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Daily Living Skills Community Integration Program contains a set of testing tools and treatment activities for getting individuals back and into the community. Community Success Book a step-by-step illustrated encyclopedia of commonplace community activities. Cover 60 community activities with 1600 reproducible illustrations. Community Success CD-ROM addresses both social considerations and step-by-step instructions. Realistic illustrations, instructive auditory cues and easy to use interface give users the Cooking Made Easy contains 88 recipes which are coded from 1-5, according to level of difficulty. Format is designed to make cooking easy with no assumptions about previous cooking knowledge. Exercise and Nutrition Health Education Curriculum for Adults with Developmental Disabilities aims to improve the fitness and health of adults with developmental disabilities. It helps individuals understand the benefits of health promotion behaviours related to exercise and nutrition, develop personalized exercise and nutrition goals, etc. Formboard with a Brain is a puzzle designed to teach cause and effect, fine motor skills, eye-hand coordination, spatial concepts and more. The "Brain" may be customized to the needs and abilities of the user, and responds to completion of task (s) through vibration, music or tones. Freedom Concepts Inc. develops a full line of custom mobility devices to accommodate a wide range of needs. The company's vision is "Making Mobility a Reality" for everyone. Inclusive Literacy - Annotated Listing of Resources Appropriate for Learners with Intellectual/Developmental Challenges was developed to promote literacy building opportunities . . . . and to describe appropriate literacy resource materials for persons with intellectual/developmental disabilities Lifeskills - A Positive Approach keynote of this book is empowerment. It provides practical, structured programmes that will enable parents, teachers and carers to teach adults who have learning disabilities in the numerous everyday skills they need to live independently in the community. Includes areas considered to be daily living skills. Look 'n Cook Microwave provides 68 easy-to-make- recipes, and 32 lesson plans while focusing on safety, nutrition, meal planning, and microwave techniques. NEWS-2-YOU is a weekly internet publication illustrated with line-drawn pictures. Everyone needs ready access to sources of "new information" . . . NEWS-2-YOU is designed for individuals who need concise, visual concepts. NEWS-2-YOU includes 3-4 pages of current events (with some Canadian content), a recipe, a joke, an activity page that relates to the week's lead story. . . . Personal Success Book an illustrated encyclopedia of independent living skills. Step-by-step illustrations cover 75 basic activities like showering, ironing, plus many social events like dating. Personal Success CD-ROM is a multimedia program targeting essential activities of personal care - both simple and challenging. Addresses 53 activities step-by-step, each with additional tips covering safety and convenience issues. Portable Talking ID an unassuming form of talking identification. Up to 20 seconds of recorded message is played when "i" button is pushed. SARC Supplementary Tutor Handbook Supporting Literacy for People with Intellectual/Developmental Challenges can be used independently by practicing literacy tutors, and also form the basis of supplemental tutor training. The handbook covers the main topics that should be covered in tutor training for those working with this learner population. StepPAD is ideal for recording step-by-step instructions. Works like a tape recorder but better. Steps are sequenced and cue may be heard as often as needed. Up to 72 seconds of recording time. Stepping Out Curriculum is a comprehensive program which takes the instruction into the community. Individuals learn by performing a balanced blend of skills from shopping, to banking, to doing laundry - on planned outings. TimePAD helps people to remember what to do. Five recorded messages are played just at the right time i.e. alarm feature automatically plays message at the specified time. 72 seconds of recording time. Functions as a communication aid as well.
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