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Specific special education resources
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| Resource Name | Description | Tags | Cost | Quality | hf:tags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Newsela | Newsela is one of the most comprehensive resources out there. The site has news stories, organized by current events or by subject, and activities for … | specific learning disability SLD, differentiation, news, free during COVID-19 | 0.00 | 93.33 | sld differentiation news free-during-covid-19 |
| Bookshare | Bookshare is a free reading resource for individuals with reading or visual disabilities. Teachers or parents can sign students up. Once they have an account, … | visual impairment VI, specific learning disability SLD, assistive tech AT | 0.00 | 60.00 | visual-impairment sld assistive-tech-at |
| Read&Write for Chrome | Read & Write is a Chrome extension that, for the free version, adds screen reading to any site. Basically, it allows students to go to … | specific learning disability SLD, ADHD, assistive tech AT, screen reader | 0.00 | 76.67 | sld adhd assistive-tech-at screen-reader |
| Lalilo | Lalilo is an online phonics and comprehension program that is totally free for parents and teachers during the Covid-19 school closures. Parents and teachers can … | free during COVID-19, specific learning disability SLD | 0.00 | 96.67 | free-during-covid-19 sld |
| AIM VA | AIM Virginia is a resource bank of accessible instructional materials for Virginia residents. Virginia teachers need to add accessible texts to a student’s IEP and … | visual impairment VI, specific learning disability SLD, virginia | 0.00 | 73.33 | visual-impairment sld virginia |
| Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports | Let’s Catch Kids Being Good, and Reinforce Their Positive Choices PBIS (Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports) programs address the need for increased interventions in the … | social-emotional learning (SEL) | 0.00 | 96.67 | social-emotional-learning-sel |
| Amplify | Amplify has assembled a resource bank for students K-8 of free educational materials. Their site includes novel studies for elementary and middle school students, an adaptive … | 0.00 | 93.33 | ||
| Do2Learn | Do2Learn is a site for students with disabilities. It has a social skills activity box with social stories and activities, behavior regulation story strips, songs … | Autism, ADHD, emotional disturbance ED | 0.00 | 73.33 | autism adhd emotional-disturbance-ed |
| Autism Circuit | If you are looking for materials to make your own choice boards, behavior cue boards, or anything in the picture communication family, this site is … | Autism, speech and language | 0.00 | 86.67 | autism speech-and-language |
| Social Stories for Social Distancing | This site has social stories and communication boards about handwashing, social distancing, and the virus. This school closing tool kit from Fort Bend schools is … | Autism, speech and language, communication | 0.00 | 86.67 | autism speech-and-language communication |
| Self Control Channel Changer | A resource created by the Fort Bend school district, this activity helps parents create self control channel changers with their children as a self-regulation tool. | ADHD, emotional disturbance ED, Autism | 0.00 | 86.67 | adhd emotional-disturbance-ed autism |
| Filtering Upsetting Statements | This activity set from Fort Bend schools has visuals and an explanation to help students learn to filter out statements that might be upsetting to … | Autism, speech and language | 0.00 | 86.67 | autism speech-and-language |
| American Sign Language Stories & Videos | These videos from Rocky Mountain schools are read aloud in ASL. Students can see the text and the signs that go with it. This video … | Deaf and hard of hearing DHH, ASL | 0.00 | 86.67 | deaf-and-hard-of-hearing asl |
| Teach your monster to read | This interactive game teaches phonics from letters and sounds to full sentences. It’s free but you do have to sign up for it. | phonics | 0.00 | 80.00 | phonics |
| HelpKidzLearn | HelpKidzLearn is an online learning platform for special education offering a 14 day free trial during school closures. Many of their products are available for … | Autism, intellectual disability ID | 3.00 | 80.00 | autism intellectual-disability |
| Nessy | Nessy provides programs to help learners of all abilities to read, write, spell, and type. The programs are designed to support students who learn differently … | homeschool, free during COVID-19, typing, dyslexia, spelling | 0.00 | 93.33 | homeschool free-during-covid-19 typing dyslexia spelling |
