Communication+Resources+Low-Level+Technology

=Low Tech Communication Resources= =Research Articles= [|Social Story Article] Social Stories: Mechanisms of Effectiveness in Increasing Game Play Skills in Children Diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder Using Pretest Posttest Repeated Measures Randomized Control Group Design, An Article published in Education and Training in Developmental Disabilities vol. 43, no. 1. Mar 2008. This research article is that of a study that sets out to replicate the findings of Feinberg's research study, which demonstrated that a single social story could improve specific game playing skills in a group of children.

[|PECS Article] A Randomized Comparison of the Effect of Two Prelinguistic Communication Interventions on the Acquisition of Spoken Communication in Preschoolers with ASD, an article published in Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research 49 no4 698-711 Ag 2006. This article compares Responsive Education and Prelinguistic Milieu Teaching (RPMT) to Picture Exchange Communication System (PECS) in the effort to determine which might be a better intervention to use in teaching communication to children with autism.

[|Assistive Technology] Using Assistive Technology to Foster Speech and Language Skills at Home and in Preschool An Article Published in //Teaching Exceptional Children// v. 38 no. 6 (July/August 2006). This article explains how many different how many different types of assistive technology can be used to teach communication to preschoolers. Includes ideas of how to use story boards, song boards, and picture boards to teach communication.

=Tools Sites= [|Boardmaker Share]This website allows educators to share visuals with one another that they have made using the Boardmaker computer software program. You must have a current copy of Boardmaker inorder to print the visuals. Older versions might not work

[|Region 2 Digital Lending Library]This website contains a large database of printable social stories with pictures. The books are ready to print, laminate and use in your classroom!

[|ESL Flashcards]Weblink to a page that contains flashcards for students for which English is a second langauge. While children with disabilities may not be ESL learners, they can greatly benefit from the pictures on the flashcards.

=Classroom Strategies= [|Low Level assistive technology strategies]- This website gives the reader examples of several low tech visual strategies that teachers can use with children.

[|Social Story Strategies]Many educators are proficient at writng social stories. For those struggling with what do do with a social stroy this website explains how to implement them. It explains how to use the story, determine if it's effective and fade the use of a social story.

[|Communication Teaching Strategies]Contains a link to a webpage that describes many effective ways to teach communication to children with a disability. It includes many helpful ideas to help students communicate while still respecting their rights as a individual.

=Training And Tuturials= [|Boardmaker Tutorial]- 10 minute Youtube video for teachers explaining how to use the popular software program to create visuals for the classroom. This is a must for any technologically challenged teacher!

[|Social Story tutorial]- This is a link to the Child-Parent-Autism-Cafe website. The website explains why social stories are needed as well as the types of sentences and ratios to be used when creating a social story.

[|PECS] This is a link to poloxo.com. It contains information about Picture Exchange Communication System (PECS) and explains why someone might want to use PECS. It lists the six phases of PECS.

[|Big Mac] Brief two minute Youtube video clip demonstrates how to operate a Big Mac.

=Video Links=

media type="youtube" key="ZP48lxnNdHM?fs=1" height="385" width="480" PECS Phase I- A three minute video on how to begin using PECS with a child.

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This video shows how a student might use a Big Mac while reading a story with a teacher/speech pathologist.

media type="youtube" key="67wchz5pfLI?fs=1" height="385" width="480" A Sample of a social story that teaches children how to say goodbye to a friend.

=Photos=

This picture is of a student using a Bic Mack in the classroom to facilitate computer learning.

In this photo a child reads a social story with his caregiver.

This is a sample page from a social story

This is a sample of a PECS book.

(All photos found on Google Images)