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 * Specialized for Special Needs: Ideas and tools for Learning Support, Speech/language, Emotional Support, and More **


 * Thursday October 11, 2012 **
 * 7:00 – 8:15pm (EDT) **

**After the session:**
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 * The ** [|Blackboard/Collaborate recording] ** of the session (Be patient while Blackboard/Collaborate loads), text chat.

**Links/files mentioned or used during this session: **

[|TeachersFirst]

[|Readability] - Removes advertisements and other distractions from websites

[|Triptico] - Creates word magnets

[|Vocab Grabber] - "Grabs" vocabulary from a text and highlights key terms to learn

[|Symbaloo] - Creates a webmix of tiles to share sites with students. You may differentiate color based on difficulty levels.

[|Juicy Studio] - Check readability levels

[|The Readability Test Tool] - Another tool to check readability levels

[|WeeBehave] - Create behavior, chore, or task charts online (great for organization and/or behavior management)

[|Do2Learn] - Learn more about Asperger's, Autism, ADD, ADHD, OCD, and many others.

[|Lingro] - Makes all words clickable for definitions

[|Todoist] - Organizational tool that creates to do lists separated by days, tasks, projects, and more

[|Strike] - <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">Simple checklist tool for projects and time management/organizational skills


 * <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">__//<span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">TeachersFirst Timesavers and Treasures for Specialized Needs //__ **

<span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">[|Adapt a Strategy] (ESL/ELL)

<span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">[|CurriConnects]

<span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">[|TeachersFirst Online Tools]

<span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">[|Differentiating Instruction]

<span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">[|Reading For All]

<span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">[|Study Skills Resources]

<span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">[|Working With Parents]

<span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">[|Timesavers and Handy Tools]

<span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">[|Tech How and Why]

<span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">[|TeachersFirst Professional Exclusives]