Attainment's Read to Learn Free

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Read to Learn is an introductory literacy and life skills program for adolescents and adults with developmental disabilities, including autism. It features three heavily illustrated, interactive books with age-appropriate themes: Safety Skills Reader, Life Skills Reader, and Focus on Feelings. These books each contain 1 story, each with a comprehension exercise. All text is spoken by professional narrators and highlighted as its read. Readers can touch any word at any time to hear it pronounced, and are given a definition for especially pertinent vocabulary.Safety Skills Reader explores important home, community, personal, and recreational safety issues. Contemporary, graphic novel style drawings illustrate a story about pedestrian travel. Life Skills Reader features a story about reading facial expressions. Realistic photos show expected behaviors and step-by-step procedures. Focus on Feelings features a photo-illustrated story that helps readers recognize how people feel during common life experiences, such as a birthday. Portrait style photos with matching icons illustrate emotions like annoyed, excited, proud, and disappointed.Comprehension exercises with an optional hint feature assess the reader's understanding of each story. Test results are stored and can be printed. Optional automatic page reading and turning aid readers who have difficulty navigating the app. Read to Learn scans, and is accessible with one or two switches.Features:Stresses independent living skillsSupports nonreadersWritten in simplified, concise languageIllustrated with realistic photos and drawingsNarrated professionallyHighlights text by word, sentence, or lineAllows user to touch any word to hear it pronouncedIncludes hint feature for testsStores and prints test resultsAttainment has been developing curricula and assistive technology products for people with disabilities for over 30 years. We are well known for our topnotch customer service. Please email us with questions and comments. And yes, were happy to talk to you on the telephone.Read to Learn supports Retina displays!