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  1. SPEECH VIEWER II --- DISCONTINUED. (Verified 11/2002) RETAINED IN DATABASE FOR REFERENCE. --- Speech Viewer II is a language tutorial program for children and adults with speech or hearing disabilities. The tool converts speech into graphic displays, which in turn are synchronized with an audio playback capability so users with various disabilities can benefit from sight as well as sound. Students are introduced to the basic components of speech including loudness, pitch, voicing onset and voicing. Skill-buildin...[More Information]

  2. SPELLING FOR THE PHYSICALLY IMPAIRED (MODEL 8K 017AD) --- DISCONTINUED. RETAINED IN DATABASE FOR REFERENCE. --- Computer software. Covers spelling skills. Requires one keystroke to respond. Twenty spelling drills have key words missing or require a multiple choice answer. Instructor can tailor the program. Teacher's guide includes program description, background information, tips for classroom use, follow up activities, illustrations of sample runs, and print outs of each drill. Available for the Apple II 32K. Back up disk provided....[More Information]

  3. STICKYBEAR'S READING ROOM --- DISCONTINUED (Verified 10/2011). REPLACED BY THE STICKYBEAR ABC DELUXE. RETAINED IN DATABASE FOR REFERENCE. --- Stickybear's Reading Room is a language tutorial program designed to build vocabulary and develop reading skills for indivudals with a cognitive disability. Four activities - Word Bop, Word Match, Word Find, and Sentence Builder - allow students to match pictures and words and complete and create sentences that are brought to life with animations. The program has clear human speech...[More Information]

  4. STILE DYSLEXIA --- DISCONTINUED. (Verified 6/2003) RETAINED IN DATABASE FOR REFERENCE. --- Stile Dyslexia is a reading tutorial program designed for use with children with reading disabilities. This self-checking teaching aid develops reading skills using eight exercise books and the Stile Tray (see separate entry). Students are introduced to one new letter, sound, or spelling rule per exercise using a phonics approach. They complete self-checking exercises by placing tiles in the appropriate tray square. When...[More Information]

  5. STILE FIRST READING --- DISCONTINUED. (Verified 6/2003) RETAINED IN DATABASE FOR REFERENCE. --- Stile First Reading is a pre-reading tutorial program designed for use with children with learning disabilities. This self-checking teaching aid develops pre-reading and visual discrimination skills using 64 exercise cards and the Stile Tray (see separate entry). Students answer questions from the cards by placing tiles in the appropriate tray square. When all the tiles are in place, the tray is closed and turned over. I...[More Information]

  6. STILE GET READY TO READ / LOOKING --- DISCONTINUED. (Verified 6/2003) RETAINED IN DATABASE FOR REFERENCE. --- Stile Get Ready to Read/Looking is a pre-reading tutorial program designed for use with children with learning disabilities. This self-checking teaching aid develops pre-reading and visual discrimination skills using three exercise books and the Stile Tray (see separate entry). Students learn to match picture to picture, picture to silhouette, half to whole, number to letter, and letter to letter by answering questions f...[More Information]

  7. STILE PHONICS --- DISCONTINUED. (Verified 6/2003) RETAINED IN DATABASE FOR REFERENCE. --- Stile Phonics is a reading tutorial program designed for use with children with reading disabilities. This self-checking teaching aid develops reading skills using twelve exercise books and the Stile Tray (see separate entry). The concepts of initial and final consonants, short and long vowels, blends and digraphs, compound words, and silent letters are reinforced using a phonics approach. Students complete self-checking...[More Information]

  8. STILE TRAY --- DISCONTINUED. (Verified 6/2003) RETAINED IN DATABASE FOR REFERENCE. --- The Stile Tray is an educational aid designed to be used with the Stile reading and math programs (see separate entries) for children with learning disabilities. The plastic tray is sold individually or in sets of ten and features a swing-over lid that holds 12 answer/pattern tiles....[More Information]

  9. STORIES & STRATEGIES FOR COMMUNICATION (SSC) --- DISCONTINUED. (Verified 4/2001) RETAINED IN DATABASE FOR REFERENCE. --- Stories and Strategies for Communication (SSC) is a Minspeak Application Program (MAP) and a behavior training and language tutorial prgram designed to stress learning through play for individuals with a cognitive disability. SSC is based on a holistic, child centered approach that uses the classsics in literature to enhance interactive communication, interactions in a social context, and emergent liiteracy skills. It u...[More Information]

