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Available for download, the booklet and DVD 'GETTING STARTED!!! Using Visual Systems to Promote Communication'. These resources were produced with funding received by School for Parents from the Non Government Centre Support for Non School Organisations of Western Australia. The booklet has been written for parents and discusses a range of visual systems they can use at home to develop their child's communication skills. Along with the booklet is a DVD which demonstrates the use of the visual systems discussed in the booklet. Although this resource is for parents it will also be useful for early childhood educators, child care staff, teachers, therapists etc.

"The free iAdvocate app from Syracuse University (announced today) may just be the future of learning and helping parents advocate for their children with learning disabilities. If not, it is certainly the future of successful, useful grants to universities. What could be more useful than releasing free apps to help learning? "

"This website is intended to provide information about the provision of assistive technology (commonly referred to as "AT") in the K-12 school setting, to Illinois educators and parents. The determination of a student's need for AT, selection of the appropriate AT, implementation of AT services and ongoing support for a student using AT is an critical process requiring many individuals, including a wide variety of school professionals as well as the student and their parents or guardians, to work together to determine how the student can best meet his or her educational objectives."

"Symbly is a new way to create, share, and go with visual supports, communication boards, visual schedules, social stories, and more. The primary design goals of Symbly are to provide a new tool for special education that: Makes it easy for beginners to create visual supports through the support of templates and examples created by experts Provides the tools that power users need to quickly create, manage, and share an entire library of visual supports Promotes a healthy community of parents and professionals focused on creating visual supports utilizing best practices Features an easy-to-use editor with great image search, drag-and-drop editing, and more Runs completely in the web browser without the need for any special plugins (no Flash, Silverlight, etc.) and is accessible from anywhere in the world Connects parents and therapists together more than ever before through ease of use, sharing capabilities, and real-time collaborative editing Provides the best mobile experience possible, to allow you to view and edit your supports on the go."

"This website is intended to provide information about the provision of assistive technology (commonly referred to as "AT") in the K-12 school setting, to Illinois educators and parents.  The determination of a student's need for AT, selection of the appropriate AT, implementation of AT services and ongoing support for a student using AT is an critical process requiring many individuals, including a wide variety of school professionals as well as the student and their parents or guardians, to work together to determine how the student can best meet his or her educational objectives."

People, particularly teenagers, have an almost compulsive reaction to open text messages when their phones beep or buzz. So if you want to quickly deliver an important message to student or parent today, sending a text message is the best way to do it. Managing a list of cell phone numbers can be a daunting task. Here are seven services that educators can use to easily send and manage group text messages.

"Adapting Creatively is a place where special needs parenting and special education intersect. When a special education teacher becomes a special needs parent, life demands some adapting. Some creativity. From that, this blog was born."

"The text app is intended to provide a wealth of easy to understand information that allows teachers, para-professionals, administrators, related service providers, parents, family members, babysitters, and in-home support providers, quick access to ideas for sparking meaningful lessons and activities for young children with autism. The app includes a brief Autism Classroom Checklist to give administrators, teachers and parents a starting point to evaluate a classroom that educates students with autism. "

"# Lets children (and adults) of all ages create cool, educational picture books called RealeBooks ("Really Books"). # Gives children of all ages access to thousands of free RealeBooks created by children, parents, and educators. # Lets you print RealeBooks, share them with friends and family via email, and share them with the world through RealeLibraries ("Really Libraries"). # Anchors your community's literacy cycle, enabling parents, teachers, and students to create and publish culturally relevant books that help other students develop reading skills. "

" To answer parents' questions about autism spectrum disorders, the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) offers a collection of interviews with pediatricians, researchers and parents. Click on the questions or descriptions below to hear responses to individual questions, or click on the link to listen to an entire interview."

"Zac Picto will support all kind of therapy system from ABA, Floortime, Sunrise, etc. and will integrate all kinds of activities such as videos, websites, software, etc. We know that parents who raise a child with autism have to spend a lot of money to ensure their well-being and proper development. We wish to contribute in our own way and have decided to offer Zac Picto absolutely free of charge for parents, teachers, therapists, doctors"

"Special Learning's Autism Communicating Basic Needs app. provides a way for non-verbal children to easily communicate their basic needs and wants using actual photographs of commonly requested items. The categories covered by this app. are: food, drinks, clothing, and activities. The app. also incorporates photographs of emotions and icons of commonly needed / requested items. The Autism Communicating Basic Needs app. includes a very attractive interface and is very intuitive and easy to use for children of all ages. Parents and providers will appreciate that the Autism Communicating Basic Needs app. was developed using the foundation and principles of applied behavior analysis. Among many other features, the app. includes three photographs for each item to teach generalization skills. Four audio options of actual voice recordings allow parents to further customize the app. to best suite the needs of their child. The app. is highly customizable and includes a reporting function to keep track of usage and preferences of the child."

"EMPOWER STUDENTS Students (as young as 5!) can independently create, capture, and store artifacts of learning in their private learning journal. ENGAGE PARENTS Parents get notified of new items, giving them a glimpse of their child's day and an opportunity to support learning at home."

This site is a companion to the PBS special Misunderstood Minds, and profiles a variety of learning problems and expert opinions. It is designed to give parents and teachers a better understanding of learning processes, insights into difficulties, and strategies for responding.

This iPod app is a checklist that parents can use at an IEP meeting

"Turn everyday moments into brain-building moments! New science has shown that our children's brains develop the most during the ages of 0-5. Daily Vroom is an app created to make the most of these precious years when the foundation for all future learning is happening. It offers parents ways to help make connections in their child's growing brain. And it's all rooted in new science. Every day, the app serves up a "Vroom" (a simple brain-building activity) into the palm of your hand, providing you with a daily dose of inspiration. It enhances the things you already do and helps spark new ideas"

"Googling for Communicating Using Google Docs spreadsheet to create multi-level communication between parents, related service providers, as well as private therapists."

"Large numbers of consumers, parents, teachers, therapists and AT professionals  purchase mobile and handheld devices and downloading various apps to be used as assistive technology and educational software for people with disabilities. The ability to test and review every app that can be used in this manner is nearly impossible. To aid Maine consumers and AT professionals who may be interested in knowing more about what's out there, we have assembled this resource."

"WonderGrove provides parents and teachers with a well-rounded selection of animated learning episodes to help young children prepare for the daily challenges of life both inside and outside of school" Available with SymbolStix or Signing

"Digital portfolios are becoming increasingly popular in classrooms across North America. School administration, teachers, parents, and students are all recognizing  the benefits of this amazing tool. Digital portfolios have the ability to impact education and student learning in ways that we simply have not been able to do before technology evolved to the level it is at today"