Valuable IQ Related Links

Verbal Information & Alertness

Newsweek.com - In-depth news coverage.
http://www.newsweek.com

Online NewsHour Extra: News for Students - Aimed at teens and updated weekly, this site presents some of the issues and analysis that appear on the PBS television NewsHour with Jim Lehrer. Provides extended resources for students and lesson plans teachers and parents.
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/extra/

Time for Kids - News source for primary and upper grade students. Both child and adult reporters are used with variety of news activities and tools for children, youth, parents, and teachers.
http://www.timeforkids.com/TFK/

Ability to Organize & Generalize

Mental Math Skills

Vocabulary

Internet Anagram Server by Wordsmith.org - An anagram is a word or phrase formed by rearranging the letters of another word or phrase. For example, Elvis to Lives. Type a word or phrase to find out what other words can be made. Refer to Topical Anagrams to be amazed at interesting anagrams made, such as: World Trade Center = Lewd Terror Act; End.  The Florida Vote Recount = Done To Cover Their Fault. Year Two Thousand = A Year to Shut Down. (You can also get anagrams using email. Send a blank message to the wordserver at wsmith@wordsmith.org to get the instructions on using Anagram/by/Mail.)
http://wordsmith.org/anagram/index.html

Word-A-Day (AWAD) by Wordsmith.org - "AWAD includes a vocabulary word, its definition, pronunciation information with audio clip, etymology, usage example, quotation, and other interesting tidbits about words to subscribers (free) every day. You can think of it as a word trek where we explore strange new words. Words are usually selected around a theme every week."  A link to a visual thesaurus provides further exploration. You can sign up to receive a free Word-A-Day in your mailbox every day. It includes ads. If you want to have it without ads, it costs $25 a year. A book is also available.
http://wordsmith.org/awad/index.html

Practical Living Skills & Good Judgement

Listening and Remembering Skills

Visual Information & Alertness

Understanding Cause & Effect in Social Situations

Designing & Constructing with a Model

Designing & Constructing without a Model

Seeing and Remembering Skills

Visual-Motor Skills

JigsawLand.com - Solve puzzles online.
http://www.jigsawland.com

Creativity

Learning Disabilities and Special Education

Audiblox - Resources for Dyslexia and other Learning Disabilities -
http://www.audiblox2000.com/

Attention Deficit Disorder Association - The mission of ADDA is to provide information, resources and networking to adults with AD/HD and to the professionals working with them.
http://www.add.org/

BrainConnection - Great source for information about the brain, how it works, and its relationship to possible disabilities. You can sign up for the e-newsletter "Brain Buzz" or pursue a wealth of articles related to your particular interests. The "Image Gallery" contains illustrations, animations, and images that can be viewed and downloaded for free.
http://www.brainconnection.com/

Center for Law and Education - strives to make the right of all students to quality education a reality throughout the nation and to help enable communities to address their own public education problems effectively, with an emphasis on assistance to low-income students and communities.
http://www.cleweb.org

eLr - Extra Language Resources - Speech pathology, language and literacy resources. Designed by Speech Pathologists - Interactive web-based activities - Intended for professionals, teachers and parents. For children and adults with speech and language disorders, delayed learning and reading support needs.
http://www.elr.com.au/index.htm

EPEC - Educating Parents of Extra-special Children -
http://www.epeconline.com/

FamilyEducation.com - Great source for information, parent suggestions and help regarding learning disabilities and ADHD.
http://www.familyeducation.com

KidSourceOnline - A Guide to Children's Literature and Disability -
http://www.kidsource.com/NICHCY/literature.html

National Center for Learning Disabilities - The power to hope, to learn, and to succeed.
http://www.ncld.org

O.A.S.I.S. - Online Asperger Syndrome Information and Support -
http://www.udel.edu/bkirby/asperger/

Parents Helping Parents
http://www.php.com

Special Education Resources on the Internet (SERI)
http://www.seriweb.com/