Resources

AT Resource Guide (PDF) - [|http://www.op97.org] - go to Teaching and Learning, AT Resource Guide AbleData, [|http://www.abledata.com] - does not sell products but lists various vendors and information centers regarding disabilities http://www.cenmi.org/mits/Products.asp - This is a resource page that provides ways of using Microsoft word as a tool, and also gives lists of websites to get or learn about assistive technology. http://www.educationalworld.com/special_ed/assisstive/index.shtml -This is a resource page that provides insight to assisstive technology devices and well as provides articles concerning technology in the classroom. Leah http://aac.unl.edu/yaack/index.html This is a site designed as a resource guide for families and teachers seeking knowledge in the area of augmentative communication. Especially geared for young children and is practical and easy to navigate. http://www.microsoft.com/enable/guides/vision.aspx This is a part of Microsoft's Accessibility Suite. In particular, this is the link for people with visual difficulties and impairments. It includes guides by impairment, tutorials, demos and tools that are all compatible with Windows. It also includes links to business and other educational resources. http://www.ucp.org/ucp_channeldoc.cfm/1/12/69/69-69/1027 -quick list of ideas for AT The alliance for technology access website: http://www.ataccess.org/ This even gives access to over 100 toys that have adaptations to them for students with disabilities. http://www.assist-it.org.uk/assets/content/switch_access.htm#links -- gives assistance when choosing switches and programs http://www.alltech-tsi.org/ - develops and promotes assistive technology. Lots of information. http://www.fentek-ind.com/bigkey.htm Big Keyboards www.assistivetech.net/at_reports/ guides/Comm**Devices**-LP.pdf This website provides a great resource for information on ACC devices and switches. http://sitemaker.umich.edu/356.kobza/pecs__picture_exchange_communication_system here are some benefits of using PECS http://www.augcominc.com/index.html Augmentative Communication source with a newsletter to sign up for the latest technology in communication devices. http://www.uchsc.edu/atp/ATFunding.html AT in Colorado BUT FULLY ACCESSIBLE WEBSITE as well! http://www.disabilityinfo.gov/digov-public/public/DisplayPage.do?parentFolderId=5566 - guide to AT in Delaware
 * Resource Guides**

Interwrite pad: del.icio.us [|http://del.icio.us] -Social bookmarking site to use in the classroom.
 * http://www.interwritelearning.com/index.html -- manufacturer
 * http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0AkAeGmcqiw -- news clip
 * http://www.gtcocalcomp.com/erc/interwritetutorials.htm -- software tutorials
 * http://www.camcor.com/ld/Interwrite.html -- authorized reseller

This site seems to include many helpful items for teachers to use the internet for effectively in classrooms. There is a wealth of information for gifted students, LD, autism, and AT. There are links for k-12 teachers and even online practice modules. http://www.internet4classrooms.com/assistive_tech.htm

This is a site directed mainly towards those with tourette syndrome. It discusses how various types of AT can be delivered and used with these students. I mainly looked this up because I watched a T.V. special Tuesday night, and had no prior experience to students with this type of disability and was curious. http://www.tourettesyndrome.net/Behrmann.htm

http://atto.buffalo.edu/registered/DecisionMaking/ -- an interactive site to help you identify the correct AT http://tec.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/26/1/25 -- article about making AT decisions for infants and toddlers http://jset.unlv.edu/15.1/parette/first.html -- article about family-centered decision making regarding AT http://www.pluk.org/AT1.html#4 -- great family guide to AT
 * AT Decision Making**

__**Text to Speech**__ Here is an article that discusses the importance and educational implications of using text to speech software.http://www.readingonline.org/articles/balajthy2/index.html Here is are some links to downloadable text to speech software: [|www.browsealoud.comwww.naturalreaders.com][|www.nextup.com/download.html] http://text-to-speech-software.qarchive.org/ [|www.pluk.org/AT1.html] - 236k This is a great site concerning assistive technology and funding for families. Funding:

www.nls.org/atart.htm - 101kThis is a great website about funding and assistive technology

http://www.afb.org/braillebug/ For those of you interested in Braille, this is a neat site to explore this form of communication with your regular ed students. Might be good if you might have a braille using student coming into your school as a means of introduction.

http://www.dati.org/funding/medicaidlargeprint1005.pdf This offers information regarding MEdiciad and AT services in Delaware

