Baby Jigsaw - Assemble 3 pieces of a picture STEP BY STEP Special Skill: cognitive redevelopment, early childhood, eye-hand coordination, adapted keyboard/switch access, single switch, multi switch, diagnostic Disability: cognitive, learning, physical Skill Level: infant/toddler Children learn piece together a well known picture of a toy. App helps develop spatial cognition skills, visual perception skills, and fine motor skills. Be My Eyes Be My Eyes Special Skill: basic living skills, telecommunications
Operating System: Windows Braille2000: The Document Processing Edition is a comprehensive braille produc- tion tool. Simultaneous WYSIWYG print and braille. Paste print from any source or import RTF files and NIMAS files. LEASE AT $32/month. (See Braille2000: The Talking Edition with self-voicing speech output.) Braille2000: The Talking Edition Braille2000, LLC Special Skill: communication, braille, speech output, authoring system
intellectual disabilities the freedom to travel in their community: How to be sure whether a person is ready to go out on their own. Travel Readiness Assessments evaluate the training process and point out areas in need of improvement. Topics include: Transportation Skills, Social Skills, Street Crossing, and Vehicle Identification. Ava (www.ava.me) Ava Special Skill: basic living skills, cognitive redevelopment, communication, language development, vocational, speech output, telecommunications, voice recognition Disability: cognitive, hearing, learning, speech Skill Level: infant/toddler, preschool, elementary, secondary, adult Operating System: Windows, Mac, iOS (Apple), Android, Chrome, Other Ava’s mission is to provide 24/7 acces- sibility to conversations between deaf/ hard-of-hearing and hearing people. Ava is a mobile app that everyone (coworkers, family members, friends) download on their smartphone. Ava connects them all and transcribes in real time who says what. Business meetings, family dinners, lunch, restaurants, now accessible. avail Central Reach Special Skill: basic living skills, cognitive redevelopment, vocational, IEP/IPP, instructional management Disability: cognitive, hearing, learning, vision Skill Level: secondary, adult Operating System: Windows, Mac, iOS (Apple), Android, Chrome avail is a task-based assistive technology tool that enables independence by provid- ing digital reassurance in education, at the workplace, and at home for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities and the organizations that support them. Avaz AAC Avaz Inc Special Skill: basic living skills, cognitive redevelopment, communication, early childhood, language development, speech output Disability: cognitive, learning, speech Skill Level: preschool, elementary, secondary, adult Operating System: iOS (Apple), Android Avaz is an AAC (Augmentative and Alterna- tive Communication) app that provides a voice for children with Autism and other complex communication needs. Avaz is a full-featured AAC app PLUS a training layer for caregivers that allows communicators to use visual cues from within the app to put forward their message.
Boardmaker 7 Student Center is an app that brings personalized visuals and symbol-supported educational materials home. It’s included with any Boardmaker 7 Subscription, some of which offer the option of assigning activities to the app for students and tracking their progress. Assigned activities appear automatically in the learner’s account. It can be used on Windows, Mac and Chromebook comput- ers, iPads or Tobii Dynavox devices, on or offline. Use custom settings for eye gaze, switch, mouse and touch, automatically saved for a hassle-free login. Available for download from the App Store, Microsoft Store and Google Play (for Chromebooks only). Book Creator Tools for Schools, Inc. Special Skill: basic living skills, communication, early childhood, language development, vocational, adapted keyboard/switch access, large print, speech output, voice recognition, authoring system Disability: cognitive, hearing, learning, physical, speech, vision Skill Level: infant/toddler, preschool, elementary, secondary, adult Operating System: Windows, Mac, iOS (Apple), Chrome Book Creator’s multimodal tools and supports make lessons accessible while building in student voice and choice. With hundreds of accessibility features built into the app, Book Creator is designed to support the three principles of Universal Design for Learning (UDL). Bookshare Benetech Special Skill: cognitive redevelopment, communication, early childhood, language development, vocational, braille, large print, optical character recognition, speech output Disability: learning, physical, vision Skill Level: preschool, elementary, secondary, adult Operating System: Windows, Mac, iOS (Apple), Android, Chrome Bookshare is an ebook library that makes reading easier. People with reading bar- riers like dyslexia, blindness, and physical disabilities can read in ways that work for them with a huge collection of titles in audio, audio + highlighted text, braille, and other formats. Bookshare is FREE for all qualified U.S. students and schools and less than $1 per week for all other mem- bers. Bookshare is an initiative of Benetech, a nonprofit that empowers communities with software for social good. Braille2000: The Document Processing Edition Braille2000, LLC Special Skill: , braille
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Disability: vision Skill Level: adult Operating System: Windows
Braille2000: The Talking Edition is a com- prehensive braille production tool (same capabilities as Braille2000: The Document Processing Edition described separately) with added speech output. Simultaneous WYSIWYG print and braille. Paste print from any source or import RTF files and NIMAS files. Comprehensive self-voicing for document reading (print and braille) and for editing tasks. Use with or without a third-party screen reader. LEASE AT $40/ month. Braillio Accessibyte Special Skill: basic living skills, cognitive redevelopment, communication, early childhood, eye-hand coordination, language development, vocational, braille, speech output, IEP/IPP Disability: cognitive, learning, vision Skill Level: infant/toddler, preschool, elementary, secondary, adult Operating System: Windows, Mac, iOS (Apple), Android, Chrome, Other Raise your Typing Pets while learning to type braille with a standard keyboard. Braillio offers all the fun of Typio in braille format. Log in from school or home using iOS, Mac, Chromebook, Windows, Android, PC, Laptop, Tablet or Phone. Home and School Edition available. Bullying Prevention Program The Conover Company Special Skill: basic living skills, cognitive redevelopment, communication, vocational, single switch, speech output Disability: cognitive, hearing, learning, physical, vision Skill Level: secondary, adult Operating System: Windows, Mac, iOS (Apple), Android, Chrome
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Operating System: iOS (Apple), Android Be My Eyes is a free app that connects blind and low-vision people with sighted volunteers and company representatives for visual assistance through a live video call. Be My Eyes is free and unlimited. Biggy RJ Cooper and Associates Special Skill: eye-hand coordination, large print Disability: cognitive, vision Skill Level: preschool, elementary, secondary, adult Operating System: Windows Very large cursors for the Macintosh and Windows. Windows version also contains numerous other cursor enhancement op- tions. All Windows and Mac OS supported. Boardmaker 7 Tobii Dynavox Special Skill: basic living skills, cognitive redevelopment, communication, early childhood, language development, vocational Disability: cognitive, learning, physical, speech, vision Skill Level: infant/toddler, preschool, elementary, secondary, adult Operating System: Windows, Mac, Chrome Discover Boardmaker - a powerful suite of special education tools for your home, school and therapy practice. As the world’s leading symbol-based teaching solution, Boardmaker supports learning and com- munication with its trove of customizable material. Boardmaker 7 is the most robust version of our Boardmaker software yet, including access to over 80,000 Picture Communication Symbols (PCS). This flex- ible, time-saving solution is offered as a Standard or Subscription option. Boardmaker 7 Student Center Tobii Dynavox Disability: cognitive, learning, speech Skill Level: preschool, elementary Operating System: Windows, Mac, iOS (Apple), Chrome, Other
Bullying Prevention Program fo- cuses on developing a healthy
personality(emotionally competent) in which personal needs are met outside of the bullying process. The assessment helps identify the key emotional intelligence factors related to a healthy personality. It also helps identify individuals who might become part of the bullying cycle either as a bully or as a target. The program helps users understand their own needs and
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