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ESE & FDLRS Assistive Technology Resources

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Literacy and Math Resources
Boardmaker Resources

FDLRS Home Page

Teaching Resources for Florida ESE Home Page

• Accommodations:Student Needs and Solutions
• Assitive Technology
  

LAT Referral Forms

• Referral Procedures
• Student Referral Information for Augmentative Communication
• Augmentative Communication Technology Screening Test
• Aug Com Implementation Strategies
• Student Referral Information for Assistive Technology
• Eight week Technology Tracking Form

LAT Support Forms

• Day Mapping Vocabulary Form
• Parents Checklist

Communication Boards TEXT Only

• Text Board Template
• Simple Text board Template

Assistive Technology That Can Help

• Software List.pdf
• Hardware list.pdf

Technology for Students with Moderate to Severe Communication & Physical Disability

• Devices List & Strategies
• Software List
• Switch List
• Keyboard Shortcuts

Workshop Handouts

• Assistive Technology 101
• Creating PowerPoint Talking Books XP/2003PDF
• PowerPoint Game Templates zipped files
• Wonders of Word 2003 XP
• Wonders of Word 2007
• Visual StrategiesPP
• Visual Strategies PDF
• Communication for Non- Verbal students
• Communication for Non-Verbal students PDF

Links to Literacy Handouts

• Links to Literacy PP.PDF
• Links to Literacy Websites PDF
• Technology Tools for Literacy.pdf
• Software That Can Help PDF
• Reading Chart from Don Johnston
• Five Blocks of Literacy Chart PDF

Miscellaneous

• Accessibility Options in Windows.pdf
• Accommodations Checklist
• FCAT Accommodations Toolkit PP
• 50 Ways to Use Voice Output Devices

Websites for Special Needs

• http://www.cindysautisticsupport.com/
  Wonderful website with resources to assist students with Autism
• http://www.zacbrowser.com/
  Free web browser for students with autism
  
• http://www.ablenetinc.com/wiz.asp
  Choose student grade level, skill to address, activity theme and search for wonderful matching lesson plans.
• www.jan.wvu.edu/soar/index
  (SOAR) system is designed to let users explore various accommodation options for people with disabilities in work and educational settings
• www.qiat.org
  Quality Indicators for Assistive Technology Services
• www.gpat.org
  GPAT has developed numerous resources to assist educators and families in providing assistive technology services to students with disabilities.
• coe.jmu.edu/learningtoolbox/printstrats.html
  This website provides many wonderful ideas for test taking skills, study skills, reading and much more for students with special needs
• http://cbss.uoregon.edu/learn/index.html
  Provides computersbased strategies to help with note taking, organization, and research
• www.ld.org
  Resources for helping students with special needs
• http://www.dys-add.com/dysvideo.html
  online videos on LD
• www.dys-add.com/define.html
  Latest research and materials for working with students with learning disabilities
• www.aacintervention.com
  Created by Julie Marro and Caroline Musselwhite to assist students who use augmentative communication. Links to Boardmaker resources
• www.gatfl.org/ldguide
  Web site filled with description, strategies and assistive tech solutions
• www.creativecommunicating.com
  Ideas for working with student using augmentative communication
• www.lburkhart.com/
  Created by Linda Burkhart, filled with ideas and handouts for students who use assistive technology

Web-Based Switch Accessible Resources

• http://www.helpkidzlearn.com/
  Free online switch games and stories from Inclusive Technology
• http://www.setbc.org/setbc/accessiblebooks/freebooksforyou.html
  Accessible PowerPoint books
• cbeebies-bbc.co.uk
  Several games and stories that are accessible for students with special needs who use switches
• Kneebouncers
  Games and activities stimulate cause and effect
• Talking Faces
  Switch accessible program from Inclusive Technology. Record your voice and hear it played back while a face animates!
• Brillsoft.com
  Download a game with 4 activities to promote cause and effect with a switch user
• www.priorywoods.middlesbrough.sch.uk
  This is a website has many cause and effect games. Some for teens
• www.speechtx.com/Technology/powerpoint_games.htm
  PowerPoint Cause and Effect puzzle template. Simply change the background for another puzzle. Click here download puzzle template. More ideas on the web site.

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