Literacy Resources
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National Centers
Center for Literacy and Disability Studies – University of North Carolina
Early Literacy Resources from NECTAC
CELL – Center for Early Literacy Learning
General Conceptual Works
The Beginning Literacy Framework
The Beginning Literacy Framework: Helping Educators:
• identify, create and modify text for beginning readers
• meet literacy goals of students with multiple disabilities in their earliest
stages of literacy
Authors:
Caroline Ramsey Musselwhite, CCC-SLP, Ed.D.
Special Communications Consultant
Karen Erickson, Ph.D.
Center for Literacy and Disability Studies, University of North Carolina
Ruth Ziolkowski, OTR/L, MBA
President, Don Johnston Incorporated
State Resources
Supporting Students with Significant Disabilities in Literacy– Assessment
Musselwhite for State of Louisianna
Tools March 2009.pdf
Quality Indicators for Including Literacy in the IEP for Students with Significant Disabilities
QI Jan draft (2).doc
Texas Model and Resources
Teaching Literacy to Students with Significant Disabilities
10 Training Modules created for the Three Low Incidence Disabilities Statewide Leadership Function
Training materials were developed by the Center for Literacy and Disability Studies at the University of N. Carolina at Chapel Hill
Projects
This is an interesting project
The Early Childhood Literate Community: Supporting Citizenship for Young Children with Significant Disabilities (Pre-K-Kindergarten)
This is their website
Disability, Literacy & Inclusive Education for Young Children
They have a nice research page
Integrated Literacy for Students with Moderate and Severe Disabilities
PaulAlbertoGeorgiaStateUniversity
Maximizing Literacy Outcomes for Students with Cognitive Disabilities: Findings from the First Two Years of a Longitudinal Intervention Study
Project MAXIMIZE –Southern MethodistUniversity
Resources and Publications
Early Literacy Resources and References
Literacy, Learning Media and Functional Vision Assessment
for Deafblind and Visual Impaired: Selected Resources – OverbrookSchool
Promoting Literacy and Communication for Students with Multiple Disabilities Including Visual Impairments, Blindness and/or Deaf-Blindness – University of North Carolina
Literacy for Students With Severe Developmental Disabilities What Should We Teach and What Should We Hope to Achieve?
DianeBrowderSusanGibbsLynnAhlgrim-DelzellUniversity of North Carolina at Charlotte
GinevraR.Courtade West VirginiaUniversity
MaryannMraz ClaudiaFlowersUniversity of North Carolina at Charlotte
Teaching literacy to students with significant disabilities: strategies for the K-12 inclusive classroom By June Downing
Edition: illustrated
Published by Corwin Press, 2005
ISBN 0761988793, 9780761988793
164 pages
Toward Positive Literacy Outcomes for Students with Significant Disabilities
The Critical Role of Literacy in the Education of Students with Severe Disabilities. 2008 TASH Conference. Nashville, TN. Lucille A. Zeph, Ed.D
Seeing all kids as readers: A new vision for literacy in the inclusive early childhood classroom. Brooks Publishing Company: Baltimore, MD. Kliewer, C. (2008).
Literacy for Students with Severe and Sensory Disabilities Tutorial
NationalCenter on Severe and Sensory Disabilities