Special Needs
Articles and links on educating children with special needs
Faceland: Multi-sensory Learning for Kids with Learning Challenges
FACELAND helps children with autism, Aspergers and developmental delays learn how to recognize facial expressions. more
Music and special-needs kids
A Finnish teacher in Helsinki has devised a system dubbed "Figurenotes" to help special needs children learn how to read music and understand concepts such as rhythm and melody. more
Overcoming reading difficulties with Orton-Gillingham
Elementary school teacher Adria Karlsson writes about teaching children with language-based learning disabilities how to read. more
Faceland: Multi-sensory Learning for Kids with Learning Challenges
FACELAND helps children with autism, Aspergers and developmental delays learn how to recognize facial expressions. more
ZAC Browser for Children with Autism
If you have not already come across this browser (and the related story of a grandfather who developed this browser for his autistic grandson), here is some info... more
Music and special-needs kids
A Finnish teacher in Helsinki has devised a system dubbed "Figurenotes" to help special needs children learn how to read music and understand concepts such as rhythm and melody. more
Programs for Children with High Academic Ability
There are 2 well-known programs that are explicitly slated as programs for gifted and talented youth-
• The Education Program for Gifted Youth (EPGY) program from Stanford University, and
•The more
Autism Family Online Launches Website to Connect Families, Educators, and Autism Professionals
April is Autism Awareness Month. The recently launched AutismFamilyOnline.com is a great resource for the caring and teaching of children with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD). It... more
Google SketchUp and Autism
— The Google SketchUp team has been sharing stories of the use of their software by children with autism for over a year now, well, ever since they uploaded this video... more
SKID: An open source software innovation for children with disabilities
Dr. Arun Mehta works to change the landscape for disabled children in India through developing innovative software and hardware solutions to help such children communicate. more
