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    • Events
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    • Our Programs
      • Math Masters Hub
      • STEM Discovery
    • Contact
    • Resources
      • Homeschool Help
      • Black History & Culture
      • STEM Resources

Special Needs Support


Autism Support

  • Organization for Autism Research (OAR)

  • Autism Research Institute

  • Autism Speaks-Resources

  • Autism Society of America

  • National Autism Center

ADHD Support

  • CHADD-Parent Support

  • CHADD-ADHD & School Toolkit

  • Understood-ADHD Resources

  • CDC-ADHD Resources

  • ADHD Awareness Month Resources

Behavior & Emotional Regulation

  • Lives in Balance

  • Center on PBIS

  • Child Mind Institute-Behavior Resources

  • CHADD-Parent Training & Behavior Support

  • Understood-Parenting & Behavior Strategies

Dyslexia Support 

  • The Reading League

  • The National Center on Improving Literacy

  • Yale Center for Dyslexia & Creativity

  • The International Syslexia Association

Sensory Support

  • STAR Institute for Sensory Processing

  • Child Mind Institute

  • American Occupational Therapy Association (AOTA)

  • STAR Institute-Sensory Processing FAQ

  • Understood-Sensory Processing Strategies

Life Skills & Beyond


Educators Publishing Service


Reading/Language Arts

  • Play n Talk

  • Explode the Code

  • Recipe for Reading

  • Spellwell

  • Reading Comprehension in Varied Sub. Matters

  • The Paragraph Series

  • Starting Comprehension

  • How to Teach Spelling

  • Handwriting w/out Tears 

  • Pro-Ed

  • Reading Milestones

  • Time Concept Series

  • I Can Write

  • Easy Grammar & Easy Writing 

  • Critical Thinking Press 

  • Future Horizons 


Visual Tracking Resources

  • Academic Therapy Publications


Functional Life Skill Curriculum

  • Functional Life Skills Checklist

  • PEATC Life Skills Checklist

  • Hewitt Learning Objectives (K-8)

  • Community based assessment

  • Next Up Transition Curriculum

  • Autism Speaks-Life Skills Resources

Curriculum Guidance


Vendors

Used Homeschool Books 

Exodus Books 

The Back Pack 

Amazon

Laurelwood Books

AbeBooks

All Free Printables

Pearson Homeschool

Easy Peasy All-in-One Homeschool 

Homeschool Classified

Half Price Books

Discovery K12

Time4Learning

Compass Classroom

A.C.E. School of Tomorrow


Multisensory Learning Resources

  • All About Reading

  • Barton Reading & Spelling

  • Logic of English

  • Wilson Reading System

  • TouchMath

  • Nessy

  • **Recommended 

Online Spanish Courses

  • Spanish Educational Solutions: Elementary Curriculum

  • Spanish Educational Solutions: Spanish 1


High School Special Needs Resources

  • K5 Learning (K-6)  (downloads)

  • I'm Determined-Student Self-Advocacy & Transition

  • PACER Center-Preparing for Adulthood

  • US Department of Education - Transition Resources

  • NTAC:C - Transition Resources

Assessments


Placement Tests (Where should my child start?)

  • Alpha and Omega

  • Sonlight Language Arts

  • Singapore Math (K-6)

  • Horizon Math (1-6)

  • Teaching Textbook 

  • Thinkwell (6-Calculus)

  • Algebra Placement


Evaluation Support

(What are the strength areas & areas of concern?)

  • Let's Go Learn

  • DORA reading assessment

  • ADAM K-7 & DOMA Online  (reading & math assessment)

  • Cognitive Abilities Test (CogAT7): (Grades 2-12)


Progress Monitoring

(Is my child making progress?)

  • Let's Go Learn-DORA

  • Let's Go Learning DOMA

  • ADAM K-7 - Mathematics


Assessment Tools

(Where can I obtain homeschool setting?)


  • Hewitt Homeschooling

    • Pass Test

  • Homeschool Testing Services

  •  Seton Testing Services 

  • IOWA (K-12)

  • Stanford 10 online (3-12)

  • CAT E-Survey (4-12)

  • Terra Nova 2 (CAT 6) (K-12)

    • BJU Press  

    • Christian Liberty  


*Note: Accommodations provided via IEP, SEP, or 504 are allowable on these tests.


Beyond the Curriculum!

Math Resources and Curriculum Options


Hands On Equations

Tablet Class Math  

Continental Press 

Benchmark Education (Spanish Available)


Curricula for Students with LD:

Touchmath - best for highly visual learners a sequential

CTC Math (K-12) - mastery-based, multi-sensory program; online video tutorials. 


IXL Math (K-12) – spiral curriculum that provides concepts based on grade-level standards.  

Teaching Textbooks (3rd-pre-calculus)- spiral-based, self-grading curriculum. 


Thinkwell Homeschool (6-12) - mastery, video-based; automatic grading, study notes, tests, & grade reports included.


Beast Academy (Ages 8-13) – advanced, comic-based; focused on problem-solving.  

Saxon Math (K-12) – spiral-based math program; easy to implement. 

Math U See (K-12) - mastery-based program with teaching videos, manipulatives & consumable texts.

Denison Algebra - layered instruction that builds on concepts from the start; levels available include prealgebra - advanced Algebra & Trig.

       Finding Support.      

You Are Not Alone!


Numerous disabilities have local and national non-profits linking communities, supporting parents, with online and offline groups tailored to individual family needs.


Local Advocacy (Maryland)

Maryland Homeschool  Associations

The Maryland Community Connection

The Parents' Place of Maryland

Pathfinders for Autism

The Arc of Southern Maryland


Emotional Support 

The Parent Center Hub

Parents Helping Parents

Bridges4Kids

Best Buddies


National Advocacy Organizations

CHADD 

March of Dimes

Homeschooling with Dyslexia 

Special Needs Homeschooling

SPED Homeschool

NAGC 

National Center for Learning Disabilities (NCLD)


Articles

How Should Students with Disabilities Find the Right College?

Learning Disabilities Can Offer the College Admissions Edge

College Guide for Student with Disabilities


  1. Preparing for College

  2. Funding for Students with Disabilities

  3. Navigating Different Types of Financial Aid

  4. Scholarships for Students with LD

  • Scholarship.com

  • LD Scholarships

  • Scholarship by Physical Disability

  • collegescholaships.org

  • College Funding for Students with Disabilities 

  • Speech Resources & Scholarships for College Students


Vocational School

  • Real Work Matters

  • The College for Students Who Learn Differently

  • Trade Schools, Colleges & Universities 

  • Think College

  • Accrediting Commision of Career Schools & Colleges



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