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Smart/Ease
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Current
Events: News-2-You |
Draw your students into
classroom participation and conversation with this activity
page set. It contains all the vocabulary needed for
participation in the classroom news source, News-2-You.
Encompassing the curriculum, this page set allows students
to participate in reading, language, math, and many other
classroom subjects in the paper’s familiar format. Utilizing
visual scene layouts students will be able to comment,
participate, and explore topics covered in a format full of
contextual cues. This page set has customizable areas to
allow changing weekly vocabulary, recipes, and jokes so your
student will always be ready to share current news.
AMDi is proud to announce its new partnership with
News-2-You®, a weekly current events newspaper that utilizes
symbol-supported text to deliver current events news to
special needs students. News-2-You® provides subscribers
with over 180 pages each week, including news, activities,
computer games and storybooks all related to the feature
story of the week. News-2-You® connects the classroom to the
world and is perfect for AAC users. It is guaranteed to stir
student interest and enthusiasm. |
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Let’s Talk: Communicate on the
Run |
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Simple modification DYNAMIC
results! Through simple modification and design this
activity page set not only allows you to participate in
everyday conversations, but also in actions or activities as
they happen! With the simple addition of a “white board”
space, communication partners can easily add simple
vocabulary through doodles or quick illustrations that will
allow users to comment on whatever occurs. This page set
provides vocabulary for communication in school, home,
doctor’s office, and more! |
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Let’s Talk: Early Learning |
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Created for students in early
learning environments, Lets Talk: Centers includes computer,
block, and reading center pages along with other common
centers. This page set provides a combination of core and
fringe vocabulary to enhance and promote language learning. |
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Let’s Talk: Circle Time |
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Created for children in an early
learning environment, this page set is full of fun
communication interactions. Activities include identifying
shapes, colors, and commenting about stories. The page set
also allows students to join in and sing their favorite
songs during song time as well as talk about the weather and
appropriate clothing for the day. |
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Let’s Talk: School |
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Let’s Talk: School includes
communication page sets that provide students with relevant
vocabulary to participate in classroom activities throughout
the day. Topics include physical education, survival signs,
reading, math, and personal information (address, phone
number, etc). |
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Let’s Talk: Around the House |
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In need of appropriate
conversational pages at home? Created for a child, but
easily modified for use with all ages; Let’s Talk: Around
the House provides page sets that focus on family life.
These pages can be used to request and comment about various
topics from favorite T.V. shows to going to the grocery
store. The activity includes vocabulary appropriate for
getting dressed, T.V., play time, going places, and snack. |
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At Home Communications |
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In need of appropriate
conversational pages at home? Home Communications provides
page sets that focus on family life. These pages can be used
to request and comment about various topics from favorite
T.V. shows to going through bedtime routines. The activity
includes vocabulary appropriate for morning routine, T.V.,
play time, going places, and more. |
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Mike Helps at the Zoo |
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Smart Lessons: Unit activities
to promote participation, communication, and progress in AAC
use. These units have been created specifically to correlate
to milestones in language acquisitions, reading readiness,
augmentative alternative communication use continuum, and
much more. This smart lesson has everything needed to
conduct therapy and academic sessions for beginning and/or
younger users. They are created to address one to five year
old milestones. Using a whole new language approach, this
activity contains 6 overlays that allow users to participate
in a variety of activities that promote communication while
addressing skills such as reading, math, and spatial
relationships among many others. A link, also included in
the activity kit will provide download access to needed
materials and additional activities. An accompanying
resource CD will provide access to materials and additional
activities created specifically to address target goals.
These materials include a story, manipulative, question work
sheets, and other additional materials. |
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Sports |
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Includes appropriate vocabulary
for football, baseball, hockey, and basketball. Smart/Ease©
Sports is a must for all sports enthusiasts. |
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Calendar-Math |
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Allows primary school age
students to participate in daily activities including
monthly calendars, patterns, money, weather, and counting. |
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Next Steps |
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Take learning to the next level.
Appropriate for all school aged students this activity set
addresses reading, math, writing and time telling skills. |
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Early Learning Language |
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Created for use by primary
school aged children, this activity allows students to
participate in daily classroom activities (table work, art,
calendar, etc.) |
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Computer Time |
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Encourages
users to make requests and comments while using CDs, word
processing software, or surfing on the web. Suitable for all
ages. |
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Classroom Communication |
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This page set encourages
classroom participation by providing appropriate vocabulary
for common classroom activities. Promote conversation and
participation in various subjects including math, reading,
and pre-writing/writing activities. Provision of additional
overlays allow students to express their desires during
“free choice” activities. A vocational/self help overlay is
also included in this set to allow individuals the
opportunity to participate and choose classroom jobs and
make appropriate comments during grooming and self help
activities. |
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With The Family |
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This activity set encourages
children to appropriately express themselves in the home
setting, This page set provides vocabulary that allows
children to choose desired clothing, talk about events,
favorite television shows, play with friends, and more!
Created to promote carryover of appropriate conversational
interactions to the home setting, Smart/Ease: With The
Family is truly a smart start to expression at home. |
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Journal Writing |
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Inspired by morning journaling
and teacher written “end of the day” reports, Smart/Ease:
Journaling allows students the ability to compose their own
journals. With overlays that include weather information,
current school events/activities, feelings for the day, and
more, it empowers students to share their day with parents,
friends, and teachers. This set can be used to teach the
concepts of emotional state, sequence, duration, information
recall and more, as well as encouraging student initiated
correspondence. |
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Around Town & On the Go |
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When it’s time to hit the town
this set is a must. Originally created for student use
during community based outings, this set can be easily
modified for users of all ages. Use it to complete task
oriented assignments such as locating items on a list or to
target appropriate self-help skills, such as providing
identifying information and self avocation in multiple
settings, including restaurants and grocery stores. So
whether participating in goal-oriented activities or just
shopping for fun, this activity set is loaded with
appropriate vocabulary to meet individuals’ communication
needs. |
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Board Game Fun |
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for the young or young at heart; Smart/Ease: Board Games are
ideal motivating activities designed to increase
communication interactions in the natural context of play.
Providing competitive phrases, game directives, and
vocabulary for popular board games including Hi Ho!
Cherry-O, Candy land, Guess Who, and Secret Squares,
Smart/Ease: Board Game Fun is a fun way to encourage group
participation and conversation. |
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