| Sensory Activities | Little Bins for Little Hands has about fifty different sensory play activities. Note that their page has lots of ads so be careful where you … | occupational therapy OT, sensory | 0.00 | 80.00 | occupational-therapy-ot sensory |
| Active Learning Space | Active Learning Space provides curriculum-based learning for educators, learners, and families to support learners of all abilities levels. This programs supports learners with multiple disabilities … | goal setting, progress monitoring, multiple disabilities, active learning, intervention | 0.00 | 93.33 | goal-setting progress-monitoring multipledisabilities active-learning intervention |
| Homer | HOMER is an early reading program that provides thousands of lessons, resources, and activities are available with a subscription that are based on the student’s … | letters, letter tracing, memory, fine-motor skills, drawing, stories, fluency, phonics, sight words | 3.70+ | 66.67 | letters letter-tracing memory fine-motor-skills drawing stories fluency phonics sight-words |
| TeachTown | TeachTown provides Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) aligned curriculum and resources for students with intellectual disabilities and Autism. Most of their products are designed to be … | Autism, intellectual disability ID, communication, social skills | 29.99 | 68.33 | autism intellectual-disability communication social-skills |
| Occupational Therapy Resources | These fabulous occupational therapists created a Google doc of occupational therapy activities and links to sites with resources parents can use in the home. The … | occupational therapy OT | 0.00 | 95.00 | occupational-therapy-ot |
| Twinkl | Twinkl provides curriculum, resources, material, activities, lessons and more for educators, students, and families. Resources from Twinkl can be used with google classroom or any … | ASL, subtraction, phonics, crafts, coloring, games, SEL, comprehension skills, CCSS, fluency, multiplication, division, fractions, free resources, free during COVID-19, addition | 0.00 | 90.00 | asl subtraction phonics crafts coloring games sel comprehension-skills ccss fluency multiplication division fractions free-resources free-during-covid-19 addition |
| TextProject | TextProject provides educators, tutors, students, and families research-based reading strategies, materials and resources. They provide a digital library of texts. They provide reading instruction guides … | fluency, spelling, CCSS, vocabulary, common core, comprehension skills | 0.00 | 100.00 | fluency spelling ccss vocabulary common-core comprehension-skills |
| Clarkness.com | Clarkness.com is a great resource for stories, texts, and ebooks for beginning and struggling readers. Resources are printable and are available online and for download … | sight words, independent reading, stories, fluency | 0.00 | 96.67 | sight-words independent-reading stories fluency |
| ShareMyLesson | A learning online community for educators and families to create and share lessons and resources. Sign up is free to access 400,000 free resources, lesson … | comprehension, professional development, free during COVID-19, lesson plans, common core, free resources, projects | 0.00 | 93.33 | comprehension professional-development free-during-covid-19 lesson-plans common-core free-resources projects |
| Tales2go | Tales2go has a multitude of different leveled books provided to learners in an audiobook format. Their goals is to provide all levels of readers access … | decoding, word knowledge, comprehension, audiobook | 29.99+ | 66.67 | decoding word-knowledge comprehension audiobook |
| Sesame Street in Communities | Sesame Street is working with communities to provide support for education for educators and families. They provide information, resources, and activities for a range of … | reading skills, Autism, STEM, health, free during COVID-19, family, siblings, math concepts, trauma, resilience, language, free resources | 0.00 | 93.33 | reading-skills autism stem health free-during-covid-19 family siblings math-concepts trauma resilience language free-resources |
