Websites
• ABC Teach
www.abcteach.com
• Assessment
http://www.4teachers.org/profdev/index.php?profdevid=as
• Busy Teacher's Cafe
http://www.busyteacherscafe.com/
• Classroom Connect
http://corporate.classroom.com/
• Discovery Education
Lesson Plans
http://www.discoveryeducation.com/teachers/free-lesson-plans/
Assessment and Rubrics
http://school.discoveryeducation.com/schrockguide/assess.html
• Education World
http://www.education-world.com
• Office of Special Education Intervention Techniques
http://curry.edschool.virginia.edu/go/cise/ose/information/interventions.html
• Focus on Effectiveness: Integrating Technology into Research-Based Strategies
http://www.netc.org/focus/
2-SPECIAL EDUCATION SERVICES
• What are the intended functions of prereferral intervention?
• What does the disproportionate representation of students from diverse cultural and linguistic groups in special education say about the field?
• How do collaboration and teaming impact the effectiveness of special education?
• How should the quality of a student's individualized education program (IEP) be judged?
• Is the least restrictive environment always the general education classroom? Why? What elements must be in place for a student with disabilities to receive an appropriate education in inclusive classrooms?
In what ways has special education been most successful? What are the field's greatest shortcomings and challenges?