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Operating System: Windows The Dragon NaturallySpeaking Video Guide, a CD-based or USB-stick-based instructional video presentation that runs on your computer, is designed for both new and experienced users of Dragon software. Author Dan Newman guides you visually through key topics and skills, demonstrating expert techniques to use your computer by voice efficiently and effectively. DwellBuddy Applied Human Factors, Inc. Price: $25 Special Skill: eye-hand coordination, adapted keyboard/switch access Disability: physical Skill Level: preschool, elementary, secondary, adult Operating System: Windows If you are able to use a mouse to point, but have trouble using the switch, try this dwell switch option. Move to the target and stop, you will see a sequence of Ready, Set, Dwell before the selection is made, then select from click, double-click, or drag. (The $25 price is part of our current 28th anniversary sale - the regular price is $49 .) Early and Advanced Switch Games RJ Cooper and Associates Price: $59 Special Skill: cognitive redevelopment, early childhood, Disability: cognitive, physical Skill Level: infant/toddler, preschool, elementary, secondary Operating System: Windows, Mac Nineteen single switch games that start at cause and effect, work through timing and selection and graduate with matching and manipulation task. Early Learning I Special Skill: cognitive redevelopment, early childhood, scanning, single switch, multi switch Disability: cognitive, learning, physical Skill Level: preschool, elementary Operating System: Windows Marblesoft Price: $70 Early Learning I contains four activities: Matching Colors, Learning Shapes, Count- ing Numbers and Letter Match. Each activ- ity contains multiple levels of difficulty and many options for teacher control of the content. All activities support keyboard, mouse, IntelliKeys and single or dual switch input, with six different types of scanning. Early Learning Suite

Disability: cognitive, learning, physical Skill Level: preschool, elementary Operating System: Windows Contains all 17 activities from Early Learn- ing I, Early Math Skills, Money Skills and the Graphic Speller. Multiple levels of difficulty. Works with keyboard, mouse, touch screen or switches, with six types of scanning. Early Literacy Skill Builder - software Attainment Company, Inc. Price: $395 Special Skill: early childhood, language development, large print, scanning, single switch, multi switch Disability: cognitive, learning, speech Skill Level: preschool, elementary, secondary Operating System: Windows, Mac Pre and early literacy multi-year curriculum for individuals with severe developmen- tal disabilities including autism. Use in conjunction with the print version or as a stand-alone curriculum. Software tracks student responses in the assessments and daily work. Students love their personal- ized avatar in their daily lessons. Includes three computer license. Early Math Skills Special Skill: cognitive redevelopment, early childhood, scanning, single switch, multi switch Disability: cognitive, learning, physical Skill Level: preschool, elementary Operating System: Windows Seven activities teach addition, subtrac- tion, number sequencing and greater than/less than. Multiple levels of difficulty with many teacher options for control of the program. Works with keyboard, mouse, touch screen and single- or dual-switch scanning. Ease Joypad easeapps.xyz Price: $4.49 - $169.99 Special Skill: , adapted keyboard/switch Marblesoft Price: $60 Ease Joypad allows performing -using a joystick, gamepad, keyboard or switches– all those actions that allow you to control your mobile device. It provides advanced functions to work with your Android device such as gesture generation, dwell click and improved visibility. Ease Mouse easeapps.xyz Price: $4.49 - $169.99 Disability: cognitive, physical Skill Level: preschool, elementary, secondary, adult access, scanning, multi switch Disability: cognitive, physical Skill Level: preschool, elementary, secondary, adult Operating System: Android

adapted keyboard/switch access, scanning, single switch Disability: cognitive, learning, physical Skill Level: infant/toddler, preschool, elementary Operating System: Windows Colorful, motivating exercises where dinosaur characters move through mazes to reach goals with reinforcement through music and animation. Single switch users choose between cause and effect activities or games involving decisions about which directions the animated characters should go to get from start to finish. Can be controlled manually. Discrete Trial Trainer - US Version Accelerations Educational Software Price: $99 - $499 Special Skill: basic living skills, communication, early childhood, eye-hand coordination, language development, vocational, single switch, multi switch Disability: cognitive, learning Skill Level: preschool, elementary Operating System: Windows The Discrete Trial Trainer is an automated teaching tool for independent learning by individuals developmentally 2 to 9 years old. The Discrete Trial Trainer is a robust and affordable virtual teaching assistant. The DT Trainer was created based on methods developed to educate our most difficult to educate individuals: children with moderate to severe autism. However, the DT Trainer’s configurability also makes it beneficial for children with other learn- ing disabilities, and even with typically developing young children. Behavioral methods have been proven to be effective for teaching a wide range of individuals including those with autism.The software motivates individuals to perform tasks which they may not want to learn or may find difficult to learn. DocsPlus Crick Software, Inc. Price: $660 - $5940 Special Skill: basic living skills, communication, language development, vocational, adapted keyboard/switch access, optical character recognition, scanning, single switch, multi switch, speech output, authoring system Disability: cognitive, hearing, learning, DocsPlus enables high school students of all abilities to write independently by pro- viding speech feedback, word prediction and the unique Wordbars.Key features: Speech feedback - each time a sentence is completed, it is automatically read aloud in a clear, human-sounding voice.Word prediction - DocsPlus’ intelligent word predictor suggests words based on the physical, speech, vision Skill Level: secondary Operating System: Windows, Mac

context of the student’s writing, enabling them to give their full attention to what they want to write and encouraging them to use more adventurous vocabulary.

Dollars & Cents app Attainment Company, Inc. Price: $39.99

Special Skill: basic living skills, cognitive redevelopment, early childhood, adapted keyboard/switch access, scanning, single switch, multi switch Disability: cognitive, learning Skill Level: preschool, elementary, secondary, adult Three money programs rolled together. Counting Coins for identification and value skills with coins. Spending Money, students have a shopping list and com- puter money to shop in the mall. Making Change, practice cashier skills by entering purchases and giving appropriate change. Built-in Scanning United States and Cana- dian currency. Dollars and Cents Series Attainment Company, Inc. Price: $99 Special Skill: basic living skills, cognitive redevelopment, vocational, adapted keyboard/switch access, scanning, single switch, multi switch, speech output Disability: cognitive, learning Skill Level: elementary, secondary, adult Operating System: Windows, Mac Three money programs in one. Counting Coins for identification and value skills with coins. Spending Money, students have a shopping list and computer money to shop in the mall. Making Change, prac- tice cashier skills by entering purchases and giving appropriate change. Built-in Scanning United States and Canadian cur- rency. Dragger AutoClick Utility Origin Instruments Corp. Price: $95 Special Skill: , adapted keyboard/switch access, single switch, multi switch Disability: physical Skill Level: preschool, elementary, secondary, adult Operating System: Windows Dragger’s AutoClick dwell Utility allows se- lection anywhere in the Windows environ- ment. AutoClick enters a left click after the pointer is motionless for a programmable length of time. Left-Drag, Double-Click and Right-Click are achieved by dwelling on the toolbar. AutoClick is paused by using a convenient on/off button. Dragon NaturallySpeaking Video Guide Say I Can Price: $99.95 - $149.95 Special Skill: communication, voice recognition Disability: physical Skill Level: elementary, secondary, adult

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Marblesoft Price: $150

Special Skill: cognitive redevelopment, early childhood, scanning, single switch, multi switch

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