Resources for Meeting Special Challenges
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Favorite recommendations from HSC members.
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An HSC page on resources
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Internet Chats
Available online for a number of challenges. Contact Carol Edson for information, hscce@aol.com, or (925) 455-0465-
Email list of California families who are (or are interested in) homeschooling their special needs children.
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An information resource by parents and teachers of children who had once suffered the effects of undiagnosed vision problems.
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Information on software and hardware for persons with varied limitations in motor, vision, learning, hearing, or cognitive skills.
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Resources and information about sensory integration.
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Tools to overcome problems with reading, writing and attention focus.
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Offering New Perspectives on Dyslexia.
Lindamood-Bell's Auditory Discrimination
In-depth program (and other programs) on CD-ROM and in workshops.-
Thousands of unabridged titles by favorite authors, narrated by critically acclaimed actors.
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Non-profit, for those with documented visual impairment, learning disability or other physical disability which makes reading standard print difficult or impossible.
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Program developed by an occupational therapist and handwriting specialist.
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Twenty-one Regional Centers serving mental retardation, cerebral palsy, epilepsy and autism. For referrals to you area (for any age child).
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A catalog of materials and books for children with special needs.
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Offers a variety of programs for language acquisition.
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Offers workshops, social events, and a summer camp for the deaf and hard of hearing.
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Free medical services for orthopedically challenged and burn victims.
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Articles in the site of the National Home Education Network.
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An A-Z Home's Cool page of articles.
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Sharon Hensley, an educational consultant.
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The website of Dr. Mel Levine, author of The Myth of Laziness, offers help for students that struggle with learning.