  10. SYMBOL WRITER --- DISCONTINUED. (Verified 08/2012) RETAINED IN DATABASE FOR REFERENCE. --- Symbol Writer is a language tutorial program designed for children learning to control a computer using a single switch. Simple two- and three-word sentences can be created using symbols and small words. Words are selected individually to build the sentence. When the sentence is complete, it is spoken and action onthe screen reinforces the learning. Symbol Writer can also be used with a PowerPad with The Porter (see sep...[More Information]

  11. TALKING NOUNS, TALKING NOUNS II, & TALKING VERBS --- DISCONTINUED. (Verified 11/2009) RETAINED IN DATABASE FOR REFERENCE. ---- Talking Nouns, Talking Nouns II and Talking Verbs are voice output programs designed to encourage expressive language, promote communication and training augmentative communication skills for individuals with learning, developmental, or physical disabilities as well as those who are candidates for augmentative communication. The Talking Series is a set of three programs that continues training on the words introduced i...[More Information]

  12. TELL-A-STORY --- DISCONTINUED. (Verified 02/2006) RETAINED IN DATABSE FOR REFERENCE. --- Tell-A-Story is a memory improvement activity designed for use with children with cognitive and learning disabilities. This game requires players to use their memory to locate five cards featuring the same character and then use them to create and tell a story. The set includes 50 story cards and 10 character cards. The game can be used with one to five players ages four years old and up....[More Information]

  13. THINGS THAT GO TOGETHER PUZZLES --- DISCONTINUED. (Verified 6/2003) RETAINED IN DATABASE FOR REFERENCE. --- Things that go Together Puzzles are a language tutorial program designed for use with children with communication, learning, or cognitive disabilities. The set includes 20 pairs that join together like puzzle pieces: the user identifies a color picture and then identifies an item that goes with it (i.e., paint and paintbrush or toothbrush and toothpaste). If the selection is correct, the pieces fit together. DIMENSIONS ...[More Information]

  14. TORTOISE AND THE HARE CD-ROM, THE --- DISCONTINUED. (Verified 10/2000) RETAINED IN DATABASE FOR REFERENCE. --- Tortoise and The Hare CD-ROM is a reading tutorial program designed with Ke:nx Easy Overlays in order to provide access for children with physical disabilities who are unable to use a computer keyboard or a mouse. The program features a scanning, speaking highlighter, talking keys and is designed with colorful graphics. OPTIONS: MAC school version, Easy Overlays for alternate keyboard, and Easy Overlays for Switch are ...[More Information]

  15. UNDERSTANDING SENTENCES I: FINDING ABSURDITIES --- DISCONTINUED. (Verified 06/2006) RETAINED IN DATABASE FOR REFERENCE. --- Understanding Sentences I: Finding Absurdities is a reading comprehension program that presents an absurd sentence and asks the user to select the word in the sentence that does not make sense in context. Fifty sentence sets (sentence and choices) are included. All responses are multiple choice and require the user to press the number key (1, 2, or 3) that corresponds with the answer. Feedback is given on each response....[More Information]

  16. UNDERSTANDING SENTENCES II: ABSTRACT MEANINGS --- DISCONTINUED. (Verified 06/2006) RETAINED IN DATABASE FOR REFERENCE. --- Understanding Sentences II: Abstract Meanings is a reading comprehension program that presents a proverb or cliche and asks the user to select the correct meaning from three possible options. Sixty sentences with possible meanings are included. All responses are multiple choice and require the user to press the number key (1, 2, or 3) that corresponds with the answer. Feedback is given on each response. Bar and line gra...[More Information]

  17. VERB USAGE I, II, III, & IV --- DISCONTINUED. (Verified 4/2006) RETAINED IN DATABASE FOR REFERENCE. --- Language tutorial software program introduces commonly misused verbs. Student must discriminate among the present, past, past participle and infinitive forms of the verb. Optional answers are displayed to allow student to try different verb forms in the context of the sentence before selecting an answer. Rules and examples of correct usage are displayed as aids. Content of lessons may be modified. Program records student...[More Information]

