Special Education Resources

Resources

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http://www.edu.gov.on.ca/eng/teachers/speced.html

http://www.edu.gov.on.ca/eng/general/elemsec/speced/learning.html

http://www.edu.gov.on.ca/eng/general/elemsec/speced/learning.html

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Our Shared Beliefs•All Students can succeed.•Each student has his or her own unique patterns of learning•Successful instructional practices are founded on evidence-based research, tempered by experience.•Universal design and differentiated instruction are effective and interconnected means of meeting the learning or productivity needs of any group of students.•Classroom teachers are the key educators for a student’s literacy and numeracy development.•Classroom teachers need the support of the larger community to create a learning environment that supports all students.•Fairness is not sameness.

http://www.edu.gov.on.ca/eng/general/elemsec/speced/guide/resource/index.html

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IEP Samples

http://www.edugains.ca/newsite/SpecialEducation/index.html

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http://www.edu.gov.on.ca/eng/parents/planningentry.pdf

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http://www.edu.gov.on.ca/eng/general/elemsec/speced/transiti/transition.pdf

http://www.edu.gov.on.ca/eng/general/elemsec/speced/shared.html

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http://www.edu.gov.on.ca/eng/general/elemsec/speced/autismSpecDis.html

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http://www.edu.gov.on.ca/eng/general/elemsec/speced/Caring_Safe_School.pdf

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Links to related websites

EDUGains

• www.edugains.ca

Ontario Teachers’ Federation-Teachers’ Gateway to Special Education

• www.teachspeced.ca

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Links to Useful Resources•Education For All: The Report of the Expert Panel on Literacy and Numeracy Instruction for Students With Special Education Needs, Kindergarten to Grade 6http://www.edu.gov.on.ca/eng/document/reports/speced/panel/index.html

•Learning for All K-12 (2013)http://www.edu.gov.on.ca/eng/general/elemsec/speced/learning.html

•The Individual Education Plan (IEP), A Resource Guidehttp://www.edu.gov.on.ca/eng/general/elemsec/speced/guide/resource/index.html

•IEP Samples, and other Special Education Resourceshttp://www.ontariodirectors.ca/

•Planning Entry to School – A Resource Guidehttp://www.edu.gov.on.ca/eng/parents/planningentry.html

•Transition Planning: A Resource Guide http://www.edu.gov.on.ca/eng/general/elemsec/speced/transiti/transition.html

•Shared Solutions- A Guide to Preventing and Resolving Conflicts Regarding Programs and Services for Students with Special Education Needshttp://www.edu.gov.on.ca/eng/general/elemsec/speced/shared.html

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Links to Useful Resources•Effective Educational Practices for Students with Autism Spectrum Disordershttp://www.edu.gov.on.ca/eng/general/elemsec/speced/autismSpecDis.html

•Caring and Safe Schools in Ontario: Supporting Students with Special Education Needs Through Progressive Discipline, Kindergarten to Grade 12http://www.edu.gov.on.ca/eng/general/elemsec/speced/Caring_Safe_School.pdf

•Special Education, Ministry of Education website http://www.edu.gov.on.ca/eng/parents/speced.html

•Highlights of Regulation 181/98http://www.edu.gov.on.ca/eng/general/elemsec/speced/hilites.html

•Special Education Transformation: The report of the Co-Chairs with the Recommendations of the Working Table on Special Educationhttp://www.edu.gov.on.ca/eng/document/reports/speced/transformation

•Special Education: A Guide for Educatorshttp://www.edu.gov.on.ca/eng/general/elemsec/speced/guide.html

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