Education Resources
NEW YORK
STATE RESOURCES
Education Update Newspaper -
www.EducationUpdate.com
Education Update,
a monthly free newspaper, deals with issues, people
and events in education from pre-school to graduate
school. Readers include teachers, principals,
superintendents, guidance counselors, members
of the Board of Regents, college presidents, deans
of education, foundation heads, corporate leaders,
politicians, parents and high school and college
students. Visit the Special Education section
at
www.educationupdate.com/sections/special_education/index_05.
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New
York State Education Department
http://usny.nysed.gov/disa/
New York State Education Department offers a wealth
of information on providing a quality education
for people with disabilities. Visit their
resources page to find information on education
opportunities, grants and contracts, state policies,
and more.
Vocational
and Educational Services for Individuals with
Disabilities -
www.vesid.nysed.gov
The Mission of the Office of Vocational and Educational
Services for Individuals with Disabilities (VESID)
is to promote educational equity and excellence
for students with disabilities while ensuring
that they receive the rights and protection to
which they are entitled; assure appropriate continuity
between the child and adult services systems;
and provide the highest quality vocational rehabilitation
and independent living services to all eligible
persons as quickly as those services are required
to enable them to work and live independent, self-directed
lives.
REGIONAL
RESOURCES
BOCES
Arts Enrichment Resources www.arsineddirectory.org
The BOCES Arts & Enrichment Resources provides
this online directory of Upstate Arts in Education
programs that integrate the arts into the curriculum
and address the NYS Learning Standards for the
Arts. It also lists programs, museums, institutions
and presenters that offer exploratory enrichment
for school curriculum.
The
Albany Institute of History and Art
www.albanyinstitute.org
Founded in 1791, the Albany Institute of History
& Art, one of the oldest museums in the
United States, is dedicated to collecting, preserving,
interpreting and promoting interest in the history,
art and culture of Albany and the Upper Hudson
Valley. The museum achieves this mission
through its collections, exhibitions, education
programs, library, research projects, publications
and other programs offered to the general public.
The
Albany Visitors’ Center -
www.albany.org
The first stop to exploring Albany is at the
Albany Heritage Area Visitors Center. There
are plenty of brochures and information about
the region and knowledgeable staff to answer
questions. But the Visitors Center holds much
more than brochures! It also offers an orientation
show and exhibits that explore the history
of Albany, the Gift Shop and the Henry Hudson
Planetarium. Tours and special events are
scheduled throughout the year.
The
Capital Region Center for Arts in Education
www.centerforaie.org
The Capital Region Center for Arts in Education
is a dynamic partnership of educators and
artists designed to bring art-centered learning
to young people in elementary, middle and
high schools. Founded on the Lincoln Center
Institute model of Aesthetic Education 23
years ago, the Center for Arts Education has
brought Capital Region schools a comprehensive
professional development program that supports
teachers in the use of new strategies for
making the arts central to teaching and learning.
This experiential approach strengthens students’
and teachers’ critical thinking, creative
problem solving, imaginative and perceptual
abilities.
Concerted
Effort
The mission of Concerted Effort is to develop
practical methods for nurturing imaginative
experience and releasing the creative spirit.
Their educational programs use the arts to
enhance learning, promote literacy, support
healing, foster creativity, and develop understanding
of the natural world. By guiding children
and adults through an artistic creative process,
they want to strengthen each individual voice
and simultaneously build community.
Visit their website at www.learningtolisten.net/mh/mh_ace.
The
Schenectady Museum
www.schenectadymuseum.org
Come and experience the Schenectady
Museum & Suits-Bueche Planetarium –
an experience where limits are transcended,
where imaginations soar, and where people
come together to marvel. At the Schenectady
Museum & Suits-Bueche Planetarium visitors
do more than simply observe. They
think and they do. They can immerse themselves
in the region’s technological history, or
travel across the cosmos. They can understand
our past, appreciate our present, and imagine
our future.
Hudson Valley
Anderson
School -
www.andersonschool.org
Anderson School welcomes children ages 5-21 years
old who have been diagnosed with autism or other
developmental disabilities. Their programs
are designed to meet the unique educational, social,
emotional, and communicative needs of these children.
They offer a year-round day and residential
program.
New
York City
The
Child School/Legacy High School www.thechildschool.org
The Child School was created in 1973 to enable
children with educational disabilities to achieve
their maximum intellectual and emotional development.
The School fulfills a vital function in the
New York City Public School System, serving
the needs of children with learning, social/emotional
and developmental disabilities throughout the
New York City area. It is chartered by the Board
of Regents of the State of New York to accept
youngsters whose needs cannot be satisfied within
the public education system. Their award winning
Art Teacher incorporates each grade’s curriculums
for Social Studies and Science into the teaching
of art. By reinforcing thematic units of study
in the content areas, students’ self-confidence,
creativity and skills are also developed in
a variety of ways.
The
Touchstone Center for Children
www.touchstonecenter.net
Through its Arts and Education Projects, the
Center creates interdisciplinary arts programs
in classrooms that explore the role of the imagination
and poetic thought as pivotal to all learning.
