Link to List of Tools Matched to Severity of Autism
Autism Software
Tools and Solutions for a Variety of Learning Disabilities
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TF-2204
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123 CD
Grades K-1, Inclusion
Have you ever heard a wizard shout "Yippee!"? Young learners
are guided by the friendliest wizard alive. Wizit dances, cheers, and gives
the thumbs-up sign as children successfully participate in interactive
games. Numbers are counted out loud and all directions are clearly narrated.
Activities are carefully designed to help children develop essential skills
in the following areas: number names, ordering numbers, matching sets,
determining more or less, and counting sets.
Wonderful animation and catchy rhymes enliven the activities in Number
Workshop and Number Fun, the two main parts of the program. Teachers may
individualize lessons for students by targeting specific numbers so that
each child can progress at his/her own pace.
Minimum system requirements
Win 3.1 and later,
486 66 MHz,
8 MB RAM,
SVGA,
2x CD
Mac
LC475,
8 MB RAM,
640 x 480,
256 colors,
2X CD
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TF-2206
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ABC CD
Grade Kindergarten-1, Inclusion
Have you ever seen the letter 't' turn into a tadpole? The
talking animated alphabet will bring all 26 letters to life for young
children. Their delightful guide does flips, twirls, grins and congratulates
kids with "All Right!" as they progress through the program. Children work
to improve visual discrimination as they identify letter shapes; and
auditory discrimination as they listen to letter sounds. Activities such as
"I Spy" and "Matching" make learning the alphabet fun for kids, especially
when they get to see letters morph into objects before their very eyes. The
program is designed with simple controls and clear speech so that young
children can use it independently. Teacher Options lets teachers select
difficulty level, choose games, and target letters for each student.
Interactive activities make learning the alphabet fun.
All 26 letter shapes and sounds explored.
Letters morph into objects.
Enthusiastic guide encourages young learners.
Special controls let teachers set up program for independent use.
Minimum system requirements
Win
3.1, 486 66 MHz, 8 MB RAM, SVGA, 2x CD
Mac
OS 7+, LC475, 8 MB RAM, 2x CD, 640 x 480, 256 colors
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TF-2037
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All About Materials
Grade Kindergarten-2, Inclusion
To rescue the king in the weird and wobbly Land of the Green
Jelly, you must know the properties of materials. This easy-to-use, fully
speech supported software offers a medley of activities and experiments
designed to teach young children about the nature of materials ranging from
metal to fabric.
Activities:
Use Venn diagrams to sort materials
Match pairs of words and pictures
Write with built-in word banks about magnets, materials, changing, and
floating and sinking
Test materials with magnets
Watch videos on heating and cooling
Play The Land of the Green Jelly interactive game
Take fun quizzes
Minimum system requirements
Win 3.1 or later,
75 MHz,
16 MB RAM,
800 x 600
Mac OS 7 and later,
PowerMac,
16 MB RAM,
thousands of colors
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TF-2046
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All Number at Level 1
Grade Kindergarten-2, Inclusion
Educational Resources Awards nomination
Another fantastic title in the
All About Series,
this program helps
students visualize math concepts with colorful pictures and animations.
Children will be engrossed as they interact with an array of simple math
activities. Word lists encourage kids to write about numbers on the notepad.
With full audio support, kids can work independently or in small groups.
Teachers can use the program to demonstrate key concepts, encourage
prediction-making, and make quick assessments of their students' progress.
Minimum system requirements
Win 95+, Pentium 75, 800 x 600, 16MB RAM, CD-ROM
Mac OS7.0+, Power PC,16MB RAM, 832 x 624, 1000s of colors
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TF-2054
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All About Number at Level 2
Grades K-2, Inclusion
All About Number Level 1 is part of the
All About Series.
More motivating activities bring math concepts to life with colorful
pictures and animations in this second disc of the All About Number series.
The interactive activities are sure to capture the attention of students as
they practice counting, ordering numbers, estimating, place value, doubles,
and more. Word lists and audio support make the program ideal for
independent use and small group learning. Teachers can easily track
students' progress. Daily math lessons will be enlivened and enriched by All
About Number at Level 2.
Minimum system requirements
Win 95+, Pentium 133, 800 X 600, 16Mb RAM, CD-ROM
Mac OS7.1+, 68040, 8 MB RAM
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TF-2038
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All About Ourselves
Grade Kindergarten-2, Inclusion
All About Ourselves is a visually stimulating resource, which
promotes thought and discussion through a variety of interactive tasks and
activities. Young children will see themselves in a whole new light.
