URLs for Parents of Children with Diverse Needs

ALLIANCE National Parent Technical Assistance Center (NPTAC)
The ALLIANCE National Parent Technical Assistance Center (NPTAC) provides Parent Centers, Parent Training and Information Centers (PTIs) and Community Parent Resource Centers (CPRCs), with innovative technical assistance, up-to-date information, and high quality resources and materials.
www.taalliance.org

Family Voices of California
Family Voices of California (FVCA) is a statewide collaborative of locally-based parent run centers working to ensure quality health care for children and youth with special health care needs.

www.familyvoicesofca.org

IMPACT
IMPACT is a California statewide all-volunteer, non-profit organization of parents, teachers and professionals serving deaf and hard-of-hearing children. Established in 1986 by 12 parents, IMPACT has a current membership of over 300 and is supported and encouraged by a host of organizations that serve the deaf community.

www.impactfamilies.org

Hands & Voices
Hands & Voices is a nationwide non-profit organization dedicated to supporting families and their children who are deaf or hard of hearing, as well as the professionals who serve them.
www.handsandvoices.org

American Society for Deaf Children
The American Society for Deaf Children supports and educates families of deaf and hard of hearing children and advocates for high quality programs and services.
www.deafchildren.org

REL Northeast & Islands - Policy Challenges Webinar: Supporting the Transition to the Common Core State Standards in Mathematics

Policy Challenges Webinar:

Supporting the Transition to the

Common Core State Standards in

Mathematics Webinar

Thursday, October 6, 2011
3:00–4:30 PM EDT

Breaking Through Barriers to Learning

Technology has expanded the learning opportunities for students across the nation - and particularly for those with special needs. Although school budgets are limited, investing in assistive technology can help special-needs students learn, while helping schools in the process.

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Source: eSchool News

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www.connecting-online.ning.com

www.nicenet.org

http://EnglishCafe.com

Breaking Through Barriers to Learning

Go to eSN Online today and: • Find out how to be a leader in assistive technology • Learn which programs are succeeding and why • Discover five key trends in assistive technology • See how special-needs students are benefiting from new technologies

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Technology has expanded the learning opportunities for students across the nation--and particularly for those with special needs, such as students with reading disabilities or vision impairment. Although school budgets are limited, investing in assistive technology can help schools navigate Adequate Yearly Progress and can give teachers a new way to help special-needs students improve their learning and boost achievement.

With the generous support of Care Innovations-- a combination of GE Healthcare's Home Health Division and Intel Corp.'s Digital Health Group--we've assembled this collection of eSchool News stories, along with other relevant content, to help you choose wisely when investing in assistive technology.

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Find pi with Your Windows 7 Calculator

What you need to do is to open the Windows 7 calculator by clicking Start and typing calc into the Search box. Hit Enter or click the calculator icon that appears in the list…

This will open up the calculator. Now, click on View and choose Scientific. Alternately, you can press Alt+2 to enable scientific mode.

Once in scientific mode, press the letter P on your keyboard.

Source: WorldStart's Computer Tips

Clear Specific Site Cookies in Internet Explorer 9

This for anybody using IE9 that wants to get rid of the cookie data from one particular website and keep everything else. Simply browse to the site you want to delete cookies from and hit F12 on your keyboard.

This will open up the developer console – a mysterious and potentially scary place – although we only need it for one thing. Click Cache and then Clear cookies for domain towards the bottom.

It’ll ask you if you’re sure…Click Yes.

Source: WorldStart's Computer Tips. http://www.worldstart.com/