Archive for the ‘Special Ed’ Category

Check out this new series of videos from Perkins.org about how to create a communication portfolio. These portfolios are designed to help students transition from one program to another by showing the new teachers and therapists how the child best communicates and learns.
The approach is very individualized and, as they say, “person-centered.” Students who are [...]

Perkins just launched a new area of their site that promotes accessible science and teaching all the sciences to students with vision impairments and other disabilities.
They say their goal is “to show that all students can fully participate in science.”
Sounds like a great resource!

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In Tanzania families and children know that an education can mean the difference between a good life and a hard life. But the teacher to student ratio is so high that children with special needs often fall through the cracks.
The BBC has published a piece with an accompanying video on a new school for the [...]

BookBole is a new online service designed to allow readers of accessible books the opportunity to communicate, socialize, and share their books online.

BookBole doesn’t just want to give you access to tons of books online, they also want to create a community. It sounds like a great idea.

Click here to learn more.