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Education Links - TOURETTE'S SYNDROME

The Jim Eisenreich Foundation
Free curricula about Tourette's for teachers, principals, counselors, and support staff and volunteers (PDF Files)

Characteristics of Handwriting in a Child with Tourette
Robin Jewers, in TSFC Green Leaflet

Iowa Health Book: Modifications for Students with TS, ADHD, and OCD
Based on Becky Ottinger's work

Education Links - ADHD

Child Development Institute (CDI)
Classroom strategies for students with ADHD and LD

School Tips for Kids with ADHD from Kids with ADHD
From the trenches

ADDA
A number of education-related articles

ADDinSchool.com
The whole site is about school, broken down into age groups

ADHD: A Primer for Parents and Educators
DuPaul, 2004

ADDCollegeBound
Also offers a free e-mail newsletter

Neuropsychologycentral.com
Overview on what a neuropsychological evaluation is, and how it might be used for a child with ADHD/LD

Asessment of ADHD in School Settings (PDF File)
Chapter by DuPaul and Stoner (2003) available online

Attention Disorders: Interventions for Adolescents
Dawson and Guare

ChADD
National support organization for ADHD

Classroom interventions: methods to improve academic performance and classroom behavior for students with Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder
Reiber and McLaughlin, 2004

Medication and school interventions for elementary students with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
Morisoli and McLaughlin, 2004

Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder: implications for the classroom teacher
Reis, 2002

Arranging the Classroom with an eye (and an ear) to students with ADHD (PDF File)
Carbone, 2001

Challenges of identifying and serving gifted children with ADHD (PDF File)
Flint, 2001

SamGoldstein.com
Has a number of articles

School Tips for Kids with ADHD from Kids with ADHD
Kids helping kids

ADDvisor.com
Also has a free e-mail newsletter and teleconferences on ADHD (for fee) available

About.com
College scholarships for students with ADHD

Education Links - Autism/Asperger's

OASIS
An absolutely stunning resource on Asperger's, including educational materials galore.

Autism Program Quality Indicators
NYS Education Dept., 2001

TEACCH
Has a number of articles with educational recommendations for students with Autism/Asperger's

Making the Transition from the World of School to the World of Work
Dr. Temple Grandin speaks from her own experience as an autistic adult

NAS (UK)
Information for professionals

Autism in the classroom
Lisa Batchelder

ABA Resources
Listing of Internet resources on Applied Behavior Analysis

Improving Social Skills in students wtih Asperger's Disorder
Listing of Internet resources on Applied Behavior Analysis

Handwriting problems in children with Asperger Syndrome.
Case examples of handwriting problems seen in students with Asperger's Syndrome.

Building learning environments that support individuals with autism spectrum disorders
Rebecca Flaton

Should Children with Autistic Spectrum Disorder Be Exempt From Doing Homework?
Tony Attwood's site has the titled article plus many other articles available

Homeschooling children who "AUT" to Be Home
For those interested in home schooling alternative

Future Horizons
Good resource for books, videos, and conference info

Which is it?  Asperger's syndrome or giftedness? Defining the difference.
C. Little, 2002

Center for the Study of Autism
A lot of information, nicely organized

AS students in mainstream
Video. See OASIS for other educationally related videos.

University Students with Autism and Asperger's
A site for UK students

Asperger's Syndrome and Pursuing Eligibility for Services: The Case of the "Perfect Misplacement"
Klin and Volkmar

Greater Asperger Chamber of Commerce and Visitor's Bureau
A humorous site that will give teachers a fun perspective on Asperger's

Educating Children with Autism
The entire book, published in 2001, is available for online reading

Executive dysfunction in autism (PDF File)
E. L. Hill, 2004 (research review)

Semantic Pragmatic Disorder Web Page
Part of the autism spectrum or something else?

Education Links - DEPRESSION AND BIPOLAR DISORDER

Teaching Students with Mental Health Disorders - Resources for Teachers. Volume 2 – Depression
British Columbia Ministry of Education, 2001 (.pdf file)

BipolarChild.com
Companion site to the book, "The Bipolar Child," has a sample IEP and education forum.

Educating the Child with Bipolar Disorder
Child and Adolescent Bipolar Foundation. Be sure to check out their other great articles and materials, too!

Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance
Has brochures and videos, and free materials

BipolarChild.com
Has an educational forum with sample IEP

Suicide: A Teacher's Experience
Tips from a teacher for other teachers

Education Links - ANXIETY

Afraid to Leave Mom: Separation Anxiety in Children
Gerald Gabriel, 2000

How Can Teachers Help Shy Students?
Lynne Kelly

Understanding School Refusal
Nicole Setzer Ph.D. & Amanda Salzhauer, C.S.W.

School-based treatment for anxious African-American adolescents: a controlled pilot study.
Ginsburg et al., 2002

A multimethod exploration of the friendships of children considered socially withdrawn by their school peers.
Schneider et al., 1999

Education Links - NVLD

The social-behavioural difficulties associated with nonverbal learning disabilities: Some suggestions for educators (.doc file)
Caletti and McLaughlin, 2003

NLD on the Web
Articles for teachers and parents

NLD Online
Click on the "articles" link to see what they have

The Syndrome of Nonverbal Learning Disabilities: Clinical Description and Applied Aspects
Roman, 1998
An overview that may be helpful to school psychologists

Education Links - RAGE ATTACKS

Parents and Teachers of Explosive Kids
Seems to be based on the approach used by Dr. Ross Greene

Center for Collaborative Problem Solving
Dr. Ross Greene's site

Child and Adolescent Bipolar Foundation
If you think your student may have anger or rage problems due to Bipolar Disorder

Education Links - SENSORY

Tips for Teachers
Kari Hall

A School Psychologist Investigates Sensory Integration Therapies: Promise, Possibility, and the Art of Placebo
Shaw, 2002

Effectiveness of sensory integration therapy for ADHD (PDF File)
Hender, 2001

Education Links - EXECUTIVE DYSFUNCTION

Online exercises that demonstrate elements of EDF
Try them yourself or let your students explore them (requires Flash plug-in)

Organizing Tools Collection
From the National Center to Improve Practice (NCIP)

Inspiration
Software-based help with organizing thoughts for papers, presentations  

Student planners
Come with various options so you can customize them to the student's needs

The Disorganized Student
Kenneth Shore, PsyD, 1998

Organizing the Disorganized Learner
Ideas and materials

I Think I Did It, But I Can't Find It: Assisting Students Who Lack Organizational Skills
Carolyn Ito, 1999
Some practical suggestions

WatchMinder
A programmable multi-alarm wristwatch that can be used for reminders or training purposes.

CalPOLY study skills center
Note-taking methods for older students

Executive dysfunction in autism (PDF File)
E. L. Hill, 2004
Technical research review

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