Part of the All About Series.
Simple drag-and-drop activities incorporate topics such as growing up and
eating well. Early readers explore the senses and express their thoughts and
preferences with the aid of word banks. Full speech support, talking
stories, and slide shows make the program fun for non-readers as well.
Minimum system requirements
Win 3.1+, 486 66 MHz, 8MB RAM, 640 x 480, 256 colors, 2x CD, 30MB HD space
Mac OS 7+, 68020, 4MB RAM, 1000s of colors, 2x CD, 640 x 480, 256 colors
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TF-2019
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All About Shape and Space
Grades Kindergarten-2
Silver Award Winner - PC Home
All About Shape and Space is part of the
All of About Series.
Exploring shape and space is exciting for children as they
interact with his innovative program. Matching, sorting, symmetry, and
pattern-making activities introduce learners to basic concepts as they work
with 2D and 3D shapes. Audio support assists in the development of
informational processing and communication skills. Fun quizzes and
opportunities to write about shapes using extensive word banks round out the
range of exercises. Easy to use and full of bright graphics and stimulating
animations, this software is suitable for a wide range of elementary
students and inclusion classes.
Minimum system requirements
Win 3.1+, 486 DX, 266 MHz, 8MB RAM, 2x CD, SVGA,
640x480, 256 colors
Mac OS7+, 68020, 4MB RAM, 2x CD, 640x480, 256 colors
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TF-2069
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All About Toys
Kindergarten-2, Inclusion
Young learners discover science and physical processes using
their favorite toys. The latest program in the popular
All About Series,
All on screen text will be read aloud if clicked, making All About Toys
suitable for use with early or non-readers. Introduce students to a variety
of new skills through 6 menus and 15 interactive activities.
Topics include:
Light and dark.
Sound and hearing.
Using electricity.
Pushes and pulls.
Forces and movement.
Key features:
Encourages discussion and develops scientific vocabulary.
Stimulates thought and discussion.
Develops visual and aural skills.
Develops listening skills and aural discrimination.
Enables the user to interpret pictures and develop scientific thinking and
vocabulary.
Allows the user to navigate objects by using simple commands.
Incorporates a simple notepad facility with topic-related word banks.
Minimum system requirements
Win 95+,
Pentium 266MHz,
132MB RAM,
16 bit color,
sound, microphone
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TF-2012
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All About Weather and Seasons
Grades Kindergarten-2, Inclusion
Activities include:
Complete a jigsaw puzzle for each season
Make a pictogram showing the month's weather
Write about today's weather using built-in word banks
Match pair of pictures in a memory game
Paint a picture
Listen to a story
Look at postcards in a scrapbook
Watch a video
Minimum system requirements
Win 95+,
Pentium 75 MHz,
16 MB RAM,
SVGA,
4x CD
Mac
OS 7+, Power PC,
16 MB RAM, 1000s of colors
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TF-2081
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Alphabet Track
Grades Kindergarten-2, Inclusion
Pre-school children can get a head start on the path
to academic success by practicing with Alphabet Track, and older
learners who may struggle with reading challenges such as dyslexia
will also benefit from the motivating activities. Learners will finally get a
solid grasp on their abc's with this first program of the
literacy skill-building Track Series. In addition to
helping students learn the names of letters and practice
alphabetical order, this software helps improve short term
memory as it asks students to recall alphabetic sequence. By
learning to recognize and locate letters of the alphabet
quickly and consistently, students of all levels will
acquire more spelling independence and be on track for
developing dictionary skills and other vital literacy
skills.
Minimum system requirements
Win
95,
Pentium 133
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32 MB RAM, sound card.
Mac OSX compatible
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TF-8095
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Assessability
BETT Award
Shortlist 2002 Special Educational Needs Software
ERA 2002 Education Resources Winner: SPECIAL NEEDS
Special education
The 7 modules include:
Communication - 4 sections covering
reading and the understanding of symbols, words and phases
Visual Memory - remembering shapes
and designs that have been seen for a short time
Application of Number - simple
calculation with basic numbers and money (UK currency), along with
measurement terms and telling the time.
Logical Reasoning - recognizing the
similarities of everyday objects and categorizing objects.
Spatial Ability - imaging shapes
rearranged and fitted together
Verbal Memory - remembering
information presented orally
Social Skills - students are shown
a short video and asked to identify six incorrect social behaviors
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ST-AUT BUN
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Autism Bundle (ST)
Save Over $500.
