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February 20, 2018
Purim Fun!
Very soon, we will be celebrating Purim, a favorite holiday for children and adults alike. At Beit Issie Shapiro we are already busy getting into the holiday spirit planning costumes
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February 11, 2018
Singing Together: Using AAC in Song
As in every kindergarten, our teachers use hand and body movements while singing children’s songs in circle time. However, in our school, most of the gestures we use in songs
January 3, 2018
Word Prediction and Dictation: An Assistive Technology Case Study
In this post I’d like to share an experience I had working with A., a university student, who is currently in the first year of an undergraduate degree. A. has
December 5, 2017
Don’t Forget to Back Up!! How to Back Up Apps and Files (and a Little about a Flash Drive for iPad)
Many people have come to us with questions following accidental erasure of communication boards from their iPad and we felt that it was important to write a post explaining how
November 8, 2017
Typing – More than Just for Typing Words
In the last few years I have spent a lot of time thinking about and working on typing with children and adults, specifically with those that have difficulty with writing,
September 17, 2017
A Greeting Card for the New Year
This year, one of the things we did in class to prepare for Rosh Hashana, the Jewish New Year, was to create greeting cards for the students’ families. The activity
September 10, 2017
Welcome Back to School
As school begins, emotions are at a high (the butterflies in our stomachs are opening their wings), and teachers have been very busy getting ready – organizing, decorating, and planning
August 9, 2017
Toy Workshop: Making simple battery operated toys switch accessible – anyone can!
This week, at Beit Issie Shapiro, a small group of occupational therapists and speech therapists from the day programs gathered in the library to “play” in a workshop led by
August 9, 2017
Mainstream Technologies for People with Disabilities: Impressions and Highlights from David Banes’ visit to Beit Issie Shapiro
This week we were honored to host David Banes at Beit Issie Shapiro. David is known internationally for his work in assistive technology (AT) and he shared with us his
August 9, 2017
Apple Classroom
Apple Classroom is an app designed to help the teacher guide and direct students in their learning by allowing the teacher control over the other iPads in the classroom. Through