Links

School Psychologists Personal Webpages 


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National Organizations

National Association of School Psychologists

National Education Association


Michigan Organizations

Michigan Department of Education

Michigan Education Association


Psychology

American Psychiatric Association

American Psychological Association

Mental Health America (formerly known as the National Mental Health Association)

School Psychology Resources for Psychologists, Parents and Educators


Learning Disabilities/Response to Intervention

National Association of School Psychologists www.nasponline.org, has a variety of resource materials and helpful factsheets for parents. Also see the report of the 2004 LD Roundtable posted on the NASP website.

National Association of State Directors of Special Education - www.nasdse.org, see the document: Response to Intervention: Policy Considerations and Implementation

National Center for Learning Disabilities - www.ld.org, provides essential information, promotes research and programs to foster effective learning, and advocates for policies to protect and strengthen educational rights and opportunities.

National Joint Committee on Learning Disabilities (NJCLD) - www.ldonline.org/njcld, is comprised of organizations committed to the education and welfare of individuals with learning disabilities. See the paper: Responsiveness to Intervention and Learning Disabilities http://www.ldonline.org/pdf/rti_final_august_2005.pdf 

National Research Center on Learning Disabilities - Responsiveness to Intervention (RTI) has gained momentum as a means of determining learning disabilities in school-age students. NRCLD has undertaken a number of activities examining RTI best practices and offer the results on their website at http://www.nrcld.org.

The National Center on Student Progress Monitoring - www.studentprogress.org, provides information and technical assistance to implement progress monitoring techniques.

The National Research Center on Learning Disabilities (NRCLD) - DIBELS - The Dynamic Indicators of Basic Early Literacy Skills (DIBELS) are standardized, individually administered measures of early literacy development. They are designed to be short fluency measures used to monitor the development of pre-reading and early reading skills.

Florida Center for Reading Research (FCRR) - established a review process to analyze reading curricula and materials; website has reports about reading programs.http://www.fcrr.org/

National Reading Panel - The National Reading Panel published their findings on research based reading in two reports and a video, "Teaching Children to Read." They also identified effective instructional strategies for teaching students with reading difficulties. http://www.nationalreadingpanel.org

Reading Rockets - a national multimedia project offering information and resources on how young kids learn to read, why so many struggle, and how caring adults can help.http://www.readingrockets.org/

Response to Intervention (RTI) within a Problem-Solving Model -
Building a Foundation by Scientifically Based Progress Monitoring

by Mark R. Shinn, Ph.D., National Louis University
Mark Shinn RTI presentation.pdf, a 19-page (76-slide) presentation in PDF File format (2.67MB)


Intervention Central - MASP Fall Conference 2007 Materials

On October 28, 2007, Jim Wright presented two back-to-back workshops at the Fall Conference of the Michigan Association of School Psychologists (MASP). His workshop topics were RTI: Strategies for Working With 'Emotionally Unpredictable' & Defiant Kids (Session 1) and An Introduction to RTI Intervention Planning Teams (Session 2).

Follow this link to find selected resources from these training sessions.


Vocational Resources for Older Students

Partners in Employment, a self-study course designed to help people with developmental disabilities find meaningful jobs and jumpstart their careers.

Disability Training Videos & Resources

Skills for Today's Workforce: Communication Skills, Workplace Skills, Life Skills, Literacy Skills


Medications

Common Psychiatric Medications

Partners in Education, a self-study course designed to help parents of children with developmental disabilities navigate the special education system.


Behavioral Interventions

Intervention Central Tools for Educators


Jobs

NASP Career Center

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