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OutlinesOutloud-just like it sounds! OutlinesOutloud takes the sting out of studying by converting your study outlines to spoken audio. Super-flexible playback controls let you vary speech rate; jump forward and backward with ease, skip rows or whole sections, loop-and more! Reads even complex outlines naturally OutlinesOutloud reads hierarchical information (letter and numeral prefixes) in a smooth, listenable way and handles a variety of symbols that could choke your average speech-to-text app! Easy transfer from computer to iPhone With OutlinesOutloud, syncing to your iPhone happens automatically, so you can study anywhere. Select the portions you want to hear, and hit PLAY. All you have to do is listen!"

"The apps in this list represent ten of the best Apple iPod Touch apps for Science and Social Studies teachers. They are detailed, feature packed, and, best of all, free! Some of them are versatile enough that they could even be used in both Science and Social Studies."

"This workshop will discuss how Chittenden Central Supervisory Union(CCSU) uses an AT Assessment Plan (ATAP) based on the SETT framework to support students with multiple or severe disabilities to enable increased access to the curriculum and independence.  The ATAP and the process of implementing it will be discussed.  Several extensive case studies will be reviewed.  How those ATAPs were revised in subsequent years to continue supporting students will also be covered.  Case studies include students with visual impairments, autism, learning impairments, speech impediments and physical disabilities.  Learn how one district is making a difference for its students with severe or multiple disabilities!"

"Each year, the IACC releases its annual list of scientific advances that represent significant progress in the field. The 20 studies selected have given new insight into the complex causes of autism and potential risk factors, studied clues that could lead to earlier diagnosis, and evaluated promising early intervention strategies. "

"Anki is a program which makes remembering things easy. Because it is a lot more efficient than traditional study methods, you can either greatly decrease your time spent studying, or greatly increase the amount you learn. Anyone who needs to remember things in their daily life can benefit from Anki. Since it is content-agnostic and supports images, audio, videos and scientific markup (via LaTeX), the possibilities are endless."

InfoUse, in collaboration with the Research Triangle Institute (RTI), is conducting an Assistive Technology Act Data Collection Project for the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research (NIDRR). Our 4-year project designed and implemented a Web-based performance reporting system for the Assistive Technology Act state grants program. This system was designed to meet the information needs of the Assistive Technology Act grantees, NIDRR, and Congress, and to fulfill the requirements of the Government Performance and Results Act of 1993 (GPRA). The project is also conducting evaluation studies, described in more detail under Activities & Resources. We are creating a Chartbook on Assistive Technology that presents national estimates on the need for and use of assistive technology. The project is producing statistical estimates, by state, on the need for and use of assistive technology. The project is studying "model approaches" to capacity building systems that provide assistive technology training to professionals and individuals with disabilities. Research on employment-related assistive technology is also underway.

"One great tool for creating social reading experiences is Diigo (www.diigo.com), a free online application that allows users to add highlights and comments onscreen to any Web-based text. These comments can be seen by anyone using Diigo and are identified with the commenter's user name. Diigo also enables users to bookmark and "tag" with keywords any online articles that they find fascinating. Classes studying topics together can share their reading. Articles tagged by one user become instantly available to another, providing a source for continued study and ongoing conversations."

"Welcome to Flashcard Machine, a free web application that enables users to create interactive web-based study flash cards and share them with others."

"JASPER (Joint Attention Symbolic Play Engagement Regulation) is a treatment approach based on a combination of developmental and behavioral principles developed by Dr. Connie Kasari at the Center for Autism Research and Treatment, at University of California, Los Angeles. This intervention model targets the foundations of social-communication (joint attention, imitation, play), uses naturalistic strategies to increase the rate and complexity of social-communication, and includes parents and teachers as implementers of the intervention to promote generalization across settings and activities and to ensure maintenance over time. Dr. Kasari and her colleagues have tested this approach in a series of target and modularized research studies. In the first randomized controlled trial, 58 preschool children with autism were recruited from an early intervention program based on applied behavior analysis, and were taught joint attention and play skills. This study showed promising evidence that a child-centered treatment focused on early social-communication deficits of joint attention and play could lead to improvements in these core deficits while also increasing the child's use of language (Kasari et al, 2006, 2008, 2012) over a 5 year span. Researchers are continuing to test the use of JASPER with children of various ages (infants to school-aged) and across various settings (clinic, home and schools)."

"he students are using the iPad to access content, create content, and to demonstrate their knowledge.  For some of the students, just being able to access their assignments via @Edmodo, take notes with Notability via @gingerlabs, learn Social Studies, create assignments in Drive or Pages, review math skills with iXL, study with Quizlet and access books with downloads from Bookshare is huge. "

"Voice Cards are an innovative way to study and a replacement for all the flashcard/notecard apps out there!! The iPhone is not made to type flashcards, thus comes Voice Cards, an innovative way to replace them all! Start out by creating sets just as you would with notecards/flashcards, except you create a voice recording of your questions/answers in set of Voice Cards! You can then play them back in ways one has not though of before. Turn on 'Touchpad' mode to swipe left and right between questions, then swipe up to play the question, and swipe down to play the question! Turn on 'Shake' mode to shake between questions and answers. Shake once to place the question, then shake again to play the answers! Then it automatically moves to the next question with the next shake! Set 'Autoplay' mode and select your interval of 1, 5, or 10 seconds. Press play and the questions followed by answers will play with a delay in between! You can even exit the app and Voice Cards will atomically keep going in the background while you surf the web or answer your email! Turn on 'Shuffle' mode to randomize your Voices Cards in all three mode!!"

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"Welcome to the Down Syndrome Reading Profiles Study resources site.  Here you will find links to a growing list of instructional resources and guidance as to which children will benefit most from which strategies, technologies, and materials. "

"This workshop will discuss the second and third year of utilizing iPads and iTouches district wide to support students eligible for special education.  Learn from our mistakes, our many, many mistakes!  Hear the details of how students have used the devices successfully in our new split model - both 1:1 with students receiving special education services and shared across the day during direct instruction with special educators.  Funding, logistics, and in-depth details will be covered.  Case studies will be used to outline the process and the academic successes of students.  iPad utilities and apps utilized will be demonstrated and student work will be shown.  Key successes will be highlighted, as will areas of the deployment needing improvement."

"The Read&Write GOLD training series walks learners through all of the features found on the Read&Write GOLD toolbar, including features for reading, writing and self-editing, study skills, and research.",  said Jon Blissenbach, Atomic Learning's VP of Product Business Development. "Our partnership with Texthelp allows us to offer this comprehensive training collection for learners with special needs." Videos are available for both the PC and Mac versions of Read&Write GOLD.  Each online training collection includes 2-3 minute videos for each of the features of this powerful assistive technology software, giving learners with special needs the opportunity to achieve and succeed in their learning goals

What Makes Mentor Relationships Successful

"This site has the details on all the flash card apps for iPhone, iPod Touch & iPad. Apps you can use for language learning, building vocabulary, or to memorize or study any other list of things. 175 apps in total. But you only need one, right? The one that's the best for you. That's why you can filter the list depending on what you need"

"A new font - now available for free use on smartphones and in web browsers - may make it easier for people who suffer from dyslexia to communicate digitally. Some recent studies have shown that bottom-heavy fonts - those in which the letters appear a little thinker at the bottom than they do at the top - can provide relief for some dyslexic patients by making them less likely to invert letters and words while reading"

Guidelines and Best Practices for Trenton Child Study Team Members

"This site supports educators and students in their teaching and study of universal design. Universal design is an approach to the design of all products and environments to be as usable as possible by as many people as possible regardless of age, ability, or situation."