Free Tools for Teachers of Students with Intellectual Disabilities
At the start of this school year, I would like to highltight some of my favorite sources for free activities for students with significant intellectual disabilities. I believe that teaching this population requires a teacher to be creative and invest time in creation of appropriate learning tools. In this day and age of the internet and the availability of posting items on school websites and personal blogs, making use of shared resources not only saves time but allows teachers to provide more variety in their lessons. So here goes some of the tops on my list to get you ready (in no particular order).
Special Education Technology-British Columbia has a collection of accessible books in a variety of formats useful for all ages.
Carbon Lehigh Schools has a wonderful collection of cause effect switch accessible activities and sample papers from the Star Reporter program.
Priory Woods School in the UK offers hundreds of online switch accessible cause effect activities.
New York City Department of Education Special Education District 75 offers an adapted book collection of various formats.
Baltimore City Public Schools Assistive Technology site has over 700 adapted books available for download.
Bry-Back Manor has a collection of picture recipes.
Tar Heel Reader has a collection of adapted books for all ages.