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"ModMath is an adaptive program to assist students in acquiring math skills from basic arithmetic to complex algebraic equations. The app, created in cooperation with the Christopher's Way Foundation, lets you type math problems right onto the touch screen of an iPad rather than write them out long-hand. You can then solve the problems using the built-in touch pad. And you can print, save to cloud services like Dropbox, or e-mail the assignments all without ever picking up a pencil. The app is free. But we will be charging a nominal fee for extra features to subsidize the cost of future updates. Please know that the purpose of any fee is not for profit. But rather to expand the usefulness of ModMath to a broader range of students. We have a dysgraphic son too. We just want to see all our kids succeed. So even if you don't need the pay features, consider buying them as an investment in another child's future. ModMath specifics: - Provides students with a virtual piece of graph paper, where they can set up and solve math problems in a format that's easily legible. - Allow students to solve basic math problems and more complex algebraic equations, all without ever picking up a pencil. - Print assignments, email them directly to the teacher or save to cloud storage."

Casa Notes Tool Casa Notes is designed to allow teachers to quickly make, and customize, typical notes that are sent home to parents or given to the students. This is done by using templates and allowing the teachers to customize some of the content, choo

This website provides guidelines for teaching literacy skills to learners with special needs, especially learners with complex communication needs Autism spectrum disorders Cerebral palsy Down syndrome Developmental apraxia Multiple disabilities. The This website provides guidelines for teaching literacy skills to learners with special needs, especially learners with complex communication needs Autism spectrum disorders Cerebral palsy Down syndrome Developmental apraxia Multiple disabilities. The webs

Note: Last upadate to website was in 2012. "This website provides guidelines for teaching literacy skills to learners with special needs, especially learners with complex communication needs (CCN) such as: Autism spectrum disorders Cerebral palsy Down syndrome Developmental apraxia Multiple disabilities This website provides information on: What skills to teach How to teach these skills Videotaped examples of instruction with learners with special needs"

Simply Said is an ongoing video series designed by the PACER Center to explain complex topics in easy-to-understand language. The videos feature simple drawings that make it quick and easy to learn. This format makes this resource especially easy to share. The series covers topics from Assistive Technology to Accessible Instructional Materials.

A comprehensive guide to presuming competence.

"There is nothing in a caterpillar that tells you it's going to be a butterfly." - Buckminster Fuller "And now here is my secret, a very simple secret. It is only with the heart that one can see rightly. What is essential is invisible to the eye." - Antoine de Saint Exupery, The Little Prince The goal of this manual is to help you to improve the world of a person with autism. You don't need to become a professional therapist to help. It is enough to remain a parent, teacher, aide, caregiver, or interested friend.

"Talking with a person who uses AAC - what to do, and what not to do! - in order to be a good communication partner. What people who use AAC have to say about communication partners."

When we don't understanding someone, listeners tend to respond with phrases like "What?", "Can you say that again?", or "I'm sorry, I didn't understand you." This often prompts the student to repeat the phrase again in the same way without understanding why the attempt failed in the first place. Reply in a way that provides the student with a strategy for how to improve the communication attempt. Use a phrase like "Say that again using different words" or "Say that again slower" to prompt the student to use synonyms, descriptors, or a slower rate. Pair a hand gesture, like twirling fingers when prompting the use of alternate words or lowering a palm to indicate slowing down, to provide a visual cue

Students, teachers and parents can explore easy to remember strategies and mnemonic devices to improve. Tools and resources to enable students with learning difficulties to be better learners

Using the Windows Ease of Access Center, learn how to use the keyboard to move the mouse pointer, how to make keyboard shortcuts easier to perform, and how to use sticky keys and filter keys to make the keyboard easier to use.

a free web-based tool that enables anyone to author and publish educational materials that use the Universal Design for Learning framework to flexibly respond to the needs of all learners. The link to the press release that explain more about the product and a link to the actual tool is located at: http://www.cast.org/about/news/2013-03-12.html

This is a free site that allows you to build online interactive lessons or modules... really easy and really cool!

Create dynamic, UDL supported learning environments!

During the school year, resources related to each Strategy-A-Day calendar page will appear here. If this is all you are seeing now, check back after the summer break and you'll find lots of great related resources for your classroom. Of course, you can use the tags and search features within Diigo to locate resources now--or anytime at all. To learn more about Diigo go to http://lcps.org/page/1710. To view our complete collection of tagged Diigo resources, click here https://groups.diigo.com/group/lcpsat

Use the Happiness Audit to learn and document how to engage each student. Have your families participate in this lasting record to pass along in transitions and to tailor your instruction.

A comprehensive catalog of educational technology. If you like the concepts of universal design for learning this book will bring you to the next level with technology. The book outlines the very best educational technology to reach special education students, diverse learners and engage all students in the learning process. There is a new generation of low-cost technology to help reach challenging students like never before. This gives teachers countless tools to include in your UDL toolbox and enhance your teaching.

Free activities to motivate and engage children to learn speech, language, and communication skills. Need a way to help your students with a speech impairment? Check out this site for ideas to help students make the connection between language, literacy and communication.

Students press the "play" button to listen to digital text. Useful for listening to text-based materials that are too high of a reading level. Useful for listening to instructions and test questions. Use as an editing strategy (listen to my own work giving my ears a chance to pick up the mistakes my eyes didn't catch).

"The flip chart easel is used along with the alphabet flip chart for self-selected writing activities. The easel allows for the partner in partner-assisted scanning to have their hands free to point to the letters as well as write the letters the student chooses on their page. It also allows the student to have the alphabet flip chart at eye level as they focus on the letters being scanned. The easel can also be used with the communication flip chart for other partner assisted scanning activities. The easel has been designed by Julie Brickhouse, a teacher on the Deaf-Blind Model Classroom Project in North Carolina."

Explanation of how to participate in the 12-13 Strategy-A-Day Calendar Creative Sharing Contest. Only employees of Loudoun County Public Schools are eligible to participate in the giveaway but anyone is free to share pictures of how they've used the Strategy-A-Day Calendar. Send your pictures to Chris.Bugaj@lcps.org. Happy Sharing!

This site presents training, resources, and information related to early communication assessment and instruction for students with significant disabilities. It is part of a larger effort to address the needs of students with significant disabilities who participate in the alternate assessment across the state of North Carolina. The goal of the larger project is to provide educators with the training, resources, and support they need to meet the needs of students with the most significant cognitive disabilities across three critical domains: Academics, Communication, and Transition.

Communication books are used as a support for spoken communication (or in the absence of speech), to enable people to get their message across. They may range from very simple formats with few pictures, to extensive books with many pages. Links to resources and ideas bank for communication books and passports.

"The SIFTS is a quick and easy web-based survey tool developed primarily to support IEP teams who need assistance in matching student needs and strengths to AT features. It has embedded text, picture and video supports to assist teams in building their knowledge of assistive technologies as well as their capacity to implement AT assessments."