Annotated Guide to a Parent's Research for Gifted Children
http://www.stephanietolan.com/is_it_a_cheetah.htm
Is It A Cheetah? by Stephanie Tolan. This essay uses the analogy of identifying, classifying, and caging a cheetah to address some of the problems associated with raising, teaching, or being a gifted child. Good light reading.

http://www.nexus.edu.au/teachstud/gat/evanss.htm
Acceleration: A Legitimate Means of Meeting the Needs of Gifted Children, by Dr. Sarah Evans. The "best of the bunch," this critical review of accelerative methods and motivations thoroughly examines arguments both for and against acceleration in all its forms.

http://www.gifteddevelopment.com/
www.Whatwe'velearned.html
What We Have Learned About Gifted Children, by Linda Silverman. Key findings indicate that gifted children need different teaching methods from non-gifted learners, and that gifted children have better social adjustment in classes with children like themselves, whether age-peer gifted or intellectual peers.

http://www.edweek.org/ew/vol-16/07winner.h16
The Miseducation of Our Gifted Children, by Ellen Winner, in Education Week. Providing special education to gifted children offends our egalitarian sensibilities, but we need to recognize the importance of appropriate education techniques to teaching gifted children.

http://www.hoagiesgifted.org/struggle.htm
Struggle, Challenge, and Meaning: The Education of a Gifted Child, by Valerie Bock. Gifted children deserve the same opportunities as other children to test their mettle and emerge victorious, and to experience the rewards of meaningful work.

http://www.hoagiesgifted.org/enrichment.htm
Horizontal Enrichment versus Vertical Acceleration, by Draper Kauffman, Ed.D. Items with standard 2nd grade vocabulary and standard explanations are unlikely to interest a gifted 2nd grader.

http://www.hoagiesgifted.org/wish_list.htm
Parents Wish List for Educators, Jean Schweers, Ed.D. "We, the parents of gifted and talented students, wish schools, administrators, and teachers would. . . ."

Hoagies' Gifted Education Page
http://www.hoagiesgifted.org/
This extensive site helps meet the needs of parents and educators of gifted children. Included are articles, research, books, organizations, conferences, online support groups, academic programs, products, and organizations that support gifted education locally, nationally, and globally.

Exceptional Education Federal Regulations
http://www.ideapractices.org/lawandregs.htm
This site posts newly released federal regulations for exceptional children.

Selective Mutism
http://www.lib.muohio.edu/edpsych/wwwboard/messages/17.html
http://www.anxietynetwork.com/spsm.html

Anxiety Disorders Association of America
http://www.adaa.org

Association for the Advancement of Behavior Therapy
http://www.aabt.org

Selective Mutism Foundation
http://www.orgsites.com/fl/selectivemutismfoundation

Family Village Selective Mutism Page
http://laran.waisman.wisc.edu/fv/www/lib_selmutism.htm

Suite 101: Special Education Site
http://www.suite101.com/welcome.cfm/special_education
This site rates the top five Web sites for special education. It also contains current featured articles and links for parents with children in special education.

American Association of Mental Retardation
http://www.aamr.org
This is an online resource for publications, training, careers, conventions, policies, and resources.

Bureau for At Risk Youth
http://www.at-risk.com
This is a resource site to help today's youth cope with important issues that face them. It includes an at risk resources directory, an issues forum, a buyer's guide, and a free catalogue order form.

At-Risk Directed Research and Publications
http://www.ed.gov/offices/OERI/At-Risk/direct1.html
This site outlines successful at-risk programs.

ADHD/ADD Regulation Site
http://www.ed.gov/offices/OSERS/IDEA/Brief-6.html
This is a Web site that offers access to federal regulations online via GPO access. It contains a browse feature and also contains final regulations on Brief 6 for children with ADD/ADHD‹March 1999.

ADD Assessment
http://www.amenclinic.com
Dr. Daniel Amen has a fascinating Web site that has a huge source of resources related to ADD/ADHD. One of his books, Windows Into the ADD Mind, is great reading for someone interested in the subject.

Children and Adults with Attention Deficit Disorder (CHADD)
http://www.chadd.com

ADD Newsletter
http://www.helpforadd.com
In addition to this site, David Rabiner also publishes an online newsletter entitled ADHD research update. There is a modest cost for the online research newsletter however David offers free issues for review.

The ADD/ADHD/LD Links and Resources Page
http://www.angelfire.com/ny/Debsimms/add.html

ADD Main Table of Contents
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Fifty Tips on the Classroom Management of Attention Deficit Disorder
http://www3.sympatico.ca/frankk/50class.html

LD in Depth: ADD/ADHD Resources
http://www.ldonline.org/ld_indepth/add_adhd/add-adhd.html

Attention Deficit Disorder in the Classroom
http://www.chadd.org/factsheetpdfs/factsheet4.pdf

National Attention Deficit Disorder Association
http://www.add.org./

ADD Warehouse
http://www.addwarehouse.com
1-800-233-9273
Related Sites:
http://www.sciam.com/1998/0998issue/0998barkley.html
http://www.mentalhealth.com/dis-rs/frs-ch01.html

ADDHELP-Attention Deficit Disorder-Solutions for Teachers and Parents of ADD/ADHD Kids
http://www.addhelp.com
This site has a lot of great tips as well as information about how to order a really good book on the subject.

ADD/Parent Site
http://www.med.virginia.edu/medicine/clinical/pediatrics/devbeh/adhdlin/
This site was created by a teacher who has an ADD-ADHD child. There is a lot of information on this site and is very well worth the time it will take to look it over.

