Bridges Canada

2550 Argentia Rd., Ste. 121
Mississauga, Ontario L5N 2X4
Canada
Telephone: 800-353-1107 or 905-542-7232.
Fax: 905-542-7242.
Web: http://www.bridges-canada.com.
Email: info@bridges-canada.com.

Products distributed by Bridges Canada (listed alphabetically)

1. EARLY EMERGING RULES: NEGATION

   Early Emerging Rules: Negation is a language tutorial and vocabulary enhancement program designed to train early grammatical constructions and facilitate the transition from single words to word combinations for individuals with developmental, visual, physical or language learning disabilities. The program uses speech, pictures, and animated characters and is intended as a follow-up to the vocabulary training provided by First Words, First Words II, and First Verbs (see entries). The six instructional levels include a game, four levels of training, and a test option. Students are presented pictures and asked to select the picture which represents the construction being trained. Various amounts of instruction, cuing, and feedback are provided on each training level. The program trains the determiner "no". For students with physical disabilities, alternative access may be gained through a TouchWindow (see separate entry). COMPATIBILITY: For use with Macintosh and IBM and compatible computers. SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS: The version for IBM and compatible computers requires a Pentium 133 megaHertz (MHz) or faster processor; a hard drive with Windows 95, 98, ME, NT, 2000, XP or later; 16 megabytes (MB) RAM; a Windows compatible sound card; and a 4x speed CD-ROM drive. The Macintosh version requires a 68040 processor or PowerPC; System 7.5 or later; 8 MB application RAM; and a 4x speed CD-ROM drive.

2. EARLY EMERGING RULES: PLURALS

   Early Emerging Rules: Plurals is a language and vocabulary enhancement tutorial program designed to train early grammatical constructions and facilitate the transition from single words to word combinations for individuals with developmental, visual, physical or language learning disabilities. The program uses speech, pictures, and animated characters and is intended as a follow-up to the vocabulary training provided by First Words, First Words II, and First Verbs (see entries). This program uses three 20-picture sets to train the singular noun form and plural noun endings. The Six instructional levels include a game, four levels of training, and a test option. Students are presented pictures and asked to select the picture which represents the construction being trained. Various amounts of instruction, cuing, and feedback are provided on each training level. For students with physical disabilities, alternative access may be gained through TouchWindow (see separate entry). COMPATIBILITY: For use with Macintosh and IBM and compatible computers. The version for IBM and compatible computers requires a Pentium 133 MegaHertz (MHz) or faster processor; a hard drive with Windows 95, 98, ME, NT, 2000, XP or later; 16 megabytes (MB) RAM; a Windows compatible sound card; and a 4x speed CD-ROM drive. The Macintosh version requires a 68040 processor or PowerPC; System 7.5 or later; 8 MB application RAM; and a 4x speed CD-ROM drive.

3. EARLY EMERGING RULES: PREPOSITIONS

   Early Emerging Rules: Prepositions is a language tutorial and vocabulary enhancement program designed to train early grammatical constructions and facilitate the transition from single words to word combinations for individuals with developmental, visual, physical or language learning disabilities. This program uses speech, pictures, and animated characters and is intended as a follow-up to the vocabulary training provided by First Words, First Words II, and First Verbs (see entries). This program uses three 20-picture sets of different objects and containers to train the prepositions "in" and "on." The six instructional levels include a game, four levels of training, and a test option. Students are presented pictures and asked to select the picture which represents the construction being trained. Various amounts of instruction, cuing, and feedback are provided on each training level. The program trains the prepositions "in" and "on". For students with physical disabilities, alternative access may be gained through TouchWindow (see separate entry). COMPATIBILITY: For use with Macintosh and IBM and compatible computers. The version for IBM and compatible computers requires a Pentium 133 MegaHertz (MHz) or faster processor; a hard drive with Windows 95, 98, ME, NT, 2000, XP or later; 16 megabytes (MB) RAM; a Windows compatible sound card; and a 4x speed CD-ROM drive. The Macintosh version requires a 68040 processor or PowerPC; System 7.5 or later; 8 MB application RAM; and a 4x speed CD-ROM drive.