I graduated in May with my undergraduate degree in elementary education. Currently, I am a second semester grad student with no “real” teaching experience (except during my internship). I’m compiling a resource notebook for first year teachers entitled: Resources for Including Students with Learning Disabilities in your Classroom. I want to include as many resources as possible. Please let me know of any resources such as books, websites, articles, strategies, organizations, suggestions, etc. that I can include in my notebook. Any help will be appreciated!!
Re: Resource Notebook for Classroom Teachers
Check out www.readingassist.org. This is a MSL program which has a prevention program entitled, SLOG, and a remediation program called Reading ASSIST (Alphabetic Sound Symbol Instruction Systematically Taught).
http://pages.cthome.net/cbristol/capd.html is a good place to start. This is a website with many links to articles about CAPD. You can include it in your notebook, but you may also want to explore some of the links — for example, there is one on classroom acoustics — and list them also.
The “LD in Depth” section of this website has many articles that would be useful, including an entire section just for teachers. Another very useful section is the one on self-esteem, especially the article on stress management. Again, you can list the overall website, but also list specific articles under specific categories. For example, there is an excellent article on “Developing Fluency with Number Facts” under the “math” section of LD in Depth. That article’s url could be listed under a section of your notebook for math — specifically, how to deal with students who have difficulty remembering addition and multiple facts.
http://www.groups.yahoo.com has a number of different free email lists that address specific issues. For example, the ReadNOW group there consists primarily of reading tutors who share their expertise. It is a good place to ask questions about how to teach reading.
Mary