Class Presentations

• Schedule

 

Exams  Study guides will be updated and posted

• Study Guide for Exam I
• Study Guide for Exam II
• Study Guide for Exam III 

Class Notes & Powerpoint

• Chapt 1.  Introduction  and  Printable text

• Chapt 2.  Developmental Framework  added  Printable text

• Chapt 3 & 16  Assessment  and   Printable text

• Chapt. 17  Treatment and Printable text

• Schools & Parents  Class presentation and Printable text

• Chapt 4  Developmental Disability and Handout and must watch the following

  • What is Intellectual Disability?

    Concept Media Nursing

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZMJAgdMBPsg

     

  • On Down—Down Syndrome

    Secrets of the Sequence, Virginia Commonwealth University

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bEVkbuooXo4

     

  • Down Syndrome in the 21^st Century

    The Down Syndrome Association of Central Texas

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I13KxRYqoo0

• Chapt 5 Autism Spectrum Disorders and Handout

  • The Brain: Autism (Annenberg)

    Be sure to scroll down and click on the VOD symbol

     

• Chapt 7 Learning Disabilities and Handout

• Chapt 7 ADHD and Handout

• Chapt 6 & 10 Externalizing Disorders/Conduct Problems and Handout

• Chapt 8 Anxiety and Handout

• Chapt 6 & 9 Depression and Handout

  • Frontline:  A Class Divided  (Note:  The original version was called The Eye of the Storm)

• Chapt 14 & 15 Maltreatment and Handout

  • Foster Care Handout

 

• Chapt 12  Eating Disorders and Handout

Extra Credit

Click here for a description of extra credit opportunities

Additional Resources

• Online Learning Center for Developmental Psychopathology

• Mash and Wolfe Online Resources  Abnormal Child Psychology

• Legislative and historical information and resources

  • Massachusetts Dept. of Education.  Office of Special Education Planning and Programs

  • US Dept. of Education.  Office for Special Education Programs

  • Federation for Children with Special Needs (MA)

  • National Information Center for Children and Youth with Disabilities (NICHCY)

  • NICHCY Training materials re:  IDEA 97

  • Side by side comparisons of IDEA 97 and IDEA04:  Wrightslaw, National Association of State Directors of Special Education

• DSM-IV information and links by Psychnet UK.  Information sheets for individual DSM-IV disorders and additional disorders not classified on the DSM are listed alphabetically at the bottom of page.

• Family Village:  Resource for individuals with cognitive and intellectual disabilities and their families sponsored by the Waisman Center, University of Wisconsin Madison

• Frontline on neuroanatomical changes in the adolescent brain

• Brain anatomy and physiology descriptions and links

• SSRI treatment for depression: What is the mechanism?  American Scientist paper reprinted by BLTC.com

  • AACAP Psychiatric medication for children and adolescents,  Part I,  Part II

  • AACAP  Browse Facts for Families brochures

• LD Online:  Comprehensive source for Learning Disability information and support

• WrightsLaw:  Comprehensive source for special education law and advocacy

• Richard Lavoie talks about his F.A.T. City workshop

• The Advocacy Center New York organization designed to support individuals with disabilities and their families.  Extensive resources and links.

• Learning Disabilities Association of America:  resources and links

• Side by side comparisons of IDEA 97 and IDEA04 on Wrightslaw 

• Dyslexia Awareness Resource Center.  Info and resources on dyslexia and treatment methods. 

• References/bibliography for various areas of disability 

• Assessment accommodations: 

  • State testing accommodations

  • NCEO Accommodations resources

  • Future of Children ( Spring, 1996) Special Education for Students with Disabilities

• Search the Gale Encyclopedia of Childhood and Adolescence