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SKILLS SOFTWARE PACKAGE


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CD-ROM PKG • ASPC612W

Price $1,295.95

Program Contents: SET of 22 Single Station CD-ROMs.

System Requirements: Windows 98, ME, 2000, XP OS 8.6-9.2, OSX Classic Mode OS X Native Mode

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Copyright Date: See Below


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Skills Software Package includes age-appropriate software emphasizing functional life skills, work skills and basic math and literacy skills. The concepts presented are basic, and illustrations make them appropriate for older as well as younger students. Each program is beautifully illustrated to enhance interest and comprehension.

MATH SKILLS

DOLLARS & CENTS CD-ROM

First Money - The first step in independent money management. Voice prompted graphics cue users to move through these segments: Money Names, Equal Value and What's It Worth. Spending Money - Users buy products like sweaters or soft drinks and learn how to select bills and coins and receive change. With a shopping list and computer cash, browse through eight stores in a "money mall." Making Change - Users function like a store clerk. They enter purchases and give change back. Program randomly generates hundreds of purchasing situations and makes an excellent vocational training and applied math program.

© 1998-2005 Version # 3.6.1

   

MATCH TIME CD-ROM

MatchTimeT features a programmed learning approach for students who struggle with time concepts. Four progressively difficult levels each provide a preset sequence of multiple choice matching exercises. Students simply find the clock that matches the large sample clock in Levels 1 through 3. Level 4 introduces the concepts of "earlier" and "later."

© 2000-2005 VERSION # 1.2

   

NUMBER STATION CD-ROM

Explore patterns of numbers by inserting "tokens" into vacant slots in an on-screen number board. Students count by ones, twos, fives and tens and progress to using addition and subtraction to solve more complex patterns. Learning units are presented in three difficulty levels. After achieving proficiency at one level, students automatically progress to the next.

© 2005 VERSION # 1.0

   

SHOW ME MATH CD-ROM

Animated movies illustrate math problems Show Me Math is for students who do not understand the basic relationship between computation and concrete representation. Focuses on the four operations of arithmetic: Addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division, using no number greater than twenty. Each math problem can be illustrated with an animated movie.

© 1995-2005 VERSION # 3.08

   
TIMESCALES CD-ROM

Learning to tell time is tough. Some students master the subtleties quickly, while others find even basic time concepts difficult to understand. TimeScales has three modules of increasing difficulty: Hours of the day, minutes of the hour and from time to time. Each module has a multiple choice and set-the-clock option. You determine the nature of the stimuli or prompt. Choose from varying clock faces, digital time, time in words or audio cue only.

© 2000 Version # 1.2

   

LIFE SKILLS

ARTTOUCH CD

Let your students succeed in art by creating electronic masterpieces! Choose from dozens of backgrounds, or start with a clean tablet. Hundreds of stencils of people, animals, shapes and things can be dragged to your "canvas." Select color and intensity with the paint pallets. Position and size the stencils just right. Add finishing touches like text, highlights, and texture. Then transfer the finished work to your personal portfolio, where you can admire, print or email - or consider it a work in progress.

© 2005 Version # 1.0

   

ATTRIBUTE TILES CD-ROM

Teaches students to recognize and classify colorful tiles that differ in size, color and shape dimensions. Teachers vary the relevancy of cues and number of objects presented on screen. Includes three increasingly difficult activities: "Name," "Match" and "Place." In "Name," objects identify themselves when clicked, e.g., "small red circle" in voice and text. Students select like objects in "Match." In the "Place" activity, students find shapes concealed in colorful drawings.

© 2003 VERSION 1.0

   

COMMUNITY SUCCESS CD-ROM

Presents step-by-step instructions in community activities and the social skills needed for each activity. Realistic illustrations, instructive auditory cues and easy use gives students the opportunity to rehearse skills before they go out. Social skills picture both "good" and "not so good" behaviors. The 45 activities are organized by category: Shopping, transportation, eating out, important places and appointments. Activities range from basic (using restrooms) to complex (grocery shopping). Create an activity sequence to reflect an actual outing, or have students "explore" on their own. Print colorful illustrations of social skills and instructional steps for classroom use or as community cues.