Students on the autism spectrum have many needs. This package includes 26 programs
for learning basic concepts, vocabulary; participating in adapted curriculum; emerging
literacy; practicing social scripts; following directions; working
independently in structured activities and showing what they know.
Includes:
Test Me, Score Me
My Own BookShelf
Running Start Books - Social Scripts
Teach Me Vocabulary Library (6 Programs)
Test Me, Score Me for Teach Me Vocabulary
Switching on American History
Test Me Score Me American History
Switching on Science - Habitats
Test Me, Score Me Habitats
Concepts on the Move 1 & 2
Print, Play & Learn for Concepts on the Move 1 & 2
Test Me, Score Me Concepts on the Move 1 & 2
Task Builder
Windows/Macintosh software programs
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TF-2192
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Autism Bundle (TF)
Special Ed., Win/Mac, Retail $615
Tool Factory's Autism Bundle brings together a wonderful blend of
software titles that have proven to spark creativity and engage
autistic students. Develop speech, vocabulary, and play
cause-and-effect activities with 10 different software programs,
each designed to develop a different skill for students across the
autistic spectrum. Customize your software by importing digital
images that your students can relate to. Make music, develop
keyboarding and spelling skills, and work on meanings of idioms.
Retail value $615!
Includes:
Beep!
Bucket and Spade
First Class Music
Idiom Track
Musical Leaps and Bounds
Sequences
Smart Alex
Sound Beginnings Making Sounds
Speedy Keys
Touch It Transport
What's the Time Mr. Wolf
Minimum system requirements
Win 95+, P-100, 32MB RAM,
640x480, 16 bit Color, 4x CD
Mac OS 8.6+, OS X version 10.2+ required to run natively, 233MHz, 64MB RAM, 16 bit
color, sound
Exceptions: Sequences and First Class Music are
Windows only.
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TF-2209
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Badger Trails
Grades 2-5, Inclusion
Museum of Science, Boston, Best
Software for Kids 2004
Take a trip down the badger trail in this fiercely addictive
science CD. Explore the world from the perspective of a badger,
foraging for food, avoiding predators, and finding a den. 'See',
'hear', 'smell', and 'taste' what a badger does, and score
points for successes. But be careful not to loose a life! Badger
Trails is a fascinating way to develop map skills knowledge of
life sciences. It's sure to delight!
Win 95, Pentium 233MHz, 32MB
RAM, 16 bit color, sound card
Mac OS 8.1
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TF-2170
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Beep!
Kindergarten - Grade 3, Inclusion
Have you ever painted a picture that sings as you draw? Well now you
can! Based on the themes of creative play and
exploration, students get absolutely hooked on Beep! Activities
encourage emerging learners to express their ideas, while developing
important IT skills and building confidence with the computer.
Navigate a maze and develop spatial orientation skills. Dress the
creature and spark lively discussion. Use the word robot to develop
word recognition. Animate characters with simple mouse clicks to
build confidence. There are endless opportunities for creative
thinking and discussion. Beep! is ideal for early
learners, autism, and pre-readers. Clip art library included for
printing and coloring.
Minimum system requirements
Win 98+, Pentium 600 MHz, 128 MB RAM
Mac OSX, G3+
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The Birthday Party
The Birthday Party CD, unlike any other product on the market, was
developed for the teaching of social skills through its innovative
use of interactive video sequences. Children on the screen act out
social emotions, appropriate body space, and voice volume step by
step to teach basic social understanding and behavioral skills.
These lessons target children with a cognitive age of 4-8 years. Not
currently available in Macintosh.
System Requirements
Win
95/98/2000/NT/Me/XP
Mac OSX or above
200 MHz or higher, 600 Megabytes of available Hard Drive Space, 4x CD-ROM drive, 16 bit color monitor, 800 x 600 Resolution or better Video card compatibility, Mouse
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TF-2099
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Bodywise
Grades 3-7
Enliven health and life science curriculums with this impressive
and totally interactive program. Excellent
animations and graphics let students investigate body systems, health
education topics, and frequently asked questions about the human body.
Easy to navigate, students simply click to zoom in on body
systems, read informative text, or get pop-up definitions of vocabulary.
Click on the cross-section, magnifying glass, or animation buttons on the
interface to get a more in-depth look at aspects of the nervous,
circulatory, musculoskeletal, respiratory, digestive, endocrine, excretory,
and reproductive systems. Students can click to select male or female views
of each system, and can switch between different skin colors.
