Feb/March 2019 Closing The Gap Resource Directory

Sort By Kind - Sort visually related items STEP BY STEP Price: $0 - $2.99 Special Skill: cognitive redevelopment, early childhood, eye-hand coordination, language development, adapted keyboard/switch access, single switch, multi switch, diagnostic Academic Skill: problem solving Disability: cognitive, learning, physical Skill Level: infant/toddler, preschool Children learn to sort visually related items. App helps develop visual perception skills, cognitive skills, and language skills. Sort By Nature - Sort logically related items STEP BY STEP Price: $0 - $2.99 Special Skill: cognitive redevelopment, early childhood, eye-hand coordination, language development, adapted keyboard/switch access, single switch, multi switch, diagnostic Academic Skill: problem solving Disability: cognitive, learning, physical Skill Level: infant/toddler, preschool Children learn about logically related items. App helps develop visual perception skills, cognitive skills, and language skills. Sorting Activities - Life Skills Judy Lynn Software, Inc. Price: $7.99 Special Skill: basic living skills, eye-hand coordination, vocational Academic Skill: problem solving Disability: cognitive, learning Skill Level: preschool, elementary, secondary, adult Sorting Activities: Life Skills - Age Ap- propriate contains 10 age appropriate sorting activities.The task for the student is to drag and drop the object into the ap- propriate container. Each activity has three containers and six objects to sort. Sound Out Chapter Books Attainment Company, Inc. Price: $99 Special Skill: basic living skills, cognitive redevelopment, early childhood, language development, adapted keyboard/switch access, scanning, single switch, multi switch Academic Skill: language arts, pre- reading, reading Disability: cognitive, learning Skill Level: elementary, secondary, adult Operating System: Windows, Mac Based on High Noon Books book series this 18 book series is organized into six phonics-based difficulty levels. Level One-one syllable words with short vowels. Level Six-two syllable words and prefixes/ suffixes.The software reads the books aloud as text is highlighted. Click individual words to hear them.Comprehension ques- tions included.

“Sounds Like” - Spell, Write! Applied Human Factors, Inc. Price: $149 - $279 Special Skill: cognitive redevelopment, communication, language development, vocational, adapted keyboard/switch access, speech output Academic Skill: spelling, word processing Disability: cognitive, learning, physical, speech Skill Level: elementary, secondary, adult Operating System: Windows “Sounds Like” - Spell, Write! is a phonetic keyboard for people with learning dis- abilities or spelling difficulties. REACH-like standard keyboards are included.Type a word by sounding it out - help is provided for homophones.You can add Smart Keys for $50, Smart Lists for $100 or both for $130. Spanish Artik Smarty Ears Apps Price: $19.99 - $19.99 Special Skill: communication Disability: speech Skill Level: preschool, elementary Operating System: Android Spanish Artik is an iPad app for bilingual speech therapists and parents. It provides practice on articulation skills of Spanish phonemes for children with articulation delays. Accuracy scores for each practice session are provided at the end of each practice.

