High-incidence disabilities include learning disabilities, mild mental retardation, and emotional or
behavioral disorders.
Most of these students are educated in the general education classroom.
Students with mild mental retardation are those who have deficits in intellectual functioning,
adaptive behavior, and developmental abilities.
Specifically learning disabled children exhibit unexpected differences in ability and achievement.
Students who have an emotional disturbance exhibit one or more of the following characteristics
over a long time which markedly and adversely affects their education: inability to learn that
cannot be explained by intellectual, sensory, or health factors; inability to build or maintain
satisfactory interpersonal relationships with peers and teachers; inappropriate behavior or
feelings under normal circumstances; generally unhappy or depressed mood; and tends to
develop physical symptoms or fears associated with any personal or school problems they may be
experiencing.
Mildly disabled students account for 85% of those receiving services for special needs. AT can
provide mildly disabled students with the tools necessary to be successful in learning.
Children who are mildly disabled generally have trouble in reading, writing, and math.
AT for Reading Resources:
The Edmark Reading Program uses a multi sensory
approach to teach comprehension and recognition.
http://www.donjohston.com/catalog/edmarkdtxt.htm
Kurzweil offers printed or electronic text for the computer
screen with visual and audible assistance.
http://www.kurzweiledu.com/products_k3000win_features.asp
AT for Writing and Spelling Resources:
Quiktionary II translates and defines words and provides
multilingual support.
http://donjohnston.com
EZ Keys uses dual word prediction that displays a table of the
six most frequently used words that begin with the letters the
student types when beginning to type a word.
http://www.freedomspeech.com/wordsplus.html
AT for Math Resources:
MathPad enables students to do arithmetic directly on the
computer. This program helps students organize or navigate
math problems who otherwise strugglt when do them with
paper and pencil.
http://www.intellitools.com