Special Education


Students With Intellectual Disabilities
A Resource Guide for Teachers


Additional Recommended Resources

Behaviour Problems: A System of Management, Nelson Canada, Library Division. Recommended for grades K-12.

Basic Signing Vocabulary Cards-Set A, and B, Monarch Books of Canada, Ltd. Flash card kit used with signing demonstration to teach alternate communication system. Recommended for grades K-12.

Beginning Signing Primer Cards, Monarch Books of Canada, Ltd. Recommended for grades K-12.

Boardmaker, Mayer-Johnson Co. Software to design wordboards as alternate communication systems. Recommended for grades K-12.

Box Cars and One-Eyed Jacks, Books which describe 271 non-traditional games to teach math concepts. Recommended for grades K-9.

Checklist of Adaptive Living Skills Curriculum, Nelson Canada, Library Division. Curriculum based on real life experiences and skills necessary for independent living. Recommended for grades K-12.

Choosing Options and Accommodations for Children, Copp Clark Longman Ltd. Guide for planning inclusive program. Recommended for grades K-12.

Co: Writer, Tash, Inc. Software for word prediction skills. Recommended for grades 4-12.

Communication Board Builder 3.0 , Mayer-Johnson Co. Software to help teachers make communication boards for non-verbal students. Recommended for grades K-12.

Creative Drama in Groupwork, Monarch Books, Canada. Handbook with games and activities for students who have communication skills. Recommended for grades 2-12.

Curriculum Considerations in Inclusive Classrooms, Copp Clark Longman Ltd. Professional reference for people designing curriculum strategies and modifications fostering inclusion. Recommended for grades K-12.

Discover Together: A Disability Awareness Resource, Human Resources Development, Status of Disabled Persons. A teaching kit to raise awareness about the competencies of people with disabilities. Recommended for grades K-8.

Early Communication Skills, Monarch Books of Canada Ltd. Skills to develop language in non-verbal students. Recommended for grades K-3.

Everybody's Doing It, Mayer-Johnson Co. A source book for facilitating language development in students with language delays. Recommended for grades K-12.

I.E.P. Management System, Educational Activities. Software to develop and keep records for individual educational plans and team meetings. Recommended for grades K-12.

Introduction to Sign Language, Kinetic Inc. Video disc for beginning sign language. Recommended for grades 2-12.

Listen to This; Listen to These Nouns, and Listen to Those Verbs and More!, Mayer-Johnson Co. Auditory processing programs for language development which can be used with all students. Recommended for grades K-12.

Moving to Inclusion, Canadian Intramural Recreation Association. A teacher resource with modules and a video with implications for physical education instruction for the disabled. Recommended for grades K-12.

The Picture Communication Symbols Wordless Edition, Mayer-Johnson Co. A teacher resource to facilitate an augmentative communication system. Recommended for grades K-12.

Picture Sentence Key and Sentence Key, Mayer-Johnson Co. Software to help students with communications difficulties learn to make sentences. Recommended for grades K-9.

Restructuring for Caring and Effective Education, Copp Clark Longman Ltd. Professional reference to foster restructuring with inclusion.

The School and Home Enrichment Program for Severely Handicapped Children, Provincial Resource Centre for the Visually Impaired. A developmental skill manual with activities to develop functional life skills. Recommended for grades K-12.

Self-Care Sequential Cards, Gage Educational Publishing Co. Cards depicting everyday self care skills to teach self care, sequencing or task processing. Recommended for grades K-3.

Signed Finger Alphabet Cards and Signed Number Cards, Monarch Books of Canada Ltd. Printed and hand signs on flash cards 8 1/2 by 11 inches in size to promote communication. Recommended for grades K-12.

Simply Silly About Syntax, Mayer-Johnson So. Uses pictures to teach syntax for students who have low verbal expressive skills. Recommended for grades K-9.

The Social Skills Handbook, Monarch Books of Canada Ltd. Activities to help develop social skills for students with oral language skills. Recommended for grades 6-12.

Somebody Called Me a Retard Today. And My Heart Felt Sad, National Book Service. A child's book which develops awareness that all people have feelings about prejudice. Recommended for all students grades K-3.

Storybook Theatre, Sunburst/Wings for Learning. Software for story-making that could be used by students with special needs as well as primary general education students. Recommended grades K-4.

Support Network for Inclusive Schooling, Copp Clark Longman Ltd. Professional reference for inclusionary practices. Recommended for K-12.

Talk About It, Pro Ed. Activities to develop skills in oral language. Recommended for grades 2-6.

This One I Want, Mayer Johnson Co. For use in making communication boards for students. Recommended for grades K-7.

Towards Inclusive Education: Multi-level Instruction and Towards Inclusive Education: Planning and Team Building , B.C. Learning Connections Inc. Professional reference videos reflecting best practices of inclusionary instruction, planning and teamwork. Recommended for grades K-9.

A Word in the Hand-Book 2, Monarch Books of Canada Co. Ltd. Lesson plans in signing with skills games, practice and homework activities. Recommended for grades K-12.