Bill's Favorite Web Sites
Organizations
Government
Special Education
Technology
Parents and Families
Health and Mental Health
Crisis Sites
Psychology - Miscellaneous
Education - Miscellaneous
Fun
Humor
Organizations
Southern Poverty Law Center
http://www.splcenter.org
"Ten Ways to Fight Hate" material
National Association of School Psychologists
http://www.nasponline.org
American Library Association
http://www.ala.org
Children's Defense Fund
http://childrendefense.org
National Education Association
http://nea.org/resources/free.html
American Psychological Association: Prevention & Treatment Journal
http://www.apa.org/prevention
APA's site on prevention issues and you can subscribe to their FREE Prevention & Treatment journal. You do not have to be a member to subscribe.
International School Psychology Association
http://www.ispaweb.org
American Medical Association
http://www.ama-assn.org
American Medical Association site addressing issues of Women's Health (great stuff), HIV/AIDS, Asthma, Migraines, and Adolescent Health
American Psychiatric Association
http://www.psych.org/main.html
The American Psychiatric Association main web page.
The Center for Effective Collaboration & Practice
http://www.air-dc.org/cecp
Materials on functional behavioral assessment, plus other valuable resources on school violence
American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
http://aacap.org
Great handouts for parents & teachers
Council for Exceptional Children
http://cec.sped.org
Compassionate Friends
http://www.compassionatefriends.org
For those who have lost a child.
Center for Mental Health in the Schools
http://smph.psych.ucla.edu
Site for resources on increasing mental health focus in the schools.
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Government
Surgeon General
http://www.surgeongeneral.gov
Featuring the new mental health report and great links.
Center for Mental Health Services
(Knowledge Exchange Network)
http://www.mentalhealth.org
A comprehensive site of mental health information.
National Institute on Drug Abuse
http://www.nida.nih.gov
Much to be found on drugs and drug education.
National Institute of Neurological Disorder and Stroke
http://www.ninds.nih.gov
Interested in the brain - it is here! Neat CD available too for free.
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Administration
(National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information)
http://www.health.org
Much to explore here!
National Center for Educational Statistics
http://nces.ed.gov
All the educational statistics you could ever want! Great for grants or class preparation.
US Department of Education
http://www.ed.gov
One of my favorite sites but the parent section is awesome
Center for Disease Control
http://www.cdc.gov
National Institute of Health
http://nih.gov
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
http://samhsa.gov
Good information on substance and alcohol abuse
Library of Congress
http://thomas.loc.gov
Federal legislation information
http://www.loc.gov
US Department of Health and Human Services
http://hhs.gov
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services with useful information
US Department of Education - OSERS
http://www.ed.gov/offices/OSERS/IDEA/frnotice.html
(I had trouble with the entire address several times, so if you do, just use the first part www.ed.gov and follow icons to IDEA area).
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Special Education
Neuropsychology Central
http://neuropsychologycentral.com
TBI and general brain information. Some parts are graphic intensive and may take time to access.
Center for Applied Special Technology
http://www.cast.org
Comprehensive resources on technology. Also add /bobby to the URL and you can search for sites that are accessible to the disabled.
National Information Center for Children and Youth with Disabilities
http://nichcy.org
Complete IDEA-97 regulations in transparencies to download and present. Need Adobe reader (free) to use.
Assistive Technology and Education - United Cerebral Palsy
http://www.ucpa.org/html/innovative/atfsc/atedu.html
A variety of documents to view on AT.
Applied Science and Engineering Laboratories
http://asel.udel.edu
Extensive information on AT and devices.
Federal Resources for Educational Excellence
http://ed.gov/free
Click on - 'educational technology'
Resources on the Use of Technology for Individuals with Disabilities
http://ericec.org/minibibs/eb17.htm
ERIC Clearinghouse on Disabilities and Gifted Education - bibliography on AT - July 1996. Many websites, vendors, journal citations, etc.
