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Special Needs Resources for Kids

 
The Kids’ Library offers materials and tools for kids with special needs:

Adaptive Toys

Children's Books about Special Needs

Books for Caregivers of Children with Special Needs

Websites

Children’s large print books (located at the end of the fiction section)

Videos and DVDs that are closed captioned

Signed English picture books (located at the end of the fiction section)

Braille picture books (located at the end of the fiction section)

CD-ROMs

Boardmaker
(available for checkout and on library computer K21)
Database of 3,500+ picture communication symbols used to make printed communication boards, device overlays, worksheets, schedules, calendars, etc.

My House: Language Activities of Daily Living
A talking program designed to help communicatively low-functioning children and adults. Four different activities designed to increase understanding of objects and their descriptions.

First Categories
Allows students to place 60 nouns into 6 categories: animals, body parts, clothes, foods, utensils, and vehicles.

Earobics
Systematically focuses a child's attention on the sounds of words and teaches the full range of auditory processing and phonological awareness skills critical for reading success.