Website Correlations to Diagnostician Standards
Eyrin Book
Curriculum and Methodology
Dr. Eisenwine
July 28, 2002
Website Correlations to Diagnostician Standards
In preparing to begin my first year as a diagnostician, I found that looking for websites that supported the standards at which I am to perform, was very helpful. Many of these sites cover more than one standard, but all can serve as a quick reference when information is needed on the job.
Standard I. The educational diagnostician understands and applies knowledge of the purpose, philosophy, and legal foundations of evaluation and special education.
http://www.tea.state.tx.us/ This is the website of Texas Education Agency. Here you can find the standards for diagnosticians and other administrative information you may need to complete your certification.
http://www.tea.state.tx.us/localhearings/index.html This section of the TEA website provides you with up to date information and results on the latest hearings surrounding school law.
Standard II. The educational diagnostician understands
and applies knowledge of ethical and professional practices, roles, and responsibilities.
http://www.txeda.org/ Texas Educational Diagnosticians Association is one of many organizations a diagnostician can join to receive the latest in news of relevance.
http://www.txeda.org/fall2001.htm This website is an article that discusses the use of curriculum based assessments as part of your FIE.
Standard III. The
educational diagnostician develops collaborative relationships with families,
educators, the school, the community, outside agencies, and related service
personnel.
http://www.studyspanish.com/ This offers an online translator so that you can enter words in English and they are translated into Spanish. This is ideal for translating notes home for Spanish speaking parents, or translating ARD forms.
http://www.specialchild.com/index.html This website is for parents of special needs children. It has an information section in which parents can use to look up terms, search for child care, and just about anything else they would want to know about their child. It is a very user friendly site and also has a chat room.
http://www.familyvillage.wisc.edu/index.htmlx This is another website to give to parents of special education children that will be of great wealth and support to them to help them understand and cope with having a child with disabilities.
http://www.tea.state.tx.us/parent_inv/prights.html This site offers parents the option to download "A Parents' Rights Guide."
http://www.fape.org/ Families and Advocates Partnership for Education (FAPE) offers resources for families to help improve the educational goals for children with disabilities.
http://www.ncrel.org/sdrs/areas/issues/methods/assment/as600.htm Wow! I love this site. This is great for beginning diagnosticians like me who need a list of things to follow. This offers tips and suggestions on how to report assessment results to parents.
Standard IV. The educational diagnostician understands and applies knowledge of student assessment and evaluation, program planning, and instructional decision making.
http://www.ed.gov/offices/OCR/docs/placpub.html The U.S. Department of Education's site referring to placement with considerations to Section 504 and Americans with Disabilities Act.
http://www.ed.gov/offices/OSERS/OSEP/Products/IEP_Guide/ The title of this site is A Guide to the Individualized Education Program, which is a branch of OSEP. This document will take you step by step through the process of planning for and creating a child's IEP. It discusses the members of the committee, reviewing and revising and even has IEP samples.
Standard V. The educational
diagnostician knows eligibility criteria and procedures for identifying
students with disabilities and determining the presence of an educational need.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/misunderstoodminds/reading.html Misunderstood Minds is a section of PBS. It offers simulations for teachers and parents so that they will now what its like for a child with ADD/ADHD to read and passage and remember questions or children with reading difficulties to do a decoding activity. This brings things into a clear light when discussing the needs of a student.
http://www.nichcy.org/pubs/newsdig/nd23txt.htm "Assessing Children for the Presence of a Disability" is an article available on the National Information Center for Children and Youth with Disabilities. Also available here are links to others items of interest in assessing children.
http://www.proedinc.com/links.html#Anchor-General-49575 This is a site which contains links to any disabilities you would need to look up and organizations that support those disabilities.
Standard VI. The educational
diagnostician selects, administers, and interprets appropriate formal and
informal assessments and evaluations.
The next two websites are testing companies where you can look for testing supplies and shop online for new tests and materials.
http://www.psychcorp.com/ The Psychological Corporation
http://www.proedinc.com/store/index.php Pro-Ed
http://orion.it.luc.edu/~hweiman/Accom_Mod.html Ed Psyc Central gives a list of different modifications and accommodations generally used or available for students with disabilities.
Standard VII.
The educational diagnostician understands and applies knowledge of ethic,
linguistic, cultural, and socioeconomic diversity and the significance of
student diversity for evaluation, planning, and instruction.
http://ericec.org/faq/ld-esl.html This site offers many links to ERIC articles that address the following question, "Where can I find information to assist teachers and myself for determining if the problem is related to English as a second language or a learning disability?"
http://ericec.org/digests/e604.html This is an actual ERIC article that can serve as a key for how to assess a culturally and linguistically diverse student for special education eligibility.
Standard
VIII. The educational diagnostician knows and determines
skills necessary for scheduling, time management, and organization.
http://www.intranets.com/Home.asp This .com company offers several organizational tools such as online calendars, task managers, and document managers. Whether it be an online calendar, desk calendar, carry along organizer, or a Palm Pilot, every diagnostician must develop there own organizational system to make their job and case load manageable.
http://www.tea.state.tx.us/special.ed/rules/sbs.html At the TEA website you can find the link for special education rules and regulations. On this site is a wealth of information for anyone interested in special education. One point of interest is the Timeline. It gives a visual for the legal and regulatory timelines followed by special education staff including the diagnostician.
Standard IX. The
educational diagnostician addresses students' behavioral and social interaction
skills through appropriate assessment, evaluation, planning, and instructional
strategies.
http://www.geocities.com/cmargocs/ManDetWeb/ The website offers information for teachers and parents about behavioral issues with special education students and discusses manifestation determination using lay terms.
http://www.geocities.com/cmargocs/ManDetWeb/behavior.htm This specific spot on the web offers a variety of links specifically designed to discuss behavior definitions and interventions.
Standard X. The
educational diagnostician knows and understands appropriate curricula and
instructional strategies for individuals with disabilities.
The following website offers products that are available under the realm of assistive technology. Some of the sites also offer tutorials that show you how to use certain material so that it is easier to decide what would be an appropriate selection for a specific child.
http://www.woodlaketechnologies.com/
This is only a small part of the special education information that is out on the web to be accessed. However, I feel that these sites would give any beginning or veteran diagnostician an ample amount of supportive resources