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Wheels! RJ Cooper and Associates Price: $59.00 Special Skill: eye-hand coordination, , Disability: physical Skill Level: elementary, secondary, adult Operating System: Windows Wheels! is a fully immersive 3D action game, designed specifically for SAM-Joy- stick and other alternative input devices (trackball, keyboard, mouse, IntelliKeys). It is very forgiving, has incremental levels, pie throwing clowns and robots. Great sound effects and music and important feedback for power wheelchair training. Who, What, When, Where, Why LocuTour Multimedia Price: $4.99 Special Skill: basic living skills, cognitive redevelopment, communication, early childhood, language development, , Disability: cognitive, speech

Woot Math Woot Math Price: $5.77 Special Skill: basic living skills, , diagnostic, IEP/IPP, instructional management Disability: learning Skill Level: elementary, secondary, adult Operating System: Windows, Mac, iOS (Apple), Android, Chrome, Other Woot Math helps teachers bring math- ematics to life through research-backed tools for adaptive learning and formative assessment. FIND GAPS with Formative Assessments Leverage a bank of rich K–12 tasks to identify gaps in your students’ understanding.Woot Math gives visibility into student thinking, enables assessment for learning, and supports capturing and projecting student work for lively whole- class discussion. Word Practice LocuTour Multimedia Price: $4.99 Special Skill: early childhood, language development, , Disability: learning, speech

Pro, including English Language Learners (ELL), Second Language Learners, and struggling writers.WordQ Pro helps you to create better quality written work with greater independence and ease with less stress. Intelligent word prediction suggests words appropriate for colleges, universi- ties, and workplaces from a multidisci- plinary 110,000-word vocabulary. Speed up writing and get help with spelling and grammar with as little as one or two keystrokes.. WordQ for Chrome Quillsoft Ltd. Price: $14.99 Special Skill: basic living skills, communication, language development, speech output, voice recognition, Disability: cognitive, hearing, learning, speech Skill Level: elementary, secondary, adult Operating System: Chrome WordQ for Chromeis an easy-to-use text editor for Chromebooks with writing skill improvement and compensation tools. All students benefit, including English Lan- guage Learners (ESL), Second Language Learners (ELL), and struggling writers.

typists, emerging literacy, LD and Down Syndrome.

WordQ Quillsoft Ltd. Price: $139.30 - $199 Special Skill: basic living skills, communication, language development, speech output, voice recognition, Disability: cognitive, hearing, learning, physical, speech, vision Skill Level: elementary, secondary, adult Operating System: Windows, Mac WordQis a writing skill improvement and compensation tool that works on top of any Windows or MacOS application where students write.WordQ helps students create better quality written work with greater independence and ease with less stress. Intelligent word prediction suggests words appropriate for elementary and secondary school levels. Students write faster and produce more, and get help with spelling and grammar with as little as one or two keystrokes. WordQ 5 Quillsoft Ltd. Price: $75.00 - $199.99 Special Skill: communication, language development, speech output, Disability: hearing, learning, physical, speech Skill Level: elementary, secondary, adult Operating System: Windows, Mac, iOS (Apple), Chrome WordQ 5 supports users of all ages by offering state-of-the-art word predic- tion, speech feedback, proofreading, enhanced topical web searches to help with researching for projects and papers, and more.WordQ can be used virtually anywhere you type on a computer, online or off, helping users realize their full po- tential and gain confidence in their ability to express their thoughts and ideas.Now with our integrated WordQ PDF, users are able to fill out PDF forms online or on their desktop, take tests that are given in PDF format, and more with the full power of WordQ.We offer one-time and subscription pricing, as well as bulk rates for schools and school districts.Please contact sales@ quillsoft.ca for further information. WordQ 5 Pro Quillsoft Ltd. Price: $99.00 - $279.00 Special Skill: communication, language development, speech output, Disability: learning, physical, speech Skill Level: secondary, adult Operating System: Windows, Mac, iOS (Apple), Chrome WordQ 5 Pro is a writing skill improvement and compensation tool that works on top of any Windows or MacOS application where you write, both online and offline. Both post-secondary students and profes- sionals can benefit from using WordQ 5

