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Autism Academy Courseware - Behavioral Programming for Children with Autism []

Autism Coach: Autism Spectrum Products - Many children within the autism spectrum love the computer. Autism Coach allows you to make the most of your child's computer time by offering high-quality, hard-to-find software titles from the U.S., England, Canada, Australia and France that help your child move ahead in a variety of critical areas while having fun (and giving mom or dad a much needed break). Autism Coach software benefits a wide range of children: from preschoolers to teenagers, from classically autistic to Asperger's Syndrome. []

Autism Language Therapies - Offering The Grammar Trainer, software that teaches grammar through text and pictures. In comparison with all other language software, the GrammarTrainer: 1. was designed by a professional linguist for her autistic son; 2. employs an unprecedented level of linguistic sophistication; 3. asks the child to respond actively by typing in his answer letter by letter; 4. gives detailed, incremental, carefully-worded linguistic feedback; 5. interactively guides the child towards the correct answer; 6. covers the broadest range of grammar topics: from simple phrases through complex sentences; 7. ensures that the child internalizes what he learns. [|http://www.autism-language-therapies.com]

Do2Learn has free resources, such as 300 picture cards that can be printed, math grids, coloring pages, art projects, and images to help with the tracing of shapes and letters. []

Education By Design - Special needs software: Animals Galore, Food for Thought, WordQuest, Maths Around Us. [|http://www.edbydesign.com]

//Endless Potential - An innovative software program that allows parents to provide a behavioral intervention program for their child. The software includes protocols on what to teach; how to teach (including DTT, Errorless Teaching, Son-Rise, Floortime, Social stories, Lovaas techniques, Relationship Development Intervention); when and where to teach these skills. The software is designed to allow parents to tailor the program to their child's specific needs, and contains a behavior vault that gives parents ideas and information on how to decrease and eliminate specific behavioral issues. [|http://www.endlesspotential.org]

Free downloads/materials that help students read are available at: Slater Software - [] Starfall - [] Jacob's Lessons has free, ABA-based computer activities. [|http://www.jacobslessons.com]

Gaining Face - Our software helps people with Asperger's syndrome, high-functioning autism, and similar issues learn to recognize facial expressions. []

The Gray Center for Social Learning and Understanding: Web site of educator Carol Gray, who developed social stories to teach social skills. Her books, Social Stories™ and Comic Strip Conversations, are widely used with children and teens with autism spectrum disorders. []

JTalk Speech Software - JTalk is a free communication software package. It allows a user to use their computer to communicate verbally with others. Some of the features include: * Text-to-Speech synthesizer access (text that is typed on a keyboard can be spoken by the computer) * Support for SAPI5, SAP4, and IBM ViaVoice speech engines if installed on the computer * Custom abbreviations and pronunciations * Programmable buttons, arranged on user-defined "button pages," allow pre-defined messages and scripts to be spoken easily * Network support allows two JTalk users to see each other's text as it is typed * Tablet PC support includes a "sketchpad" feature to allow quick free-form communication * Ability to restrict vocabulary and sentence structure to predefined formats to make it easier to teach young children about communication. []

Language Development Software For Individuals With Autism - This website list of many of the products that are available today. []

Laureate Learning Systems - Special Needs and Language Development Software []

M And M Software - Library of Educational Public Domain and Shareware Software []

Millennium Software - Labeling Tutor software, using discrete trial methods []

Model Me Kids has videos that teach social skills to children and teens with autism spectrum disorders and developmental delays. It also sells teaching manuals and student workbooks. []

Mousetrial - MouseTrial is a fun game designed for kids with autistic spectrum disorders. It's based on the method of discrete trial therapy which is used in most ABA programs. You can play MouseTrial online. It comes in a number of small free or inexpensive modules. [] Purchasing Quality Educational Software - The area of special needs computing is a difficult one to address as the needs of children are so varied. Often different teaching styles, methods and pedagogues are in conflict with the software being used. [|http://www.edbydesign.com]//specneedsres/gerryk/purcqualsw.html

Natural Learning Concepts has materials for teaching abstract categories, social story books, conversation starters and more to young children and students with autism. Several companies sell different picture communication symbols or other communication devices used to help children with speech delays and autism learn words or express themselves. Visit Pyramid Educational Consultants, Mayer-Johnson Co. or CommuniPix. []

Reading Software For Individuals With Autism - Accessing the computer for skill development will help autistic individuals reach their potential through the repetitive task design that this technology can provide. []

Selecting A Computer Program For Teaching Speech And Language Skills - Review of three Laureate programs that would represent beginning, intermediate, and advanced language levels and assess their usefulness for individuals with autism of varying language abilities. []

Social Thinking: Speech pathologist Michelle Garcia Winner's program for teaching social learning to students with Asperger's syndrome, ADHD and social-communication problems. Winner is the author of books on social thinking and the recipient of a 2008 Congressional award. []

Silver Lining Multimedia, Inc. - A CD-ROM that allows you to print your own flash cards and lotto boards. []

textHELP Systems - Special Needs Software: textHELP!® WordSmith, textHELP!® Read and Write and textHELP!® Type and Talk, designed to help individuals improve their reading and writing abilities. []