Parent Resources- A nice collection of recommended sites from myself and fellow Big Hollow parents that have sent in suggestions of websites. If you have any suggestions you feel may help others, please email me the links and I will post them on this page.
www.lexile.com - a website that you can enter your student's reading lexile score and they will make book suggestions that are appropriate for your child and their reading level.
http://tedmed.com/speakers/show?id=292941 Hear Rosie King speak about her Autism and the challenges and triumphs that she has faces in her life. A great resource for parents of students that have autism.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ejpWWP1HNGQ Rosie King (in younger years) discussing what it means to have Asperger Syndrome.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F8SdkAgsoM4- An inspiring anti-bullying poem by SHANE KOYCZAN
http://www.scholastic.com/bookwizard/ a great resource to find books for your child to read.
http://www.specialeducationguide.com/ A website dedicated to educating parents in the IEP process.
https://www.understood.org/en/learning-attention-issues/child-learning-disabilities/add-adhd/understanding-adhd A guide to understanding ADHD.
http://www.pbs.org/parents/education/learning-disabilities/types/attention-and-adhd/attention-adhd-strategies/ Helpful hints for students with ADHD and completing homework at home.
http://www.pbis.org/ A glimpse of the positive behavior program that we use as a resource to guide our PBIS at Big Hollow.
http://www.loyalbooks.com/ Free audiobooks. Books that are considered classics are mainly on this site.
https://library.biblioboard.com/modules
https://library.biblioboard.com/curations
https://library.biblioboard.com/categories These three links are for Inkie.org is a free resource that can be used by any Illinois student/resident. It has free ebooks that can be read online or via an app. It also has some audio books. A lot of the books are the "classics" rather than current titles. The ABDO module has some good stuff in it.