**Bookmarking Website- http://del.icio.us/**

AbleNet, http://www.ablenetinc.com/ - products and services for those with disabilities AbilityHub, http://abilityhub.com/ - offers assistive technology solutions for specific disabilities Alphasmart, http://www.renlearn.com/neo/ - specific site featuring the alphsmart products AssistiveTech, [|http://assistivetech.com] - learn about assistive technology devices and purchase them online Intellitools Activity Exchange, http://www.aex.intellitools.com/ -Free activities to use with a mouse, switch, intellikeys, etc. for anyone using intellitools at their school Here is a link to a website about the dynavox device. One of the students in my school uses one. http://www.dynavoxtech.com/ http://www.adaptivechild.com/index.html -- "The Adaptive Child is dedicated to developing better therapeutic solutions for special needs children who can't get what they need from mainstream therapeutic devices. By offering a greater selection of special needs strollers, toys, clothing, learning tools and other adaptive equipment, the Adaptive Child is focused on educating the parents and teachers in new developments in the early intervention field." http://www.matcoop.org/v3/home.php - Equipment Exchange that links to sites that sell used assistive technology equipment Intellitools, Classroom Suite: a "multi-sensory, curriculum based software platform". Used to help students with special needs access the curriculum and their teacher to tract their progress (free 30 day download and trial) - http://www.intellitools.com/ SMART boards -- Like a touch screen, but bigger and better (great for large group instruction) -- http://www2.smarttech.com/st/en-US/Products/SMART+Boards/ Here is a website that features handheld communication devices.http://www.words-plus.com/ www.abilityhub.com/aac/aac-**devices**.htm - 26k This website provides information on various ACC devices. This is a website that provides high tech communication devices for anyone with a speech disability. [|www.gusinc.com] http://www.freedomscientific.com/lsg/: This company provides creative technology for visually impaired and talking readers. Neat software for Talking Test taking! http://hippocampus.org/?gclid=CIr0tvyfuJQCFSCcnAodY1oDTw This is a site that you can look up the textbooks you use in your classroom to get additional resources and mini videos on what you teach!! Here is an article published last month about the tongue switch. http://www.gatech.edu/newsroom/release.html?id=1960 http://store.prentrom.com/cgi-bin/store/VT-AEN-MORE.html : this website discusses a particular AAC device, the vantage.
 * Products**

[|http://www.earobics.com] - Earobics is learning software that helps a student focus on the sounds of a word and teaches auditory processing skills. Helpful for students with Central Auditory Processing Disorder (CAPD). http://web.riverdeep.net/portal/page?_pageid=813,1&_dad=portal&_schema=PORTAL - Education software company with wide array of products. http://www.softtouch.com/default.aspx - Software company that designs products for those with special needs. www.iser.com/special-needs-**software**.html - 10k This website provides links to various software pieces appropriate for special needs students. http://shop.knowledgeadventure.com/Default.aspx - JumpStart Programs ages 18-months to 12-years
 * Software**

RESNA, http://www.resna.org/ - Rehabilitation Engineering and Assistive Technology Society of North America which seeks to improve the potential of people with disabilities to achieve their goals through the use of technology. Council for Exceptional Children: Sign up for newsletters that keep you current about Special Education trends and the latest news from around the world: cec@smartbrief.com http://www.spedex.com/napvi/ : This is a website by NAPVI, National Association for Parents of Children with Visual Impairments. NAPVI is a national organization that enables parents to find information and resources for their children who are blind or visually impaired, including those with additional disabilities. http://natri.uky.edu/assoc_projects/qiat/documents/QIATFACTS10.10.06.pdf this gives the background of QIAT Delaware Assistive Technology Initiative (DATI), http://www.dati.org/ - information regarding funding, advocacy, and equipment loans for Delawareans Wisconsin Assistive Technology Initiative (WATI), http://www.wati.org/ - seeks to provide Wisconsin children, from birth to 21, with access to assistive technology and related information Abledata (state by state list), http://www.abledata.com/abledata.cfm?pageid=113573&top=16050&ksectionid=19326&stateorganizations=1
 * Organizations**
 * Assistive Technology Centers**

http://www.k8accesscenter.org/training_resources/computeraided_math.asp This website will lead you to many other interactive math websites that will not only help with student engagement, but also assist with presenting material in various ways to students. Assessment and Teaching Tools: [|www.interventioncentral.com] This site is great for assessment and creating reading and math probes to assess student performance. Also helps with preparing and recording performance, behavior and organization.
 * AT to enhance teacher instruction in math:**

http://autismsource.org/ -- search autism-related services and supports such as assistive technology by location or service type. A comprehensive database that covers resources in all fifty states. http://www.specialed.us/autism/assist/asst10.htm - Great article on assistive technology for children with autism. http://www.difflearn.com/products.asp?dept=23&gclid=CPGmu6HQsJQCFQKaFQodHEFWtg offers PECS booklets for communication here is a brief description of PECS, a communication system designed primarily for students with autism http://www.pecs.com/WhatsPECS.htm [|www.**weighted****vest**.com/] to enhance concentration with a child with autism [|www.si**autism**.com/**Technology**/**Technology**.html] - 7k This website provides great examples of AT devices to improve handwriting for children with autism. http://www.babybumblebee.com/I_landings/Austim_PDD.cfm - Has products to help increase vocabulary and speech output in toddlers with autism.
 * Autism-Related Resources**

