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Resources from Gail Van Tatenhove including vocabulary lists

" week, students connect with the world through symbol-supported news articles and dozens of worksheets, games, and activities. News-2-You helps thousands of educators develop special education lesson plans, and stands alone as the national newspaper for special education."

SymbolWorld is a website created by Widgit Software specifically for symbol users. It has material for all ages and includes news, personal contributions, stories and learning materials. SymbolWorld is designed to be easy to navigate, with the option to personalise the layout and colours to suit any reader's needs.

"This bestselling illustrated guide describes what's required to construct and use a communication book with a preliterate individual. It offers clarity for parents and professionals in developing communication books that progressively help a young person to communicate an increasing number of messages."

"These 11 video clips and related learning guides provide an opportunity to enhance and support teacher practice in the area of literacy for students with significant disabilities. Dr. Caroline Musselwhite is an assistive technology specialist with more than 30 years of experience working with children and adolescents with significant disabilities. "

"Boardmaker and other Picture Symbol Resources"

From the Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired Functional Academics and Basic Skills Department"

"using symbols to support a student's understanding of text is an approach that doesn't always achieve its intended outcome. It is also an approach that may have unintended consequences as it may also interfere with literacy development."

This short film (16:39) focuses on Axel Cortes and the staff at Idelhurst Elementary School in Somersworth, NH. Axel is a fifth grader with autism who is non-verbal.

"Shared reading is a collaborative learning activity that emulates and builds on the bedtime book experiences that many children and parents have together. The focus during shared reading is on the interaction. Shared reading is appropriate for any emergent reader, no matter their age and can be done individually or in small groups."

"Aragonese Portal of Augmentative and Alternative Communication gathers in a unique site all the materials, software, pictures and pictograms that facilitate communication of those of our pupils who have educative needs of communication. It also intends to become a useful resource for every teacher, providing sets of tools that ease preparation of their own materials. With that objective in mind, all the materials and tools are presented in a free way under Creative Commons licens"

"Rett Girl! is a resource site for families who have daughters suffering from Rett Syndrome, a debilitating neurological disorder that only affects females."

"PictureSET is a collection of downloadable visual supports that can be used by students for both receptive and expressive communication in the classroom, at home, and in the community."

"New technology is allowing people such as Alan Martin, who has cerebral palsy, the chance to communicate properly for the first time"

"Hasbro and The Autism Project team up to introduce ToyBox Tools, a free online resource where caregivers and educators can find tools to make play easier and more accessible for children with developmental disabilities. ToyBox Tools is a collaboration connecting evidence-based practices with classic Hasbro toys. ToyBox Tools can help children experience the joy of play with three levels of tools available for those who need support: basic play, expanding play and social play levels."

YouTube Channel for the Foundation for Angelman Syndrom Therapeutics, videos from their conference including Caroline Musselwhite

"LessonPix is founded by a teacher and a developer. Together they created a affordable resource to promote early learning and communication for all learners." - create printable resources, activities, communication supports

blog - lessons from a high school functional classroom