Literacy
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Literacy instruction is often neglected for students who are not able to communicate effectively using speech. In education, we often make the mistake of presuming that students who are "too low", too limited in their use of speech, or too motor impaired cannot benefit from literacy instruction - or that literacy simply isn't a priority.
Yet as David Yoder, Ph.D. (Center for Literacy and Disability Studies at UNC) states, “No student is too anything to be able to read and write.” Our students with multiple challenges and complex communication and motor needs can and do benefit from literacy instruction. Here are some resourcess from the experts in literacy instruction for these students.
Good Literacy Instruction is Good for All Students with Dr. Caroline Musselwhite video
ASHA - Literacy in Individuals with Severe Disabilities
Literacy for All Resources - Edmonton Regional Learning ConsortiumPenn State AAC and Literacy
Paths to Literacy (students who are blind or visually impaired)
Literacy Tools and Strategies:
Tarheel Reader Downloadable Adapted books
Literacy for Everyone - Adapted Booksb (PrAACtical AAC blog)
