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Florida Department of Education fldoe.org
The homepage for the Florida Department of Education.

BEESS Publications: firn.edu/doe/commhome/pub-home.htm

PBS Television: pbs.org/misunderstoodminds

Just Read, Florida!
Just Read Florida justreadflorida.com

Advocacy Center for Persons with Disabilities advocacycenter.org
This is a non-profit organization providing protection and advocacy services in the State of Florida. Their mission is to advance the dignity, equality, self-determination and expressed choices of individuals with disabilities.

Center for Applied Special Technology cast.org
This is a non-profit educational organization that uses technology to expand opportunities for all people, especially those with disabilities. The site map offers many links.

The Council for Exceptional Children cec.sped.org
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.

Exceptional Parent Magazine eparent.com
This is an on-line resource. It provides information, support, ideas, encouragement and outreach for parents and families of children with disabilities, and the professionals who work with them.

Florida Alliance for Assistive Services and Technology faast.org
FAAST works with consumers, family members, caregivers, providers and agencies to ensure that individuals continue to benefit from assistive technology as they move between home, school, work and community.

National Center for Learning Disabilities ld.org
This is an organization that has reached out to individuals with learning disabilities, their families, educators, researchers, and others committed to increasing public awareness of and opportunities for people with learning disabilities.

National Information Center for Children and Youth with Disabilities nichcy.org
This is the national information center that provides information on disabilities and disability-related issues. Anyone can use their services – families, educators, administrators, journalists, students. Their special focus is children and youth (birth to age 22). They are bilingual and the site offers many free publications that can be downloaded.

National Technical Assistance Consortium for Children and Young Adults Who are Deaf-Blind http://www.nationaldb.org/
This is a federally funded project that provides technical assistance to families and agencies serving children and young adults who are deaf-blind (ages birth to 28 years).

TASH tash.org
This is an international association of people with disabilities, their family members, other advocates, and professionals fighting for a society in which inclusion of all people in all aspects of society is the norm.

Vision, Strength and Artistic Expression vsafl.org
This is a state affiliate of VSA arts, an international nonprofit organization that creates educational opportunities through the arts for people with disabilities.

Florida Diagnostic & Learning Resources System fdlrs.com
FDLRS includes twenty Associate Centers that serve from one to nine school districts. These Centers collaborate with districts, agencies, communities and other personnel and educational entities, providing education and support for teachers, parents, therapists, school administrators, and students with exceptionalities throughout the state of Florida.

the Access System k8accesscenter.org
The Access Center is a national technical assistance and dissemination center.

Sun Link sunlink.ucf.edu
This site helps teachers look up the names/authors of books, find out the appropriate reading level and which schools in the district have the book in their library.

Teaching Resources for Florida ESE www.cpt.fsu.edu/ese/

SIP http://www.sipflorida.com/

FIN Recommended Internet Sources

FIN RECOMMENDED READING LEGEND

	Assessment & Grading
	Behavior Support
	Collaboration
	Inclusion
	Instructional Strategies
	Family
	Administrators

Assessment & Grading (back to Fin Recommended Reading Legend)

Title	Author	Description	Publisher (Copyright)	ISBN#	Rating
Fair Isn't Always Equal: Assessing & Grading in the Differentiated Classroom	Rick Wormeli	This book explores the research and common sense thinking as it relates to grading and assessment. The author cites examples throughout to help teachers and administrators address controversial issues.	Stenhouse Publishers (2006)	1-57110-424-0	5
A Repair Kit for Grades - 15 Fixes for Broken Grades	Ken O'Connor	Provides practical suggestions for "fixing" traditional grading practices.	Educational Testing Service, Inc. (2007)	0-88685-387-7	5
Checking for Understanding - Formative Assessment Strategies for Your Classroom	Douglas Fisher & Nancy Frey	Shows teachers how to increase students' understanding through the use of creative formative assessments and discusses how teachrs can use traditional tests and collaborative assessments to improve instruction and increase comprehension.	ASCD (2007)	978-1-4166-0569-0	4.5
Developing Grading and Reporting Systems for Student Learning	Thomas R. Guskey & Jane M. Bailey	Examines various grading and reporting methods and provides guidelines for developing an effective reporting system.	Corwin Press, Inc. (2001)	0-8039-6854-X	4

