National+Disseminnation+Center+for+Children+with+Disabilities

Review of __[|www.nichcy.org] __ - the website of the National Dissemination Center for Children withDisabilities ______Overview of Web Site__ __ __ __[|www.nichy.org] __ is the web site of the National Dissemination Center for Children with Disabilities. This organization was once called the National Information Center for Handicapped Children and Youth, and continues to use its former acronym, NICHCY. NICHCY is funded by the Department of Education’s Office of Special Education Programs, and according to its web site, provides information about, “disabilities in children and youth; programs and services for infants and toddlers; children and youth with disabilities; IDEA, the nation’s special education law; and researched-based practices for children with disabilities.” The NICHCY web site provides users with information in several different ways. First, users can utilize the web site navigation bar to reach pages describing the following topics: The web site also includes “quick links” to information about the following: In addition, the web site features a section called, “especially for.” Users may select from the following categories: __<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 15.99px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;">__<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 32px; vertical-align: baseline;">__Evaluation of__ __ __<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 15.99px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">__<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0066cc; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 15.99px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;">[|__www.nichcy.org__] __ <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 15.99px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 15.99px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">__<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 15.99px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;">__<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 21.33px; vertical-align: baseline;">__Authority__ __ __ <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 15.99px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 15.99px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">According to the NICHCY web site, NICHCY (and presumably its web site) are operated by the Academy for Educational Development (AED). No other information about AED is provided on __<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0066cc; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 15.99px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;">[|www.nichcy.org] __. However, according to AED’s web site, __<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0066cc; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 15.99px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;">[|www.aed.org] __, AED is a nonprofit organization which has worked to improve education, health and economic development since1961. AED has 26 “Centers of Excellence” dedicated to building skills and knowledge in various fields. AED also implements more than 250 human and social service development programs throughout the world. The NICHCY web site indicates that NICHCY is funded by the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Special Education Program (OSEP). The name of NICHCY’s program officer at OSEP is provided. The web site also lists contact information including phone (toll free and voice/TTY), email, and fax. Based on AED’s track record, funding by OSEP, and the inclusion of the OSEP program officer’s name, and the multiple forms of contact information, I believe NICHCY is qualified to provide information on this web site. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 15.99px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">__<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 15.99px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;">__<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 21.33px; vertical-align: baseline;">__Accuracy__ __ __ <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 15.99px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 15.99px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">I used several criteria to assess the accuracy of this web site. To assess the reliability of the information, I considered if the organization providing the information is well know. As explained above, AED has existed since 1961 and receives funding from the U.S. Department of Education. Thus, I feel confident that the information on __<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0066cc; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 15.99px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;">[|www.nichy.org] __ is not being presented by a “fly by night” author or organization. I also assessed accuracy by determining if other national organizations’ web sites refer readers to the NICHCY web site. When I entered “ NICHCY” in the Autism Society of America web site (__<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0066cc; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 15.99px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;">[|www.autism-society.org] __ ) search mechanism, I found eight Autism Society of America publications that referenced NICHCY. In addition, the National Center for Learning Disabilities (__<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0066cc; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 15.99px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;">[|www.ncld.org] __) includes the National Dissemination Center for Children with Disabilities (NICHCY) on the resource locator of its web site. Only organizations that have been screened and approved by the National Center for Learning Disabilities staff are included on this list. The fact the web sites of these national organizations reference or refer readers to NICHCY is an indicator that others in the field consider the NICHCY web site to be accurate. Finally, I know the accuracy of the web siteis enhanced by links that enable users to view legislation and regulations verbatim. Thus, after reading a summary of a law or regulation on the NICHCY web site, a user has the option of viewingthe law or regulation in its entirety. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 15.99px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">__<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 15.99px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;">__<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 21.33px; vertical-align: baseline;">__Objectivity (Point of View)__ __ __ <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 15.99px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 15.99px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">I feel that __<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0066cc; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 15.99px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;">[|www.nichcy.org] __ is objective and exists to fulfill NICHCY’s mission of providing information. It does not appear to advocate a particular view. There is no advertising or other form of persuasion. Unlike some web sites, access to __<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0066cc; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 15.99px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;">[|www.nichy.org] __ is free. Although some may argue that the manner in which information is presented can be a way to promote a belief, I do not believe this web site is biased. For example,the web site has a section entitled “Parental Rights under IDEA.” Does this mean that __<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0066cc; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 15.99px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;">[|www.nichcy.org] __ is trying to persuade parents to engage in an adversarial relationship with their children’s’ schools? I say no. Rather by including parental rights under IDEA, __<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0066cc; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 15.99px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;">[|www.nichcy.org] __ is providing parents with information about a law that affects them and their children. