The Benefits of Special Education Web-sites for Teachers and Parents

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The Benefits of Special Education Web-sites for
Teachers and Parents

• By Regina Chase
• Educ 509
• Holy Family University
• Summer Session II 2003
• Regina_M_Chase_at_ml.com

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Table of Contents

• Web Sites for Teachers slide
  4

Assistive Technology Products slide 5-7
Web Site for Parents slide
8-10
Conclusion
slide 11
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Assistive Technology

• Teaching children with learning disabilities can
  often be challenging for both teachers and
  parents.
• Technology can be a great tool in educating
  children with disabilities.

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Resourceful Web Sites for Teachers

• One such site that is very valuable is Riverdeep
  which can be found at www.Riverdeep.net.
• This site has numerous assistive technology
  products that can be purchase.

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Examples of Products Offered

• . The TouchFree Switch is an all-in-one
  "no-touch" switch solution. By pairing a video
  camera with switch software, the TouchFree Switch
  allows users to trigger mouse clicks without
  applying pressure.

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• . The Touch Window aids those children who have
  difficulty with the abstract, by allowing
  students to develop a concrete relationship
  between what they see on the computer and what
  they are commanding the computer to do.

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• . Learn 275 common vocabulary words and 186
  plurals. Visual representations include a variety
  of photographs, drawn images, and animations.
  Appropriate for students with special needs.

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Resourceful Web Sites for Parents

• http//www.ed.gov/offices/OSERS/OSEP/
• This is a government web-site geared towards
  programs and projects that improve results for
  infants, toddlers, children and youth with
  disabilities

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This web-site offers

• . Valuable links to every state in the United
  States, these links contain information, contact,
  and organizations at the state level for children
  with special needs.

• .The State of PA lists both disability specific
  organizations as well as parent organizations.

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The MAX Foundation
http//www.maxfoundation.org/
The MAX Foundation is a not-for-profit
organization dedicated to the promotion of
special education awareness and to support
deserving schools, research centers and
organizations providing for children with special
needs.
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Conclusion

• Computers and technology are becoming more and
  more of an important tool in teaching not only
  special needs students but regular education
  students as well.