Join one (or more!) of our Communities of Practice for Early Childhood Educators, Jewish Service Learning professionals, Educator's Council, Teen Educators, and other affinity groups. Contact Debby Jacoby to learn more.
Looking for something right now? Search the BJE's online catalog!
The BJE Jewish Community Library is
your source for Jewish books, DVD's, videos, CD's, and literary events.
BJE Special
Education Consultant David Neufeld is available to assist you in working successfully
with all the children in your classroom.
If you are teaching a typical
group of children, you might be interacting with students who pose
behavioral challenges or who have a variety of learning disabilities,
Attention Deficit Disorder, Asperger's Syndrome, or something without a
specific description.
The Special Education
Consultant is also available to come to schools to provide professional
development workshops or courses on Sensitivity to Special Needs,
Learning Styles and Multiple Intelligences, Teaching Hebrew to Children
with Learning Disabilities, and other topics according to your needs.
Contact David Neufeld,
415.751.6983 x 150 for a consultation.
- Special Education
Handbook
The "Handbook for Special Education Programs in the Synagogue Schools"
is designed for rabbis, educators, chairpersons of education
committees, and other people who care about providing a meaningful
Jewish educational experience to all children regardless of their
abilities. Whether you want to start a dialog about special education,
put a clear policy in place, or improve an existing program, you will
find this handbook to be a valuable tool. It contains both general
guidelines and specific forms.
Click to
download a pdf of the Handbook
Click to download a word doc of Special Needs useful forms and reports
- Special Education Useful Links:
LD Online
Informative site about learning disabilities, filled with articles,
news, research, ideas for teachers
Specialed.about.com
Large collection of articles about special education
GreatSchools.org A Parents' Guide to Helping Kids with Learning Difficulties
National
Dissemination Center for Children with Disabilities
Information
Center on Disabilities and Gifted Education
Battat
Educational Resource Center catalog contains many
special education books and resources.
Student, teacher and government disability resources
Bay Area Jewish Educators Listserv (Edulist)
This discussion group allows educators throughout the Bay Area to share
their queries, comments, and announcements about issues and events in
Jewish education. It works only when there is active participation, so
please don't be shy!
To subscribe to Edulist, send your e-mail requests to edulist2-request@npogroups.org.
More information about Edulist can be found at http://npogroups.org/lists/info/edulist2.
Jewish Special Education International Consortium: Resources and materials from Jewish special educators throughout the US and Canada to help make communities welcoming and inclusive.
Association of Jewish Libraries, Jewish Values
Jewish
Heritage online magazine (topic of the month)
Lehrhaus
Judaica
Babaganewz
provides lesson plans to accompany articles.
The
Coalition for the Advancement of Jewish Education
(CAJE) maintains an excellent curriculum bank.
E-Chinuch
features a searchable database of
thousands of copyright-free, educator-created materials in various
areas of Jewish studies.
DataJem
is a database of Jewish educational materials, searchable by subject,
material type, age group, language, keywords, title, author, and
publisher.
The
Lookstein Center provides lesson plans on several
topics, divided by grade levels.
Melton
Arts is all about learning about Judaism through
the Arts. Contains teaching units on Holidays, Bible, Israel, Prayer,
Life Cycle and more.
Morim
is a resource center with many programs and activities for community
professionals.
The
Jewish Education Service of North America's Sosland Resource Center
contains an extensive searchable curriculum database.
Planitjewish.com
Community event calendar.
Resource
Guide to Jewish life in the Bay Area.
Resources and parents' guides for Learning Disabilities, ADHD, and Autism
