Finding information and resources to assist in better supporting and meeting the needs of applicants and students with disabilities can be a challenge in itself. Select from the listed resources below for information about relevant legislation, disabilities common to the adolescent population, and national and local resources available to offer advice for providing services to youth with disabilities.

Job Corps Disabilities Website

• Have you visited the Job Corps website on accommodating youth with disabilities?  This site contains resources, training materials, and suggestions for transitioning youth to the workplace.

Instructional Staff Newsletters

• October 2006, Memory Difficulties for Students with Learning Disabilities
• December 2006, Memory Difficulties for Students with Learning Disabilities, Part II

LD Basics

• Eric Clearinghouse provides a learning disabilities overview.
• A Guide to Learning Disabilities for the ESL Classroom Practitioner This paper is meant to be a basic primer on learning disabilities.

Strategies, Interventions and Resources

• Bridges to Practice consists of 5 guidebooks designed to help literacy programs and their practitioners (teachers, tutors, volunteers, and program leaders) learn how to develop or improve services to adults with learning disabilities.
• Curricular Designs and Strategies to Accommodate Diverse Learners describes six features of instruction that efficiently accommodate and accelerate the learning of a diverse range of students in the general education classroom.
• Homework Strategies for Students with Disabilities offers practical techniques for teachers to use in the classroom.
• Interventions for Students with Learning Disabilities is an article that provides strategies and resources for teachers.
• Learning Strategies for Students with Learning Disabilities offers learning strategies, including which strategies to use in different situations, to help make students more effective, purposeful, and independent learners.
• Teaching LD offers up-to-date resources about teaching students with learning disabilities.
• Tutorial on Accommodating Students with Disabilities in Job Corps offers resources, training materials, and suggestions for transitioning youth to the workplace.
• LD Online provides teaching strategies and techniques as well as information about identification and assessment issues.
• The University of Virginia presents information and resources about teaching students with disabilities. Articles and links cover topics such as learning disabilities, ADHD, and emotional disturbance. Teaching strategies and interventions are also included.