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Scroll down to find Companies with “Special” Products &
Sports and Recreation Resources.
- Amy Dunaway –Amy has developed
the following three resources with Down Syndrome in mind, but we have
found her material helpful with special needs generally. Email Amy at
MaTo4Gifts@alo.com.
- Introduction to IEP Development
http://www.altonweb.com/cs/
downsyndrome/iepdevelopment.html
- Resources for Home Educators of Children
with Down Syndrome http://www.altonweb.com/cs/
downsyndrome/hsresources.html
- Homeschooling Children with Down Syndrome
http://www.altonweb.com/cs/
downsyndrome/homeschooling.html
- Autism News – A fantastic
resource, especially for Illinois families. There is a newsletter via
internet and snail mail where you will benefit from the experience of
other parents who have been where you are. Click on the “New Parent
Packet” link for additional book titles, etc. This is geared for
Illinois residents, but there is a lot of good general information.
www.geocities.com/fishstep
- Dupage County Human Services –
http://www.co.dupage.il.us/humanr/
humanServices/index.asp
- Easter Seals www.easter-seals.org
- Homeschooling Children With Special Needs
– The goal of this website is to help you find support on the
internet. Use your discretion. www.geocities.com/Athens/8259/special.htm
- Homeschooling Kids With Disabilities
– A collection of websites and groups to join. Use your discretion.
www.members.tripod.com/~Maaja/index.html
- Homeschool Legal Defense Association,
“HSLDA” – HSLDA is an advocacy organization, established
to advance home school and family freedoms. The annual membership fee
is $100.00. They have a special needs fund to help with the membership
fee for those in need. Each member receives legal protection for his
own family if needed. Founded in 1983 HSLDA is operated by Christian
attorneys who teach their children at home. For a free brochure and
application form, go to: www.hslda.org
- The Illinois Autism/PDD Training and Technical
Assistance Project – Learn about the organization and the
services and resources they offer. 708-354-5730 www.illinoisautismproject.org
- Illinois Early Childhood Intervention Clearinghouse
– Extensive free specialty lending library. Call 1-800-852-4302
(IL only) or email clearinghouse@eosinc.com for more information. If
you email a request for a bibliography on a topic (Autism, for example)
they will send you a bibliography of all the holdings on that topic.
You may then request materials be sent to for free. Borrowers are responsible
for return postage. 212-785-1364 http://npinil.crc.uiuc.edu/resource/state/ill-early.html
- Internet Resources for Special Educators
– This resource will lead you to a list of web sites for each
of a variety of special needs. http://7-12educators.about.com/blspecialed.htm
- NATHHAN – This is the web
site for the Christian organization "NATional cHallenged Homeschool
Associated Network." If you are homeschooling a special needs child,
you will find encouragement, support, and answers here! They have a
large lending library by mail. http://www.nathhan.com
- National Association for Child Development
(NACD) is an international organization of professionals and parents
dedicated to helping children and adults reach their full potential
through the implementation of innovative individual programs, research,
and the dissemination of information. 801-623-8606 www.nacd.org
- National Downs Syndrome Society
– Learn about the organization and the services and resources
they offer. www.ndss.org
- National Multiple Sclerosis Society,
Chicago – Learn about the organization and the services and resources
they offer. www.msillinois.org
- Joyce Herzog “You-Nique™ Products
and Services” – Joyce Herzog is a Christian educator,
author, consultant and speaker. She has 25 years experience teaching
the learning disabled and has been consulting with homeschooling families
over ten years. http://www.joyceherzog.com
- Sharon Hensley’s site –
Sharon is a speaker and the author of Homeschooling Children with Special
Needs. Her catalog offers recommended curruiculum for special needs.
Click AVCS books to order it. www.almadenvalleychristianschool.com
- STARNET – (resource library
and workshops) www.wiu.edu/starnet/about/index.php
- United Cerebral Palsy – Learn
about the organization and the information, services and resources they
offer www.ucpa.org
- American Academy of Cerebral Palsy and
Developmental Medicine – www.aacpdm.org
- Dyslexia Parents Resource – This web site provides information and resources for parents of children who are, or may be, dyslexic. http://www.dyslexia-parent.com
- Autism One
- Autism One is a nonprofit organization 501(3)(c) started by a small
group of parents of children with autism to address three areas:
education, advocacy, and fundraising. http://www.AutismOne.org
Specifically S. N. Resources
- Achievement Products for Children
– This company has a large variety of products from fine/gross
motor development to positioning and self-care.
1-800-373-4699
www.achievementproducts.org
- Autism Resource Network, Inc. –
A.R.N. is a non profit corporation that sells and develops products
to benefit autism research and support. Their “Time Timer”
is a clock that visually shows elapsed time.
(952) 988-0088
www.autismbooks.com
- Brain Gym – Brain Gym presents
a series of simple and enjoyable movements to aid students in their
experience with whole-brain learning. These activities make all types
of learning easier, and are especially effective with academic skills.
http://www.braingym.org/about.html
- Carolyn's Low Vision Products –
Carolyn’s carries magnifiers of all kinds. This includes glasses
to desktop book magnifiers. They also carry lights, tape recorders,
various large print products (i.e. cards, watches), and some Braille
products.
1-800-648-2266
- Crestwood Communication Aids, Inc.
– Crestwood has a wide assortment of communication devices and
aids. They have communication boards and aids (both audio and picture),
adapted switch devices, sign language aids, amplifiers, and activities
to help with speech development.
1-414-352-5678
www.communicationaids.com
- Enabling Devices – This company
offers many toys and devices that have been adapted to switches. They
also offer communication helps and various sensory products.
