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EDUCATION & EARLY INTERVENTION RESOURCES
The following links are provided as resources and inclusion on this page should not be considered an endorsement by the DD Council of the agency or programs listed.
South Dakota Resources
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SOUTH DAKOTA
Bright Start (for South Dakota's Children) http://www.sdbrightstart.com
Children's Special Health Services http://www.state.sd.us/doh/Famhlth/child.htm
DAKOTALINK (South Dakota's Assistive Technology Project) http://dakotalink.tie.net
Department of Education (DOE) http://doe.sd.gov/
DOE/Special Education Programs http://doe.sd.gov/oess/specialed/index.asp
Easter Seals - www.easterseals.com
Parent Resource Network http://www.bhssc.org/sdprn/
South Dakota Advocacy Services www.sdadvocacy.com
South Dakota Coalition for Children http://www.sdcchildren.org/
South Dakota Literacy Resource Center http://literacy.kent.edu/~sdakota/
South Dakota Parent Connection www.sdparent.org
State of South Dakota Homepage www.state.sd.us/
Technology & Innovations in Education (TIE) http://www.tie.net
Transition Services Liaison Project http://www.tslp.org/
Transition Tackle box http://www.tslp.org/Tacklebox.htm
USD Center for Disabilities www.usd.edu/cd/
2008 Youth Leadership Forum - link to video http://www.tslp.org/YLF.htm
A Guide to the Individualized Education Program http://www.ed.gov/offices/OSERS/OSEP/Products/IEP_Guide/
A Parent's Guide to the Self-Determined Learning Model for Early Elementary by Susan B. Palmer and Michael L. Wehmeyer. Beach Center on Disability, Schiefelbusch Institute for Lifespan Studies, and the University of Kansas. (This is a .pdf file, you must have Adobe Acrobat Reader to open this file.) http://peds2.med.miami.edu/mailman/PDFs/aparentsguide_selfdeterm_early_elementary.pdf
Ablenet www.ablenetinc.com AbleNet has designed practical products and creative solutions for teaching children with disabilities
CDC's Disability and Health Team http://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/dh/
Circle of Inclusion http://www.circleofinclusion.org/
Constructive Playthings www.cptoys.com
Council for Exceptional Children http://www.cec.sped.org/pp/
Dragonfly Toys www.dragonflytoys.com
Early Childhood Development - http://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/autism/actearly/default.htm
Exceptional Parent Magazine http://www.eparent.com
Family Village www.familyvillage.wisc.edu Described as a "global community that integrates information, resources, and communication opportunities on the Internet for persons with cognitive and other disabilities, for their families, and for those that provide them services and support."
Federation for Children with Special Needs http://www.fcsn.org/
Institute for Family-Centered Care: http://www.familycenteredcare.org
Kids as Self Advocates http://www.familyvoices.org/kasa.htm
National Association for the Education of Young Children http://www.naeyc.org/
National Center for Infants, Toddlers and Families http://www.zerotothree.org
National Center on Secondary Education & Transition www.ncset.org
The National Collaborative on Workforce and Disability for Youth (NCWD/Youth) http://www.ncwd-youth.info
National Early Childhood Technical Assistance Center (NECTAC) http://www.nectac.org
National Information Center for Children & Youth with Disabilities - www.nichcy.org
National Parent Network on Disabilities http://www.npnd.org
No Child Left Behind http://www.state.sd.us/deca/NCLB/index.htm
The Pacer Center http://www.pacer.org
Parents Helping Parents http://www.php.com
Preschool Education Resource - www.preksmarties.com
Project Participate - Project Participate provides families, educators, administrators and therapists with simple strategies to increase the active participation of students with disabilities in school programs. http://www.projectparticipate.org/
Sandbox Learning Company - www.sandbox-learning.com
Special Child: For Parents and Caregivers of Children With Special Needs http://www.specialchild.com
Special Needs Practical Support - www.ideallives.com
Speech Language Software for Autistic Children - www.animatedspeech.com
Technology for Education www.tfeinc.com
TFH Special Need Toys www.tfhusa.com
Theradapt www.theradapt.com Innovative Therapeutic Equipment
Youthhood - http://www.youthhood.org/youthhood/index.asp
Bulldozers - www.kenkenkikki.jp/zukan/e_index.html
Christmas Flash pages - www.kengunn.com/flash/christmas
Coloring Pages - www.coloring.ws/coloring.html
Coloring Pages - http://www.morecoloringpages.com/
Discovery Kids - http://kids.discovery.com
do2Learn - http://www.do2learn.com/
Frog Family Coloring Book - www.pluk.org/Pubs/FrogFamily.pdf
Fun Baby Games Online - www.fun-baby-games-online.com
Fun Brain - www.funbrain.com
I Spy - http://www.theotherpages.org/spy
Inside MS - www.nationalmssociety.org/IMSOct02-KidstoParents.asp
Kansas Kids Ready for Learning - www.readyforlearning.net/html/play.html
Kidnetic.com http://www.kidnetic.com/ (Site is intended for children and pre-teens.) Kidnetic.com is a Web site that communicates healthy eating and active living information in meaningful and relevant ways to kids aged 9-12 and their families.
Kids Farm - www.kidsfarm.com
Kids Source Online - www.kidsource.com/kidsource/content3/AmericaReads
Little Animals Activity Center - www.bbc.co.uk/schools/laac/menu.shtml
Lil' Fingers (storybooks for toddlers) - www.lil-fingers.com
Little Explorers English Picture Dictionary - www.enchantedlearning.com/Dictionary.html
ology - American Museum of Natural History - http://ology.amnh.org
On-line Jigsaw Puzzles - www.dltk-kids.com/puzzle.htm
OZMO (created by parents of an adult with autism and OCD to encourage easy, safe, wonderful fun) - www.ozmofun.com
PBS Kids - http://pbskids.org
PBS Postcards from Buster - http://pbskids.org/buster/index.html
Playhouse Disney - http://disney.go.com/playhouse/today/index.html
Scholastic News Online - http://teacher.scholastic.com/scholasticnews/index.asp
Scrubs & Beyond (teaches about medical and health issues through games. :-) - Check out the section on nutrition. - http://www.scrubsandbeyond.com/medical-and-health-games-for-kids-and-teens.aspx
Sounds of the World's Animals - www.georgetown.edu/faculty/ballc/animals/animals.html
Storybooks - www.magickeys.com/books/index.html
The Yuckiest Site on the Internet - http://yucky.kids.discovery.com/flash/index.html
TIME for Kids - www.timeforkids.com
Toys from Fischer Price - www.fisher-price.com/us/default.asp
When a Parent has MS: A Teenager's Guide - www.nationalmssociety.org
When Mom or Dad has Seizures: A Guide for Young People - www.epilepsyfoundation.org
