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1. [|Overview of IDEA] > 2. [|AT and Learning Disabilities]
 * HISTORY - Twenty-Five Years of Progress in Educating Children with Disabilities Through IDEA
 * This article includes an overview of various hardware, software and low tech tools for students and teachers with a focus on literacy and a mention of available math tools. While there is an emphasis on middle and high school, many of the tools described are useful for elementary school students.

 3. [|NCIP Home] > Center, Inc., was funded by the U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special > Education Programs from 1992-1998 to promote the effective use of technology to > enhance educational outcomes for students with sensory, cognitive, physical and > social/emotional disabilities
 * The National Center to Improve Practice (NCIP), located at Education Development

4. [|Mozilla Firefox]
 * A place to download and find many "add-on's" to promote greater learning with the assistance of technology.

5. [|Iris Center]
 * Visit the IRIS Center for Training Enhancements for free online interactive resourcesthat translate research about the education of students with disabilities into practice.Our materials cover a wide variety of evidence-based topics, includingbehavior, RTI, learning strategies, and progress monitoring.

6. [|Dabbleboard]
 * Dabbleboard is an online collaboration application that’scentered around the whiteboard. With a new type of drawing interface that'sactually easy and fun to use, Dabbleboard gets out of your way and just letsyou draw. Finally the whiteboard enters the digital age!

7. [|Read & Write Gold] > provides outstanding literacy support. It will assist an > almost any windows application.
 * Read & Write (V9) GOLD is a fully comprehensive application toolbar. It