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Bob Keller
Don Johnston Inc.
26799 West Commerce Drive
Volo, IL 60073
847-740-0749
fax 847-740-7326
bkeller@donjohnston.com
Students with disabilities face many barriers to writing. They may lack the skills to type, to plan or organize their thoughts, to monitor their words. They struggle with the process of learning to write. Frustration leads to a cycle of failure because students don't want to try. Educators need effective interventions that will help these students overcome their writing hurdles in every step of the writing process. Come learn the intervention strategies that result in successful writers. This presentation will show you how to use several intervention products to do effective writing intervention. We'll share tips and techniques for supporting struggling writers. We will demonstrate how these critical intervention products work together to provide writing success from planning to producing the final draft. In this presentation, attendees will receive in-depth information on:
* Strategies to take students from planning and organizing
thoughts through to the first draft with Draft:Builder(tm), the
only organizational tool that supports students through the
writing process.
* Learn how to make an outline and use the dynamic split screen
technology to reinforce how ideas fit together.
* Learn how to take notes and use notes to scaffold the writing
process. Move the outline and the notes to the draft view so
students can compose their thoughts into concise documents.
* For students doing research, learn how to build a bibliography
using the correct conventions.
* Learn how to use Co:Writer(r) to make the writing process
easier and better for struggling writers. You'll learn how to use
special writer files so students have the right words at their
fingertips for writing book reports, essays and more. You'll find
out the tips for using Co:Writer that give students the extra
support they need as they write.
* Support student writing with Write:OutLoud(r), the easy-to-use
talking word processor that guarantees writing success. Attendees
will learn how Write:OutLoud's talking features, talking
dictionary and other features support the writing process for
struggling students and gives them the positive reinforcement
they need to improve their writing. You'll see how easy it is to
add pictures to documents so students can do their book reports
and assignments across the curriculum.
* Learn how to use access interventions to teach writing skills
and how to integrate computer access interventions in the writing
process. Access interventions include the full range of
Discover(tm) products, the best access for the most needs.
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