National Institute of Mental Health
http://www.nimh.nih.gov/publicat/adhd.htm
Informative booklet ADD: Decade of the Brain; Drop Adhd.htm for full listing of offerings
Assistive Technology
http://www.webable.com
Many good links here to this important topic
PACER
http://freenet.msp.mn.us.ip/family/PACER
Information for parents of children with disabilities
Kids Together
http://www.kidstogether.com
Site submitted by Judy Bomze. Good site for parents and kids on special education issues.
Recordings for the Blind and Dyslexic
http://www.rfbd.org
Academy for Educational Development
http://www.aed.org
All your special education and regular education needs.
CHADD Home page
http://www.chadd.org
"gourmet" guide to ADHD and other related disorders
Federal Resource Center for Special Education
http://dssc.org/frc
IDEA 97 information
LD Online Site
http://www.Ldonline.org
"Everything" on Specific Learning Disabilities. Watch for misinformation.
LRP Site
http://www.lrp.com/ed
(has full text and special areas outlined). Special; Education Law
Brain Injury Association, Inc.
http://www.biausa.org
Special Education and Links for Teachers and Parents
http://member@aol.com/l.cantlin/se_links.htm
Ed Law
http://www.edlaw.org
Education law IDEA, Section 504
Autism Sites
Asperger Site
http://www.asperger.com
http://autism.org
http://web.syr.edu/~jmwobus/autism
Federation for Children with Special Needs
http://fcsn.org
Great site on special education issues
Special Education Resources on the Internet
http://hood.edu/seri
TBI Glossary
http://www.neuroskills.com
Circle of Inclusion
http://www.circleofinclusion.org
Talks about inclusion of disabled from birth to 8 into early childhood settings.
IDEA Partnership
http://www.ideapractices.org
Has a nice break down of the new IDEA regs and other education law.
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Technology
Frequently Asked Questions - by Category
http://www.faqs.org/faqs/by-category.html
The FAQ collective knowledge and wisdom of the web.
Software Update
http://updates.zdnet.com
As the name says - updates of many softwares. Looks into computer to see what you need.
Hewlett Packard's Printsville
http://hp.com/go/printsville
Many good projects for printers. I have an HP printer and get free software and ideas. Lots of fun and good for creativity.
Dave Ross - Chip Talk
http://www.daveross.com
Radio author of "Chip Talk" - great links and information on all aspects of computers. Audio too.
Internet Public Library
http://www.ipl.org
National Education Association
http://www.nea.org/cet/links
NEA's Center for Education Technology
Education Technology Journal
http://fromnowon.org
Education Technology Journal
The Milken Exchange on Education Technology
http://www.milkenexchange.org
Great information on all aspects of technology
http://www.Kumite.com/myths (Computer Virus Myths)
Dr. Solomon's Site
http://www.drsolomons.com/vircen
(Dr. Solomon's Virus Hoax Page)
Computer Incident Advisory Capacity Site
http://www.ciac.org
Where to find the latest virus warnings - visit often
Four 11 e-mail Addresses Directory
http://four11.com
The Technology Network
http://www.cmptv.com
The Technology Network. Lots of great tech info
Hot Mail
http://www.hotmail.com
For free e-mail connection
Folks Online
http://www.folksonline.com
Caters to new computer buyers.
New Media News
http://www.newmedianews.com
Filled with technology information for the TV show of the same name.
Shareware Sites
The biggest shareware site is located at:
http://www.shareware.com. You may find additional information at http://pcmag.com and http://www.pccomputing.com. Another rich resource of Internet and technical information is at USA Today site http://www.usatoday.com.
File Name
http://www.filename.com
More shareware
Tucows site (Free Software)
http://www.tucows.com
Great web site for shareware and free ware. Pick the site that is fastest for you - may not be the one closest due to the time of day, etc.
Search Engines
http://www.search.com
http://www.yahoo.com
http://www.excite.com
http://www.hotbot.com
http://www.altavista.com
http://www.infoseek.com
Northernlight Search Engine
http://www.northernlight.com
A new, top notch search engine with the paid option of accessing over 4,500 journal full text articles for many sources.
