"The Technology Solutions office provides professionally trained, multi-disciplinary teams to evaluate students in collaboration with school staff and the student's family members. This collaborative approach is necessary for the students to achieve success with the recommended technology as these systems will often be used by the student throughout the day in a variety of settings. " SCROLL DOWN FOR CORE VOCABULARY RESOURCES!
http://secure.dynamiclearningmaps.org/unc/facilitated/index.html
MANY self-directed or guided learning modules. Math, Core Vocabulary..etc
Look for the module titled DLM™ Core Vocabulary and Communication. The module is available in 2 formats. One is a self-directed module with embedded learning activities. The Facilitated version is inside a folder called Facilitated Foundational Modules. It has a narrated movie, 2 or 3 learning activities, and the handouts and directions needed for those activities that a facilitator can use. There is also a copy of the PowerPoint slides without narration that include the videos we showed in our presentation.
This website provides a variety of strategies for introducing core vocabulary to students. Click on the link to "Year of Core Words" for an editable document with 12 grids of core vocabulary words (one grid per month) that you can add your preferred pictures to.
GREAT RESOURCE for Core Vocabulary and implementation and general AAC support
See Core Samples for a nice variety of boards in a variety of symbol sets
Reading Bear, a project of WatchKnowLearn.org, is the first free program online to teach beginning readers vocabulary and concepts while systematically introducing all the main phonetic patterns of written English, all using innovative rich media. We spent an enormous amount of time developing 50 presentations, covering even more phonics principles and illustrating over 1,200 vocabulary items. There is nothing else like it, free or otherwise.
Each week Night Light Stories does a blog post featuring a visual representation of a word. These posts are done in alphabetical order and help students learn vocabulary.
Short and fun vocabulary videos intended to aid students build a strong vocabulary and are especially helpful in preparing for standardized tests such as SAT, ACT and GRE.
enter up to 10 spelling words, and there is a Teach Me feature with text to speech that says the word aloud, types it while saying each letter, and says the word in a sentence. The Play a Game feature has several interactive spelling games,. The Test Me f
Core vocabulary explained by Dynamic Learning Maps. The first 5 minutes explain Core Vocab in a nutshell. Then the video goes on to explain aided language stimulation