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professional library of both print and digital resources pertaining to education. It is also home to one of two teacher production centers (the other located at Round Hill Center) which provide computer work stations, internet access, poster printers, laminators, copiers, document scanners, book binders and much more.

"FREE Augmentative & Alternative Communication (AAC) For Children & Adults"

This website provides accessible books and periodicals for readers with print disabilities. Membership is free for U.S. students with qualifying visual, physical, or learning disabilities. Check out the website to find out how to apply for a membership.

"Newsela will publish Post articles at five reading levels for 2nd-12th grade readers, including the original version exactly as it appears in the print or online edition of The Washington Post. All articles from The Washington Post are available at https://newsela.com/~washingtonpost."

http://www.preschoolprintables.com/filefolder/filefolder.shtml-Print and make file folder game for classroom or home fun.

Links to free downloadable file folder games (also links to file folder games that can be purchased)

Check out the free downloadable file folder games listed in the left-hand column!

"The "Twister" template allows you to create fictional "status updates" that can then be printed off for display purposes. create fake tweets in the classroom

While this informatation is hosted on the Dynavox site, there are pdfs, websites, and videos that may be generally useful when seeking communication solutions. be sure to check out the AAC Needs Assessment, accessed by doing a search on the posted link. The Implementation Toolkit was designed for you! It provides hundreds of real-life resources and examples that promote successful communication in daily life using AAC. Use the resources for your personal growth or to train others. The resources found in the Toolkit cover topics related to AAC, its users and the people who support them. A variety of print materials, as well as instructional videos, feature essential information about AAC, lesson and therapy plans, techniques for communication partners, an introduction to our language software, InterAACt, and much more! The Toolkit is easy-to-use and will save you valuable time. Learn about common AAC topics using the "Learning Paths" tab, and find resources quickly using the "Search Resources" tab. You can also save selected resources to "My Favorites" so you can access them efficiently each time you visit.

handprint crafts

Learning Ally and the Virginia Accessible Instructional Materials Center (AIM-VA) have created a partnership to provide eligible K-12 IEP students with print disabilities Learning Ally memberships to help them succeed in school and beyond. Educators of enrolled students have access to Teacher Ally, Learning Ally's student management and book tracking portal.

"Cubing is a differentiation strategy where students roll a cube that has different activities/tasks printed on each face of the cube.  When a student rolls a cube, he/she does the activity that appears on the face."

Very simple to use, and students do not need an account to create stories here. Students choose their main character from a list of possible characters, then they choose the character's goal and a secondary character. Stories can be printed or saved as PDF files.

"Tips for Home and School & DB-Link Fact Sheets The Nevada Dual Sensory Impairment Project has a number of tips available that may be helpful for use at home or in a school setting. These documents may be downloaded and printed. You will need Adobe Acrobat Reader to view them.

helping meet the educational needs of children who have dual sensory impairments

Kiz Club has some excellent resources for those teaching young children with and without special needs. Indeed it has some nice resources that can be age appropriate for older children with special needs as well. For the younger set the Stories and Props has some wonderful items you can print out and use with common early childhood stories. Buried in that section are some nice, simple, online, switch adaptable, read aloud stories for all ages. Be sure to give them a look.

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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Behavior Modification Charts for Home and School These charts can be opened with Adobe Acrobat Reader. Please be patient when opening the files since they can take a moment to load (depending on your internet connection speed). Simply print and customize