1. Focus on: Attending/Responding Stimulation Life Skills

2. 2 Categories of Software 1.Reinforcement Software Attending and Responding Stimulation 2.Interactive Books 3.Content-free Software 4.Exploratory Software Life Skills 5.Reference Software 6.Assessment Software 7.Access Tools / Software

3. 3 Reinforcement Software Attending / Responding Used to:  Develop hand-eye co-ordination  Encourage a response  Hear, see and interact with the software  Support basic concept development  Develop the idea of cause and effect

4. 4 Reinforcement Software Attending / Responding Examples include:  Face Paints  Fun 2 Learn  My Personal tutor  Patterns  Opposites

5. 5 Reinforcement Software Attending / Responding Examples continued:  Spot on Games  Switch on Original  Touch Funfair  Touch Games 2

6. 6 Reinforcement Software Stimulation Used to:  Increase the student’s attention span  Encourage a response from the student.  Facilitate basic communication.  Support the student’s basic language development.

7. 7 Reinforcement Software Stimulation Examples include:  Happy Duck  Making Tracks to Literacy  My World 3 – e.g. My Self, Getting Dressed, Story Book 1  Smart Alex  Teddy Games  UKanDu Circletime Tales Deluxe

8. 8 Exploratory Software Life Skills Life Skills cross all subject boundaries and help to enrich the lifelong learning process. The skills developed include:  Communication Skills  Aesthetic and Social Skills  Personal and Social Skills  Physical Development Skills  Mathematical Skills

9. 9 Exploratory Software Life Skills Benefits  Students can freely explore real life situations and activities and learn from them  Life skills are central to the overall development of students with special needs  Broaden the experiences of students with special needs by putting students in real life settings that are non threatening,  Reinforce skills needed for real life situations

10. 10 Exploratory Software Life Skills Examples include:  ChooseIt1 Maker  Just Like every other …..  Life Skills: 24 hours a day  Life Skills: Time and Money  Money Talks

11. 11 Exploratory Software Life Skills Contd.  Newstream  Out and About 2  Out of Order  Switch Basics  Switchit! Gadgets  Teen Tunes Plus