© 1999-2005 VERSION # 2.2.1

   

PERSONAL SUCCESS CD-ROM

Hygiene, grooming and dressing skills Personal Success CD targets essential activities for personal care-both simple and challenging. Addresses 53 activities step-by-step, each with additional tips covering safety and convenience issues. Activities are organized into topics: Personal care for women, men, and either sex; dressing for success, women and men; and clothing care. Instructors can select a personalized list for each participant. Students review frequently performed activities at the computer. Organize them to reflect a naturally occurring sequence-washing hands, brushing teeth, flossing, mouthwash. Use printouts to rehearse activities or as take-home picture cues.

© 2005 VERSION # 1.0

   

PICTURE CUE DICTIONARY CD-ROM

Picture cues for life skill instruction Five interactive programs help students perform everyday activities independently. Instructors sequence pictures and students review them at the computer. Or, print out pictures to use in actual activities. Features 450 picture cues, quality speech, personalized picture lists printouts and a choice between display and multiple choice presentations. Looking Good presents personal care activities that can be sequenced to reflect a student's routine. Keeping House features housekeeping activities like sweeping, vacuuming and cleaning. Select-A-Meal presents food choices for restaurant or in-home dining. Shopping Smart helps organize a grocery shopping list. Plan Your Day is a scheduling program that lets you set the time of each activity.

© 1996-2004 VERSION # 2.6.1

   
SOCIAL SKILLS AT SCHOOL CD-ROM

Social Skills at School is a video-based program with five engaging stories featuring talented child actors. They grapple with common social situations seen every day in every school. Skills are shown step-by-step and further discussed by a narrator. Stories include: Charles Gets Teased, Dion Scores!, Kristi’s First Day, Shana and the Secret, and Tameka and the Bully. Provides a Book and Movie option for each story. The book option reinforces skills addressed in the movies. You can choose a talking selection which reads the text aloud. Movies are closed-captioned and based on Attainment’s award-winning Know the Code video.

© 2004 Version # 1.9

   

LITERACY SKILLS

LOOKING FOR WORDS CD-ROM

Community exploration program combines reasoning skills with vocabulary building. Excellent for reading enrichment. Engaging graphics, interesting animation and clear speech help teach hundreds of words in context. Features "explore," "list," and "picture print" options. In "explore," students freely move to different locations, 24 in all, learning new words as they go. Select any object and it identifies itself. In "list" option, students search for specific words on their list. Where would you find a basketball, broom or mailbox? How about a fire hydrant, fire truck or toaster? Use the "picture print" option to create student activities or illustrated vocabulary booklets. New feature lets teachers select specific words on student lists. Scores are saved to track skill development.

© 2005 VERSION # 2.6.1

   
Show me Spelling

SHOW ME SPELLING

Allows even the most struggling reader the opportunity to succeed at spelling. All 600 spelling words have corresponding speech with pictures. Appropriate for any age and a wide range of ability levels. Includes instruction and quiz modes. In instruction mode, create a spelling list by selecting words from our word bank, or choose from dozens of pre selected lists.

© 1996-2005 Version 2.6.1

   

STORIES & MORE: ANIMAL FRIENDS CD-ROM

A great way to introduce literature concepts like character, setting and plot, plus teach reading comprehension skills! Features six stories on CD with printed books that match three of them. All stories on CD include multiple activities in addition to the talking book. The activities focus on plot prediction, character recognition and reading comprehension. The original book illustrations are also shown on screen with text. Students mouse-click to have the stories read aloud with the corresponding text highlighted. The printed books are appropriate for a wide age range with reading levels varying from first to third grade. Since they match the CD stories exactly, the books compliment computer activities and are great to share with friends and family. Includes Time and Place and Animal Friends CDs; The Trek, The House on Maple Street and Galimoto printed softcover books.

© 2004 VERSION # 2.0

 

STORIES & MORE: TIME AND PLACE CD-ROM

A great way to introduce literature concepts like character, setting and plot, plus teach reading comprehension skills! Features six stories on CD with printed books that match three of them. All stories on CD include multiple activities in addition to the talking book. The activities focus on plot prediction, character recognition and reading comprehension. The original book illustrations are also shown on screen with text. Students mouse-click to have the stories read aloud with the corresponding text highlighted. The printed books are appropriate for a wide age range with reading levels varying from first to third grade. Since they match the CD stories exactly, the books compliment computer activities and are great to share with friends and family. Includes Time and Place and Animal Friends CDs; The Trek, The House on Maple Street and Galimoto printed softcover books.

