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Materials in Sevier County and Tennessee

* TCAP by Grade Level, with objectives and subskills covered
* Roles/Responsibilities for Service Delivery Options in Sevier County neighborhood schools
* Continuum of Special Education Services provided by every Sevier County neighborhood school
* Levels in the Needs-Based Planning Process, information for school building-based staff
* Child Find in Sevier County
* Extended School Year Services for Sevier County
* What Extended School Year Is and is not
* Extended School Year Questions and Answers
* Worksheet for Determining Extended School Year Eligibility, with references
* Least Restrictive Environment Guidance for Sevier County
* LRE in the IEP, legal requirements and best practices
* Response to Intervention Material from Vanderbilt's IRIS Center
* CSPD Plan for Sevier County special education personnel
* Case Manager Responsibilities for safeguarding the information flow

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Other Materials

* Office of Special Education Programs, materials for IDEA and IEP guides
* CEC and ERIC's combined clearinghouse. The "digests" link has hundreds of short articles on various Special Education topics.
* Lesson Plan and General Info Links for Educators, sites one school district considers essential
* Tennessee Special Education Programs and Services, the 70-page PDF file of SpEd rules for the state
* Teaching.com's Ednow Site, library and Web-based support for teachers
* School Psychology.Net, a thorough (and searchable) education psychology site
* Education Index with topics arranged by subject and life stage (rather than grade)
* Educational Resources, a huge set of links compiled by Lake Erie College
* EduHound, "Everything for K-12 education," a thorough site with searchable categories
* Free Worksheets Link of School Express
* How Stuff Works, nifty browsing site for the generally curious
* Quia Web has zones for teachers and students; both are customizable by subject and there are a lot of ready-made activities as well.
* ExploraSource.com is a searchable database of general education standards and resources by grade or topic
* Bloom's Taxonomy, help wording educational objectives
* Collection of Web-related Links, a nifty collection from the New York Board of Education
* National Center to Improve Practice in Special Education, technology links and resources
* Edsitement, the National Endowment for the Humanities' education homepage
* Jefferson County, Colorado, Intervention Services Document Center, more for ideas than for adapting to Tennessee schools' use
* Teaching Strategies for Students with Diverse Learning Needs, 89-page PDF from Nebraska, with good samples of what to try for lower functioning students especially
* Educational Programming Resources, from the Indiana Resource Center for Autism
* The Savvy Teacher's Guide: Reading Interventions That Work, Jim Wright's 52-page PDF
* Functional Skills Support Materials Guide, 64-page PDF from Missouri, with good background on appropriate functional skills and practical advice on goal creation for students in self-contained classrooms across preK-12 settings
* Resource Room, materials for students who "learn differently," including gifted, home-schooled, and older learners
* Arizona's Curriculum for Special Education, by subject area
* Internet Public Library, with a great reference link that is only a small part of the site
* Brain Connection's education links
* Mixed Set of Education Links from the Prince Georges County (Maryland) Title I Program
* Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis Online, easy to navigate but the reading can be refereed-journal tough
* US Department of Education's Federal Resources for Education Excellence, searchable by subject
* US Department of Education's Online ordering for Education publications, also searchable
* Sites for Teachers.com, repeats many of the sites given elsewhere, but this is a great site to start from for teachers
* Staples, the office supply franchise
* EduMart, a searchable site for teaching materials
* PCI's Catalog, a Houston, Texas-based supplier of Special and General Education materials
* Internet Special Education Resources, auditory, video, and reading materials
* Special Education Information and Materials from Sabine Parish School System, Louisiana
* Virtual School with Student, Teacher, Administrator, and Other Staff Links from Sabine Parish School System, Louisiana
* Teachers' Supply, both big items (furniture and equipment) and small stuff (arts, crafts, etc.)
* Bright Ideas, Powell, Tennessee, teaching supplies company, with a lot of links to other online suppliers
* Learning Solutions from the Lenawee (Michigan) Independent School District
* Portfolio Assessment, a thorough overview, with good samples
* Assessment Assistance, by grade and test
* Alternate Assessment from the Miami Museum of Science
* Changes in the TCAP Alternative Process from 1998 through 2002
* Kathy Schrock's Rubrics Page, lots of rubrics links, from the Discovery Channel Page's School's link
* Teacher Page on Rubrics good, quick summary from Exploring the Environment
* Jefferson County (Colorado) Section 504 Forms, for those not covered by the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act
* IEP 4 You, California Department of Education's site for goals, benchmarks, and other IEP development help