Disability Resources
· Brain Injury Association of America www.biausa.org
· Brain Injury Resource Center www.headinjury.com
· Brain Line www.brainline.org
· Brubaker Workbooks www.wsupress.wayne.edu/slp/brubaker/brubakerblwa.htm
www.wsupress.wayne.edu/content/catalogs/splang2010.pdf
· Chadd www.chadd.org Children and Adults with ADHD
· Disability Commission Information www.disability.gov
· Educational Publications www.edpubs.gov search ‘Learning Disabilities’. For a free copy of Learning to Achieve: A Review of the Research Literature on Serving Adults with Learning Disabilitites
· Great Leaps Reading www.greatleaps.com Adult reading passages
Three ring binder, instructor manual and student edition
· International Dyslexia Association www.interdys.org
· LD Online www.ldonline.org
· LinguiSystems www.linguisystems.com
- Just for Adults - Set of six books. Improve attention, mental manipulation
of information, and comprehension
- WALC - Workbook of Activities for Language and Cognition
- Software - Sounds Abound – Age 4-9, Story Comprehension to Go – Age 7-10,
Spotlight on Reading and Listening Comprehension – Level 1 Age 7-10, Level 2
Age 11 and up, Reading Comprehension – Age 6-10, No-Glamour Sentence
Structure Age 7 and up
· Marshall Minnesota Adult Basic Education www.marshalladulteducation.org/
Fluency and Comprehension Lessons for Adults, research based, repeated
guided reading
· www.aaamath.com Features a comprehensive set of interactive arithmetic lessons. Unlimited practice is available on each topic which allows thorough mastery of the concepts. A wide range of lessons (Kindergarten through Eighth grade level) enables learning or review to occur at each individual's current level
· Fact Monster www.factmonster.com This site has a little of everything. World and news, people, word wise, science, math, sports, arts and living. Features archive for more articles
· Minnesota ABE Disabilities Website www.mnabedisabilities.org
· Minnesota Literacy Council www.themlc.org/Tutor_Tips.html
Activities for listening, speaking, reading and writing. Archive and blog
· National Attention Deficit Disorder Association www.add.org
· National Institute for Literacy www.nifl.gov
· National Star Network www.startoolkit.org go to Reading Resources tab
· National Stroke Association www.stroke.org
· Reading A-Z www.readinga-z.com On-line subscription. Offers thousands of printable teacher materials to teach guided reading, phonemic awareness, reading comprehension, reading fluency, alphabet, and vocabulary. The teaching resources include professionally developed downloadable leveled
books, lesson plans, worksheets, and reading assessments
· Read Naturally www.readnaturally.com Sequenced and Phonics series. CD’s.
Develops fluency, phonics and comprehension skills
· School Specialty Intervention www.schoolspecialty.com free downloadable lessons
· Ultimate Phonics www.spencerlearning.com Teaches letter names, letter sounds, and sight words and is geared toward adult learners and those with learning disabilities.
Assistive Technology
Clip Read www.clipread.com Assists with on-line reading by changing fonts, background color, format of text, and provides word definitions
Computer Accessibility - there are several features available within most computer systems; such as speech recognition, on-screen keyboard, magnifier and narrator. You can access this feature by clicking on “Programs” in your start menu, then click on “Accessories” and there should be an “Accessibility” or “Ease of Access” area where this information can be accessed
Dragon Naturally Speaking www.amazon.com or www.nuance.com Speech-to-text software program that converts dictated speech to text
Kindle Wireless Reading Device www.amazon.com Reads newspapers, magazines, blogs, and books out loud to you and provides word definitions. Approximately $260, purchase of books and subscriptions is extra
Franklin Speaking Dictionary www.amazon.com or www.franklin.com Spelling device that speaks unknown words and/or spellings and provides meanings of unknown words. There are also speaking translator devices in several languages
Quicktionary Reading Pen www.wizcomtech.com Scans text, reads or spells words aloud and provides definitions
Omti-Rogers Multisensory Reading, Spelling & Penmanship Program www.rogerscenter.com provides instruction in reading that progresses from sounds
to text. It is based on the Orton-Gillingham method of multi-sensory instruction
PANDA (Physical and Neurological Disabilities Assistance), March 2010