Assistive Technology

Assistive Technology can be helpful to those with disorders that make academics difficult:

• Franklin MWD-1490 Merriam-Webster Dictionary & Thesaurus with Comprehensive Reference Set

• Timetimer is a visual timer that lets children know how much time is left even if they do not know how to tell time.

• An Neo2 Keyboard Devise, from Neo Direct 866-558-8452

• Audio or tape recorder and a transcriptionist or Speech Recognition Software. (IBM product, Microsoft or Dragon, Naturally Speaking)

• The following companies provide e-text books;

Benetech’s BookShare

International Children’s Digital Library

Digital Book Libraries

For Memory:

• The Memory Book by Lucas and Lorraine

• The Brain Fitness Gym by Michael Merzenich, MD

For Improving Random Access or Working Memory:

“Cogmed” program:

• Contact Dr. Jackie Cheong, PhD at 510-295-5140 or email her at jlcheong@sbcglobal.net

• Dr. David Green, PhD at 707-428-3435;

Fast-Forward I, Fast-Forward II or the more advanced ‘Step-Forward’ by Scientific Learning Corporation 

(877) 607-8485, a program to improve auditory discrimination, comprehension and audio-visual integration.