Minimum system requirements
Win 95,
166 MHz,
32 MB RAM,
16 bit color
Mac
OS 7.6.1,
PowerPC,
64 Mb RAM,
16 bit color
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TF-2213
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Bucket and Spade
Grades Kindergarten-2
In Hide & Seek, Spade hides with an object on the beach, and
students work with Bucket to describe his position relative to the object.
As with other activities, Spade benefits from students' success as he is
rewarded with his favorite treat-ice cream cones! Student will also enjoy
visiting the orange hut, where they'll discover the Shape Show and have fun
exploring the properties of shapes.
The content is broad enough to provide both support for lower
achievers and sufficient challenge for the more able. Bucket and
Spade are always on hand to help and instruct as they visit their
favorite seaside locations, all vividly brought to life with rich
photographic textures and colorful animations.
Minimum system requirements
Win
95+, P-233 MHz, 64MB RAM suggested 16 bit color, sound
Mac
OS 8.6/Classic, OSX 10.2/Native, 233 MHz, 64MB RAM, 16 bit color, sound
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EMail Detectives
Grades 2-5, Inclusion
Within a safe, simulated
environment, pupils are taught a range of relevant email skills and knowledge
through a series of narrated, interactive tutorials. Pupils can then practice and
consolidate these skills via an exciting adventure.
Contents:
What is email?
Receiving and sending messages
Using an address book
Replying to a message
Adding and opening attachments
Annotating messages
Sending carbon copies
Win
95 or later, Pentium 166MHz, 32 MB RAM, 16 bit color, sound card
Mac
OS 8.1, 233MHz, 32 MB RAM, 16 bit color, sound card
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TF-2075
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Eye Track
Switch compatible
Eye Track has 4 main activities covering all areas of visual perception
including:
Visual discrimination
Visual memory
Visual sequential memory
Visual spatial relationships
Visual form consistency
Visual figure ground
Visual closure
Minimum system requirements
Win 95+, P133 MHz, 32 MB RAM, Sound card
Mac OSX compatible
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TF-2096
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First Class Music
Grades 3-8, Inclusion
This unique and long-awaited program will be music to your ears
.literally!
Scores of first-rate lessons guide students step by step through the basic
concepts of music with hundreds of interactive screens, tons of assessed
activities, check points, and printable reports. Click on instruments to
hear their timbre, lines and dots to discern rhythm, and animated characters
to listen to melodies. Identify wrong notes in scales, work with patterns in
music, and build your own tunes. Students learn about key elements of music
such as dynamics, pitch, rhythm, structure, tempo, and timbre in 15 hours of
learning divided into four stages. Each stage contains lessons with names
like Levels of Loudness, White Notes, Jumpy, Smooth and Crisp, Voice Types,
and Bowed, Blown, or Plucked.
Win 95+, Pentium 100 MHz, 640 x 480, 16
bit color, 32 MB RAM, 4x CD-ROM
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TF-2211
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Fizzy's First Numbers
Grades K-2, Inclusion
Bundled with
Fizzy's Number Skills in the
Fizzy's 2 CD set.
A complete range of number basics activities are
provided. The program can be played in number mode, or activity mode.
Count the fish, identify number forms, match sets with numbers, and find the
next digit are just a few of the activities. Constant and repeatable
instructions insure the user stays on task and provides well-timed
reinforcement. This is an invaluable resource for any early learning
classroom.
Minimum system requirements
Win 95,
P-166,16 bit color,
sound card,
32MB RAM,
CD-ROM
Mac
68040 S8.6 for classic, OSX 10.2 for native,16 bit color
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TF-2212
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Fizzy's Number Skills
Grades K-2, Inclusion
Bundled with
Fizzy's First Numbers in the
Fizzy's 2 CD set.
Behind each gate in the Number World garden lies an
engaging mathematical adventure with numbers ranging 0-10.
Basic arithmetic concepts are introduced and explored, using age-appropriate
narration that will captivate young children's interest. Activities cover
early addition, early subtraction, comparing and ordering numbers and sets,
addition as combining, and subtraction as taking away, all within the number
range 0 - 10.
Minimum system requirements
Win 95, P-233, 16 bit color, sound, 64MB RAM suggested, CD-ROM
Mac OS 8.6/classic/OSX 10.2/native, 68040,16 bit color, 64MB RAM suggested
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TF-2017
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Fuzzbuzz Level 1: Word Learning
Grades Kindergarten-3, Inclusion
Kids master over 100 new vocabulary words with activities
such as "The big pink TV" and "Beat the Slinx."