Dog Pile (really)
http://www.dogpile.com
A"big" search engine. Can be very helpful
Deja News
http://www.dejanews.com
A search engine to find all the news groups on the web. You can find anything on this engine.
Direct Hit
http://directhit.com
Tracks sites that people use the most on various subjects.
Langenberg
http://www.langenberg.com
Consolidates all your searches on one page.
Google
http://www.google.com
Inference Find
http://inference.com/ifind
FindHow The How To Search Engine- Psychology Careers
http://www.findhow.com/career/social/social-psychologists.php
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Parents and Families
MetLife
http://www.metlife.com
Good information on family issues.
Talking with Kids
http://www.talkingwithkids.org
Information on tough topics that we need to talk to kids about, for parents, teachers and anyone who works with kids.
Download Worksheets for Students
http://www.freeworksheets.com
For those students who may need some extra help on a vast variety of subject areas. Would have been great for summer... but I just found it.
National Parent Information Network
http://ericps.ed.uiuc.edu
Children Partnership
http://childrenpartnership.org
Great site for working with parents
http://www.cdt.org/speech/empower.html
Site of the paper entitled "Internet Family Empowerment White Paper: How Filtering Tools Enable Responsible Parents to Protect Their Children Online"
Family Education
http://www.familyeducation.com
National Parent Information Network
http://www.npin.org
EduPlace
http://www.eduplace.com/
Great links to other sites
Children, Youth, and Family Consortium
http://www.fsci.umn.edu/cyfe
An electronic forum of published research, sponsored by the U. of Minnesota
Family
http://www.family.com
Children, Youth, and Family Center
http://www.cyfe.umn.edu/index
Good general information on all aspects of dealing with children and youth
Positive Parenting
http://www.positiveparenting.com
Net Mom
http://www.netmom.com
Homework Heaven
http://www.homeworkheaven.com
School Work
http://www.schoolwork.org
Parent Soup
http://www.parentsoup.com/
Parent Soup for parenting tips; EXCELLENT
Children's Partnership
http://www.childrenspartnership.org
Parent's guide to the information superhighway
Ultimate Kids Site
http://www.vivdus.com/ucis.htm
Adolescent Directory Online
http://education.indiana.edu/cas/adol/adol.html
An online electronic guide to information regarding adolescent issues and secondary education; including a page for teenagers
Kidsource
http://kidsource.com
Too Cool For Grownups
http://www.tcfg.com
This site is for kids that is both educational and entertaining.
Consumer Information
http://www.consumer.gov
Lots of information for the consumer.
http://www.pueblo.gsa.gov
More info
Ask Jeeves for Kids
http://www.ajkids.com
A great search engine site for students called Ask Jeeves for Kids. Just ask a question and resources are listed. Very entertaining or helpful for homework
Parent's EduSource
http://www.wimall.com/edustar/index30.html
This is the Parent's EduSource site. Good parenting information and interesting links.
Searchopolis
http://www.searchopolis.com
A "filtered" search engine for students and teens. Many links for references to help with homework, projects, or any reference need. Easy to use and "loaded" with great info.
Study Web
http://www.studyweb.com
homework helper - great for kids and parents too
American Library Association
http://ala.org/parentspage/greatsites
Many "child friendly" Internet Sites
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Health & Mental Health
NEW! Merck Manual
http://www.merck.com
It is the greatest medical resource - now online free.
NEW! Cancer Page
http://www.cancerpage.com
Background information and links.
American Medical Association Health Guide
http://www.ama-assn.org/consumer/gnrl.htm
One stop shopping for general health concerns.
America's Doctor
http://www.AmericasDoctor.com
Real MDs with real advice. Always get a second opinion, but these types of sites are growing. Just consider the source. It's free. No diagnosis or treatment, just facts.
MedScape
http://www.medscape.com
You must sign up for access - free - all areas of medicine covered. Weekly E-mail updates.