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Skill Level: preschool, elementary Operating System: iOS (Apple)

Explore traditional WH questions along with 17 additional question categories.The twenty-three categories of questions are: Who, Whose, What, When, Where, Why, How, How Many, Which, Do/Does, Did, Have/ Has/Had, Was/Were, Is, Are, May I, Can, Will, Would, Should, Could, If and Negation. It requires moderate level inference skill. Wild, Woolly, Wonderful Critters LocuTour Multimedia Price: $1.99 Special Skill: communication, early childhood, language development, , Disability: cognitive, speech

Skill Level: preschool, elementary Operating System: iOS (Apple)

A beginning level app for early language learners. Colorful drawings or photos are presented in three categories: Common Verbs, Contrast Words like over/under and Animals. Listen and learn the vocabulary word, or imitate the speech model.The app provides a model for step-by-step transi- tion to full sentences. WordComplete (Innovation Management Group, Inc.) Innovation Management Group, Inc. Price: $99.95 - $3500.00 Special Skill: language development, vocational, adapted keyboard/switch access, Disability: learning, physical Skill Level: elementary, secondary, adult Operating System: Windows WordComplete adaptively predicts the word you are entering and gives you choices from it’s dictionary. Dictionary comes with a basic list, then adds new words as you type them.You can import or create multiple dictionaries to suit your needs. Sorts alphabetical and often used. Windows 2000 thru Windows 10 WordComplete (RJ Cooper and Associates) RJ Cooper and Associates Price: $59.00 Special Skill: communication, , Disability: learning, physical, speech Skill Level: elementary, secondary, adult Operating System: Windows Utility that provides candidates for completing words within any software. Choices can be spoken for preview and are presented inline with the insertion point. Customizable word list. Great for slow

Workplace Readiness The Conover Company Price: $5.00 - $25.00

Special Skill: vocational, adapted keyboard/switch access, large print, speech output, IEP/IPP Disability: cognitive, hearing, learning, physical, speech, vision Skill Level: elementary, secondary, adult Operating System: Windows, Mac, iOS (Apple), Android, Chrome, Other Workplace Readiness helps users to acquire the critical soft skills they need to achieve success.With soft skills such as a positive attitude, communication, critical thinking, teamwork and interpersonal skills, this system is a must for building success skills for school, workplace and life in general.The system is cloud-based and accessible onsite AND remotely, allowing continuity in changing circumstances- -perfect for these uncertain times with in-person or distance learning.Please visit https://www.conovercompany.com/ conover-online/workplace-readiness/ for more information.A new version of Workplace Readiness for lower function- ing individuals was recently added to our Functional Skills System. Please visit https://www.conovercompany.com/ conover-online/functional-skills-system/ for mor information.

Skill Level: preschool, elementary Operating System: iOS (Apple)

Wild, Woolly, Wonderful Critters has six stimuli for each of 120 animal pictures. Practice the word, parentese, descriptive phrase, descriptive statement, functional statement and the initial sound of the tar- get word. Explore language while learning about critters. WinSCAN CS Academic Software, Inc. Price: $150.00 Special Skill: , adapted keyboard/switch access, scanning, single switch, Disability: physical Skill Level: elementary, secondary, adult Operating System: Windows A new, enhanced version of WinSCAN, an advanced, multi-function, single-switch interface for PC users at home, school, or work.WinSCAN CS provides independent control access to educational, productivity, multimedia, and recreational software for Windows 8 or 10. Navigate the desktop; run applications, games and CDs. Surf the Internet with WinSCAN!

WriQ® Texthelp Price: $10

Special Skill: cognitive redevelopment, communication, language development, speech output, voice recognition,

instructional management Disability: speech, vision

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