediate /Advanced Resource)

Professional Resources

• Instructional Support

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Community Resources

CARD Center / University of Miami Center for Autism and Related Disabilities
UM CARD serves both children and adults of all levels of intellectual functioning who have autism, pervasive developmental disorders, autistic-like disabilities, dual sensory impairments, or sensory impairments with other disabling conditions. Our primary focus is to provide individualized, direct assistance to these individuals and their families.

Florida Diagnostic Learning Resource System - South

Parent to Parent of Miami
Parent to Parent of Miami, Inc., is a federally funded Community Parent Resource Center serving Miami-Dade and Monroe Counties. Our program is a community wide, tax exempt, non-profit organization that provides information, educational training, support, and emergency assistance, to families who have children and adults with disabilities and/or special needs. The services are provided in English, Spanish and Creole

National Institute for Urban School Improvement
Inclusive Schools: Good for Kids, Families and Communities

Miami-Dade Teacher Education Center

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Family Resources

• Especially for Families (English and Spanish)

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