This document discusses assistive technologies and strategies for students with reading and writing disabilities. It describes Kurzweil 1000 and Module Creator software that can read text aloud or allow teachers to create lessons tailored to student reading levels. It also mentions Intellikeys and WordQ programs that provide customizable keyboards or spelling and grammar assistance for writing. Differentiation strategies include having students work in pairs to read, use highlighters to identify important material, or dictionaries to define difficult terms. Choice boards and writing process centers are also suggested to support students with writing disabilities.

1. Assistive Technology
JUSTIN WEST

2. Reading Disability
 Assistive Technology: Kurzweil 1000
 Kurzweil
is a software that speaks text aloud. The
software also provides users to write and edit
documents.
 Teachers can use this software for students with
severe reading disability as a result of bad
eyesight.

3. Reading Disability
 Assistive Technology: Module Creator
 Module Creator is a website designed for teachers to have
the ability to create their own lessons.
 Teachers can upload documents based off students lexile
scores.
 Teachers can use these documents for readers who are on
a lower reading level than their classmates.

4. Reading Disability
 Differentiation Strategies:
 Allow students to read in pairs and alternate reading.
 Provide the students with highlighters to outline specific
material they believe is important.
 Allow students to use dictionaries or computers to
discover the meaning of difficult terms

5. Writing Disability
 Assistive Technology: Intellikeys
 These keyboards are customizable, flat and touch
sensitive.
 Intellikeys keyboards allow students to configure the
keyboard that best fits their writing ability.

6. Writing Disability
 Assistive Technology: WordQ
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WordQ is a computer program that provides spelling,
grammar, and punctuation assistance.
It uses word prediction to suggest word for the students to
write
Provides text-to-speech feedback

7. Writing Disability
 Differentiation Strategies:
 Choice Boards allow students to choose assignments they
are comfortable with and accomplish the same learning
goal.
 Centers for writing process. Students will go station to
station to learn about the writing process.
 Have students create word maps before writing a paper.
This helps the students organization when they begin
writing.