Group items tagged

Linda Burkhart does a wonderful job simplifying the use of technology which can make technology for students very powerful.

Cheat sheet created by the Loudoun County Public Schools' Assistive Technology Team on using the Boardmaker Plus v. 6 Symbolate tool. Type in the text, or copy and paste it from a document or the Internet, and the graphics will appear with the text. It also has a text to speech feature that reads the text aloud. Provides wonderful supports for struggling readers and English language learners!

Spectronics 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.

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.

Lots of wonderful photos with links showing adaptations for toys, games, books, and school tools to provide physical accessibility

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.

Wonderful reading materials and resources for pre-school, kindergarten and first grade students! This website makes reading come to life! Interactive stories and activities for five levels. Don't forget to check out the cool amazing activities in the "Road to Reading".

This site offers wonderful resources on reflective teaching

Learn more about providing opportunities for reflection! This wonderful resource embeds research into practical ideas on how you can promote reflective teaching in your classroom.

Wonderful content from John Medina's Brain Rules Book. Amazing!

Wonder why Zombies, Zombie Apocalypse, and Zombie Preparedness continue to live or walk dead on a CDC web site? As it turns out what first began as a tongue in cheek campaign to engage new audiences with preparedness messages has proven to be a very effective platform. We continue to reach and engage a wide variety of audiences on all hazards preparedness via Zombie Preparedness; and as our own director, Dr. Ali Khan, notes, "If you are generally well equipped to deal with a zombie apocalypse you will be prepared for a hurricane, pandemic, earthquake, or terrorist attack." So please log on, get a kit, make a plan, and be prepared!

A nice collection of strategies for high incidence studnets in a variety of curricular areas. This website provides many wonderful ideas for test taking skills, study skills, reading and much more for students with special needs This website provides man

strategies in Organization, Note Taking, Study Skills, Note Taking, Reading and Writing.

Strategies for organization, test taking, study skills, note taking, and more.

Wonderful jokes, memory games, Halloween treats and much more!

Last month, we featured some wonderful videos from a project of the Angelman Syndrome Foundation that is a great starting point for anyone preparing to implement robust AAC for the first time (you can see that here). Today, we return to the ASF Communication Training Series to get an overview of key constructs in core vocabulary.