Teaching Learners with Multiple Special Needs is a blog, led by Kate Ahern, is full of useful resources, reviews on new technology (light and high tech), and a very welcome focus on curriculum and putting ideas into practice. This blog specializes in top quality information and is very readable. It is a terrific resource to utilize in preparation for back to school.
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http://aacliteracy.psu.edu
Literacy Instruction
for Individuals with Autism,
Cerebral Palsy, Down Syndrome
and Other Disabilities
Janice Light & David McNaughton
The Pennsylvania State University
Run, don’t walk to checking out this awesome website full of exemplars of students with complex communication needs learning to read and write. The website comes out of the longitudinal research of Dr. Janice Light and Dr. David McNaughton. Additionally, through Dynavox, they have published a curriculum called the ALL Curriculum – Accessible Literacy Learning.
by Samuel Sennott
Here are some curriculum components to be used to design lessons based on considering the Inauguration of Barack Obama as the 44th President of the United States of America on Tuesday January 20th, 2008.
Video of the Inauguration Speech (With Captions)
Part One
Part Two
Use http://mediaconverter.net to download the video, if YouTube is blocked at your school.
Barak Obama Bookshelf from the Tar Heel Reader
Other Readings and Resources
Slater Software Symbol Resources: http://slatersoftware.com/document.html#jan
- A New President 6 pages, 984 KB, PDF (Book, Symbol Supported)
Inauguration – PixWriter v3 Mac wordbank 412 KB, ZIP archive
Inauguration – PixWriter v3 Windows wordbank 812 KB, ZIP archive - Free Symbol Search: http://slatersoftware.com/PixLibrary.html?CHEER.GIF=Cheer!
Weekly Reader Resources (Note they are Flash Intensive(Trouble with screen reading): http://www.weeklyreader.com/election/
Kate Ahern’s blog post: How to Watch the Inauguration Live (via the web) Link to AAC Boards
PBS Front Line: Dreams of Obama: Tons of resources, including a reading list for older readers, interviews, and the link to watch the full program. This is a truly excellent resource.
http://superobamaworld.com (The video game is questionable content, yet it may be just the thing to hook in that one student. Use with caution)
by Samuel Sennott
So your summer camp is winding down, or maybe you are stuck inside in an extended year program. Maybe your home with your children during a few weeks they have off from camp. Why not take a golf break? Make a day of it: Do guided reading with the book about Tiger Woods. Check out the videos from YouTube. Talk about it. Write about it. Spell some words at the level the student is at. Then break out the Nintendo Wii if you can get one and play 3 or 9 holes. Take some pictures while your doing it and do some more writing later that day or another. Enjoy! http://otot.wikispaces.com/Tiger+Woods
Books
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| Tiger Woods Cover From Book, Tiger Head shot, looking, and swinging |
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Readings
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Tiger Woods: From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Tiger Woods Timeline for Enrichment
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Sports Illustrated Kids Tiger Woods Interview (2008)
Videos
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Tiger Woods Age 2
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Tiger Woods and some of his great golf shots pgatour
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Tiger Woods – Bay Hill 2008 18th Hole
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Tiger Woods’ Perfect Swing (SWING VISION)
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Tiger Woods Amazing Golf Shot
- Download the above videos in .mpg, converted from the original .flv with www.zamar.com http://drop.io/tigerwoodsvideos
Writing
Golf Chart.zip Intellitalk Chart Writing (I can…)
- Use a graphic organizer to brainstorm what you want to write about.
http://aex.intellitools.com/searchdetails.php?act_key=basicwebgraphicorganizer
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| Screenshot of Basic Web Graphic Organizer |
Working With Words
- Idea: Do a simple spelling activity creating the words I, can, win, the, like. Then practice finding those with the AAC system. Link to Printable Letter Cards and more formal and systematic phonics ideas: http://alltogether.wordpress.com/2008/03/31/printable-making-words-cards/
Motivation Connection
- Play Nintendo Wii Sports Golf.
photo credit: http://www.flickr.com/photos/kara/1859304076/