| Paths to Literacy | Paths to Literacy provides literacy instruction, strategies, lessons, resources, activities, and articles for learners who are blind or visually impaired. Free to register. | listening skills, Autism, tactile skills, visual impairment VI, assisstive technology, multiple disabilities, oral language skills, communication, blind, low vision, dual media, stories, language, English language learners, common core, literacy, early literacy, auditory strategies | 0.00 | 90.00 | listening-skills autism tactile-skills visual-impairment assisstive-technology multipledisabilities oral-language-skills communication blind low-vision dual-media stories language english-language-learners common-core literacy early-literacy auditory-strategies |
| Cerebral Palsy Guide | 0.00 | 96.67 | |||
| Spedhelper.org | 0.00 | 100.00 |
Broad resources that might be useful
| Resource Name | Description | Categories | Cost | Quality | hf:categories |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ReadWorks | ReadWorks.org provides research-based reading comprehension instruction, material, curriculum, assignments, and texts for kindergarten to 12th grade. It’s free for to sign up. You can access … | All grades, All subjects, Multi-skill, Curriculum, Progressive, Book | 0.00 | 83.33 | allgrades allsubjects multiskill curriculum progressive book gradelevel subject resourcetype |
| Khan Academy | This is a fantastic learning platform that can be used for providing sequential courses across content areas. It is free to create an account and … | Social Emotional Learning, All grades, All subjects, Multi-skill, Curriculum, Progressive | 0.00 | 83.33 | sel allgrades allsubjects multiskill curriculum progressive subject gradelevel resourcetype |
| Seesaw | Seesaw is a learning platform being used by grades K-12. It provides activities and lessons that are already setup for teachers and students. It provides … | All grades, All subjects, Multi-skill, Curriculum, Activities | 0.00 | 90.00 | allgrades allsubjects multiskill curriculum activities gradelevel subject resourcetype |
| Outschool | Outschool is a learning platform that provide teachers, students, and parents with a wide range of subjects to learn about, as well as live online … | All grades, All subjects, Multi-skill, Curriculum, Progressive | 5.00 - 245.00 | 66.67 | allgrades allsubjects multiskill curriculum progressive gradelevel subject resourcetype |
| Lakeshore | Lakeshore is providing more than 1,000 free resources during COVID-19. They are providing lesson plans across grade levels, activities, templates, writing prompts, and craft ideas. … | All grades, All subjects, Multi-skill, Curriculum, Book | 0.00 | 80.00 | allgrades allsubjects multiskill curriculum book gradelevel subject resourcetype |
| PBS LearningMedia | Teachers and students can create a free account and receive access to a variety of resources for grades preschool to high school for online learning … | All grades, All subjects, Multi-skill, Book, Videos | 0.00 | 80.00 | allgrades allsubjects multiskill book videos gradelevel subject resourcetype |
| BrainPOP | This site provides lessons for ELA, Math, Science, Art, and more. They are providing free access to schools, teachers, and families during school closures due … | All grades, All subjects, Multi-skill, Videos | 0.00 | 86.67 | allgrades allsubjects multiskill videos gradelevel subject resourcetype |
| Sun West School Division | The Sun West School Division in Canada has an amazing array of free resources for teachers and parents on their website available for free and, … | All grades, All subjects, Multi-skill | 0.00 | 94.00 | allgrades allsubjects multiskill gradelevel subject resourcetype |
| WUSF at Home | WUSF has created a list of websites and resources with games for students to play during their time at home. | All subjects, Reading, To categorize, Math, Activities | 0.00 | 96.67 | allsubjects reading uncategorized math activities subject |
| MobyMax | MobyMax provides a complete curriculum along with assessments for educators and families. It is free to sign up for a teacher account. You can create … | Subject, Grade level, All grades, All subjects, Resource type | 0.00 | 96.67 | subject gradelevel allgrades allsubjects resourcetype |
| Flipgrid | Flipgrid provides educators with a free and easy to use online learning platform. It provides resources for learners, educators, and families for learning online or … | Subject, All grades, All subjects, Grade level, Multi-skill, Resource type, To categorize, Videos | 0.00 | 90.00 | subject allgrades allsubjects gradelevel multiskill resourcetype uncategorized videos |
