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My Other Brother Daryl
An ironic look at special education from TASH Newsletter, December 1987. "A Case For Teaching Functional Skills". A well-written cautionary tale that teachers should read.
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Teaching Children with Serious Cerebral Palsy About Scanning
By: Renata Bursten, Dragonfly Staff
Using Clicker 4 to teach children the scan method of accessing a computer.
It's sometimes hard to teach a young switch user the principles of scanning. They need simple games where they can try things out, get things wrong, and learn from their mistakes. Try setting up a simple grid full of blank cells using Clicker 4. Put a picture in just one of the cells, and set up this cell to do something dramatic, like play a noisy video or an animation. One of the cells could also take you on to the next grid, which can set up in a similar way, except with the action cell in a different position. All the other cells do nothing. The child can then play with these grids, moving on only when they select the cell with the picture. In this way children can practice hitting the switch at just the right time to make something happen. This is also a great way to assess a child's scanning skills. (adapted from materials from the good folk at Crick)
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What Is It? Tactile Discrimination Game
Kinesthetic awareness is an important part of healthy sensory integration. Challenge your child to use the sense of touch only and identify different objects with the What Is It? Tactile Discrimination Game. Try dividing the objects by theme. Good examples are: objects from nature, dishes and cutlery, or grooming aids. To make the game easier, try offering fewer choices and supply a picture of the objects under the cover. Can your child tell the toothbrush from the hairbrush?