This website has autism spectrum resources and teaching materials, for parents, teachers, and AT specialists alike. These support the social, academic and communicative development of children on the autism spectrum through Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) and Verbal Behavior interventions. The technology section of their blog has apps and advice when...
The Duke Center for Autism and Brain Development at Duke University provides a collection of resources, mostly intended for parents, for caring for their child with Autism. They provide guides, tips, templates, and other resources, whether their child has been newly diagnosed or ready for Transition, inside and outside of...
Filmed in collaboration with WETA, this series of short videos on various assitive technology topics is meant to be informative for parents, teachers, and service providers to young children with disabilities. If you want to see the full playlist to choose a specific topic or video, click the top left...
This website provides video-based information on how to diagnose, treat, and educate children with autism. This page provides expert insight on educating children with autism. The site also provides articles, research, evidence-based practices, and other videos for parents and teachers to support these students.
Link: http://www.interactingwithautism.com/section/living/education ...
The resources listed here are designed to help educators and parents gain more useful information on the relationship of arts, education, and disabilities, especially for children with disabilities. As a leader in arts, education, and disabilities, VSA has produced programmatic resources that have proved invaluable to educators and parents alike....
The Kennedy center provides resources for families as well as teachers in providing education in the arts for children with special needs. This article is specifically for teachers, and describes methods for teaching students with special needs, including the use of evidence-based practices and Universal Design for Learning (UDL), and...
STEM includes the subjects of science, technology, engineering, and math – subjects that are fun for kids of all ages. These STEM ideas are simple enough for preschoolers to try and offer tons of fun for pre-kinders.
Link: https://thestemlaboratory.com/preschool-stem-activities/
The Joan Ganz Cooney Center at Sesame Workshop provides their findings on the early STEM landscape in education, and offers a different approach in overcoming obstacles regarding the integration of STEM in early learning.
Link: http://joanganzcooneycenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/jgcc_stemstartsearly_final.pdf
The Center for Research and Professional Development center's Childcare Quality & Early Learning program from the University of Washington provides this presentation to help educators learn what educational opportunities are available for these young students, and how to engage these opportunities within their learning environments.
This helpful article from the Department of Education gives advice to early childhood educators on how to introduce STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math) concepts to young children.
Link: https://www2.ed.gov/about/inits/ed/earlylearning/talk-read-sing/stem-toolkit-preschool-teachers.pdf