1-800-832-8697
www.enablingdevices.com
- Hadley School for the Blind –
The Hadley School offers more than 90 distance education courses to
eligible students completely free of charge. From “Braille Reading
for Family Members” to “Birdsong Tutor”, you can select
from a wide variety of courses. You can study in the comfort of your
own home at a time convenient for you. Course materials arrive in the
mail, and for students in the U.S. and Canada, instructors are just
a toll-free call away.
1-847-446-8111 1-800-323-4238
www.hadley-school.org
- Learning Fundamentals – L.F.
produces software for language, learning and speech. Some in Spanish!
www.learningfundamentals.com
- LinguiSystem – Speech and
language materials. They carry books and games for phonological awareness,
language development, oral-motor, autism, articulation, nonverbal learning
disorders, and more. LinguiSystem’s products are high quality
and helpful, but may tend to be more expensive and often written to
professionals
1-800-776-4332
http://www.linguisystems.com/index.html
- Modern Signs Press, Inc. –
Modern Signs Press has many Signing Exact English materials. They have
a computer program, Singing Exact English Interactive CD-ROM, which
allows you to print out signs. It has the Complete Signing Exact English
Dictionary on the program.
1-562-596-8548
1-562-493-4168 (V/TTY)
www.modsigns.com
- Pyramid Educational Consultants
– Picture Exchange Communication System or PECS? These are cards
which may be purchased or made at home (using photos from film or digital
camera, preferable laminated). It is a very effective communication
system that is being used with not only individuals with autism, but
with others who have low verbal skills or abilities. The individual
is taught to make requests using little picture cards. These cards may
be placed in strategic places throughout the house. Some may be kept
on the fridge, for example, and picture food/drink items such hotdogs,
juice, etc. Some families keep their PECS cards in a binder and organize
them by subject (food, toys, activities, etc.). PECS cards may also
be used to help build a visual schedule to help with transitions. Studies
have shown that in autistic individuals in particular this is an effective
tool and may actually help develop language acquisition rather than
hinder it, as it is felt most spectrum individuals actually "think
in pictures" rather than in words. The PECS concept was developed
at Pyramid Educational Consultants and premade cards may be purchased.
www.pyrimidproducts.com
- Sources for free PECS cards at these two
links:
www.dotolearn.com/picturecards/
printcards/index.htm http://trainland.tripod.com/pecs.htm
(scroll down to find the links to free picture cards, some are drawings,
some are actual photos).
- Rifton Equipment – Rifton
is a company that specializes in positioning equipment. They carry standers,
tables and chairs, and even tricycles for those who need special support
for physical disabilities.
1-800-777-4244
www.rifton.com
- Sammons Preston – This company
offers many of the same products that are listed above. They also offer
adapted keyboards with large keys, as well as several other computer
aids.
1-800-323-5547
www.sammonspreston.com
- Slater Software Inc. – Slater
carries innovative literacy software produced by the parents of a special
child. Picture It quickly adds pictures/symbols to text to help individuals
with special needs understand concepts, increase language skills, and
develop reading skills. Pix Reader adds speech to the materials that
you have made in Picture it. Pix Writer is a talking word-processing
program, which combines words, pictures and speech.
1-877-306-6968
www.slatersoftware.com
- SOI Systems – One of their
systems is called LOCAN. It is an entirely different way of teaching
reading. It is a method for those who are figural-learners. Figural-learners
are all children in the concrete, preliterate or non-literate stage.
LOCAN uses picture-characters (or glyphs) to stand for words. One picture-character=one
word. The printed word is then added to the glyphs and eventually the
glyph is removed. Has been effective with special needs groups. Find
examples at www.soisystems.com/locan.html
- Super Duper – S.D. publishes
colorful, high quality materials for speech-language pathologists, special
educators, teachers, parents, and caregivers in educational, home and
health care settings.
www.superduperinc.com
- Woodbine House – Woodbine
House publishes The Special-Needs Collection, sixty-three books on disabilities
and related topics including AD/HD, autism, celiac disease, cerebral
palsy, Down syndrome, fragile X syndrome, learning disabilities, spina
bifida, traumatic brain injury, early intervention, inclusion, special
education, communication skills, and more.
1-301-897-3570
www.woodbinehouse.com
- ETA/Cuisenaire – Cuisenaire
carries manipulative-based educational and supplemental materials.
1-800-445-5985
www.etacuisenaire.com
- FlagHouse – FlagHouse carries
a wide variety of products. They have many activities for fine and gross
motor development. They also carry sensory products, bikes, self-care
items, teacher guides, and adapted devices.
1-800-793-7900
www.flaghouse.com
- Kaplan Concepts for Exceptional Children
– Kaplan carries products similar to those carried by Sporttime
and FlagHouse. They also carry playground equipment, books and music.
1-800-334-2014
www.kaplanco.com/index.jsp
- Lakeshore Learning Materials –
Lakeshore is a catalog company as well as having two stores. One is
located in Palatine, IL and the other in Chicago. This company carries
every art supply you could ever want for young children. From finger
paint to pompoms, they have it. They also carry some wonderful learning
tools and kits in every subject. Lakeshore also carries furniture for
your “classroom” and lots of extras.
1-800-421-5354
www.lakeshorelearning.com
- S&S Recreation – S&S
carries art supplies and activities. They also carry sports equipment,
games, and craft kits.
1-800-243-9232
www.snswwide.com
- Sportime Abilitations – A
company that offers products to help with fine and gross motor development,
adapted toys and switches, and teacher guides. They also offer some
art supplies, light and music stimulation, and water products.
1-800-850-8602
www.abilitations.com
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