Tool Kit on Teaching and Assessing Students with Disabilities

After School

• "Focus on Families! How to Build and Support Family-Centered Practices in After School"
• Making the Most of After-School Time
• Sustainability in School-Linked After-School Programs: Leadership, Program Quality and Sustainability
• When Schools Stay Open Late: The National Evaluation of the 21st Century Community Learning Centers Program

Autism

• Environmental Mercury Release, Special Education Rates and Autism Disorder: An Ecological Study of Texas

• At Risk Students Benefit From Accountability Education Week Registration Required

• Dealing with an Attention Deficit - Dr. Shore, Education World
• U.S. Department of Education - Office of Special Education Programs

Dyslexia

• 2007 Dyslexia Handbook
  Spanish Version
• International Dyslexia Association (IDA)
• Study Reveals Neurological Origins of Dyslexia
• The Dyslexia Handbook with state law, rule and procedures (English and Spanish versions)

• National Association for the Education of Homeless Children and Youth
• National Center for Homeless Education
• National Coalition for the Homeless
• National Law Center on Homelessness and Poverty
• Texas Homeless Education Office

IDEA

• Early Intervening Services IDEA (TEA)
• IDEA 2004 Resources
• IDEA Basics from NAESP
• NAESP Update on IDEA
• Proposed Federal IDEA Regulations
• Response to Intervention (RTI) in the IDEA Act 2004

LEP

• Barahona Center for the Study of Books in Spanish for Children and Adolescents
• Creating ELL Friendly Classrooms
• Effective Literacy and English Language Instruction for English Learners in the Elementary Grades (USDE Institute of Education Sciences)
• "Effective Reading Programs for English Language Learners: A Best Evidence Synthesis"
• Institute for Second Language Achievement (Texas A&M Corpus Christi)
• Office of English Language Acquisition, Language Enhancement and Academic Achievement for Limited English Proficient Students
• TEA Bilingual Education Resources
• Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages
• What Works Clearinghouse English Language Learning
• Working with English Language Learners: Strategies for Elementary and Middle School Teachers - National Clearinghouse for Bilingual Education

Mental Health

• Helping Middle Schoolers with Emotional Problems Succeed

• 2006-07 Administrator's Guide for Special Education
• Dealing with Attention Deficit (Education World)
• Education in the United States
• Extended School Year: Factors for IEP Teams to Consider
• LD Online
• National Alliance for the Advancement of ADHD Care
• Special Education Monitoring System (TEA)
• TEA Call for Showcase of Promising Practices in Services for Students with Disabilities
• TEA Special Education Guidance Page
• TEA Special Education Rules and Regulations
• TEA Special Education Website
• The Advocacy Institute
• The Role of Reading Instruction in Addressing the Overrepresentation of Minority Children in Special

Stuttering

• Stuttering Foundation