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Editorial Feature
DISKoveries: Special Needs: New Software, Books, DVDs and Professional Resources
By
Joan Tanenhaus
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Switch Skills for Two Set 1 & Set 2 (Inclusive TLC Special Needs: 1-800-462-0930, www.inclusivetlc.com) This is an excellent series of new programs, for Macintosh and Windows, designed to introduce the use of two switches in a sequential order. Switch Skills for Two Set 1 has four different kinds of activities. In "Controlling Two Separate Objects," users learn that the two switches cause different things to happen.
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Show, Practice and Challenge Students in Math with IntelliTools Classroom Suite 4
By
John Laskarzewski and Lauri Susi
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Background
Many teachers have concerns about whether their students with disabilities can adequately make progress in the general education curriculum and demonstrate the required level of annual yearly progress in math. There are a number of factors that can impact mathematics achievement for a student with disabilities. Curriculum that is fragmented and/or spirals may move too quickly and not provide some students with enough practice to develop competency in one skill before the next skill is presented.
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AAC Users Living in a Fast Paced Society
By
Rick Hohn
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We live in a fast paced society. We have to go there, here, and everywhere. There are even places, such as fast food restaurants, to enable our addiction.
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A Continuum of AT Solutions for Confusion and Memory Loss After Traumatic Brain Injury
By
Joan Cunningham, Anne Johnson and Patti Murphy
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Survivors of traumatic brain injury (TBI), a common source of hidden, yet potentially significant cognitive disabilities, may often go unrecognized as candidates for assistive technology (AT) that can help them through the day, in part because their impairment is not readily visible. A notable factor contributing to a new level of awareness of the benefits of AT for this population is the rising number of troops returning from the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq with service-related head injuries. Ten to 30 percent of soldiers have sustained injuries or are expected to, according to a report by correspondent Bob Woodruff that aired on ABC News recently.
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Inexpensive Assistive Technology for Struggling Readers
By
Leon Reisberg
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One of the most difficult problems facing middle and secondary school teachers today is that many students come to class without the necessary skills to read and comprehend the written materials placed before them (Snow, 2002). Textbooks and other print-based materials often provide the foundation for many courses in K -12 education and teachers frequently expect students to read and comprehend these materials independently (Davey, 1988; Schug, 1997; Williams, 1998).
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123 Hey Look At Me!
By
Mo Buti
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How many of you teach in a special education classroom that is "housed" at a school other than a childs home school? Low incidence programs typically consist of children from all over the district. Districts will find schools with space and place a program in that school and bus students in.
No more feeling of just being "housed"! At times, it is difficult to assure that your students are involved and included in the culture of your school.
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Dyslexia - Spelling Out an Answer with the WordLogic Predictive Text Solution
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Dyslexia causes misery for millions of people across the world - with researchers estimating that three to 10 percent of school-aged children in the US are affected by the condition. Coming from the Greek for "difficulty with words," Dyslexia is a specific learning difficulty that affects the development of literacy and language skills. One of Dyslexia's main traits is a problem in associating visual symbols with verbal sounds.
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The Making of Proloquo2Go: AAC in Your Pocket
By
Samuel Sennott
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This is the inside story of Proloquo2Go. To me, as a special educator and AAC specialist, it is a dream come true. Nearly the instant I saw the iPhone, I saw in it a potentially powerful augmentative and alternative communication device, as well as a powerful learning tool.
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Product Spotlight
MacSpeech, Inc. Releases MacSpeech Dictate 1.3
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New Cache Document Command Empowers Working Beyond Dictated Documents to Include Working with Almost Any Document.
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Gus Communications Releases Blackberry and iPhone Text-To-Speech Communication Aid
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Gus Communications Inc., has announced the release of MobileTTS, the world's first speech (AAC) software solution for users of Blackberry and Apple iPhones. MobileTTS (text to speech) software is designed for "smartphone" users who are unable to speak verbally as a result of stroke, cancer, laryngectomy or any other condition that has affected their ability to communicate. The software includes premium quality voices for natural sounding speech.
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HumanWare Unveils KeySoft 8.0
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Humanware has announced KeySoft version 8.0, the latest upgrade to the KeySoft software suite. Version 8.0 was released for mPower and PK platforms in March. KeySoft 8.0 requires one count of a Software Maintenance Agreement (SMA).
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JITA Technologies, LLC, Announces the Release of the Speech Assistant
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Inspired by his wife's speech impairment, Jay Blocksom wanted to develop a telecommunications system so that she could talk on the telephone to her clients, both privately and quietly at her workplace. His inspiration culminated in the development of the Speech Assistant.
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Plustek Announces Line of Bookreaders to Help with Learning Skills
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New Reading Device with Text-to-Speech and Optical Character Recognition is Ideal for Those Challenged with Learning Disabilities, Persons who are Visually Impaired
and Those Looking to Learn a New Language.
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AT KidSystems Unveils New Line of Software and Demonstrates Latest Enhancements to Cosmos Learning Systems
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MC Commander and Learning for Children - Exploration Software Featured.
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Hatchette Book Group Partners with Bookshare
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Partnership Makes Thousands of Books Available to People with Print Disabilities.
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FACELAND Software Helps Children with Autism Recognize Facial Expressions of Emotions - A Social Literacy Skill
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Don Johnston, a leader in assistive technologies for students with special needs, has announced the release of FACELAND, an innovative software program to help children with autism, Aspergers and developmental deficiencies learn how to recognize facial expressions that display the emotions of surprise, fear, disgust, anger, sadness and happiness.
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