SERI is a collection of Internet accessible information resources of interest to those involved in the fields related to Special Education. This collection exists in order to make on-line Special Education resources more easily and readily available in one location.

The National Center to Improve Practice (NCIP) promotes the effective use of technology to enhance educational outcomes for students with sensory, cognitive, physical and social/emotional disabilities. Located at Education Development Center, Inc. (EDC) in Newton, MA, NCIP is funded by the U.S. Department of Education's Office for Special Education Programs (OSEP).

The IRSC web site is dedicated to communicating information relating to the needs of children with disABILITIES on a global basis.

The CEC is the largest international professional organization dedicated to improving educational outcomes for individuals with exceptionalities, students with disabilities, and/or the gifted.

Closing The Gap is an internationally recognized source for information on innovative applications of Information technology in special education and rehabilitation.

LD OnLine is a service of The Learning Disabilities Project at WETA, Washington, D.C., in association with The Coordinated Campaign for Learning Disabilities. School partners include The Lab School of Washington and Arlington (VA) Public Schools.

This site provides a very clear and concise overview of the history of special education, the laws and the availability of online medical journals, definitions of disabilities, etc. The Intervention Techniques section houses lots of effective teaching ideas.

The National Transition Alliance for Youth with Disabilities (NTA) was jointly funded in October 1995 by the United States Department of Education and United States Department of Labor to promote the transition of youth with disabilities toward desired postschool experiences, including gainful employment, postsecondary education and training, and independent living.

The NICHCY is the national information and referral center that provides information on disabilities and disability-related issues for families, educators, and other professionals. Their special focus is children and youth, from birth to 22 years old.

This site is a global community that integrates information, resources, and communication opportunities on the Internet for persons with disabilities, their families, and those that provide them services and supports. It is sponsored, in part, by the Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr. Foundation and Mitsubishi.

The Our-Kids is a "Family" of parents, caregivers and others who are working with children with physical and/or mental disabilities and delays.

The National Center to Improve Practice (NCIP) promotes the effective use of technology to enhance educational outcomes for students with sensory, cognitive, physical and social/emotional disabilities. It is funded by the U.S. Department of Education's Office for Special Education Programs (OSEP).

This site has summaries of scores of research articles about teaching techniques for exceptional learners. To be included in this data base, the articles had to describe research-validated methods for teaching specific skills to individuals with disabilities.

PACER's mission is to improve and expand opportunities that enhance the quality of life for children and young adults with all disabilities - physical, mental, emotional, learning - and their families.

The National Center for Learning Disabilities is one of the foremost national not-for-profit organizations committed to improving the lives of those affected by learning disabilities.

The Chatback project helps special-needs schools communicate using email. The Web site features projects and moderated mailing lists. The Chatback project allows students to correspond via email, for social interaction or for work on classroom projects. Each month the site lists the projects it has created.

SNE provides resources for parents, teachers, schools, and other professionals, individuals, groups, and organizations involved in the education of students with special needs.

The Internet School Library Media Center is a meta-site at which teachers, librarians, parents and students can review selected WWW resources.

Projects and ideas relating to arts and crafts for the special education teacher.

Teachers share their ideas and lessons for working with children who have special needs.

Lesson plans for special education from Kodak.

Announcing the Can Do! web site... an educational "ability focused" disability awareness web site dedicated to inspiring a "can-do" attitude and approach to life in everyone.

This site is devoted to sharing information that is pertinent to persons with disabilities and professionals who provide services for them.

Main topics: learning difficulties, psychodiagnostics, home-based treatment and developmental disabilities.

SpecialKids is a state of the art collaborative research, education, treatment advocacy model that enables children with special needs and their families to lead successful lives.

At this site you will find information on educational programs available for students with learning and emotional disabilities. This site provides an extensive list of websites for national organizations, research and innovation, and Braille resources.

This project comes from the Education Development Center, Inc., and the Communication Enhancement Center at Children's Hospital in Boston. The project is sponsored by the Department of Education and was designed to explore the use of speech recognition (or voice recognition) software for writing by secondary (middle and high school) students with difficulty with writing due to physical and/or learning disabilities.

This page provides information on remedial mathematics instruction to new teachers at the middle-high school level.

The Learning Strategies Database site comes from The Center for Advancement of Learning (CAL) at Muskingum College (Ohio) and its PLUS Program, which provides learning-disabled students with learning strategies instruction. The information comes from a number of books, journals, and presentations, gathered over a ten-year period.

The Council for Exceptional Children (CEC) is the largest international professional organization dedicated to improving educational outcomes for individuals with exceptionalities, students with disabilities, and/or the gifted. Site also includes a job bank.

Explore the positive talents that give rise to dyslexia, and share knowledge about the best ways for dyslexic people to learn.

Special Education newsgroups are listed.

Links to all types of Special Education resources.

Kids Who Thrive "Outside the Box!" is produced by Laurie Shagberg, a teacher who didn't believe in ADHD until her son was diagnosed with it. She has put together an excellent resource, with an unusual depth of understanding on the subject.

The authors hope this site gives you the support, confidence and resources to successfully include children with special needs in your classroom. They are a group of teachers, just like you, who truly believe in inclusion and are facing the daily challenges of creating successful inclusion experiences!

Here you will find free and inexpensive software helping individuals with disabilities use computers. Software is available for Windows, Mac, and DOS operating systems. In Association with AMAZON.COM, the VATC offers a wide selection of assistive technology books for purchase.

This site has lots of resources and up-to-date news for the disabled, teachers, parents, friends, and relatives.