Behavior Support (back to Fin Recommended Reading Legend)

Title	Author	Description	Publisher (Copyright)	ISBN#	Rating
Day One & Beyond	Rick Wormeli	Shows middle-level teachers how to manage the physical and emotional aspects of their unique environment and provides practical information about setting up the grade book and other record keeping, classroom management, getting students' attention, relating to students, and building positive relationships with parents.	Stenhouse Publishers (2003)	1-57110-355-4	5
Pre-Referral Intervention Manual/Teacher's Resource Guide	Stephen B. McCarney & Kathy Cummins Wunderlich	This book lists intervention strategies for a variety of issues that arise in the classroom.	Hawthorne Educational Services, Inc. (2006)		4
Teacher's Guides to Inclusive Practices - Behavioral Support, 2nd Edition	Rachel Janney and Martha Snell	This book provides an easy to understand overview of positive behavioral supports (PBS) including: functional behavioral assessments (FBA), individual behavior support plans , etc. Provides sample forms and resources on behavioral supports.	Paul H. Brookes Publishing Co. (2008)	1557663556	5
Tools for Teaching, 2nd Edition	Fred Jones	This book provides teachers with practical strategies on a variety of topics including developing a classroom management system, arranging the classroom to reduce disruptions, creating independent learners, raising expectations, teaching routines, setting limits, etc.	Fredrick J. Jones & Co., Inc. (2007)	0-9650263-0-2	5
Tough Kid Tool Box, The	William R. Jenson, Ginger Rhode, H. Kenton Reavis	This book provides teachers with classroom tested strategies addressing behavior management and motivation for tough to teach students.	Sopris West (1994)	1-57035-000-0	5
What To Do with the Kid Who...	Kay Burke	Provides ideas for addressing issues that arise in inclusive classrooms including fostering cooperation, self-discipline and responsibility in the classroom	Corwin Press (2000)	1-5751-7344-1	5

Collaboration (back to Fin Recommended Reading Legend)

Title	Author	Description	Publisher (Copyright)	ISBN#	Rating
A Guide to Co-Teaching - Practical Tips for Facilitating Student Learning, 2nd Edition	Richard Villa, Jacquline Thousand, & Ann Nevin	Teachers are led through the planning, implementation, and reflection phases of co-teaching.	Corwin Press (2004)	0-7619-3940-7	5
Co-Teaching Lesson Plan Book, The (3rd Edition)	Lisa Dieker	An instructional lesson plan book for collaborative teachers. Includes space for teachers to note big ideas/goals, standard and adapted assessment methods, co-teaching structures being utilized, academic and behavioral adaptations, materials, etc.	Knowledge By Design (2006)	970842945	4
Creating an Inclusive School, 2nd Edition	Richard Villa & Jacueline Thousand	How to's of creating inclusive schools	ASCD (2005)		5
Power of 2	Marilyn Friend	This video provides information about and examples of various co-teaching models.	Forum on Education, Indiana University (2005)		5
School, Family and Community Partnerships - Your Handbook in Action	Joyce Epstein	A research-based guide that will help district leaders, principals, teachers, parents, and community partners form action teams.	Corwin Press (2002)	0-7619-7666-3	4
Working Together - The Art of Consulting and Communicating	Anita DeBoer	This resource explores how educators can effectively engage in peer problem solving. The book focuses on three aspects of the process: 1) models for consulting with colleagues in problem solving 2) communication skills necessary for consulting and 3) how to collaborate with colleagues with differing interpersonal styles.	Sopris West (1995)	1-57035-041-8	5
Working Together - Tools for Collaborative Teaching	Anita DeBoer & Susan Fisher	This book contains a variety of tools designed to assist teachers who are workign as part of a collaborative team.	Sopris West (1995)	1570350469	4

Inclusion (back to Fin Recommended Reading Legend)

