Resources
Online Resources for Parents and Staff
Please follow this link for further information regarding depression and suicide that is also provided on the Niles North and Niles West websites.
Mental, Emotional and Behavioral Health
American Academy for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry http://www.aacap.org
Children and Adults with ADHD www.chadd.org
Asperger’s Syndrome OASIS www.udel.edu/bkirby/asperger/
Child and Adolescent Bipolar Foundation
National Mental Health Association http://www.mentalhealthamerica.net/go/children
National Alliance for the Mentally III www.nami.org
Education/Special Education
Council for Exceptional Children www.cec.sped.org
Federation for Children with Special Needs www.fcsn.org/
Illinois State Board of Education http://isbe.net/
Infinite Potential Through Assistive Technology http://infinitec.org/
Learning Disabilities Online www.ldonline.org
National Center for Learning Disabilities www.ncld.org/
National Council on Disability www.ncd.gov
Office of Special Education Programs www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/osers/osep
United States Department of Education www.ed.gov
Adolescent Health and Development
AI-Anon-Alateen
KidCare: State of Illinois health insurance information http://www.allkidscovered.com
KidsHealth www.kidshealth.org
Medline Plus Parenting www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/parenting.html
National Institute on Drug Abuse http://www.nida.nih.gov/parent-teacher.html
Illinois’ Drug Prevention Resource www.prevention.org
Niles Township Youth Coalition (page under construction)
Online Resources for Students
Al-Anon-Alateen
Child and Adolescent Bipolar Foundation
Children and Adults with ADHD www.chadd.org
CopeCareDeal mental health site for teens www.copecaredeal.org
Illinois’ Drug Prevention Resource www.prevention.org
Kids Health www.kidshealth.org
TeensHealth-Your Mind www.kidshealth.org/teen/your_mind/
Resources:
- A Thin Line – See how students deal with Digital Drama
- Approaches to Evaluating Teacher Effectiveness
- Cost effective methods of providing effective technology for students.
- Current Trends and Psychiatric Medication Update
- Developing Executive Function, Cognitive Control, & Theory of Mind in children with special needs.
- ECRA Literature Review – School Leadership
- Education Associates Project Discovery Overview
- Evaluating Value-Added Models for Teacher Accountability
- IAASE Growth Model Survey 2010
- IAASE-Helping Wounded Children Soar
- IAASE Leadership & Learning for the 21st Century
- IAASE- Update on Discipline of Students with Disabilities
- iLearn GAINS – Computer-based Math Intervention Program
- iLearn Math Brochure
- Illinois PBIS Network – Cooperative Letter July 1, 2010
- Illinois PBIS Network – External Coach Recommended Job Description
- Illinois PBIS Network Letter of Agreement PBIS External Coach Training & Support for Special Education Cooperatives
- Illinois PBIS Network – Skill Competencies Rubric for External Coaching
- Intervention to Integration
- Kurzweil 3000 v12 Tools for Independent Learning
- Kurzweil 3000 v12 Web License
- Legal Boot Camp for New Special Education Administrators
- Local Growth Models for Accountability
- Mainstreaming & the IDEA
- Math & Technology Handout – Practical Strategies for Classrooms
- Public Act 096-0861 An ACT Concerning Education
- Reading & Writing Across the Curriculum – Empowering Students with Technology
- Safe Harbor School – Meeting the Education Needs of Severe Emotional & Behavioral Disordered Students
- School Based Anxiety & Some Basic Treatment Ideas – Patrick B. McGrath, Ph.D.
- School Suicide Prevention
- Speech & Language Criteria for Caseload Selection – District 112
- Speech & Language Dismissal Procedures – District 112
- Stop Cyberbullying
- Structured Teaching Education Program
- Structured Teaching Education Program Vision & Mission
- Summary of the PEAC Charge
- Symphony Math Brochure
- Teach “Social Thinking” NOT Social Skills: Basics to Get Your Teams Started
- Teacher and Employee Evaluations
- Teaching Students with Autism
- The Council of Chief State School Officers –
Implementer’s Guide to Growth Models - The New Science of Learning: Applications of Neuroscience to the Teaching of Reading & Math in Special Needs Children.
- The Annual Review – Tuning Up Your Special Education Policies, Procedures & Practices
- The Value of the Internet
- Web-enabled Math Interventions for RTI
- Web-enabled Tools for Enhancing Skill Acquisition in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders – An Introduction to TeachTown
- Working Smarter for School Improvement