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 15.99px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 15.99px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">__<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 15.99px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;">__<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 21.33px; vertical-align: baseline;">__Coverage__ __ __ <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 15.99px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 15.99px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">__<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0066cc; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 15.99px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;">[|www.nichcy.org] __ provides comprehensivecoverage on specific disabilities, disabilities in infants, toddlers, and youth,disability and education law, research, resources in each state, materials for parents, information about organizations and professional associations, and transition to adulthood. Each of these topics is explored in depth, usually with a summary of the topic as well as alonger, more detailed version. There is also information tailored for families and communities, early intervention providers, and school and administrators. This is the only web site I have seen that covers so many topics so extensively. While there are many organizations and web sites that deal with one specific disability or a few issues related to disabilities, the number of topics and the extent of information provided by __<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0066cc; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 15.99px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;">[|www.nichcy.org] __ are remarkable. In an attempt to look for other web sites with equal coverage, I consulted Giulini and Pierangelo’s (2006), //<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 15.99px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">The Big Book of Special Education Resources. // Through the book, I identified five organizations dealing with disability in general, rather than a specific disability. The organizations included the Clearinghouse on Disability Information, Council for Exceptional Children,the National Association of Parents with Children in Special Education, the National Organization on Disability, and Parents Helping Parent. I visited each web site and confirmed that none of them were as comprehensive as [|www.nichcy.org]. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 15.99px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 15.99px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">__<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 15.99px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;">__<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 21.33px; vertical-align: baseline;">__Design and Navigability__ __ __ <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 15.99px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 15.99px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">I found [|www.nichcy.org] quite easy to navigate. The navigation bar, which includes the categories of home, disabilities, babies &toddlers, children (3-22), disability and education laws, research, and a Spanish version of the web site, makes it easy for the user to find the category he or she wishes to explore. Likewise, the quick link menu all but cries out, “Is this what you’re looking for?” It includes New to Disability, Topics A-Z ,Publications, State Organizations, and National Organizations. The other quick link menu seems to ask,”Is this you?” It includes Families and Communities, Early Intervention Providers, and Schools and Administrators. At each of these junctions, the user is just a click away to arriving at the specific part of the website he or she wants. The user can also search the web site for a particular word or phrase. My only complaint is that the links for learning about NICHCY, contacting the organization, are located at the very bottom of the home page. I couldn’t find them initially, and then realized they were so far down on the page that I needed to scroll to see them. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 15.99px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">__<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 15.99px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;">__<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 21.33px; vertical-align: baseline;">__Currency__ __ __ <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 15.99px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 15.99px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">The currency of this site was a bit difficult to ascertain. While nothing on the web site appeared out of date to me, certain pages within web site were dated while others were not. As I went through the topics on the navigation bar, this is what I found. The following pages were //<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 15.99px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">not // dated: Home,Babies & Toddlers, and the Spanish version of the website. The pages //<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 15.99px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">with //dates were Disabilities (September 2010), Children (3-22) (September 2010),Disability & Education Laws (September 2010), and Research (November2010). The only quick link that was dated was Early Intervention Providers (February 2011.) Although none of the material appeared out of date to me, I was unable to determine why some pages were dated and others were not. I also do not know how often th edated pages will be updated. As far as I could tell, the site is fully developed. I did not see any “under construction” signs. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 15.99px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">__<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 15.99px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;">__<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 21.33px; vertical-align: baseline;">__Recommendation__ __ __ <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 15.99px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 15.99px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">I would highly recommend www.nichcy.org to parents, families, caregivers, children with disabilities, teachers, teachersin training, all school personnel, physicians, academicians, journalists, attorneys,policy makers and all individuals who have an interest children with disabilities. This web site has something to offer anyone who is interested in learning about disabilities and children and youth. From resources especially for transportation providers to a list of acronyms used in specia leducation, a user can find information about almost any topic related to children with disabilities. In addition to the hundreds of topics covered on the web site, the web site lists a toll free number a user can call to ask research and information specialistsspecific questions. This service is available in both English and Spanish. The web site also provides users the opportunity to sign up for the NICHCY enewsletter, //<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 15.99px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">News You Can Use //. The web site, newsletter, and access to research and information specialists are all available free of charge. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 15.99px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 15.99px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 15.99px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">I would also recommend this web site to colleagues who want to understand collaboration in schools or seek suggestions for facilitating collaboration. Since it mandates collaboration, understanding of IDEA is essential. The web site’s excellent section on disability and education laws will help teachers gain knowledge about IDEA. In addition, __<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0066cc; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 15.99px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;">[|www.nichcy.org] __ contains information about many other topics that pertain to collaboration. The quick link topics A-Z contains links within the web site to the following topics related to collaboration: IEP team, paraprofessionals, parent groups ,parent participation in school, staff development (includes professional learning communities, coaching and mentoring, and state resources), recruiting and retaining teachers (includes mentoring new teachers, communities ofpractice, and organizations to know.) Teachers are always pressed for time. __<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0066cc; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 15.99px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;">[|www.nichcy.org] __ will allow them to quickly locate materials that can aid their efforts to collaborate. In the event that they can’t locate the material they need on the web site,they can call a NICHCY information and research specialist with specific questions. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 15.99px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">
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