ADHD/Special Needs Resources: Kids Who Thrive "Outside the Box!"
http://adhd.kids.tripod.com
Grade Level: K-12, Parent & Professional

Teaching Tips: ADHD
http://www.central.edu/education/REX/adhd.html
This site includes helpful information for dealing with the ADHD student in your classroom, including good teaching tips and strategies for the teacher.

Adults with Attention Deficit Disorder
Email: adult@maelstrom.stjohns.edu
Daily Health News
http://yourhealthdaily.com
Outstanding Kid's Resource Page
http://school.discovery.com/homeworkhelp/bjpinchbeck

National Foundation for Gifted and Creative Children
http://www.nfgcc.org
Financial Aid Scholarship Search
http://www.studentservices.com/fastweb/
College Applications
http://www.petersons.com/
Government Education Publications
http://www.ed.gov/pubs/parents
Download ADA Handbook
http://trace.wisc.edu/gofr_web/handbook.html

ADA-related Information 800-669-EEOC
ADD-ONS P.O. Box 675, Frankfort, IL 60423
ADDA 800-487-2282
ADDult News 2620 Ivy Place, Toledo, OH 43613
ADDvantage P.O. Box 29972, Thornton, CO 80229
Advocacy, Incorporated 800-252-9108
Ch.A.D.D. 800-233-4050
Challenge, Incorporated P.O. Box 488, West Newbury, MA
01985
Learning Disabilities Association 412-340-1515
National Center For Law and 301-469-8308
Learning Disabilities, Incorporated

ACT Web Site‹Information for Life's Transitions
http://www.act.org

Closed Captioning Web
http://www.captions.org
This site has information accessible to students with hearing impairments, ESL, and other language difficulties. Links to companies that provide nonprofessional captioning software are available so that, for a relatively small fee, counselors can caption their own educational materials.

Disability Information and Resources
http://www.makoa.org
A directory of many disability resources. This site contains links to general disability resources, newsletters, Web sites on people with disabilities, a disability-solutions page, and current political stances of disability.

Dyslexia
http://www.dyslexia.com
The Gift is an online information center dedicated to the positive side of learning disability as well as to remedial therapies and teaching methods suited to the dyslexic learning style.

Internet Resources for Special Children
http://www.irsc.org<br> Information for parents, educators, medical professionals, and others who interact with children who have disabilities.

MedWeb
http://www.medweb.emory.edu/medweb/default.htm
Contains links to an array of disability-related information.

Organizations and Associations Worldwide for Down Syndrome
http://www.nas.com/downsyn/org.html
Includes contact information and links, when available, to worldwide associations for Down Syndrome.

Parent Soup
http://www.parentsoup.com/edcentral/LD
Parent Soup is a parenting library about learning disabilities and dyslexia. It contains articles ranging from memory problems to treatment.

Recording for the Blind and Dyslexic (RFB&D)
http://www.rfbd.org
A national nonprofit organization that serves people who cannot read standard print because of a visual, perceptual, or other physical disability. The organization also offers the nonprofit sale of dictionaries, reference materials, and professional books on computer disk (E-text), and specially adapted tape players/recorders to use with their audio books.

The Sibling Support Project Home Page
http://www.chmc.org/departmt/sibsupp
Dedicated to the interests of brothers and sisters of people with special health and developmental needs, this site offers information about workshops, existing sibling programs, resources, and SibNet (a list service for siblings of people with special needs.

National Academy for Child Development (NACD)
http://www.nacd.org
An international organization of parents and professionals dedicated to helping children and adults reach their full potential, NACD designs very specific home educational and therapeutic programs for infants, children, and adults.

The James Stanfield Publishing Company
http://www.stanfield.com
The most respected library of educational materials available today for students with cognitive challenges, the company provides texts for programs about assertion training, sexuality education, social skills, and working skills.

UPSIDE!
http://www.telebyte.com/upside/upside.html

http://www.rarediseases.org
NORD is a federation of more than 140 not-for-profit volunteer health organizations serving people with rare disorders and disabilities.

Kids Together, Inc.
http://www.kidstogether.org
The mission statement of this nonprofit organization is "To promote inclusive communities where all people belong." The site provides helpful information and resources to enhance the quality of life for children and adults with disabilities, and for communities. Businesses can take advantage of the numerous marketing opportunities offered by the Kids Together Day Festival.

Multicultural Discovery Activities for the Elementary Grades
By Elizabeth Stull. Contains 150 reproducible pages addressing a variety of cultures. MarCo Products 1-800-448-2197

The School Counselor's Book of Lists
1-800-288-4745. Ask for title code C1293-4.

Bullying Online
http://www.successunlimited.co.uk
http://www.successunlimited.co.uk/bullycide/child.htm

More Bullying Sites
http://www.esu3.org/districts/millard/south/guid/msguid.html
http://guidance.www.comm.com

Healthy Oakland Teens Curriculum
http://www.caps.ucsf.edu/curricula/hotcurr.html
The Healthy Oakland Teens curriculum is divided into six teacher-led sessions and eight peer-led sessions available for download.

Electronic Schoolhouse
http://www.eschoolhouse.com
http://teachnet.com

Suicide Resources for Teachers
http://www.himh.org.au/response-ability/index.htm

Employers, Families, and Education
http://www.ed.gov/pubs/EmpFamEd
This site tells how employers can improve education through family-friendly business policies and partnerships with local schools. The Corporative Imperative: Results and Benefits of Business Involvement in Education explores how businesses can create strategic education alliances that meet business objectives and promote systemic education change.