14 fun
activities in Fuzzbuzz Level 1 guide students through the 3-step process of learning, matching, and reading. , the colorful characters in this
rewarding program. Full audio support and the ability to
customize activities for up to 20 students make Fuzzbuzz Level 1
ideal for students of all abilities.
Win
3.1, 486DX 66MHz, 8MB RAM, 640 x 480, 256 colors
Mac
OS 7, 68040, 8MB RAM, 256 colors, 640 x 480
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TF-2018
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Fuzzbuzz Level 2: The Clan
Grades Kindergarten-3, Inclusion
Learning to read is unbelievably fun with the Fuzzbuzz Clan. Use
this program independently, or as a follow-up to Fuzzbuzz Level 1. .
Introduce students to 150 new words with matching and learning
activities designed to increase sight vocabulary. A highly
structured phonics program leads children through single letter
sounds, triple consonant blends, and beyond.
Win
95+,P-75, 16 MB RAM, 800 x 600, 256 colors
Mac
OS 7, Power Mac, 16 MB RAM, 256 colors, 800 x 600
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TF-2248
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Identification Skills
Grades Kindergarten-2, Inclusion
The activities in this program include: Find, Size, Color,
and Match. Each activity has 4 levels of difficulty, plus a choice of
these 8 familiar topics: food, home, clothes, animals, play, transport,
letters, and numbers. Every activity can be played with numbers, words, or
pictures, plus each activity screen provides full audio support. Teacher
options can be used to configure timing, font and background colors, pointer
size, difficulty levels, and activity selection.
Minimum system requirements
Win
95+, P-233, 64MB RAM suggested, 16 bit color, sound card
Mac
OS 8.6 for classic, OSX 10.2 for native, 233 MHz, 16 bit color
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TF-20103
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Idiom Track
Grades Kindergarten-1, Inclusion
Engaging, fun graphics illustrate the literal and
real meaning of each idiom, grouped within categories such as
animals, food and drink, color, and parts of the body.
Activities to further practice and reinforce the meanings of
idioms gradually build up the users understanding and
confidence in the social skills of communication (what does it
mean? complete the idiom, choose the real meaning, choose the
correct idiom).
Idiom Track is particularly well suited for use with those
learning English as a Second Language.
Win 95, P-133 MHz, 32 MB RAM, sound card
Mac OSX compatible
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TF-2094
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The "Just Like ..." Series
Grades 2-8, Inclusion
Topics such as bullying, disruptive behavior, and dealing with
parental expectations and conflict at home are de-mystified by the
series. Each story and the accompanying activities facilitate
exchange between students, teachers, and guidance counselors about
issues relating to personal and social development that affect
emotional well-being, behavior, and learning. Each CD in the series
is based on a true story, and portrays children who display courage,
humor and compassion when faced with adversity. The aim of the
series is to give children a sense of hope and a belief that change
can happen, as well as to foster empathy, tolerance, and
understanding in the classroom, school, and community.
The stories:
Just like every other...pupil! Parental
expectations are at the core of this story, which brings issues of
pressure, achievement, and relationships into focus.
Just like every other...school bell!
The focus of this story is conflict at home, including issues such
as fear, disclosure, and relationships.
Just like every other...class!
Disruptive behavior, learning, expectations, and relationships are
at the center of this story.
Just like every other...morning!
Bullying, isolation, fear, and relationships are explored in this
story.
Win
95 or later, Pentium 166MHz, 64 MB RAM, 800x600, 256 colors
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1 User
IT-KO01
5 Users
IT-KO05
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K-1 Kaleidoscope
K-1 is a musical kaleidoscope - an activity for all ages and
abilities
It is: a toy; a graphic design tool; an assessment tool; a
multi-sensory device; a happy reminder of times past.
Win 98/ME/NT/2000/XP
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TF-2072
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Kaleidoscope 2
Grades pre-kindergarten-2, Special Education
This sensory software contains over 100 creative painting activities
for use with a mouse, touch screen, or other access/input devices. A
kaleidoscope of colors, patterns, stamps, and styles are at users'
fingertips. The results are so fantastic that kids and adults will
be eager to print their works of art. Kaleidoscope 2 was designed
especially for students from the pre-kindergarten to second grade
level and for individuals with cognitive and developmental disabilities.
Win 95, Pentium
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TF-2073
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Knock Out and Reveal
Special Education
Knockout lets students either assemble or knockout
pictures piece by piece, while Reveal enables them to uncover or
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