Special Needs

Policy documents | Terms for searching | eJournals | Electronic databases | Useful web resources

Resources for Special Education are to be found in various areas throughout the Curriculum Resources Collection. The most important resources are the documents developed by the Department of Education and Training:

2 Important!

The NSW Department of Education and Training site for Disabilities Access is a MUST VISIT site!

Policy documents

*371.909944 22 Special education handbook for schools. Publisher Sydney : N.S.W. Dept. of Education and Training, 1998
*379.209944 1 Special Education Policy 1993
*Students with Disabilities in Regular Classes: Funding Support
*Disabilities Action Plan
*New South Wales Department of Education and Training: People with Disabilities: Statement of Commitment

Terms for searching

The majority of resources for Special Education held in the Curriculum Resources Collection are held in the following number areas:

  • 371.9 Special Education
  • 371.909944 Special Education New South Wales
Other useful terms for catalogue searching are:
  • Special needs
  • Learning difficulties
  • Learning disabilities

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eJournals

Electronic Journals are available by searching on the Library web site. You can search by title, subject or keyword, limiting your search to "electronic item". These journals offer access to the Full Text of articles
eJournal HELP

Electronic databases

There are a number of relevant electronic databases which are available from the library's homepage and are a valuable resources for Special Needs education:

The most important are the following:

*AEI:Australian education resources and reseach
*EAI Asap: Expanded Academic Index Asap
*ERIC: Educational Resources Information Center via Ovid
*ERIC Web: An international database of educational research and practice

HELP with ECER and AEI

Tutorials on these resources are available after discussion with Curriculum Resources Collection staff. More databases are to be found on the library's general listing of databases.

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Useful information on the web

There is some very worthwhile information to be found on the NSW Department of Education and Training web site. For instance advice about resources and services offered can be found on this site:

*Disability Programmes
*Learning Difficulties Programmes
*Gifted and Talented Education
*FAQs on Special Education Needs

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Other useful sites include:

*Australian Disabilities Clearinghouse on Education and Training
*The Education of Gifted Children (Senate Select Committee)
*Education of students with disabilities (Senate Employment, Workplace Relations, Small Business and Education Committee)
*Queensland Government. Department of Education and the Arts Services to students with learning diffciulties and learning disabilities
*Electronic journals in the field of Special Education
*Australian Association of Special Education Inc
*Special Education Resources on the Internet
*Google Special Education

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