Distance Learning
Speech-to-Text Services: An Introduction
Distance Learning > How to Provide Distance Learning, Distance Learning > Instructional Resources, Tele-Practice/Tele-Therapy
"Speech-to-text" is an umbrella term used to describe an accommodation where spoken communication, as well as other auditory information, is translated into text in real time. This brief provides...
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Brief
Serving Deaf Individuals in Rural Communities
Distance Learning > How to Provide Distance Learning, Distance Learning > Instructional Resources, Distance Learning > Support for Families, Tele-Practice/Tele-Therapy
Deaf individuals who live in rural areas face a different set of challenges from those living in more populated regions. As a result, deaf individuals who live in rural areas require support and...
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Guidance
COVID-19 Information Page: National Deaf Center
Distance Learning > How to Provide Distance Learning, Distance Learning > Instructional Resources, Distance Learning > Support for Families, Tele-Practice/Tele-Therapy
Webpage with relevant resources, articles, and links related to COVID-19 and deaf students in education.
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Tools
Why Captions Provide Equal Access
COVID-19 Policy Guidance, Distance Learning > How to Provide Distance Learning, Tele-Practice/Tele-Therapy
This brief examines why captions provide essential access for the more than 30 million Americans with a hearing loss. They also benefit emerging readers, visual learners, non-native speakers, and...
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Brief
Online Learning Tips for Deaf College Students
Distance Learning > Support for Families
COVID-19 has made colleges and universities around the United States switch to online learning for everyone — including deaf students. This article contains strategies for deaf students to take...
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Brief
Supporting Families with PBIS at Home
Distance Learning > Support for Families, Tele-Practice/Tele-Therapy > Behavioral/ Social Emotional
Recommendations for families and caregivers on how to use PBIS to support their children’s social and emotional growth and minimize behavioral disruptions in the home. Note: this is a...
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Brief
The Communication Matrix Assessment and Community
Distance Learning, FAPE/Individualized Educational Programs > Virtual Evaluation and Assessments, Tele-Practice/Tele-Therapy > Speech & Language
The Communication Matrix is an online assessment tool to help families and professionals easily understand the communication status, progress, and unique needs of anyone functioning at the early...
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Tools
The WRITE Progress Monitoring Tool
Distance Learning > How to Provide Distance Learning, Distance Learning > Instructional Resources
The Writing Strategies for Instructional Technology in Education (WRITE) Progress Monitoring tool offers automatically graded writing assessments for middle school students specific to narrative,...
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Tools
TechMatrix: Assistive Technology Database
Distance Learning > How to Provide Distance Learning, Distance Learning > Instructional Resources
TechMatrix is a database of nearly 400 assistive and educational technology tools and resources to support learning for students with disabilities. Categories include content area, grade level, and...
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EdTech Tool
Timocco: Interactive Online Games Designed by Occupational Therapists
Distance Learning > Instructional Resources
Timocco is an online, therapeutic gaming environment specifically designed for children with special needs. Using motion based technology, the games respond to the child’s movements. 50+...
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EdTech Tool
BeeLine Reader
Distance Learning > Instructional Resources
Using an eye-guiding color gradient to pull the reader's eyes from one line to the next, BeeLine Reader enhances focus and makes reading on-screen easier, faster, and more enjoyable. BeeLine's...
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EdTech Tool
ABC Mouse Early Learning Academy
Distance Learning > How to Provide Distance Learning
The Step-by-Step Learning Path presents the full ABCmouse.com curriculum in a carefully designed program of more than 850 lessons in ten levels. As children aged 2-8 complete each lesson, they are...
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Curriculum