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This Kid Is Driving Me Crazy! -Tips For Parents Of Children With Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
Helpful tips for families from the good folks at NICHCY
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Dragonfly: Specials Needs and Universal Access Resource
Universal Access Educational Video Games and Software.
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Switch On Travel - Mac-PC-Networkable
Note: Review only, product no longer for sale.
More great games for the switch user!
Switch on Travel is ideal for users with physical, cognitive, and developmental problems. Switch on Travel includes picture building, matching, reaction timing and picture recognition using speech. Screens include bus, airplane, motorcycle, police car, ambulance, fire engine, and helicopter. The level of difficulty can be changed to meet the needs of a range of students. Switch and Touch Screen accessible. System Requirements: PC: 486, Windows 3.1 or higher Mac: OS 7 or higher
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Typical Access Profile
Auditory Normal Low Extremely Low Not Using Hearing Hyper-Acute |
Vision Normal Low Extremely Low Not Using Vision |
Gross Motor All Some Few Not Using Gross Motor |
Fine Motor All Some Few Not Using Fine Motor |
Developmental Age Range 0 - 2 3 - 5 6 - 8 9 - 12 13 and Over |
Language Typical Some Spoken Receptive Only Sign Assistive/Augmentitive Not Using Language |
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Adapting Signs for pre-verbal communication
Many hearing children use Sign instead of or before verbal communication. But what do you do if traditional Signs are physically difficult to master? Adapt them!
For example, the traditional Sign used to indicate "I need to go to the washroom" involves putting the thumb between the third and fourth fingers in a fist and waving the fist. If the child can't manage the hand position you could try using a plain closed fist waving instead.
Sign-based communication can help improve communication skills, lower frustration, improve manual dexterity, and teach children that hands can be used for meaningful activities.
You will find a good group of Sign resources in Dragonfly's book section.