| Listen and Learn: Talking eBooks To Aid California Students With Learning Disabilities | | Posted Monday, October 23, 2006 7:00:56 PM by Blog57 Team | | Students with learning disabilities -- approximately five percent of all students -- can improve academic performance through the use of "talking" textbooks. Text-to-speech highlighting has been shown to elevate reading levels by two years, and to improve reading comprehension by seven percent.* To help students continue to excel, Pearson Prentice Hall has added Texthelp's Lexiflow "talking Flash" technology to its interactive Focus on Science eBooks for the California middle grades science adoption. Students view an exact representation of the original textbook with additional highlighted text-to-speech (the text that's read aloud is highlighted as it's being read). Support tools include translation capabilities, a dictionary, a calculator, and zoom and pan features. Lexiflow meets a wide variety of learner needs for a variety of learning populations, including Low Vision, Dyslexia, Learning Disabilities, English Learners and At-Risk readers.... | |
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| | | Online resources for learning disabilities | | Posted Saturday, September 23, 2006 12:55:31 PM by Blog57 Team | | Schwab Learning's Web site has an free online tool kit at www.schwablearning.org/bts2006 for parents of children with learning disabilities. It includes articles on issues that arise for kids at the beginning of the school year. The organization also has a Web site, www.sparktop.org, for kids 8 to 12 years old who struggle with learning. The site includes games and a blog monitored by adults where kids can communicate about topics like bullying and homework challenges. .... | |
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| | | Career openings for Care Workers Promoting care and respect | | Posted Sunday, August 13, 2006 10:56:41 PM by Blog57 Team | | The Frances Taylor Foundation has homes and other services in the UK and overseas dedicated to the dignity, care and respect of individuals. We currently have vacancies at two of our residential care homes for adults with learning disabilities in South West London. You will be part of our dedicated team providing quality care in supporting the service users in all aspects of daily living - enabling them to achieve their full potential. You will have: Excellent communication skills Enthusiasm and motivation opportunities NVQ 2 in care or able to achieve it We can offer you: Good Rates of Pay Training and Development Pension and Sickness benefits scheme. For positions at 49 Laverstoke Gardens, SW15 Contact Barbara Curley, 49 Laverstoke Gardens, Roehampton, SW15 4JB Tel: 0208 2466824, Fax: 0208 7889382, email: laverstoke49@aol.com For positions at St.... | |
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