Learning Styles Inventory Test, http://www.berghuis.co.nz/abiator/lsi/lsitest2.html Differentiated instruction lesson, [|http://click4dinecc.edublogs.org] Article on differentiated instruction, http://www.cast.org/publications/ncac/ncac_diffinstructudl.html [|http://www.ascd.org] This is a great site to begin learning about Differentiated Instruction. http://www.k8accesscenter.org/index.php/category/universal-design/ This is a great site comparing Universal Design and Differentiated Instruction http://www.doe.k12.de.us/programs/ProfDev/rdiudl.shtml This is Delaware's education website containing various sites concerning differentiaied instruction and the Universal Design for Learning Here is a template for planning a universally designed lesson [|http://www.specialconnections.ku.edu/~specconn/page/instruction/udl/case/casea/pdf/casea_lesson_blank.pdf]
 * Differentiated instruction**

//**WebQuests**// Free template to make webquests to guide students in solving problems online. http://teachers.teach-nology.com/web_tools/web_quest/

Free to K-12, can upload images, http://voicethread.com/#home
 * Digital Storytelling**

Spell checker for those with dyslexia, http://www.ghotit.com/home.shtml http://www.edvisors.com/Special_Education/Learning_Disabilities/Dyslexia/Technology/index.html This is a great website containing pieces of software for those with dyslexia. Online brainstorming, graphic organizer, http://bubbl.us/ Traditional outliner that is online, http://www.loosestitch.com/ http://www.eduplace.com/graphicorganizer/ Help your students children classify ideas and communicate more effectively. Use graphic organizers to structure writing projects, to help in problem solving, decision making, studying, planning research and brainstorming. http://www.teach-nology.com/web_tools/graphic_org/ another graphic organizer website that also has lesson plans. you can also create a specific organizer to fit a certain lesson.
 * Dyslexia**
 * Organizers**

LDonline, http://www.ldonline.org/ - learning disabilities and ADHD
 * Learning Disabilities**

Here is a Delaware sight for Medicare. It is helpful information that addresses funding for Assistive Technology. http://www.dati.org/funding/Medicare.html

[|http://sweb.uky.edu/~jszaba0/SETTupdate2002.html] [|http://sweb.uky.edu/~jszaba0/SETT2.html] [|http://sweb.uky.edu/~jszaba0/ATConsiderationGuideADJZ.pdf] [|http://sweb.uky.edu/~jszaba0/SETTFORMS2003.PDF]
 * SETT**

Universal Editions by CAST, http://udleditions.cast.org/ Center for Applied Science and Technology, http://www.cast.org/ Article on UDL - http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_pric/is_200302/ai_2389132184/pg_1?tag=artBody;col1 DO-IT, assisting adults with disabilities in higher education and careers (UDL variation) - http://www.washington.edu/doit/
 * Universal Design for Learning**

This site focuses on people with spinal injuries and offers reviews on equipment such as wheelchairs and scooters. http://www.usatechguide.org/getsinglecompany.php?thecompanyid=1930&vmode=1 If you click on the links on the left hand side of the website it will give you specific reviews of AT products.

Here is a site on head/eye controlled devices for help with computers. http://www.enablemart.com/Catalog/Head-Eye-Controlled-Input/SmartNAV3-AT This specific tool shown is a hands-free mouse alternative for people with ALS, spinal cord injuries such as quadriplegia, muscular dystrophy, and other special needs.

Describes helpful tools to use with children with autism focusing on sensory and motor functions. http://www.autismsocietycanada.ca/approaches_to_treatment/sensory_integration_therapies/index_e.html

[|www.figurethis.org] this sight is more of a family resource on how to help their child be successful in school. It breaks it down into categories and even has a section on homework hints. It can be translated into Spanish also.

Here is a sight that may help with UDL and differentiated instruction: http://lessonbuilder.cast.org/ This sight is meant for teachers and provides examples of actual lesson plans.

[|www.epals.com] This site is a great way for kids to connect globally. It provides free protected email and blogs for schools. It allows you to connect and collaborate with classrooms in 200 countries. Translation included!
 * Using Technology to Connect:**

This is a website i have used with some of my students to reinforce concepts. It addresses the basic concepts, letter identification, through the more difficult ones, reading stories and completing activities. [is a site on AAC: seems to have a lot of features for parents and others in deciding which AAC is best.http://www.aacinstitute.org/ |http://www.starfall.com/Here is a site on AAC: seems to have a lot of features for parents and others in deciding which AAC is best.http://www.aacinstitute.org/]

Here is a sight where Cornish WebServices will check your company's website for accessibility. http://www.cornishwebservices.co.uk/pages/accessibility.shtml
 * Accessible Websites**

Here is an informative Delaware sight for both developers to websites and also those with disabilities on how to be more accessible. http://gic.delaware.gov/information/access_central.shtml

http://trace.wisc.edu/world/web/ :this is a website that explores the designing of accessible websites. It discusses regulation, guidelines and tools.

http://www.usdoj.gov/crt/508/archive/oldwebpage.html This is a page that contains a checklist to see if a webpage is accessible Assessment Websites: http://www.rehabtool.com/forum/discussions/88.html This website has asessment procedures for an AT device. http://ca.geocities.com/janethopkinsbc/forms.html This website provides a variety of forms for asessment. http://www.connsensebulletin.com/cormiernov2.html This website provides points to considering when evaluating an AT device.