PPS January 26, 2009 Inservice







January 26, 2009 Inservice

"Websites for you and your Students"


Presented by

Cindy Glew, Pittsburgh Public Schools
Andrea Morris, The Watson Institute










Websites with FREE Resources



Cindy's Autistic Support
www.cindysautisticsupport.com
Activities from my classroom and all of my favorite links.



The Watson Institute
www.thewatsoninstitute.org
Lots of teacher resources, ideas, and printable social stories.



Sparkle Box
www.sparklebox.co.uk
This site has a variety of colorful, useful printables.



DLTK Kids
www.dltk-kids.com
Lots of cute, printable crafts and more.



www.kansasasd.com
This site has a variety of visuals, training materials and social stories.



www.carlscorner.us.com
This site has reading resources. Lots of ideas and printables.



E-Learning
elearning.autism.net
Lots of free, printable ready to use visuals.



AdaptedLearning.com
A new site from Mayer-Johnson! This site provides an endless amount of Boardmaker files!
You must have Boardmaker to open the files.



MES-English.com
www.mes-english.com
Tons of free, printables to use in the classroom.



eslflashcards.com
www.eslflashcards.com
Lots of colorful, useful, free flashcards to print.



Teach Children ESL
www.teachchildrenesl.com/index.html
Free printables



Visual Aids for Learning
www.visualaidsforlearning.com
Some free, printable, visuals to help people learn everyday activities.



Spectronics Symbol Activity Exchange
Assistive Technology Team

www.spectronicsinoz.com/activities/
Lots of free, printable Boardmaker activities.



Augmentative/Alternative Communication
speech.jppss.k12.la.us Click "AAC"
Lots of free, printable Boardmaker activities.
Click the links on the left for more activities.
You need the Boardmaker CD in order to view some of the printables.



Autism4Teachers
www.autism4teachers.com
Created by a group of behavior specialists and
teachers of students with autism.
Lots of downloads and helpful information.



Slater Software Inc.
www.slatersoftware.com
Free, printable activity files for students with autism



More Slater Software Inc.
www.slatersoftware.com
More free stuff



Autism Classroom
www.autismchatboard.com
Includes information on setting up a classroom, a parent's page, an educator's page, information for paraprofessionals and lots of free printables.



CurriculumSET
www.setbc.org/curriculumset
Activities for elementary, middle & secondary students.



Adapted Books
schools.nyc.gov/Offices/District75/Departments/Literacy/AdaptedBooks
Adapted books made with Boardmaker from the New York City Department of Education.



Mrs. Jones Room
www.mrsjonesroom.com/teachers/minibooks.html
Lots of links to pages with free, printable books.



PictureSET
www.setbc.org/pictureset
Lots of useful, free printable picture cards for use in school, home and community.



Widgit Ready to Use Resources
www.widgit.com
Free, printable symbol supported learning materials, symbol stories and support for communication and language.



SEN TeacherResources
www.senteacher.org/Print
Lots of wonderful printables! You can add customized details to them too! Includes printable word & number cards, certificate maker, telling time, graphs, numbers, shapes, multiplication tables and so much more!



Speaking of Speech Materials Exchange
www.speakingofspeech.com
Lots of free printables for use in the classroom made with Boardmaker! Click "Materials Exchange" on the left hand side.



Tinsnips
www.tinsnips.org
Contains many printable materials suited for an autistic support classroom as well as great information!



Do 2 Learn
www.do2learn.com
Another excellent site. It contains printable materials, an emotions online game as well as a wealth of information.



Math Worksheets
themathworksite.com
Wonderful site! You can create your own math worksheets depending on the needs of your students! Includes addition & subtraction with or without regrouping, multiplication, division, telling time & more! This is great for teachers who provide individualized instruction!






FREE File Folder Activities



File Folder Heaven
www.filefolderheaven.com/files.html
Printable file folder activities.



Positively Autism File Folders
www.positivelyautism.com/downloads_foldergames.html
Printable file folder activities.



Preschool Printables
www.preschoolprintables.com
This page contains printable file folder activities.



Enchanted Learning
www.enchantedlearning.com/filefoldergames
Printable file folder activities.


Phonics Games
www.geocities.com/phonicgames
Printable file folder activities.


Teaching Heart
www.teachingheart.net/minioffice.html
Create mini offices for your students. Free printables.




Task Ideas



TEACCH Work Jobs
www.preschoolfun.com/pages/teacch%20work%20jobs.htm
Lots of picture examples of work tasks you can make for your student's independent work areas. Really nice site!



F.A.C.E.S.
www.newbraunfels.txed.net/admin/SpecialEd/faces/faceindex.htm
A Functional Academic Curriculum for Exceptional Students.



Building Blox
www.buildingblox.net
Task ideas and some free downloads.



Autism Classroom Support
autismclassroom.ning.com/
Autism Classroom is an information based network for teachers, paraprofessionals, 1:1 aides, administrators and parents to learn strategies.





Websites for Students



Symbol World
www.symbolworld.org
Ready made pages using symbols. This is a nice site to print from or use as a springboard for your own ideas. Includes jokes, news, recipes, social stories, history, science and nature, literacy and so much more, all using symbols!


The Children's Society "Askability"
www.askability.org.uk
A symbol website with news, games, books, jokes and more!



Just for Kids
www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/kids/index.html
From The University of Illinois Extension



TeenZone
www.trans-active.org.uk/teenz/index.htm
Interactive fun for teens! Includes games, information about transition, music & more.



Priory Woods Kid's Page
www.priorywoods.middlesbrough.sch.uk/kidsonly/portal.htm
Games made with Boardmaker symbols.



Do 2 Learn Games
www.do2learn.com/games/learningames.htm
Free online games.



PSB Kids
pbskids.org/arthur/games/index.html
Free online games.



Storyline Online
www.storylineonline.net
Select a story to be read aloud.



Scrub Club
www.scrubclub.org/home.aspx
Interactive games and educational tools for teachers based on hygiene.
Meet Influenza Enzo!



iknowthat.com
www.iknowthat.com/com/L3?Area=WackAWord&COOK
Online, educational games.



mikids.com
www.www.mikids.com
Has a listing of areas to enter.
Can select games and materials for grades K-8.





FREE Scrapbooking Printables



ActivityVillage.co.uk
www.activityvillage.co.uk/patterns.htm
Online, educational games.



Scrapbook/Journal Page 1
www.mooseberrygraphics.com/Schlpr.jpg
Back to school elementary sheet.



Scrapbook/Journal Page 2
www.mooseberrygraphics.com/Schmid.jpg
Back to school middle/high school sheet.



Sticker Sheets
www.parenting.leehansen.com/Printables/Stickers/index.html
Free stickers for scrapbooking or crafts.





Inservice Handouts


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