Pediatric Database
http://www.icondata.com/health/pedbase/pedlynx.htm
This is a database of most child illnesses and treatment. A good resource on those diseases you never heard of. Please check with a physician to verify the information.
Mental Health Net
http://cmhc.com
Everything you wanted to know about mental health and additional links
New York Online Access to Health
http://www.noah.cuny.edu/
Excellent information on medical and mental health conditions; click on Health Topics; (English & Spanish)
Kid's Health
http://kidshealth.org
great resource on health and behavior management issues; also updates pediatricians on various childhood illnesses. Nifty opening page.
Health Web
http://www.hsinfo.ghsl.edu/healthweb
Many diseases defined
Dr. C. Everett Koop's Site
http://www.drkoop.com
An informative and up-to-date web site by C. Everett Koop, former U.S. Surgeon General, and has many good ideas on better health for all, infants through adults.
Dr. Andrew Weil's Site
http://www.drweil.com
A web site by Dr. Andrew Weil's "alternative" medicine site. Flu season is upon us.
National Organization for Rare Disorder's, Inc.
http://www.rarediseases.org
Good information on rare childhood diseases.
US Department of Health & Human Services
http://www.hhs.gov/kids
Web site for kids on health
Tufts University Nutrition Navigator
http://navigator.tufts.edu
A fabulous site and links on all health and nutrition areas.
SAMSHA Managed Care Home Page
http://www.samhsa.gov/mc/mancare.htm
Freevibe
http://www.freevibe.com
Site for 10-13 year olds on drug prevention
Partnership for a Drug-Free America
http://drugfreeamerica.org
A moving obituary for teens who use drugs and other info
Mental Health Network
http://www.mentalhealth.com
all you want to know about a wide variety of mental disorders.
InteliHealth
http://aetnaushc.com
A wonderful site on all health issues by Aetna Insurance and John Hopkins Medical School
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Psychology - Miscellaneous
Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports
http://www.pbis.org
Site from University of Oregon; lots of good info on FBA and behavioral intervention.
Drop Out Prevention
http://www.dropoutprevention.org
Global School Psychology Network
http://www.dac.neu.edu/cp/consult
A professional development community for school psychologists. Run by Lou Kruger at Northeastern University.
Psychology Periodicals
http://www.hanover.edu
Some valuable psychology periodical available here
Psychiatry On Line
http://priory.co.uk/psych.htm
Good psychiatric slant. From England.
Priory Lodge Education
http://priory.com
Many good psychology references and general psychology information.
Shane Jimerson's site
http://www.education.ucsb.edu/~jimerson/dp.html
(sometimes you do not need the .dp.html). Shane Jimerson's - University of California at Santa Barbara - Home Page covers childhood developmental psychopathology and other interesting and up-to-date information about children's issues. Takes time to see it all! Shows what can be educationally accomplished on the Internet.
School Based Intervention Team - Syracuse City Schools
http://www.scsd.k12.ny.us/sbit/index.htm
Syracuse City School District. Lots on intervention and consultation.
Sandy Steingart's School Psychology Resources
http://www.schoolpsychology.net
a great place to start looking for school psychology information - besides NASP of course!
Allyn & Bacon Publisher Site
http://www.abacon.com/internetguides
This is publisher's Allyn & Bacon's site for links. See Psychology area and get ready to learn about all you slept through in college! Their Education Psychology site by Woolfolk has great links too (http://www.abacon.com/woolfolk) They also have a new Internet Guide for $9.95 (free to their textbook adopters) called Quick Guide to the Internet for Psychology 1999 by Whitford & Gotthoffer. Great resource for the general field of psychology
"Functional Behavioral Assessment" Resource
http://www.air-dc.org/cecp/resources/problembehavior/main.htm
A site where you can get a nice handout on "Functional Behavioral Assessment". (See Sandy Steingart's site - School Psychology Resources - for more on this topic - a link on NASP's page)
Lafayette School District in California
http://www.lafsd.k12.ca.us/special_ed/index.html
This site is set up by the local school psychologists in Lafayette California
National Safe Schools Site
http://www.nwrel.org/safe
New site for safe schools information
Keep Schools Safe Site
http://www.keepschoolssafe.org
Sponsored by National School Boards and National Association of Attorneys General. Many good links too.