access, scanning, single switch, multi switch, speech output Academic Skill: problem solving, word processing Disability: cognitive, learning Skill Level: elementary, secondary, adult Operating System: Windows, Mac An interactive social skill tutorial for ado- lescents and adults with developmental disabilities, including autism. It covers 50 social skills in an easy-to-navigate inter- face, so students can work independently or in self-directed groups. 50 social skills include Intro, Steps, Self-Talk script, Movie, and Problem Solving questions. iPad app also available. SoftTouch Classics 1 - Five Frogs Plus Marblesoft-SoftTouch Price: $115 Special Skill: cognitive redevelopment, early childhood, language development, adapted keyboard/switch access, scanning, single switch, multi switch Academic Skill: language arts, music, pre- reading, science Disability: cognitive, learning, physical, speech Skill Level: infant/toddler, preschool, elementary Operating System: Windows SoftTouch Classics 1 includes verses of Five Green and Speckled Frogs, Five Ducks and introduces six variations of One Little Two Little. Students love to sing along while watching the engaging animations. Col- lects data of student choices. SoftTouch Classics 2 - Away We Ride Plus Marblesoft-SoftTouch Price: $115 Special Skill: cognitive redevelopment, early childhood, language development, adapted keyboard/switch access, scanning, single switch, multi switch Academic Skill: music, pre-reading, social studies Disability: cognitive, learning, physical, speech Skill Level: infant/toddler, preschool, elementary, secondary Operating System: Windows SoftTouch Classics 2 - Away We Ride Plus includes songs from Away We Ride, the Rodeo and stories about transportation. Select universal access, IntelliKeys, mouse, single switch, touch screen and two switch options. Collect data on student’s choices. SofType On-Screen Keyboard Origin Instruments Corp. Price: $295 Special Skill: adapted keyboard/switch access, single switch, multi switch Disability: physical Skill Level: preschool, elementary, secondary, adult Operating System: Windows Provides an on-screen keyboard on the computer display.The mouse pointer is po-

sitioned over a character; key presses are performed with adaptive switches or using the included dwell. Includes word comple- tion, customizable keyboards, macros, ab- breviation expansion and password entry at boot-time, and respond to UAC security prompts. Multi-language capable. Son of Cause & Effect Sights & Sounds Marblesoft-Simtech Price: $4.99 - $30 Special Skill: eye-hand coordination, adapted keyboard/switch access, single switch Academic Skill: language arts, music Disability: cognitive, learning, physical Skill Level: infant/toddler, preschool, elementary Operating System: Windows The third in our Sights & Sounds series features three new cause & effect activities (Popcorn, Ants, Splotch) and five new musical themes (bouncy, dramatic, dreamy, frantic, juvenile).Teaches switch activa- tion in three modes (momentary, timed, latching). Songs I Sing at Preschool Marblesoft-SoftTouch Price: $115 Special Skill: cognitive redevelopment, early childhood, language development, adapted keyboard/switch access, scanning, single switch, multi switch Academic Skill: language arts, music Disability: cognitive, learning, physical, speech Skill Level: infant/toddler, preschool Operating System: Windows This steps to learning program features the first verse of 18 songs. Assess student competency in using different access de- vices, student interest and choice making skills. Easy to increase difficulty as student makes progress. Save student preferences and collect data on student performances. USB IntelliKeys compatible. SoothSayer Word Prediction Applied Human Factors, Inc. Price: $149 - $149 Special Skill: cognitive redevelopment, communication, language development, vocational, speech output Academic Skill: spelling, word processing Disability: cognitive, learning, physical, speech, vision Skill Level: elementary, secondary, adult Operating System: Windows SoothSayer combines word prediction features with extensive speech feedback to help you find the word or sentence you are looking for.The user interface is very friendly and there are lots of options included. It is simple to add new words and create custom dictionaries. Includes phonetic typing and TxtFst.

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Spanish Dictionary Applied Human Factors, Inc. Price: $49 - $49

Special Skill: cognitive redevelopment, communication, language development, vocational Academic Skill: spelling, word processing Disability: cognitive, learning, physical, speech, vision Skill Level: preschool, elementary, secondary, adult Operating System: Windows The Spanish Dictionary is for use with either REACH Interface Author or Sooth- Sayer Word Prediction. It contains Spanish translations for over 11,000 frequently used English words. Because of the verb conjugations in Spanish, there are more than 50,000 words in this dictionary. (REACH or SoothSayer required)

Speakprose Cognixion Price: $0 - $7.99

Special Skill: basic living skills, cognitive redevelopment, communication, early childhood, language development, speech output, IEP/IPP Disability: speech Skill Level: preschool, elementary, secondary, adult Operating System: iOS Speakprose is the revolutionary mobile- communications app that helps people with communication challenges engage in conversation and express their true selves

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