| Active Learning Space | Active Learning Space provides curriculum-based learning for educators, learners, and families to support learners of all abilities levels. This programs supports learners with multiple disabilities … | Social Emotional Learning, All grades, All subjects, Multi-skill, Special Education, Curriculum, Progressive | 0.00 | 93.33 | sel allgrades allsubjects multiskill specialeducation curriculum progressive subject gradelevel resourcetype |
| Go Open VA | Go Open VA is a searchable database of open source educational resources compiled by Virginia teachers. There are categories for each subject, standard, and grade … | All grades, All subjects | 0.00 | 63.33 | allgrades allsubjects gradelevel subject |
| New Kent Distance Learning | New Kent County Public Schools in Virginia has pulled together grade level packets for each grade level that can be printed and do not rely … | Offline, All grades, All subjects | 0.00 | 96.67 | offline allgrades allsubjects resourcetype gradelevel subject |
| Buffalo State School Away from School | Buffalo State’s School of Education has created a beautiful and well organized resource bank for school away from school. They have sample schedules for students … | Social Emotional Learning, All grades, All subjects, Multi-skill, Health & Wellness | 0.00 | 95.00 | sel allgrades allsubjects multiskill covid19 subject gradelevel resourcetype |
| Twinkl | Twinkl provides curriculum, resources, material, activities, lessons and more for educators, students, and families. Resources from Twinkl can be used with google classroom or any … | Subject, Multilingual, Grade level, All subjects, Multi-skill, Elementary, Special Education, Curriculum, Progressive, ESOL | 0.00 | 90.00 | subject multilingual gradelevel allsubjects multiskill elementary specialeducation curriculum progressive esol resourcetype |
| ShareMyLesson | A learning online community for educators and families to create and share lessons and resources. Sign up is free to access 400,000 free resources, lesson … | All grades, All subjects, Multi-skill, High school and beyond, Special Education, Curriculum, For families, Progressive, Videos, Activities | 0.00 | 93.33 | allgrades allsubjects multiskill highschoolsubject specialeducation curriculum for-families progressive videos activities gradelevel subject resourcetype |
| ABCmouse.com | ABCmouse.com is a subscription-based program for educators and families. They provide common core-align curriculum and lesson plans for online learning. Printable resources are available. There … | PreK, All subjects, Elementary, Multi-skill, Kindergarten, Curriculum, First grade, For families, Progressive, Second grade, Book, Videos, Arts, Activities | 9.95+ | 83.33 | prek allsubjects elementary multiskill kindergarten curriculum firstgrade for-families progressive secondgrade book videos arts activities gradelevel subject resourcetype |
| Sesame Street in Communities | Sesame Street is working with communities to provide support for education for educators and families. They provide information, resources, and activities for a range of … | Social Emotional Learning, All subjects, Multi-skill, Elementary, Special Education, For families, Videos, Activities, Health & Wellness | 0.00 | 93.33 | sel allsubjects multiskill elementary specialeducation for-families videos activities covid19 subject resourcetype gradelevel |
| Teaching Special Education Online During COVID-19 Slides | Teaching Special Education Online During COVID-19 Slides ((here) from Council for Exceptional Children (K-12). Text version for best practices for educating online here. Teaching Special … | All subjects, All grades, Multi-skill | 0.00 | 90.00 | allsubjects allgrades multiskill subject gradelevel resourcetype |
| 250+ Amazing Online Learning Resources | We are Teachers compiled a list of free tools for teachers. Many are able to be used for various supports or strategies, they describe how. … | All grades, All subjects, Multi-skill, High school and beyond, For families | 0.00 | 90.00 | allgrades allsubjects multiskill highschoolsubject for-families gradelevel subject resourcetype |
| 121 Tools for Distance Learning & Strategies for Student Engagement | A comprehensive compilation of online tools. This list is broken down to support content area teachers to find content easily, while keeping your students engaged. … | All subjects, Grade level, All grades | 0.00 | 93.33 | allsubjects gradelevel allgrades subject |
| NY Times for High School Students (free). | The New York Times is available to high schools across the U.S. — for free. Enjoy free digital access from April 6 to July 6. … | All subjects, High school and beyond | 0.00 | 100.00 | allsubjects highschoolsubject subject |
