TOWARD INDEPENDENCE

Resource #
CD-ROM • TOIN315W

Price $159.95

Program Contents: Single Station WIN/MAC CD-ROM.

System Requirements: Windows 98, ME, NT 4.0, 2000, XP Macintosh OS 8.6-9.2, OSX Classic Mode.

Captioning: N/A

Copyright Date: 1997

A well-rounded collection of five life-skill programs. Covers money skills, shopping, functional vocabulary and community outings shown step-by-step.

Picture Shopping Cues make shopping easier by creating picture shopping lists from a bank of 288 food and non-food items. Students review lists before they shop.

Spending Money lets students complete realistic money exercises and shop at a mall. Teachers can add denominations as skills progress.

Looking for Community Words encourages students to explore eight neighborhoods by searching for assigned words. Let the computer compile a word list or customize for each student.

WordWise Community combines text, pictures and speech in a functional vocabulary program. Students can record their pronunciations and compare them to the computer's.

Community Success Outings has 10 activities that everyone needs to know like grocery shopping and dining in a fast-food restaurant. Activities are shown step-by-step and include corresponding social skills.