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SETBC provides step by step instructions on using the Symbolate tool available in Boardmaker v. 6. This text with graphics tool provides wonderful visual supports for struggling readers and English language learners. It also has a text to speech feature to provide audio support.

Great Resources - Visual Supports Learning Links and Templates

AccessIT promotes the use of electronic and information technology for students and employees with disabilities in educational institutions at all academic levels. This Web site features the AccessIT Knowledge Base, a searchable database of questions and answers regarding accessible electronic and information technology. It is designed for educators, policy makers, librarians, technical support staff, and students and employees with disabilities and their advocates.

Free visual supports you can make for your child. High contrast visual support program to download for free use

"Reading and writing are modalities of  language (just like listening & talking). The more we integrate literacy into language learning the more opportunities for prAACtice and learning.  Think of all the ways to prAACtice core words with reading and writing (e.g., "read again", "write about that", "that is good", "He was bad", "tell me more", "I know", etc…). With this in mind, we love encouraging a love of literacy for ALL of our students. Here are some top tips we have learned from the most reluctant reader/writers, to beginning reader/writers, to even the more proficient readers/writers. It is such a great pleasure to watch students begin to love literacy as much as we do."

PrAACtical AAC is written by two professors of speech-language pathology, Robin Parker and Carole Zangari, who are passionate about AAC. Our blog is a virtual space where we can muse aloud about the state of the field, share information about implementing AAC strategies, provide resources, and discuss news of interest to the AAC community. You can read more about our blogging journey here and here. PrAACtical AAC's Mission: To improve the level of AAC services available to individuals with significant communication challenges by supporting speech-language pathologists and other interested stakeholders-

excellent resource every day! searchable and wonderful

This popular free online keyboarding program provides wonderful visual and audio supports for proper finger placement, with fun animated supports to engage and reinforce the student in each well structured lesson.

Printing and worksheets are free and available for use by educators, parents and others who work to support students in home and school settings. For practicing: Consider placing a worksheet in a clear protective sheet cover and using it with a wipe off pen for repeated practices. For use on devices, consider taking a screenshot of the page to use as a background for writing and/or drawing apps or to print out particular sections in a larger format!

"The purpose of the NJC is to advocate for individuals with significant communication support needs resulting from intellectual disability, that may coexist with autism, sensory and/or motor limitation."

"Classroom accommodations for children with ADHD and learning disabilities, plus how to find ADHD schools, work with teachers, finish homework, get organized & more."

Descriptions of a number of reading strategies

Scaffold student understanding of text usingthe following ideas and strategies that I have briefly described below. Many of these strategies are suitable for secondary as well as elementary students. I have researched links and materials to additional information about each strategy and have provided downloads to worksheets that you can print to provide students with support for many of the strategies.

PEEP's educational outreach aims to model science inquiry skills and stimulate curiosity. Our team works with early childhood educators, public libraries, museums, community-based organizations, and families to motivate their support of preschoolers' innate curiosity and interest in exploration.

LCPS AT Team staff and supported schools

Find the assistive technology trainer assigned to the schools in LCPS.

"The State Educational Technology Directors Association (SETDA) is a 501(c)3 not-for-profit membership association launched by state education agency leaders in 2001 to serve, support and represent their emerging interests and needs with respect to the use of technology for teaching, learning, and school operations."

Mike Marotta's website detailing many websites with Chrome apps and extensions useful for providing more options for students.

"The Tots 'n Tech Research Institute (TnT) is an inter-university collaboration between Thomas Jefferson University (TJU), Philadelphia and Arizona State University (ASU), Tempe. TnT's mission is to provide up-to-date information and resources about adaptations, including assistive technology, to use with infants and toddlers for states, Early Intervention providers of all disciplines, and families across the country. In order to achieve this mission, TnT provides technical assistance to states to help them enhance the use of adaptations with infants and toddlers and conducts a national research program about use of adaptations and assistive technology (AT)"

Research suggest text to speech improves comprehension performance