February / March 2004
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Editorial Feature
More visual supports = more expressive language
By
Paula Furick
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It is widely known that students with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) benefit from the use of visual supports in their environment. Supports usually include schedules, task choices, and snack items. These techniques improve students’ receptive language and typically increase requesting and transition abilities.
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All Things Matt
By
Matthew Roberts and Matthew Wangeman
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Becoming the master of your domain!
Well, it’s a new year. Much has transpired over the past year... most of it too depressing to mention in this chipper column.
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DISKoveries
By
Joan Tanenhaus
Literacy and creative access from kindergarten to graduation
By
Teri Brogdon
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Project Participate began by increasing active and meaningful inclusion for kids like Sam, a kindergartner with CP. Sam attended his neighborhood school and everyone involved was excited about including all kids. Sam would break into a big smile when the teacher read to him or when one of the other children wanted to be “teacher” and read to him.
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Enhancing play and learning through mobility
By
Gail Bass, Michelle Dobmeier and Brett Johnson
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The purpose of this article is to provide an overview of the benefits of pediatric mobility for children with disabilities and to describe a unique program, HOPE Inc.’s Magic Mobility Program, that promotes exposure to mobility devices for children and their families.
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Using assistive technology to support struggling readers and writers
By
JoAnne Katzmarek
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The evolution of the assistive technology program in the Tomorrow River School District in Central Wisconsin is a story many school districts can learn from. It consists of concerned teachers, timely financial support from a grant, and, very importantly, a school district’s decision to invest in the professional development of their teachers.
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SKIP-Secondary Kurzweil Implementation Project
By
Roger Rachow and Cinda Rachow
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The use of digital text software i.e., Kurzweil 3000, WYNN, Read and Write Gold, should be considered as a support for students at the middle and high school level who demonstrate low proficiency in reading (in Iowa, below the 40th percentile). These students generally are not receiving the same curricula as typical students due to their low reading comprehension level.
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Product Spotlight
BrailleNote GPS Version 2 with street maps is now shipping
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GPS Version 2 with street maps is now available. This exciting accessory for your BrailleNote or VoiceNote announces street crossings, speed of travel and even altitude. The entire U.S.
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Dolphin Computer Access and the Foundation for Blind Children announce partnership
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Dolphin Computer Access Inc., a manufacturer of assistive technology products for the blind and visually impaired, based in San Mateo, California, recently teamed up with the Foundation for Blind Children, a leader in training of people who are blind and visually impaired in the use of assistive technology. Daniel Moore, Vice President of Sales, for Dolphin said, “This is an excellent opportunity for both our organizations to make a real difference in the lives of computer users who are blind by providing the tools and training necessary for integration and inclusion within the classroom and workplace. The issue of inclusion is important, and one which we see every day in the workplace and in public services as much as in the classroom.
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EasyStand Magician Series features added modularity
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Altimate Medical announces a new base frame on their EasyStand Magician Series that allows the stander to be more modular. The new frame design makes it possible for standard Magicians to easily convert into Mobile Magicians using the same base. It also allows options, such as the table swing away sleeve, to be added to the Magician at any time.
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IntelliTools announces free 45-day trial version
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IntelliTools, Inc. announces the availability of a free 45-day trial version of its newest product, IntelliTools Classroom Suite. Network-ready and both Windows and Mac OS X compatible, IntelliTools Classroom Suite provides preK-8 educators with a fully integrated suite of three popular teaching and learning tools:
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KeyStrokes 3.1 provides support for more languages, adds AppleScriptability, and more
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Niemeijer announces the release of version 3.1 of KeyStrokes, its popular on-screen keyboard with advanced PolyPredix multilingual word prediction for Mac OS 9 and Mac OS X. KeyStrokes 3.1 offers many unique, time and effort saving features allowing significantly easier and faster typing for people unable to use a hardware keyboard. It can be used with a mouse, trackball, head pointer, touch screen, or other mouse emulator to type characters into any standard Macintosh application.
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SwitchXS 1.2 now works with any input device you can think of
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Niemeijer Consult announces the release of SwitchXS 1.2. This is the second in a series of free updates for existing users.
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New book helps teachers and administrators use handhelds acrossthe curriculum
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Tom Snyder Productions announces the release of Handhelds for Teachers & Administrators, the latest in a series of how-to books for educators. Written by well-known author and teacher Janet Caughlin and teacher Tony Vincent, Handhelds for Teachers & Administrators is a complete guide to using Pocket PCs and Palm OS handhelds in the classroom. The book contains lessons using handhelds that can help teachers meet their curriculum objectives, as well as a CD-ROM of over 70 software programs for handhelds including cross-curricular applications, teacher applications, databases, games, and more.
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Dolphin announces access to terminal services, for computer users with a visual impairment
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Dolphin Computer Access announces the availability of their award winning access software now with terminal server support.
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