Curry School of Education at University of Virginia - Youth Violence site
http://curry/edschool.virginia.edu/go/youthvio
Evaluation - Program evaluation
http://www.eval.org
Great site if you do program evaluation
Planet Press
http://www.planetpress.org/linkx.htm
many psychology links
Center for the Future of Children
http://www.futureofchildren.org
Journal on the web
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Crisis Sites
American Psychological Association
http://helping.apa.org
Information on helping with school violence and trauma
National Victim's Assistance Organization
http://www.try-nova.org
Crisis information for everyone
William & Mary University
http://www.wm.edu/TTAC
Click on Articles and under Challenging Behaviors find information on Crisis Information; also other valuable information
American Red Cross
http://www.redcross.org
American Indian Suicide Prevention site
http://www.indian-suicide.org
Federal Emergency Management Agency;
http://www.fema/emi/cert/index.htm
Crisis Emergency Response Team information
Federal Emergency Management Agency
http://www.fema.org/
kids information too
Project Linus
http://www.projectlinus.org
State by state listing for getting blankets for those who are traumatized.
Trauma Resource Area
http://www.sidran.org/casa.html
American Counseling Association (ACA)
http://www.counseling.org/consumer_media/
Three handouts
Internet Mental Health Resources
http://www.med.nyu.edu/Psych/src.psych.html
Essential Information on Trauma & Dissociation
http://www.mcs.net/~kathyw/trauma.html
David Baldwin's Trauma Information
http://www.trauma-pages.com
from Oregon with excellent information and links
The International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies
http://www.istss.org
The American Academy of Experts in Traumatic Stress
http://www.aaets.org/tnesp.htm
National Center for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder - VA Hospital
http://datmouth.edu/dms/ptsd/
PTSD Resources Web Page
http://www.long-beach.va.gov/ptsd/stress.html
Infoseek Search engine PTSD Link
http://infoseek.go.com/WebDir/Health/Mental_health
PTSD Bibliography
http://www.sover.net/~schwcof/ptsd.html
American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
http://www.aacap.org/clinical/Ptsdsum.htm
Other good handouts too
Gift From Within
http://www.sourcemaine.com/gift/
Several references on trauma
Child Abuse
National Committee to Prevent Child Abuse
http://www.childabuse.org
The Administration for Children and Families - Department of Health and Human Services
http://www.acf.dhhs.gov
Child Abuse and Neglect Clearinghouse
http://www.calib.com/nccanch
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Education - Miscellaneous
NEW! Light Span
http://lightspan.com
For kids, parents, and teachers, etc., lots of school ideas; somewhat commercial but still much free 'stuff.'
NEW! Bartleby
http://bartleby.com
Free books and great reference materials.
NEW! Student Guide for Financial Aid
http://www.ed.gov/prog_info/SFA/StudentGuide/2000-1
Comprehensive resource on student financial aid - free.
Encyclopedia Britannica
http://www.britannica.com
Free, extensive access to the world's largest encyclopedia. Many extras and links. (This is a different site from www.eb.com.)
Project Gutenberg
http://www.gutenberg.net/list.html
A resource for many valuable manuscripts, many out of print. Will have over 3,000 books by 2001.
Teacher Net
http://www.teachernet.com
Lots of info for teachers
Study Web
http://www.studyweb.com
A place to find help on everything from grammar and composition to math and science.
ERIC Clearinghouse on Disabilities and Gifted Education
http://ericec.org
Joint Committee on Testing Practices
http://apa.org/science/jctpweb.html
Testing practices are undergoing revisions. Look up the status and provide input. NASP is at the table too.
