Free Resources from the Net for (Special) Education

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Here’s a practical resource for anyone who lives or works with children with autism, ADHD, or delayed speech. The activities can be used as soon as they are downloaded, but they may also inspire you to create activities in a similar vein. I’ve put this on my Content & Curriculum page.

Hiyah.net (downloadable programs) Hiyah fills a significant need by offering a growing set of downloadable activities designed to help develop basic language and communication skills in children with autism, ADHD, or delayed speech. Each activity is built around a nursery rhyme, a specific holiday/celebration, or other activity that might be stressful for a child. The activities are visually appealing, and it is evident that they are the result of careful thought and planning.

Since the activities have been created in PowerPoint, they can all be accessed by having the child simply hit the space bar. Alternatively, a switch may be used via an adapted mouse.

Each activity comes bundled with its own PowerPoint viewer. This means that when you double click on a shortcut for the activity, the activity will open in PowerPoint. Image and sound quality is high. Because of the rich media content, some of the files are rather large. This means that downloading can take some time even with a high speed connection.

For more information, and to download the activities, go to Hihah.net.

These activities run in Windows and Mac.