Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Intellectual Disabilities
WI/State Definition: Intellectual disability means significant limitations both in intellectual functioning and in
adaptive behavior as expressed in conceptual, social, and practical adaptive skills and manifested during the
developmental period that adversely affects the child's educational performance.
Resources
- Parent support group
o https://groups.psychologytoday.com/rms/prof_results.php?
city=Green+Bay&state=WI&spec=264
o This website has support groups for all different Intellectual Disabilities.
- Book or journal
o The Boy in the Moon: A Fathers Journey to Understand His Extraordinary
Son by Ian Brown
Web resource
o The Arc For people with intellectual and developmental disabilities
o https://www.thearc.org/learn-about/intellectual-disability
Two Other resources
o http://www.parentcenterhub.org/repository/accommodations/
o http://www.parentcenterhub.org/repository/transitionadult/
Local Resources
o http://www.adrcwolfriver.org/services-info/youth-transitioning/
Learning Disabilities
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Resources
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Web resource
o LD online the educators guide to learning disabilities and ADHD
o http://www.ldonline.org/ldbasics/whatisld
Two other resources
o https://ldaamerica.org/types-of-learning-disabilities/dyscalculia/
o https://ldaamerica.org/types-of-learning-disabilities/language-processing-disorder/
Emotional Disabilities
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IDEA/Federal Definition: Emotional disturbance means a condition exhibiting one or more of the
following characteristics over a long period of time and to a marked degree that adversely affects a
child's educational performance: (A) An inability to learn that cannot be explained by intellectual,
sensory, or health factors.
Resources
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Book or journal
o So B. It by Sarah Weeks
Web resource
o Head State an office of the administration for children and families Early Childhood Learning &
Knowledge Center
o https://eclkc.ohs.acf.hhs.gov/hslc/tta-system/teaching/Disabilities/Services%20to
%20Children%20with%20Disabilities/Disabilities/disabl_fts_00012_061105.html
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Two other resources
o http://www.ldonline.org/ldbasics/whatisld
o http://www.specialeducationguide.com/disability-profiles/emotional-disturbance/
Speech
IDEA/Federal Definition: The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) officially
defines speech and language impairments as a communication disorder such as stuttering, impaired
articulation, a language impairment, or a voice impairment that adversely affects a child's educational
performance.
Resources
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Book or journal
o The Parents Guide to Speech and Language Problems By Debbie Feit
Web resource
o Teen Health: Speech Problems
o http://kidshealth.org/en/teens/speech-disorders.html
Autism
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Resources
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Local Resources
o https://centerpieceautism.com/
o http://www.asw4autism.org/resource_directory.html