National Occupational Information Coordinating Committee
http://www.noicc.gov
For career information
School Page
http://www.schoolpage.com
Information on many school issues.
ERIC Consolidated Web Site
http://aspensys.com/eric
All ERIC Clearinghouses can be accessed through this site.
Center for Future of Teaching and Learning
http://www.cftl.org
Meta-analysis article on reading
Phi Delta Kappan
http://www.pdkintl.org
Excellent links and many entire whole articles
Administration for Children and Families
http://www.acf.dhhs.gov
Good source of information and statistics on a braod range of federal programs for children and families
ASK ERIC
http://www.ericr.syr.edu
ASK ERIC allows for specific research searches
ERIC Research Digests
http://ed.gov/databases/ERIC_Digests/index/
Full resource of over 1,600 2 page research syntheses (ERIC Digests)
School Law resources
http://access.didex.net
MegaSkills, Inc.
http://www.megaskillshsi.org/home.htm
Site by Dorothy Rich; great education ideas for parents and teachers.
USA Today Newspaper Education Page
http://www.usatoday.com/educate/home.htm
Great synopsis of what is new in education. Done in conjunction wit the US Department of Education.
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Fun
NEW! Minute Meals
http://www.minutemeals.com
Tired after a long WISC-III? Gourmet meals - quick! Updated weekly. Bon appetit.
NEW! Puzzle Factory
http://thepuzzlefactory.com
A variety of games and puzzles online. More fun.
NEW! Urban Legends
http://urbanlegends.com/ulz
Hoaxes and other false e-mails. Check here before you pass on 'facts' which are fiction. Check out Zeitgeist button at the end of the page.
NEW! Dancing Smiles
http://www.funlaugh.com/smiledance.html
From my daughter Katie to you! Enjoy - be happy! Check out their home page too. It is a 'laugh.'
Positive Sayings of the Day
http://www.positivepress.org/saying
To keep you going each day. Lots of ads but...
Ask Jeeves
http://www.ask.com
Can answer many of your most pressing questions; very different search site and fun.
Purdue University Virtual Reference Desk
http://thorplus.lib.purdue.edu/reference/index.html
Real Audio
http://www.real.com
Download a audio/video media software (G2) and listen to radio shows or video clips form across the world. Free for 6 months.
Terra Server - Microsoft
http://www.terraserver.mircrosoft.com
Russian spy satellite's photos of "your" house
National Geographic
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/voices
Give your new multimedia computer a workout with many great pictures and voices.
Travelocity
http://www.travelocity.com
Primo travel site
Travel City
http://www.travelcity.com
NASA
http://ksc.nasa.gov
Pathfinder
http://www/pathfinder.com
Many of your favorite magazines here
Amazon - CD's Music & Books
http://www.amazon.com
Food and Wine site
http://foodwine.com
Work Zone
http://workzone.net
Looking for a new job/career? Look here
WHATIS
http://www.whatis.com
A super site that defines every computer term, A-Z , simply!
ZDNET
http://www.zdnet.com
Source for all computer downloads you may want; try
http://www.pccomputing.com, too
Learn2
http://www.learn2.com
A site to learn about most anything with "2torials"
How Things Work
http://www.howthingswork.com
How does that thing work? - fascinating place to find out!
Game Center
http://gamecenter.com
The place for all you game downloads and cheat codes!
AP News
http://www.wire.ap.org
Direct and current news source 24 hors a day
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Humor Sites
Darwin Awards
http://www.darwinawards.com
This site is for fun! Find out how 'real' people die doing the most incredibly stupid things. It is what e-mails were made for! When you think you have problems - try this out.
Humor Matters
http://www.humormatters.com
From Ginny Pfohl - my surfing wife
American Association for Therapeutic Humor
http://www.AATH.org
Humor & Health Journal
http://www.intop.net/~jrdunn/index.html
Spam!
http://www.spamm.net
Tales that will make you question the sanity of people (from USA Today). We do it everyday!
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