Resources

Assistive Technology Web Site	http://www.premierathome.com
Department of Education	http://www.doe.mass.edu
Department of Education - Special Education	http://www.doe.mass.edu/sped
Department of Education - Special Education Links	http://www.doe.mass.edu/sped/liks.html
Department of Education - Special Education/Assistive Technology Links	http://www.doe.mass.edu/sped/links/Assistive.html
Educational Resources for Teachers & Students	http://reacheverychild.com/specialed/index.html
Family TIES of Massachusetts	http://www.massfamilyties.org
Federation for Children With Special Needs	http://www.fcsn.org
Learning Resources Web Site	http://www.SchwabLearning.org
Learning Disabilities Web Site	http://www.ldonline.org
Learning Disabilities Resources Site	http://www.ldresources.org/index.php
Notice of Procedural Safeguards (Formerly Parent's Rights Brochure)	http://www.doe.mass.edu/sped/prb
Parents Guide to Special Education	http://www.fcsn.org/parentguide/pgitro.html
Keyboarding is an important skill for even the youngest of our children and the skill can be learned independently. While there are many commercial products available, there are also many sites where "freeware" programs can be downloaded for use in you home. All of the links listed below are freeware and are designed to work on a Windows computer: Type Online This web site has dozens of online typing exercises to do for free: http://www.typeonline.co.uk Typing Tutor This program helps you improve your typing skills by playing a simple game. Characters are falling down the screen; you have to stop them before they reach the ground by pressing the corresponding key on the keyboard: http://www-2.cs.cmu.edu/%7Ervirga/TypingTutor.html Tux Typing - 7.95 MB "Tux Typing" is an educational typing tutor for children. It features several different types of game play, at a variety of difficulty levels: http://tuxtype.sourceforge.net/