Polk County Public Schools, Staff

NIMAS and Accessible Instructional Materials

• NIMAS Training information
• NIMAS chart
• TAP NIMAS dps-2009-084
• TAP Accessible Instructional Materials
• ISBN Tips and Tricks
• Physican Forms (Role and Certification)
• NIMAS Student Registration (complete by School Personnel send to Joanne Stidham)
• NIMAS Qualifying Information (Completed by competent authority at the school level having reviewed medical records and Physican Certification)
• Book Ordering Information
• Considerations for RFBD and Bookshare
• Glossary

• New Territories Booklet with additional resources for instructional materials

LAT Referral Forms

• Assistive technology glossary
• Referral Procedures Flow Chart
• Referral for Assistive Technology/AAC Evaluation FORM 08-01
• Augmentative/Alternative Communication (AAC) Referral Checklist FORM 08-02
• Considerations for Augmentative/Alternative Communication FORM 08-03
• Considerations for Curriculum Assistive Technology FORM 08-04
• IEP Team Request for Equipment for Trial08-06
• AAC Device Trial Information 08-05A
• Technology Trial Information 08-05B
• Daily Task Log
• Eight week Technology Tracking Form
• Assistive Technology Follow Up Form

LAT Support Forms

• Day Mapping Vocabulary Form
• Parents Checklist

Workshop Video Tutorials and Handouts

Wonders of Word 2007 video clip tutorials and handout.
(You will need Adobe Flash for the first four and WIndows media for the rest{soon will be replaced})

Clues, Solve, & Implement; Documents for School Based Teams

Intellitools workshop Oct 2009

• Videos:
  • Quick Access Toolbar
  • Zoom and Magnification
  • Selecting Text and Correcting Errors
  • Working with Fonts
  • Changing the Font Default
  • Emphasizing Text (Bold, Underline, Text Color)
  • Change Page Color Background
  • Spelling and Grammar
  • Turn off Spelling and Grammar Checker
  • Word Count and Readability Statistics
  • Thesaurus
  • Text Alignment
  • Change Case
  • Adding White Space (Between lines, characters, words and margins)
  • Show/Hide Format
  • AutoCorrect - Correct Commonly Mistyped Words/ Abbreviation Expansion
  • AutoText - Store Information for Later Use
  • Footnotes and Endnotes (Clarify instructions, give defintions, check comprehension...)
• Handouts:
  • Wonders Of Word 2010 Handout
  • Wonders of Word 2007 Handout
  • Keyboard Shortcut List
  • Microsoft Word 2007
  • Accommodation Tool Box

• Other Workshops:

  • ASD PowerPoint
  • Assistive Technology 101
  • Creating PowerPoint Talking Books XP/2003PDF
  • Creating PowerPoint Talking Books 2007
  • PowerPoint Game Templates zipped files
  • Wonders of Word 2003 XP
  • Visual StrategiesPP
  • Visual Strategies PDF
  • Communication for Non- Verbal students
  • Communication for Non-Verbal students PDF
  • Non Verbal Child College Student Information.pdf
  • 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 PD

Device Training Modules

• Tobii Solo Flex
• Super Talker
• Talking Symbols
• ITalk2
• BIG and LITTLEmack
• All-Turn-It Spinner
• BIG and LITTLE Step by Step
• PowerLink3
• Phrase Maker Communicator
• 7 Level Communication Builder
• Link to Region 3
  • Video Tutorials Boardmaker, Word, Windows Accessibility
  • Dynamic Display, manual boards and back up system

• You will need to register for these video sessions but the site is free

• Dynavox V and V Max Getting Started
• Dynavox V and Max Basic
• Dynavox V and V Max Introduction
• Dynavox M3
• Dynavox Series 5 Emmergent Communicators
• Dynavox Series 5 Independent Series
• Handheld Enkidu
• Mini Mo and Mighty Mo
• Chat PC
  
• To view training videos download QuickTime Player QuickTime

Teaching Resources for Florida ESE

• Teaching Resources for Florida ESE home page
• DOE Links to Assistive Technology
• Florida's Assistive Technology Assessment Competencies

Communication Boards TEXT Only

• Text Board Template
• Simple Text board Template

Assistive Technology That Can Help

• Technology Tools
• 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

Miscellaneous

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

Websites for Special Needs

• www.halley.cc/stuff/dragnifier.html
  Magnifier for the computer
• www.tarheelreader.org
  This website has many accessible books that will read to students, can be made switch accessibel and may be down loaded as a PowerPoint, Flash or Impress format.
• Designing Accommodations
  Webiste that matches student needs with accommodations
• Teaching Learners with Mulitple Needs
• http://teachinglearnerswithmultipleneeds.blogspot.com one switch
  
  
• 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.
• http://askjan.org/soar/
  (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
• 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
• http://www.techmatrix.org
  Web site that helpsto match assistive technolgy with student needs
• Autism Solutions
• Autism Papers--Developing Expressive Communication Skills for Non-Verbal Children with Autism
  http://www.specialed.us/autism/nonverbal/non11.htm

• Autism Papers--Increasing Expressive Skills for Verbal Children with Autism http://www.specialed.us/autism/verbal/verbal11.html

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
• http://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/
  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!
• 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.