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Educational
TES Teaching resources - We support teachers by providing TES Resources
UK ADHD Educational Software - UK educational software, specialists programs for ADHD and other learning disabilities
Dept Education & Skills - Dept of Education for UK
ADDISS - National ADHD Charity with Resources and Information Centre including resources for sale including many educational books and videos including ADHD in the Classroom- Strategies for Teachers (Video) by Russell A. Barkley, Ph.D. - for teachers - parents and others
Educational-Psychologist.co.uk - Website of a group of UK Educational Psychologists providing information and consultations via email."...Work with an educational psychologist via e-mail advice and joint problem solving. Problems with: Reading, writing, spelling, specific learning difficulties/dyslexia, behaviour, ADD and ADHD, general learning difficulties, language delay and disorder, physical difficulties, autistic spectrum disorders, other disorders and syndromes."
ACE - Advisory Centre for Education - "The Advisory Centre for Education (ACE) is an independent registered charity, which offers information about state education in England and Wales for parents of school age children."
Alliance for Inclusive Education - "We are a national network of individuals families and groups who work together to help change our education system. The changes we wish to bring about are based on our conviction that all young people need to educated in a single mainstream education system which can support all young people to learn, play and live with each other"
Home Education Advisory Service - "The Home Education Advisory service is a registered charity that gives advice, information and support to parents who are educating their children at home. They produce a range of publications and leaflets and provide consultancy services to professionals. Subscribers to HEAS receive a quarterly magazine, regional membership lists and access to the HEAS Advice Line."
Educate Online - Educate online is run by Chris Smith (a home educator) from Weston-super-Mare. Includes some excellent resources for home educators.
Education Otherwise - "A UK-based membership organisation which provides support and information for families whose children are being educated outside school, and for those who wish to uphold the freedom of families to take proper responsibility for the education of their children."
Human Scale Education - A charity which promotes and advises on small schools and other initiatives which support human scale values in education
Inclusive Solutions - "'CIRCLE OF FRIENDS' (1999) by Derek Wilson and Colin Newton. 'Circles of Friends' provides a step-by-step approach to setting up peer supports and harnessing the problem solving skills of the most natural resource available to schools - other children"
Local Government Ombudsman - Useful site for Local Government Ombudsman
National Association for Gifted Children - "The Association recognises that the needs of gifted children are best met when parents, students, education professionals, schools and colleges are able to share a common forum and gain wider understanding of home/school issues."
National Association of Special Educational Needs - "With over fifty branches across the country nasen is the leading organisation in the UK which aims to promote the education, training, advancement and development of all those with special and additional support needs."
Behaviour UK
- "The world's first interactive behaviour software providing self-counselling to pupils via the computer launches this summer. So often video and film, and within the last eight years, video games have been condemned for teaching young people poor behaviour."
KIDSCAPE - "the first charity in the UK established specifically to prevent bullying and child abuse..."
Bullying Online - "The website contains practical advice on a wide variety of topics including internet safety and how to deal with cyber bullying. It also includes information on racist abuse and information on how to deal with bullying outside school."
Money Matters: A Guide to Teaching Finances to Children - This is an excellent 5-part resource that includes; Current financial affairs - specifically among younger adults;
US government-sponsored investment programs; At home steps that families can take to teach finances; Understanding credit and credit cards and; An extensive list of trusted financial resources for parents, teachers and young people.
Refinance & Mortgage Guide for People with Disabilities - "This guide seeks not only to provide the reader with the most relevant and essential resources needed to navigate the myriad of red tape and sometimes rigid processes regularly associated with real estate purchases; it also aims to educate you."
Dr Paul.com - "Fact Sheets : Attention Deficit-Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) In The Classroom"
ADDinSchool - "Identifying Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder in the Classroom: Eight Things Teachers Should Ask Themselves"
ADD Warehouse - "Lots of books and videos available including ADHD in the Classroom- Strategies for Teachers (Video) by Russell A. Barkley, Ph.D."
K12 Academics - "The Complete Education Resource & Job Advertisement Center for Teachers, Students, Parents, College Education Majors and District Officials involved in the K-12 Education System"
N.A.C.D.
- The National Academy for Child Development - an international organisation of parents and professionals dedicated to helping children and adults reach their full potential. Includes information on software and other resources.