High School Special Education

Massachusetts Links:

Dover Public Schools Special Education Parent Advisory Group Website 

Learning Disabilities Association of Massachusetts  

Massachusetts Association of Special education Parent Advisory Councils (MASSPAC)  

Massachusetts Department of Education  

New England INDEX-Information on Disabilities 

 

National Links:

All Kinds of Minds (Mel Levine's web site) 

Asperger's Syndrome Coalition of the United States (ASC-US) 

Charles and Helen Schwab Foundation 

Council for Exceptional Children 

Clearinghouse on Elementary and Early Childhood Education (ERIC-EECE) 

Federation for Children With Special Needs  

Learning Disabilities Association of America  

National Center for Learning Disabilities  

Nonverbal Learning Disorders Association 

 

Reading Resource Links:

International Dyslexia Association  

International Reading Association  

National Institute for Literacy  

Recording for the Blind and Dyslexic 

Report of the National Reading Panel-National Institute of Child Health and Human Development

Graphic Organizer Forms  to download

 

Books:

Keeping A Head in School by Dr. Mel Levine, 1994,   Educator's Publishing Service, Inc. 31 Smith Place, Cambridge, MA 02138-1000

Starting Out Right: A Guide to Promoting Reading Success by the National Research Council; M. Susan Burns, Peg Griffin and Catherine E. snow, Editors; National Academy Press, Washington, DC, 1999 

Straight Talk About Reading, (How Parents Can Make a Difference During the Early Years) by Susan l. Hall and Louisa C. Moats, Ed. D.; Contemporary Books, Chicago, IL; 1999.

Overcoming Dyslexia by Sally Shaywitz, M.D.;  Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 2003.

Put Reading First, Kindergarten Through Grade 3 (Drawn from the 2000 report of the National Reading Panel, Teaching Children to Read: An Evidence-Based Assessment of the Scientific Research Literature on Reading and Its Implications for Reading Instruction--Reports of the Subgroups).  Free copies available at: The National Institute for Literacy at ED Pubs, P.O. Box 1398, Jessup, MD 20794-1398; phone: 1-800-228-8813; FAX: 301-430-1244; EdPubOrders@aspensys.com; to download, go the the National Institute for Literacy website at www.nifl.gov.

Put Reading First, A Parent Guide  (Drawn from the 2000 report of the National Reading Panel, Teaching Children to Read: An Evidence-Based Assessment of the Scientific Research Literature on Reading and Its Implications for Reading Instruction--Reports of the Subgroups).  Free copies available at: The National Institute for Literacy at ED Pubs, P.O. Box 1398, Jessup, MD 20794-1398; phone: 1-800-228-8813; FAX: 301-430-1244; EdPubOrders@aspensys.com; to download, go the the National Institute for Literacy website at www.nifl.gov.

 

Other Resources:

"Lively Letters" (Telian Multisensory Mnemonic Letter Card Program) by Nancy Telian, Telian Learning Concepts, P.O. Box 453, Stoughton, MA 02072

 

Speech and Language:

Useful  Links: 

Stuttering Foundation of America   

Books: 

From Speech to Print, Language Essentials for Teachers by Louisa Cook Moats; Paul H. Brookes Publishing Company, Baltimore, MD; 2000.

DOVER SHERBORN SEPAC

Special Education Parent Advisory Council

 
The Dover Sherborn SEPAC is a volunteer, parent-run organization that serves in an advisory role to the school district on the programs and needs of all students. We meet regularly to discuss matters that pertain to the education and safety of children with special needs.

To learn more about us, please visit our website at: www.doversherbornsepac.org

Email: sepac@doversherborn.org