Parents' Page

To be responsive to the interests of parents, HIAT has created a Parents Page. Here you will find PowerPoint slides of prior Parent TIPS trainings, as well as a variety of links to strategies to support reading, writing and organizational/study skills.

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UDL

A UDL Introduction (764K pdf)

A slide show explaining the basics of UDL

Podcast with Denise DeCoste

UDL Tool Finder

Helps you find appropriate AT tools to support a variety of needs

Examples of Putting UDL into Practice

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Reading Resources

Methods and Materials to Support Reading (175K pdf)

What are text readers?

Natural Reader - a free text reader

Websites that have online books

Good websites to find curriculum related reading material

Bookshare.org

Accessible Book Collection

Registering Your Child to Use Bookshare at Home (101K pdf)

Training webinars for parents

Using Read:OutLoud Bookshare Edition

 

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Writing Resources

Methods and Materials to Support Writing Traits (199K pdf)

Methods and Materials to Support Spelling (175K pdf)

Methods and Materials to Support Handwriting (181K pdf)

Quillsoft offers a free trial of WordQ word prediction software and SpeakQ speech to text software

Summarizing Text Using Word (92K pdf)

Guided Notes Using Word (96K pdf)

Using the Internet to Find and Save E-Text (181K pdf)

Graphic Organizer Diagrams in Word (49K pdf)

Rocket Graphs (40K pdf) to encourage kids to write more and track their progress

Sticky notes pre writing strategy (40K pdf) to help kids learn to organize their ideas before writing

Handwriting Speeds (49K pdf) to help determine if keyboarding is a functional alternative to handwriting

Keyboarding Speed Log (230K pdf) to track progress with keyboarding

Keyboarding Practice Log (168K doc) to track practice sessions

Type to Learn 3 software (244K pdf) to build keyboarding skills

Keyboarding websites comparison chart (228K doc)

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Organization and Study Skills

Methods and Materials to Support Learning and Study Skills (178K pdf)

Simple Assignment Sheet (56K Word) A simple chart to organize assignments with a picture for each subject area.

Detailed Assignment Sheet (24K Word) An organizer to help older students keep track of assignments.

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Updated February 3, 2010 | Maintained by by Linda Wilson

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