Hi Mary,
 
Your LD Access document is a wonderful resource.  I have my own  copy.  I 
frequently use it and recommend it highly to people that I work  with.  I think 
it is a 'must' for anyone working with students that have  Learning 
Disabilities.
 
If our readers want an original document, how can they get one?
 

 
_http://www.aecom.yu.edu/cerc/pdf/LD_ACCESS.pdf_ 
(http://www.aecom.yu.edu/cerc/pdf/LD_ACCESS.pdf)  
 
 
Thanks for sharing this wonderful resource!
 
 
Rochelle
 
 
 
Rochelle Kenyon
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I run a program for low literacy  learning disabled adults. We have used the 
CAST e-reader for quite some  time. We use it in several ways. When 
individuals are working on their  writing/spelling, they can get immediate feedback 
using the e-Reader. The  only glitch is homonyms, but we work around that. Our 
adults also use it to  access web pages, email, etc. They love it because they 
really feel part of  the mainstream. We decided not to use the updated 
AspireReader because it  had too many bells and whistles and our adults found it 
complicated to  use.

We tried the reading pen, but found that  it required too much fine motor 
control and was not flexible in terms of the  tests it would read (e.g., it would 
not read words that were printed in all  upper case letters). I understand 
that they are better now, but we haven't  really felt the need for them.

Most successfully we use a speaking  speller from the Franklin company. These 
are small portable electronic  dictionaries that pronounce many words.  
Almost all our adults use  these. They are particularly helpful when people are 
working on their  homework or other literacy activities and don't have a tutor 
handy to read words  for them. This has helped us enormously in terms of 
improving  self-confidence and improving the willingness to do independent literacy  
work.

We wrote a manual that describes our  experiences with low literacy LD folks 
and technology.  It can be viewed an  downloaded at 
_www.aecom.yu.edu/cerc/pdf/LD_ACCESS.pdf_ 
(http://www.aecom.yu.edu/cerc/pdf/LD_ACCESS.pdf)  

Mary S. Kelly, PhD
Director,  Fisher Landau Center for the Treatment of LD
Albert Einstein College of  Medicine
1165 Morris Park Ave.
Bronx, NY  10463
718-430-3908




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