Websites

1.

LD @ School http://ldatschool.ca/resources/

This website was developed by The Learning Disabilities Association of Ontarios (LDAO) to
help support their mandate to provide individuals with the right to learn, the power to achieve.
The goal of the website is to work collectively with Ontario teachers to achieve this goal. While
it is meant for Ontario teachers, it provides information, resources, and research related to
teaching students with learning disabilities. The LD@school website features evidence-based,
evidence-informed and practice-informed approaches, practices and strategies that can be put
directly to use in the classroom. The website also includes other resources and PD materials such
as videos, podcasts, webinars, blogs, articles and student success studies. This is an excellent
website to help support teachers and resource teachers in their ongoing learning.

2. Council for Learning Disabilities http://www.council-for-learning-disabilities.org/

Their Mission: The Council for Learning Disabilities (CLD), an international organization
composed of professionals who represent diverse disciplines, is committed to enhancing the
education and quality of life for individuals with learning disabilities across the life span. CLD
accomplishes this by promoting and disseminating evidence-based research and practices related
to the education of individuals with learning disabilities. In addition, CLD fosters (a)
collaboration among professionals; (b) development of leaders in the field; and (c) advocacy for
policies that support individuals with learning disabilities at local, state, and national levels.

CLD connects research to practice and they have infosheets that help to provide a way to
change the research into practice. CLD has created infosheets on the following topics,
techniques and strategies:

Academic Diversity: Ways to Motivate and Engage Students with Learning Disabilities

Assistive Technology

College as a Realistic Option for Students with Learning Disabilities

Effective Vocabulary Instruction for Kindergarten to Grade 12 Students Experiencing

Learning Disabilities

English Language Learners The Impact of Language and Socio-Cultural Factors on

Learning

Math Disabilities

Oral Reading Fluency

Peer Tutoring

Promoting Reading Comprehension in Secondary Students with LD

Quantitative and Qualitative Research Working Together to Inform Education for

Students with Learning Disabilities

Reading Comprehension Instruction for English Language Learners with Learning

Disabilities Validated Instructional Practices

Reading Word Identification

Standards and Ethics

Transitions

3. Teachers Gateway to Special Education http://www.teachspeced.ca/home

Another excellent website out of Ontario, the Special Education Gateway (developed by the
Ontario Teachers Federation (OTF) with funding from the Ontario Ministry of Education) offers
strategies for teachers with almost every exceptionality imaginable. The website is user friendly
and offers a collection of readings and strategies based on needs, exceptionalities and diagnosed
conditions as well as strategies based on key practices. It also has a glossary of terms. This can
be used by any educator for any student. I plan to use this often in my classroom.

4. The Resource Room (http://www.resourceroom.net/)

The Resource Room is a pretty great website with tools by area of instruction, including
strategies and explorations for learners. It includes lessons, ideas, articles, and links for
multisensory learning for all ages. The site also offers resources for people who learn differently,
or have learning difficulties or learning disabilities such as dyslexia, dysgraphia or dyscalculia.
There are lots of great resources here although some of the links are no longer active.

5. PBIS World www.pbisworld.com

This website deals with tiers of interventions. It allows you to click on a specific behaviour and
then it walks you through a series of questions, finally leading you to tier 1, 2, or 3 interventions.
You are not supposed to move to the next tier until after several months of work at the previous
one. After you choose one, it also gives you a list of what the child may be doing to constitute the
behaviour. This helps to ensure that you are properly labeling the behaviour based on the child's
actions. It is very user friendly and has a lot of information that can be accessed easily.