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Assistive Technology for struggling students Presented by Joanne Castellano Director TECH Connection 732-747-5310 x114 Email: tecconn@aol.com Other Services: A demonstration center A.T. Evaluations for assistive and

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Assistive Technology for struggling students

Presented by Joanne Castellano Director TECHConnection 732-747-5310 x114 Email: tecconn@aol.com

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  • A demonstration center

for assistive and educational technology. A place to come and learn with an opportunity for a hands on experience with an assistive technology specialist to guide your experience.

  • Other Services:
  • A.T. Evaluations
  • AAC Evaluations
  • Open Lab
  • Workshops
  • Lending Library
  • Computer Donation Program
  • RLC Classes for Adults
  • Summer Program
  • Fast ForWord language

35 Haddon Avenue, Shrewsbury, NJ 07702, 732-747-5310, www.frainc.org

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A.T. Tools for Access

  • Adapted Keyboards

– Intellikeys – Big Keys – Mini keyboards – On Screen Keyboards – Voice recognition

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A.T. Tools for Access

  • Mouse Emulators

– Touch Screen – Trackballs – Verticle mouse – Trackpad – Joystick – Head mouse or Tracker – Voice recognition

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Tools for Reading

  • Reading Based Curriculum:

– Balanced Literacy, Classroom Suite

  • www.intellitools.com
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Electronic Books

  • Start to Finish by Don Johnston
  • Bookshare.org (app for iPad)
  • Learning Ally http://www.learningally.org

formally Recordings for blind and dyslexic (app for iPad)

  • Kindle
  • Nook
  • iPad Read2Go app offers full control of font size and color,

background and highlighting color

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Screen Reading / Text to Speech

  • Wynn by Freedom Scientific $350/$999
  • Kurzweil by Kurzweil $400/$1,395
  • Scan and Read Pro by Premier A.T.

$150. (www.readingmadeeasy.com)

  • Read and Write Gold by TextHelp
  • Read Outloud by Don Johnston $299.
  • Read Please (Free –reads what is on screen)
  • JAWS by Freedom Scientific (for blind users)
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  • WYNN by FreedomScientific.com
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Screen Reading / Text to Speech

  • Browsealoud (Free web reader)
  • U Reader by Premier A.T. $50.
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Tools for Reading-language training

  • Fast ForWord – phonemic awareness, auditory word recognition,

listening comprehension

  • Linda Moode-Belle
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Tools For Reading - Phonics

  • Simon Sounds it Out by Don Johnston
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Portable Reading Devices

  • Intel reader - $829. w/ capture ability
  • Kindle
  • Nook
  • iPad
  • Classmate reader - $399.
  • Victor reader
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Tools For Writing

  • Talking Word Processing Programs.

(speaks aloud what is typed)

– Write Outloud by Don Johnston

  • www.donjohnston.com

– Talking Word Processor by Premier A.T.

  • www.readingmadeEZ.com

App: Writing buddy

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Tools for Writing

  • Word Prediction: also considered word

completion predicting words on the basis

  • f the first few letters typed. Excellent

support for poor spellers or slow typers.

  • Co:Writer by Don Johnston www.donjohnston.com
  • Word Q www.goqsoftware.com
  • Premier Predictor Pro www.readingmadeEZ.com
  • Read & Write Gold www.texthelp.com
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Tools for Writing

  • Ginger: as the user works on typical programs such

as Microsoft Word, Ginger software automatically detects and corrects unusual spelling mistakes, misused words and grammatical errors.

www.gingersoftware.com

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Tools for Writing

  • Voice recognition: User speaks into

microphone and computer types what is spoken.

– Dragon Naturally Speaking

  • www.nuance.com
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Tools for Writing - notetaking

  • Pulse Pen – it creates digital copies of everything you write

by hand while recording audio at the same time.

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Tools for Writing - Notetaking

  • Neo by Alphasmart.com

$169.

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Tools for Vision Challenges

  • Magic by FreedomScientific.com
  • ZoomText by AiSquared
  • FREE magnification built into every
  • computer. (windows 7)
  • Free Apps: ipod and iphone only

– Icansee – Mirror 3-in-1

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Additional Tools for Learning

DTTrainer by Accelerated Learning

  • Content: 2 – 9 Years old developmentally
  • Over 125 Content programs

– Matching, identification, counting,phonics, classification, sequencing, spatial relations, math, time, money, word analysis, wh questions, word recognition

  • Designed for independent use
  • Customize lessons
  • Hundreds of reinforcers
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Additional Tools for Learning

  • Laureate – www.laureatelearning.com

Stimulates language First Words Exploring First Words First Categories Talking Tigers Tale Sentence Master

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APPs !!!!

  • http://www.connsensebulletin.com/2011/01/apps
  • for-education-update/
  • Compiled by Carolann Cormier, MS, CCC-SLP, ATP
  • This handout is meant to be a resource. It is not meant to be

exhaustive and is not a suggestion on what apps to buy or

  • download. It is always helpful to review the ratings on apps before
  • purchasing. For review of apps, click on the review button when you

are on the app download page in iTunes. If a lite version is available, generally they are free or cheaper, so they can be a way for you to try an app.

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APPs !!!

STAGES by Madalaine Pugliese Closing the Gap Handout