LOCATING SPECIAL EDUCATION MATERIALS IN THE INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS LAB By Dr. Karin Duran

LOCATING SPECIAL EDUCATION MATERIALS

IN THE INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS LAB

The Instructional Materials Laboratory has a variety of resources which can be useful in the field of special education. The following will help you to define and locate the most appropriate materials for your needs. Both print and media resources are a vailable and indexed by author, title, subject and series in the CSUN online catalog (GEAC) and the IML card catalog. Be aware that many materials that were not specifically intended for use in spec ial education settings may very easily meet the needs of students in special education. To determine the usefulness of these materials, first look for regular subject or skill specific materials and examine them for the appropriate level of content and s kills for your intended use. Early or lower grade level materials often provide the strategies and content that is suitable and usable for a special education environment.

SPECIAL EDUCATION SUBJECT HEADINGS:

The online catalog uses terms from the Library of Congress Subject Headings; most are similar to those found in the IML card catalog. Some examples are:

Online Computer Catalog (GEAC)

Special education - IML
Special education - Music (or Art, etc.) - IML
Physically handicapped - IML
Visually handicapped - Education - California - IML
Mainstreaming in education - IML
Deaf - Education - IML
Handicapped children - Education - IML
Gifted children - Education - Mathematics (or Music, etc.) - IML
Gifted children - Education - IML

IML Card Catalog

Special education
Handicapped children - Education
Gifted children - Education
Slow learning children
Mainstreaming
Blind - Education
Deaf - Education
Daily living skills
Mentally handicapped children - Education
Physical education for handicapped children
Developmentally disabled
Socially handicapped children - Education

Curriculum Guides can be located in the Online Catalog by adding "-Study and teaching" to any subject heading.
Example:

Special education - Study and teaching - IML

Useful Websites:

Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) -- http://lausd.k12.ca.us/
Provides links to districts statistics, personnel, and programs as well as LAUSD Staff pages and student home pages.
Los Angeles County Office of Education (LACOE) -- http://www.lacoe.edu/
Provides access to instructional sources and consultants as well as training opportunities for teachers
TEAMS Distance Learning -- http://teams.lacoe.edu/
Part of LACOE, this Star Schools project provides access to such things as classroom projects, lesson plans, links to K-12 home pages, parent resources, a nd training opportunities for all subject areas.
Computer Using Edurators (CUE) -- http://www.cue.org
Provides software and hardware reviews as well as suggestions for instructional use.

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karin.duran@csun.edu Last Update: 22 October, 1996