In addition, the Center conducts Workshops and
Seminars for adults on the role of the imagination
within the learning process and how, at all levels
of education, the use of elemental themes and
images based on natural phenomena can strengthen
and awaken our human relationship to the natural
world.
Sinergia
Metropolitan Parent Center
www.sinergiany.org
The Metropolitan Parent Center is a Parent Training
and Information Center, which helps families of
children with disabilities to obtain free, appropriate
public education (FAPE) in the least restrictive
environment and access other needed services.
It also assists parents to develop skills
and knowledge that will help their children achieve
functional and academic goals that will lead them
to independent productive adult lives to the maximum
extent possible.
InCollaboration -
www.readers.org
InCollaboration, widely known for one of its
most successful programs, the Readers Theatre
Workshop, is an arts and education organization
founded in 1983 to inspire both an appreciation
of the creative and performing arts, and a true
enthusiasm for the reading of good books among
the youth of New York City, particularly those
with special needs. This organization
is useful tool for K- 12 schools that seek to
implement art education programs, including
programs specific to inclusive classes.
Western New York
The
Dazzle School of Visual and Performing Arts
www.dazzleschool.org
The Dazzle School of Visual and Performing Arts,
Inc. (DSVPA), formed and incorporated in 2001,
promotes and demonstrates the art of dance, music,
drama, art, fashion design, and technical script
writing through education and performances of
the highest technical and artistic excellence.
They serve a racially, economically and
developmentally diverse audience of area youth
and adults including those who are physically
and mentally challenged.
National
Resources
Camp
Resource.com
Online
Summer Camp Directory
Developmental Disabilities camps provide boys
and girls with a great summer experience. Whether
you are seeking an overnight/residential Developmental
Disabilities camp or a Developmental Disabilities
day camp, there is a summer Developmental Disabilities
camp for you!
National Arts And Disabilities
Center
National
Arts and Disabilities Center
A rich resource directory containing a listing
of online magazines that publish material on disability
culture, advocacy, the arts, disability history,
entertainment, and disability studies.
The
Creative Spirit Magazine
www.vsarts.org
Creative Spirit highlights the latest news,
events, and accomplishments of VSA arts and its
affiliates across the country and around the world.
Summer
Internships for Students with Disabilities
www.aapd.com
The American Association of People with
Disabilities is looking for college students
with disabilities to apply for the 2010 Summer
Internships for Students with Disabilities in
Washington, D.C. Accepted candidates will spend
the summer in Washington, DC, working either
in Congressional offices or the IT Divisions
of Federal Government Agencies. Roundtrip airfare,
accessible housing, and a living stipend will
be provided to each intern.
All
Kinds of Minds -
www.allkindsofminds.org/ptk/index.aspx
All Kinds of Minds is a non-profit Institute that helps
students who struggle with learning measurably
improve their success in school and life by providing
programs that integrate educational, scientific,
and clinical expertise. Their site includes
a Parent Toolkit which offers insights and strategies
for parents and caregivers.
The
Annenberg Institute for School Reform www.annenberginstitute.org
AISR at Brown University develops, shares,
and acts on knowledge that improves the conditions
and outcomes of schooling in America, especially
in urban communities and in schools serving disadvantaged
children. AISR publishes a bi-monthly e-newsletter
to which you can subscribe.
Arts
Edge -
www.artsedge.kennedy-center.org
Arts Edge, a program of the Kennedy Center, supports
the placement of the arts at the center of the
curriculum and advocates creative use of technology
to enhance the K-12 educational experience. Arts
Edge empowers educators to teach in, through,
and about the arts by providing the tools to develop
interdisciplinary curricula that fully integrate
the arts with other academic subjects. Arts
Edge offers free, standards-based teaching materials
for use in and out of the classroom, as well as
professional development resources, student materials,
and guidelines for arts-based instruction and
assessment.
ASCD
-
www.ascd.org
ASCD's members span the entire profession
of educators—superintendents, supervisors, principals,
teachers, professors of education, and school
board members. This publication addresses
all aspects of effective teaching and learning—such
as professional development, educational leadership,
and capacity building. ASCD offers broad,
multiple perspectives—across all education professions—in
reporting key policies and practices.
Council
for Exceptional Children
www.cec.sped.org
The Council for Exceptional Children (CEC) is
dedicated to improving educational outcomes for
individuals with exceptionalities, students with
disabilities, and/or the gifted. CEC advocates
for appropriate governmental policies, sets professional
standards, provides continual professional development,
advocates for newly and historically underserved
individuals with exceptionalities, and helps professionals
obtain conditions and resources necessary for
effective professional practice.
Division TEACCH -
www.teacch.com
TEACCH is an evidence-based service, training,
and research program for individuals of all ages
and skill levels with autism spectrum disorders.
TEACCH conducts training nationally and internationally
and provides consultation for teachers, residential
care providers, and other professionals from a
variety of disciplines. Research activities
include psychological, educational, and biomedical
studies.