  18. VERBAL REASONING --- DISCONTINUED. RETAINED IN DATABASE FOR REFERENCE. --- Verbal Reasoning is a group of programs designed to retrain verbal skills. Verbal Reasoning consists of six programs: Synonyms, Antonyms, Homonyms, Vocabulary, Similarities and Analogies. Each of the six programs has three different formats, with each format having three levels of difficulty. The first format presents "yes/no" questions ( similar to true/false). The second format presents multiple choice questions. The third format presen...[More Information]

  19. VOCABULARY-DOLCH (MODEL 04-05), VOCABULARY-ELEMENTARY (MODEL 04-01), VOCABULARY-CONTROLLED (MODEL 04-07), CREATE-VOCABULARY (MODEL 04-00), & WORD-A-TACH (MODEL 19-01) --- DISCONTINUED. (Verified 4/2006) RETAINED IN DATABASE FOR REFERENCE. --- Vocabulary tutorial programs used with early elementary and special education programs. Student sees word on screen and hears word on tape presented with a sentence using word in context. Requires Hartley CCD ( see separate entry). Record of errors kept by computer. Vocabulary- Dolch: Dolch vocabulary from pre-reading through grade 3 level. Vocabulary-Elementary: 63 different word lists typical of those in " sight-say" r...[More Information]

  20. VOCATIONAL SURVIVAL WORDS: CARPENTRY CLUSTER --- DISCONTINUED. (Verified 8/1999) RETAINED IN DATABASE FOR REFERENCE. --- The Carpentry Cluster is a 22-disk job readiness and vocabulary enhancement software package that teaches students a vocabulary of technical terms and helps the students to develop functional and job-related reading skills. This unit may be suitable for mainstreamed students and students with learning, speech/language, hearing, or physical disabilities, mild mental retardation, emotional disturbances, or traumatic brain ...[More Information]

  21. VOCATIONAL SURVIVAL WORDS: FOOD SERVICE CLUSTER --- DISCONTINUED. (Verified 8/1999) RETAINED IN DATABASE FOR REFERENCE. --- The Food Service Cluster is a 21-disk series of job readiness and vocabulary enhancement tutorial programs designed to teach students a vocabulary of technical terms and to develop the students functional and job-related reading skills. The cluster may be suitable for mainstreamed students and students with learning, speech/language, hearing, or physical disabilities, mild mental retardation, emotional disturbances, or t...[More Information]

  22. VOCATIONAL SURVIVAL WORDS: MECHANICS CLUSTER --- DISCONTINUED. (Verified 8/1999) RETAINED IN DATABASE FOR REFERENCE. --- The Mechanics Cluster is a job readiness and vocabulary enhancement tutorial program designed to provide students with a vocabulary of technical terms and to develop functional and job-related reading skills. This unit may be suitable for mainstreamed students and students with learning, speech/language, hearing or physical disabilities, mild mental retardation, emotional disturbances, or traumatic brain injury. Each pro...[More Information]

  23. VOICE ENGLISH LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT --- DISCONTINUED. (Verified 10/94) RETAINED IN DATABASE FOR REFERENCE. --- Voice English Language Development uses voice input and voice output to improve language skills. Words, phrases and sentences are presented in sequential lessons. During training the student repeats the stimulus item which is presented graphically and is spoken by the speech synthesizer. After training, each item is presented again. If the student does not respond correctly, the item is spoken by the speech synthesizer. T...[More Information]

  24. WORD FAMILIES II --- DISCONTINUED. (Verified 4/2006) RETAINED IN DATABASE FOR REFERENCE. --- Language tutorial software program teaches word recognition. Student must discriminate between real words and nonsense words that are created by adding consonant blends to word stems. Presents 16 lessons involving L blends, R blends, S blends, W blends, silent letter, etc. Consonants or blends of 1, 2 or 3 letters may be used. Lessons can be modified for individual needs. Program records student errors. Student uses the ...[More Information]

  25. WORDSCHOLAR --- DISCONTINUED. (Verified 12/2002) RETAINED IN DATABASE FOR REFERENCE. --- WordScholar is a voice output tool designed to simultaneously highlight and speak the text diplayed on the computer monitor for persons with cognitive disabilities. More importantly, it can be used to improve and strengthen the user's ability to write coherent sentences, identify poorly written paragraphs and to quickly notice incorrectly typed information. This program is not constructed to be a spell or grammar checke...[More Information]

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