Telescopic Text
Posted in Reading, Writing, and Math on Jul 28th, 2008 No Comments »
Telescopic Text
Click away on the text. Expand the sentence. Have fun.
Archive for July, 2008
Dislecksia: The Movie Teaser 2
Posted in Social Issues and Ideas on Jul 22nd, 2008 No Comments »
My friend Harvey Hubbel is working on a movie: Dislecksia: The Movie. Oh boy, here we go.
‘Normal” shouldn’t be the only acceptable realm
Posted in Personal Stories on Jul 21st, 2008 No Comments »
Sarah Smith Nessel has written a great essay for the Kansas City Star: ‘Normal” shouldn’t be the only acceptable realm.
…for many of us with less-severely affected children, the “tragedy” of Autism simply isn’t. In our current culture of pathology, children who 50 years ago would have just been considered a bit odd, or loners, now [...]
Ginger Software
Posted in Computers and Software on Jul 17th, 2008 3 Comments »
Ginger Software offers an automatic text correction (spell checking) product aimed at dyslexic writers. Currently it only works with the Windows version of Microsoft Word but they will expand its application base in the future. It requires an internet connection.
Ginger Software
405 Waltham St, # 371
Lexington, MA 02421
617-230-6600
781-674-2737 fax
www.gingersoftware.com/
Warning: the Ginger Software web site is extremely [...]
School Psychologist Files and Blog
Posted in LD Support Sites on Jul 9th, 2008 No Comments »
School Psychologist Files
School Psychologist Blog Files
Special education resources, information, and relevant links for anyone looking for information related to school psychology or special education.
Course: Understanding and Managing Learning Differences
Posted in Events and Conferences on Jul 4th, 2008 No Comments »
Understanding and Managing Learning Differences
July 16, 17, & 18
This 20-hour course provides an overview of learning differences including learning disabilities, inattention, impulsivity, and memory and language processing weaknesses as well as their impact on learning, self-esteem and behavior at home. Participants will review psychological and academic testing in order to one, better understand and read [...]