TEACCH@unc.edu
Education
Development Center, Inc. -
www.edc.org
EDC is an international, nonprofit organization
with 325 projects dedicated to enhancing learning,
promoting health, and fostering a deeper understanding
of the world. Its research encompasses child
development, K-12 education, health promotion,
workforce preparation, community development,
learning technologies, basic and adult education,
institutional reform, and social justice.
Education
Week -
www.edweek.org
Education Week publishes periodic special reports
on issues ranging from technology to textbooks,
as well as books of special interest to educators.
Their primary mission is to help raise the level
of awareness and understanding among professionals
and the public of important issues in American
education. They cover local, state, and
national news and issues from preschool through
the 12th grade.
The
Educational Resources Information Center -
www.eric.ed.gov
ERIC is a federally supported system of 16 clearinghouses
and supporting organizations that makes various
written materials about education accessible to
all who are interested. The ERIC system
produces a computer-searchable bibliographic database
of the literature in education. Currently the
database describes nearly one million articles,
reports, curriculum guides, books, and other information
resources. The ERIC system is funded by
the U.S. Department of Education through its National
Library of Education.
The
Families and Advocates Partnership for Education
(FAPE)
-
www.fape.org
The Families and Advocates Partnership for Education
(FAPE) project is a partnership that aims to improve
the educational outcomes for children with disabilities.
It links families, advocates, and self-advocates
to information about the Individuals with Disabilities
Education Act (IDEA). The project is designed
to address the information needs of the 6 million
families throughout the Country whose children
with disabilities receive special education services.
IncludingAllKids.org
www.includingallkids.org
The IncludingAllKids.org website was created to
assist youth organizations in actively engaging
young people of all abilities. Visitors
to the site will find materials to help make the
case for inclusion, understand the laws regarding
inclusion, improve recruitment of program leaders
and participants, evaluate inclusion programs,
and draw on best practices.
Learning To Read/Reading To Learn Campaign
http://idea.uoregon.edu/~ncite/programs/read.html
The
National Center to Improve the Tools of Educators,
based at the University of Oregon sponsors the
Learning To Read/Reading To Learn Campaign.
The Learning To Read/Reading To Learn Information
Kit developed for the reading campaign contains
five important documents very useful to teachers,
parents, and research. These materials highlight
reading strategies that will benefit all children
and emphasize the skills children with learning
disabilities must develop in order to become good
readers.
Lincoln
Center Institute
www.lcinstitute.org
The Lincoln Center Institute (LCI) has developed
and refined its own distinctive approach to the
arts and education, one that challenges all students
to learn about and through the arts. Working in
partnership with pre-K through grade twelve educators
and college teacher education programs, the Institute
develops experiential studies focusing on works
of art, including dance, music, theater, visual
arts, and architecture.
The
National Middle School Association -
www.nmsa.org
NMSA is the only national education association
dedicated exclusively to the growth of middle
level education, and is a voice for those committed
to the educational and developmental needs of
young adolescents. The NMSA website offers
services and resources to anyone involved in the
education, health, and welfare of young adolescents,
including teachers, school administrators, counselors,
social workers, parents, youth workers, students,
or professors of education.
Mid-continent Research for Education and Learning
www.mcrel.org
The Mid-continent Research for Education and Learning
(McREL) draws upon education research to create
practical, user-friendly products that help educators
create classrooms that provide all students with
opportunities for success.
New
Horizons -
www.newhorizons.org
The New Horizons for Learning web site provides
resources for inclusion of students with disabilities.
Collaboration of the school with its surrounding
community systems is a factor to help create positive
educational change. Partnerships within
and outside the school setting are essential to
support education reform.
Scholastic
-
www.scholastic.com
Scholastic.com features thousands of free
lesson plans, online activities, and Professional
Development and classroom management resources.
The Class Homepage Builder Tool helps teachers
create their own web pages to foster school-to-home
communications.
Special
Connections
www.specialconnections.ku.edu
Besides the Teacher Tools, you will find other
material helpful in improving your practice in
assisting students with disabilities in the general
education classroom. The Case Studies provide
opportunities to see how teachers apply the different
instructional strategies. They reflect considerations
and problems typical teachers face, as well as
commentary from experts, novice and experienced
teachers, and the perspectives of students, parents
and others. The Resource section provides
an annotated bibliography of the literature on
the topics addressed by this site in a searchable
data-base, as well as PowerPoint presentations
and other reference materials. Finally, the On-line
Collaboration section provides technical assistance
and examples on how to create your own on-line
collaboration opportunities.
United
States Department of Education www.ed.gov
The United States Department of Education reports
on teaching initiatives, such as teacher quality
and first-year teachers, promising practices in
teaching, grant information, classroom resources,
research studies, and more.
VSA
-
www.vsarts.org
VSA is an international, nonprofit organization
founded in 1974 by Ambassador Jean Kennedy Smith
to create a society where all people with disabilities
learn through, participate in and enjoy the arts.
