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A Stepping-Up Technology Implementation Grant directed by the Center for Literacy and Disabilities Studies. The universal core vocabulary will be provided in multiple formats and levels of complexity to meet the diverse sensory and physical needs of students.

"Create the planets from the book Planetary Personalities with Wikki Stix bendable craft sticks."

The AssistiveWare Core Word Classroom is a large collection of learning resources which are designed to support implementation of any AAC system that is based on core words. They emphasize the use of AAC best practices such as modeling, communicating everywhere, and communicating for a wide range of reasons beyond requesting. You can find out more about the Core Word classroom here [http://www.assistiveware.com/assistiveware-core-word-classroom-now-open ] . The Core Word Classroom is a beta release. They will be improving it and adding more resources based on feedback. The focus in this initial release is on schools, but the materials can easily be adapted to home use and use with adults who are learning AAC. During this beta release the materials are available free!

"Find Similar or Opposite words at WordHippo Oh ... There's a bunch of other stuff you can do too."

SEE ME, FEEL ME, TOUCH ME, HEAR ME: Adapting Books for Divergent Learners PowerPoint Presentation Click on this link for a document containing instructions, considerations, samples, resources, specific units, and sites for assisitve technology support materials The A-Z of Adapting Books for Students with Disabilities in Virginia Click on this link for a document filled with resources specifically for adapting books by Ynez Peterson, OTR/L, AT Specialist Click on this link for ideas on how to fill your room with literacy while meeting the needs of diverse learners by Judy Owens and Gerald Abner SET-BC Accessible Books Video demonstrations on creating and FREE accessible books for downloading from Special Education Technology-British Columbia To download, open, edit and print these files, you must have Boardmaker® software , available at www.mayer-johnson.com .

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Pdf of powerpoint documenting Gerald Abner and Judy Owen's Buckets of Literacy approach to adapted books.

"Here you will find speech therapy materials for speech-language pathologists, teachers, and parents alike!  Check out the great games, cards, and e-books to help you improve speech and language skills in your child or in your students."

Create free games, quizzes, activities, and diagrams in seconds! Host them on your own blog, website, or intranet! No signup, no passwords, no charge!

A free Web 2.0 site, Big Huge Labs contains numerous tools for creating cool effects with images. It's easy-to-use steps help students create projects in just a few minutes.

Super cool coloring Turn old menus, CD cases or DVD cases into coloring/writing tools. Slip paper inside and get out the washable markers or dry erase markers (non smelling)! Color - wipe - color - wipe. Practice names, patterns, dot-to-dots and more. This is also great for some special needs situations - for children who get frustrated that their work is not 'perfect' the first time. No worries; they can erase and start again!

3D paper models and paper toys that are related to the Earth Sciences. Over 250 paper models that can be cutout and assembled. Some might be suitable for class projects while others are just plain fun to assemble. The difficulty of assembly for each model is highly varied.

"STEAM : How to make moving noodle robots"

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Rewordify.com is powerful, free, online reading comprehension software. It helps people understand difficult English faster, and helps them learn words in new ways.

This tactile book is based on Five Little Monkeys Sitting in a Tree By Eileen Christelow and is part of the Circle Time Braille Kit: Five Little Monkeys. It is designed be used in conjunction with the Teacher's Guide, as well as the Interactive "M" Book to help young children who are blind or visually impaired to develop emergent literacy skills, including tactile skills, counting to five, prepositions, positional concepts and the letter "m" for beginning readers at the Kindergarten level.

Colorful, Cool, Collaborative Ten-year-old Augie Webster creates vivid, action-filled paintings using his wheelchair, communication device, imagination, and the help of his family. Inspired by skateboard artist Sean Greene at the Arlington Artisphere and his school's PTA art contest theme, "Together We Can," Augie told his mom, "I could make wheelchair art. I need help."