Title	Author	Description	Publisher (Copyright)	ISBN#	Rating
At the End of the Day	Edited by Marquita Grenot-Scheyer, Mary Fisher, & Debbie Staub	This book encompasses eight case studies featuring diverse children with varying disabilities (from preschool to high school) that show how including them in the classroom affects families, teachers, and other students. These case studies, combined with the latest research, enable educators to evaluate different methods for inclusion.	Paul H. Brookes (2001)	1-55766-480-3	5
Building Inclusive Schools	Halverson & Neary	Covers information from the legal rationale for building inclusive schools to effective classroom techniques.	Allyn and Bacon (2001)	0-205-27552-4	5
Deciding What to Teach and How to Teach it - Connecting Students Through Curriculum and Instruction, 2nd Edition	Elizabeth Castagnera, Douglas Fisher, Karen Rodifer, Caren Sax, Nancy Frey	Provides families and professionals with practical strategies for meeting the diverse needs of secondary students. The topics of the chapters include creating an inclusive curriculum, tailoring suppots to meet individual needs, planning instruction, and accommodations and modifications, etc. Contains several useful forms.	PEAK Parent Center (2003)	1-884720-19-6	4
From Disability to Possiblity	Patrick Schwarz	This book allows teachers to change the way they look at and work with their students with disabilities. With the scenarios presented, teachers will begin to look at the possibilities for their students in the inclusive classrooms.	Heinemann (2006)	978-0-325-00993-3	5
Inclusive Elementary Schools - Recipes for Success, 2nd Edition	Douglas Fisher, Nancy Frey, Caren Sax	Provides families and professionals with practical strategies for meeting the diverse needs of elementary students. The topics of the chapters include creating an inclusive curriculum, tailoring suppots to meet individual needs, planning instruction, and accommodations and modifications, etc. Contains several useful forms.	PEAK Parent Center (2004)	1-884720-21-8	4
Teaching Language Arts, Math, and Science to Students with Significant Cognitive Disabilities	Diane M. Browder and Fred Spooner	A research-to-practice resource that shows educators how to make the general curriculum accessible to students of all ages with significant cognitive disabilities.	Paul H. Brookes Publishing Co. (2006)	1-55766-798-5	5
You're Going to Love This Kid!: Teaching Students with Autism in the Inclusive Classroom	Paula Kluth	Provides insight into working with students with autism in an inclusive classroom. Includes specific ideas for enhancing literacy; planning challenging, multidimensional lessons; supporting student behavior; connecting, communicating, and collaborating; fostering friendships; and adapting the physical environment.	Paul H. Brookes Co. (2003)	1-55766-614-8	5

Instructional Strategies (back to Fin Recommended Reading Legend)

Title	Author	Description	Publisher (Copyright)	ISBN#	Rating
Activating the DESIRE to Learn	Bob Sullo	Through a variety of scenarios, this book discussess theory and research on understanding internal motivation.	ASCD (2007)	978-1-4166-0423-5	4
Art and Science of Teaching, The	Robert J. Marzano	The author presents a model for ensuring quality teaching that balances the need for researched based practices with the need to understand the strengths and weaknesses of individual students.	ASCD (2007)	978-1-4166-0571-3	5
Classroom Instruction that Works	Marzano, Pickering, and Pollock	This book outlines nine teaching strategies that research has shown to have a positive effect on student learning and outcomes.	ASCD (2001)	0-87120-504-1	5
Cooperative Learning and Strategies for Inclusion, 2nd ed.	JoAnne W. Putnam, Editor	Compilation of practical information needed to use cooperative learning frameworks to promote successful inclusion of student with disabilities in general educaiton settings.	Paul H. Brookes Publishing Co. (2001)	1-55766-346-7	4.5
Differentiated Literacy Strategies for Student Growth and Achievement in Grades 7-12	Gayle H. Gregory and Lin Kuzmich	This book contains practical strategies for differentiating instruction when students are asked to read their textbooks or nonfiction text.	Corwin Press (2005)	0-7619-8883-1	5
Differentiating Instruction in the Regular Classroom	Diane Heacox, Ed.D	A practical handbook that includes a menu of strategies any teacher can use to reach and teach all learners.	Free Spirit Publishing (2002)	1-57542-105-4	5
Differentiating Textbooks: Strategies to Improve Student Comprehension & Motivation	Char Forsten & Jim Grant	This easy-to-use resource provides over 80 step-by-step strategies for teachers to use with their textbooks to help build comprehension while also keeping students` interest high.	Crystal Springs Books (2003)	1-884548-48-2	4
Inclusion: A Service Not a Place - A Whole School Approach	Alan Gartner & Dorothy Lipsky	This book focuses on a whole school approach that positions students as the centerpiece of educational decision-making, and reinforces both the need for and the way to ensuring all students have full access to the entire general education curriculum.	DUDE Publishing (2002)	1-887943-54-4	4
Leadership for Differentiating Schools and Classrooms	Carol Ann Tomlinson & Susan Allan	Helps administrators to know what to look for in the differentiated classroom. Also helps them to set up for appropriate differentiation in their school.	ASCD (2000)	871205025	5
Personal Planner and Training Guide for the ParaEducator, The	Wendy Dover	This guide provides information and instructional strategies to help paraprofessionals support the students with whom they work.	The Master Teacher (2002)	1589921275	4
Teacher's Tool Box for Differentiated Instruction, The	Linda Tilton	This book provides a wealth of strategies, tips, tools, and techniques to help teachers differentiate instruction. In addition, the author provides information about co-teaching and practices that support inclusion.	Covington Cove (2003)	0-9953529-7-8	5

