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"SEN Teacher provides cost-free teaching & learning resources for students with special needs and learning disabilities. Many resources here may also be of use to educators of primary and elementary students. All the resources available or listed here are free for use in schools, colleges and at home. * Printables has a selection of printable worksheets, handouts and teaching aids most of which can be customised to suit a range of learners. * Web Links lists websites which have been carefully selected for the quality of their information or because they provide further excellent sources of cost-free learning resources and software. * Downloads lists cost-free educational software from several sources which has proved useful to teachers and parents of special needs students. * Search Tools are custom Google search engines which make it easier to locate free resources, video news and information related to special needs teaching."

"A space to share my own creations, and other interesting bits that cover combining assistive technology, instructional technology and curriculum creation for students with special needs. My personal passion within teaching is finding a way to teach my students the functional academics they need to learn, while still meeting the requirements to teach to state standards. The fusion is possible, but it is a lot of work. I hope that this will grow to become a repository of sample materials that other teachers can use to support their classrooms."

"This website provides guidelines for teaching literacy skills to learners with special needs, especially learners with complex communication needs * Autism spectrum disorders * Cerebral palsy * Down syndrome * Developmental apraxia * Multiple disabilities. The website provides information on: * What skills to teach * How to teach these skills * Videotaped examples of instruction with learners with special needs. "

"What is the purpose of this website? This website provides guidelines for teaching literacy skills to learners with special needs, especially learners with complex communication needs * Autism spectrum disorders * Cerebral palsy * Down syndrome * Developmental apraxia * Multiple disabilities. The website provides information on: * What skills to teach * How to teach these skills * Videotaped examples of instruction with learners with special needs."

"SEN Teacher provides cost-free teaching & learning resources for students with special needs and learning disabilities. All the resources available or listed here are free for use in schools, colleges and at home. * The Printables Page has a selection of printable worksheets, handouts and teaching aids most of which can be customised to suit a range of learners. * The Links Page lists websites which have been carefully selected for the quality of their information or because they provide further excellent sources of cost-free learning resources and software. * The Files Page lists free educational software from many sources which has proved useful to teachers and parents of special needs students. * Search Tools are custom Google search engines which make it easier to locate free resources and information from several different SEN related areas."

"In my whole teaching career, I've only had a mish mash of tech. Currently, we don't have a class set of anything, but we do have small sets of different tools. Nevertheless, at any given time, it's possible to be 1:1 on the internet in our room. I prefer teaching with the limitations of no class sets, because it means we're constantly reflecting on the merits of each tool for the given purpose"

Brief interview with successful co-teachers.

"his hand selected set of sources will provide teachers who are new to the iPad with the information they need to get started, and offer both new and current users information they need to successfully integrate the iPad into their teaching practices. I purposely limited the list to a few resources that were the richest in content, covering a breadth of important concerns and considerations for new iPad users and teachers who want to get off to a good start with the iPad in their classrooms."

"A therapist and teacher can use this scale to first teach emotions, strategies, and self-reflection, and then teach the child to apply these in the classroom"

" I will post parts of Marcia Garcia Winner's article on Teaching Organizational Skills to Individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Her article benefits all students who lack this much needed skill not only students with autism spectrum disorder; therefore, teachers, parents, and all who live or work with an individual who needs to learn organizational skills that include Executive Functioning will benefit greatly from Garcia's sound and sage advice."

"Teaching children with autism the social skill of discerning silly from serious"

iPod Touch/iPhone App Round Up for Users with Significant Disabilities and Those who Teach Them

iPod Touch/iPhone App Round Up for Users with Significant Disabilities and Those who Teach Them

"This is a collection of movie clips in which Mathematics appears. I'm collecting DVDs and VHS tapes of such movies. This is a working document to be extended over time. I started this page during spring break 2006. See also the page "Begin of lectures in college teaching" and "End of lectures in college teaching". To see the movies larger or to see it on the iphone, chose the quicktime ipod version, which are files with .m4v extension. "

"What is Web 2.0? In this introductory session, you will read three articles that describe how the Web is becoming a participatory environment for people of all technical capabilities. New online tools allow users to find and interact with peers that share similar interests, and entire learning communities have been built online. These readings will share the implications these technologies can have for teaching and learning. You will explore the blogs of some education leaders who are thinking about learning and teaching in a Web 2.0 world and will share your thoughts about Web 2.0 in the discussion board. At the conclusion of this session you will preview the final project for this workshop. "

"Download FREE games and teaching activities for switch or touch-screen users. Over the years, Ian has created hundreds of games and teaching activities for children who are learning to use switches or touch-screens. "

This will be the permanent link for the Teaching Learners with Multiple Special Needs listing of free Boardmaker boards. Please bookmark that link if you need to. It was last updated Wednesday, January 7, 2009.

Patrick Black's blog A special education teacher for 11 years, I currently teach students with significant cognitive disabilities in a self-contained classroom in Mt. Prospect, IL. I am a "geek" who loves to share all things technology, and have worked to integrate technology into my classroom to assist with communication, cognition, and socialization. I am a contributor to the Edreach.us Network as a blogger, and a crew member of the EdCeptional Podcasts.

"The Social Express™ is engaging, educational software for children and young adults with social learning challenges. The software is designed to teach users how to think about and manage social situations, helping them to develop meaningful social relationships and succeed in life. The Social Express is based on best practices and programs that feature cognitive behavioral techniques and visual strategies including Social Stories (Gray, 2002), Comic Strip Conversations (Gray ,1994), the Alert Program(r) (Williams & Shellenberger, 1996), The Incredible 5 Point Scale (Buron & Curtis, 2003), and The Hidden Curriculum (Myles, Trautman and Schelvan, 2004).  The activities presented in the software adhere to  the ELA (English, Language, Arts) Common Core Standards. Some of the core concepts presented are based on the work of Michelle Garcia Winner and her Social Thinking® curriculum"

The National Writing Project's 30 Ideas for Teaching Writing offers successful strategies contributed by experienced writing project teachers.

blog post from Teaching Learners with Multiple Special Needs:

blog post from Teaching Learners with Multiple Special Needs: