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Assistive Tools for Reading

Assistive Tools for Reading. Carol Leynse Harpold, MS AdEd , OTR/L, ATP. Assistive Technology. Definition Section 300.5 Assistive technology device.

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Assistive Tools for Reading

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  1. Assistive Tools for Reading Carol Leynse Harpold, MS AdEd, OTR/L, ATP

  2. Assistive Technology Definition Section 300.5 Assistive technology device. • Any item, piece of equipment or product system, whether acquired commercially off the shelf, modified, or customized, that is used to increase, maintain, or improve the functional capabilities of a child with a disability.

  3. Assistive Technology Definition Section 300.6 Assistive technology service. • Any service that directly assists a child with a disability with the selection, acquisition, or use of an assistive technology device.

  4. Assistive Technology in the IEP • Assistive technology is required to be considered during development of the IEP by the student’s team.

  5. AT Continuum for Reading Taken from Assessing Students Needs for Assistive Technology, www.wati.org

  6. Books Adapted for Access • Physical Access • Page fluffers • Grading the size of the pages • Easel • Tabs on Books (Hefty Post-it® tabs) • Automatic Page Turners

  7. Low Tech Modifications to Text Changing the readability of text • Use Wite-Out® • Summarize the text (Autosummarize in Word) • Marking text (highlighters, highlighting tape, Post-it® tabs • Color transparencies- Irlen, See -It Right

  8. Books Adapted for Access • VisualModifications • Large Print • Braille • High contrast for low vision individuals • Magnification: Handheld magnification • Serif vs San Serif • Line and word spacing

  9. Low Tech Modifications to Text • Independent Reading Tools • Graphic Supported Text (Picture It, Writing with Symbols, Boardmaker, Symwriter, Word with pictures) • News-2-You - Weekly newspaper subscription with picture supports

  10. Resources for Graphic Supported Text Graphic Supported text • Symbol World : Online resource for graphic supported curriculum materials http://www.symbolworld.org/ • News 4 U – subscription service with graphic supported text

  11. Mid Tech Mid tech devices are typically battery operated handheld devices . Examples of reading devices to support access to individual words or text: • Talking Dictionaries (Franklin Spellers with speech output) • Reading Pens: Scans words or sentences and reads text out loud. Quicktionary Reading Pen, WizCom, Scan Pen

  12. More Mid Tech Mid tech are hand held/battery powered devices: • MP 3 players/iPods , PlayAways, • Classmate Reader: Handheld device that supports text with high lighting, dictionary work and text to speech • Leap Frog – Reading systems

  13. More Mid Tech Hand held text to speech scanning devices: • KNFB Reader • Intel Reader

  14. Yet More Mid Tech Mobile E-Readers • Kindle DX has TTS capabilities • iPad with or voice over • vBookz- app for iPad with TTS

  15. Audio Resources • RFB&D services • Public or school library Audio CD • PlayAways • Commercial resources for audio books: Audible.com , iTunes , Amazon , Barnes & Nobile, Librivox • Converting text to audio (software, scan and read programs eg. Kurzweil, RWG) • Accessible Instructional Media – WAMP resources

  16. High Tech High tech AT typically requires computer with software to support students with reading challenges • Electronic Modifications • Size of font • Color contrast • Type of font (serif vs. san serif) • Changing words or cognitive rescaling using auto summarizing/summarizing available in Word, R&WG; changing difficult vocabulary

  17. High Tech Text Readers • Power Talk • Adobe Reader TTS • Please Read – free • Natural Reader – free • Word Talk – free TTS add on to Word • Text to Audio • Blio – Free download of electronic book reader with TTS

  18. High Tech Modified Electronic Text/Multimedia Software: • PowerPoint – Create your own books • Classroom Suite – allows accessibility to text for readers at different levels • Clicker 5

  19. High Tech Classroom Suite – allows accessibility to text for readers at different levels. Phonics, reading, writing and math and accessibility options are available in the program.

  20. High Tech Clicker – Special needs software to support reading

  21. High Tech Graphic Supported text • Writing w Symbols/SymWriter, • Picture It / Pix Writer/

  22. High Tech Graphic Supported text • Boardmaker Plus create graphic supported text

  23. Scan & Read Software • Kurzweil 3000 Professional • Read & Write Gold

  24. Scan & Read Software • Wynn • ClaroRead Plus

  25. Electronic Text • Many sources of electronic text (some free some subscription based): • Gutenberg • www.bookshare.org : resource free to school districts for students with a “Print Disability” • Book Flix • Tumble Books • Wiggle Works • Reading A-Z • Start to Finish Books – Don Johnson

  26. Accessible Instructional Media • To comply with the requirement of providing individuals with print disability access to the regular curriculum text materials in a timely manner NIMAS/NIMAC was created. • Accessible instructional Media (AIM) centers were created in some piloting states to support distribution of NIMAS source files. For more information about AIM: http://aim.cast.org/learn/accessiblemedia • WAMP- Wisconsin Accessible Media Producers are the designated state agency to request accessible instructional media for those who qualify. For more information: http://www.wamp.k12.wi.us/

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