National Association of Special Education Teachers (NASET) is a website specifically for special education teachers and those preparing to be special education teachers.
One year: $59
Two years: $95
Their Facebook page can be found by searching National Association of Special Education Teachers (NASET) on Facebook.
Membership with NASET includes:
Professional development courses, Research based articles in special education, The special educator's list of 100 forms, tables, checklists, and procedures, NASET Special Educator e-Journal, NASET's Discipline of Students in Special Education Series, Assessment in Special Education Series, Lesser Known Disorders in Special Education Series, Parent Teacher Conference Handouts, The Master Curriculum to Help You Develop an Entire Curriculum or an Individual IEP, Multiple Conferences and Workshops year round.
World Associations of Persons with Disabilities (WAPD) works at national, state, and home levels to advance the interests of people with disabilities.
One year: $20
Facebook page: World Association of Persons with disAbilities
Membership with WAPD includes:
E-Mail newsletters, A online/offline Social Network
for individuals, entreprenuers Priority assistance from various
WAPD information & advocacy departments, Access to WAPD website
and the large array of resources and tools for personal growth,
Membership in your local, state or national WAPD chapter, Use your
membership number to get special discounts on hundreds services, items
and events, Membership in: WAPD Jabez Missionary Ministery (JMM)
Hey! My name is Celeste Walburg.
I am currently working toward certification in elementary and special education. After I began working in a home for people with disabilities, called Harbor House Ministries, I fell in the love with serving and helping people with special needs. So 4 years ago I began my journey to being a special education teacher.
I have been taking my time and doing some traveling and mission work on the way, which is why it is taking me so long! 2 years ago I worked in a school in Uganda for a short time. Last year I went to Costa Rica to do missionary training for 3 months and then spent 2 months traveling through Holland and France as a missionary.
I am in love with adventures, serving people, Latino culture, one specific Latino man I met in Costa Rica, and Jesus.
As for technology used in the classroom, I have seen many types used in the different places I have been. I began my own experience with technology in school with paper and pencil, overhead projectors, and floppy discs. Then PowerPoint came to be and our minds were blown! However I have seen much more over the years such as Smart Boards, Elmos, iPads, etc. From my experience with this technology, I believe it is important to recognize that they have all been useful in presenting and sharing information and although the newer technology seems so much easier and faster, it is really performing the same functions that the others have done. A teacher must plan how they will use the technology to benefit the student's learning. For example, I have experienced the usefulness of paper and pencil when trying to memorize or remember information. Writing out the information has been proven to help the brain remember it!
A school that I have worked in that I have seen a lot of new technology is the Ottawa Area Center. It is a school for special needs in which case technology comes in very useful!
