Mike Marotta collaborated with CALL Scotland to create this guide identifying apps and extensions for learners with dyslexia. Categories include notetaking text-to-speech, organization, writing support, reading support, reading ebooks, reading the web and working with PDFs. Download here.

Here are 5 things to try if you need to reduce prompt dependence with your AAC learners. These are great ideas for those students who wait for you to help before responding.  

If you're a Clicker 7 user, you should check out this new template. It's called Ask and Answer and allows the recording of 6 questions to which students can reply. It's quick and easy, but won't work if you haven't upgraded to Clicker 7. 

Created by Tabi Jones-Wohleber as a way to manage all the "stuff". Here you will find instructions to create your own 5.5 x 8" binder which includes a First/Then board, a Personal Picture Schedule, a Task Analysis Checklist, a Finished Pocket on the front cover, a Token Reward board on the back cover and room for the picture symbols and tokens inside the binder, along with plastic tabbed dividers covered in adhesive carpet tiles. Designed to facilitate participation, transitions, and increased independence with task completion.

The College Board, the developer of SAT and PSAT has announced it is streamlining the process for testing accommodations. Now, students who receive testing accommodations as part of an IEP or 504 Plan will have the accommodations automatically approved for taking the SAT, the SAT/NMSQT, the PSAT 10, SAT Subject Tests and AP exams. Click here for more info.