© 2004 VERSION # 2.0

 

STORYTOWN

You can create talking, animated stories or play the ones provided in the program. A great tool to encourage emerging literacy in reluctant readers. Choose Teacher, Writer or Player option. Teachers create, edit and assign stories and write quizzes to test reading comprehension. Writers create and play stories. Players only play stories and take quizzes. Students can type or record their answers to quiz questions. These are saved for Teacher review. To create a story, select a background. Drag on images- size and position them so they're just right. Add text, record speech and voila! You've got a story! You can also animate the images with sound effects. Create up to a 40-page book.

© 2006 VERSION # 1.0

 

WORD WISE CD-ROM

Functional literacy with pictures, text and speech WordWise combines pictures, words, speech and print features to form a comprehensive language enrichment package. A student records her voice and compares it to the computer's for pronunciation training. Create an individual word list to build vocabulary. All 588 illustrations are realistic and appropriate for any age. Includes an instruction and multiple choice option. A new feature presents the written word with or without a picture. Touch screen and IntelliKeys compatible. You can easily create a personalized word file for each student, or choose from seven preselected lists: Community, house, people, outdoor, actions, and adjectives. Print out custom picture books for each user. Picture printouts can be large, medium or small; color or black and white.

© 1994-2005 VERSION # 3.1.1

   

WORK SKILLS

COMPUTERS AT WORK CD-ROM

Vocational software that's ideal for long term training of school to work students. Focuses on actual computer skills that prepare users for office jobs. Computers at Work, which includes Data Entry and Order Processing, challenges students to work independently for an hour or more while learning real office procedures. As skills improve, users progress from simple tasks to jobs common in today's workplace: Entering orders, checking inventories and determining payment methods.

© 1998-2002 VERSION # 3.5.1

   

JOB WEB CD-ROM

Read, analyze and respond to job ads Objective: Provides structured job explorations via simulated websites and through classified job ads in simulated local papers. Designed for students 7-12 on a competitive employment track. Everyone starts out looking for jobs by looking at job ads. The Job Search Curriculum blends structured exploration using simulated Web sites with traditional methods of responding to job ads. Use JobWeb Win/Mac CD to get valuable vocational information by exploring 30 simulated Web sites using your Internet browser. Exploration is guided by structured activities like: Job vocabulary search, company background investigation, submitting interest in a job via email and printing job applications.

© 2003 VERSION # 1.0

   

SOCIAL SKILLS AT WORK CD

Social Skills at Work features real-life workers with disabilities and their employers in on-the-job settings. It covers five valuable skill areas: Dress right, be on time, be friendly, be a team player and be ready to work. Provides a Book and Movie option for each skill area. Movies are closed-captioned and run about five minutes. They illustrate the relationship of good social skills and job performance. Books reinforce and expand the concepts in the movies.

You can choose a talking selection which reads the text aloud. Based on Attainment’s award-winning It’s All Part of the Job video.

© 1999-2005 Version # 1.9.1

   

TEACHER UTILITIES

GO TALK OVERLAY SOFTWARE CD-ROM

Creating overlays that look great is easy with new Go Talk Overlay Software! Includes over a thousand photos and illustrations, plus you can paste your own images into any overlay. Overlay cells can contain an image, text (in any language!) or both. Editing features let you change color, size, and font of text. Move, enlarge, rotate, and crop pictures.

© 2002-2005 VERSION #1.1

   

LIFE IN FOCUS CD-ROM

A unique collection of 4,800 digital photographs designed for memory, language and daily living activities. These royalty-free JPEG images present places, people, objects, daily tasks and many other situations, each with subjects shown in context. Main categories include: Animals, community, home, people, school, shopping, signs and workplace/industry. Print feature lets you add text and is ideal for creating illustrated books or 4" x 6" pictures for the GoTalk Card, VoicePod or Talking Photo Album. System requirements: Windows 98 or later; Mac OS X.

© 2004 VERSION # 1.1

   

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