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Family (back to Fin Recommended Reading Legend)

Title	Author	Description	Publisher (Copyright)	ISBN#	Rating
Believe in My Child with Special Needs! Helping Children Achieve Their Potential in School	Mary A. Falvey	This handbook, written by a parent of a child with a disability, is an invaluable resource to share with parents of a school-age child with a disability. It helps tp demystify complicated issues, encourages parents to celebrate abilities and recognize possibilities, and tells parents what they need to know to be successful advocates throughout their child’s education.	Paul H. Brookes Publishing Co., Inc (2005)	1-55766-702-0	4
Chicken Soup for the Soul - Children with Special Needs	Jack Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen, Heather McNamara, & Karen Simmons	The authors of the stories contained in this book relate their own experiences of adjusting, reaching out, and flourishing and share the worries, the tears, and the laughter that have been part of their daily life since they found out that their child(ren) had a disability.	Health Communications Inc. (2007)	0-7573-0620-9	4
Take a Look at Me Portfolio	Mary Rugg, M. Irma Alvarado, Zolinda Stoneman, & Julianne Butler	This portfolio is a 20+ page book of information representing a person’s strengths, interests, hopes, and dreams. The portfolio provides a series of open-ended questions with space for the person and his/her family to elaborate and share information using pictures, words, and creativity. This portfolio assists adults and school age individuals in identifying ways to become active participants in the daily life of their community and is a powerful tool for use in transitional periods in a peron’s life…from one school to another, from classroom to classroom, or from school to work.	Institute on Human Development & Disability, University of Georgia (2004)		5
Working with Parents - Building Relationships for Student Success	Ruby Payne	Handy collection of tips and resources for parents, teachers, and other educators.	Aha Process, Inc. (2006)	1-929229-62-3	3

Administrators (back to Fin Recommended Reading Legend)

Title	Author	Description	Publisher (Copyright)	ISBN#	Rating
Creating and Inclusive School	Richard Villa & Jacqueline Thousand (Editors)	Explores how an inclusive school can support a diverse student body at all grade levels. Looks at how to facilitate change through universal design principles and other curricular, instructional, assessment, and organizational practices.	ASCD (2005)	978-1-4166-0049-7	4
Leadership for Differentiating Schools and Classrooms	Carol Ann Tomlinson & Susan Demirsky Allan	Explores how school leaders can help to develop responsive, personalized, and differentiated classrooms.	ASCD (2000)	0-87120-502-5	4
Schools That Learn: A Fifth Discipline Fieldbook for Educators, Parents, and Everyone Who Cares About Education	Peter Senge, Nelda Cambron-McCabe, Timothy Lucas, Bryan Smith, Janis Dutton, & Art Kleiner	This resource provides descriptions of practices that are meeting success across the country and around the world as schools attempt to reinvent themselves through comprehensive improvement efforts. Featured are articles, case studies and anecdotes from prominent educators such as Howard Garner and Peter Senge. This is a valuable resource for all change agents.	Doubleday/Currency (2000)	978-0-385-49323-9	4

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