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Explore Literacy Resources by OCALI Center
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Teaching Diverse Learners Center
How-To Tips and Strategies Video Gallery
Literacy related videos include:
- Video 4 – How-to Adapt Books: Page Fluffers
- Video 5 – How-to Add Layers of Communication Access to Books
- Video 7 – How-to Strategies to Break Down Division
- Video 8 - How-to Note Taking Using Graphic Organizers in Early Grades
- Video 9 - How-to Adapt Social Studies Materials
- Video 10 - How-to Provide Access to Literacy Part 1: Adapted Literacy Materials
- Video 11 - How-to Provide Access to Literacy Part 2: Language/Communication Access
Ensuring Access to the General Education Curriculum for ALL Learners
Literacy related chapters include:
- Chapter 2: Design Rich Tier I Core Instruction and Assessment
- Chapter 4: Language and Communication Access: ALL In!
- Chapter 5: Reading Research in Language and Literacy: From Research to Practice
- Chapter 6: Stretching Word Recognition to Include Learners with Complex Needs: Access to Communication, Reading, and Writing for ALL Learners
- Chapter 7: Stretching Language Comprehension to Include Learners with Complex Needs: Applying Reading and Writing Across Content Areas
- Chapter 8: Tier I Planning Continued: Integrating Learner Supports within Standards-Based Instruction and Assessment
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Learn more about ASD through these books and resources. There are books to read aloud, books for children to read alone, and books for long-term study and projects. Many of the books include links to materials and videos to support your learning.
Book Study Resources for Autism Focused Learning
Book study questions are a great way to engage in deeper learning, provide choice in professional and personal learning, and open doors to new ideas or perspectives. These book studies are available on a variety of topics to enhance your understanding of autism. Each book contains free downloadable guiding questions.
Reading/Writing Apps Suite for iPad
This suite offers almost 30 different apps for reading and writing including word prediction, annotating, grammar check, dictionary tools, language translation, optical character recognition, switch-activated books, alternative keyboards for writing, audiobooks, authoring tools, text-to-speech, reading and writing supports for low vision, handwriting, word walls and more.
Peruse a pre-filtered list of books available from the Lending Library in accessible and/or alternative formats. There are over 150 results to explore.
Various Assistive Technology Kits
Suggested kits include:
Braille, Large Print, and Twin Vision Books
- Braille
- Large print
- Twin vision (braille and large print)
Assistive Technology And Accessible Educational Materials Center
Use this quick and easy web-based survey tool to match a person’s needs and strengths to AT features. SIFTS includes student domains for writing and vision to support literacy.
Accessible Educational Materials (AEM) Basics
Learn from AEM users, educators, parents, and state and national leaders about how AEM can be a game changer for those with print disabilities.
Assistive Technology Internet Modules (ATIM)
Explore and connect the areas of phonological awareness, phonics, writing, fluency, vocabulary, communication, language, and comprehension specifically for learners who are D/HH or B/VI. Take a deeper dive into assessment types and strategies, accessibility and accommodations, and how to use the data that is collected from different assessments during instruction.
Unlocking the Foundations of Reading for Learners Who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing
This module series is designed to provide educators and practitioners with what they need to implement best practices and provide access to reading instruction for each deaf or hard of hearing learner they serve.
Books Featuring Deaf/Hard of Hearing and Blind/Visually Impaired Characters and Topics
Find books and supporting resources to help children, teens, and adults understand more about low incidence disabilities and expose them to diverse experiences. There are books to read aloud, books for children to read alone, and books for long-term study and projects. Many of the books include links to supporting materials and videos.