1. CASE STUDY: SHERRI, EXPRESSIVE WRITING DISABILITY ANTHONY ALVO EDU 620 ADRIANE WHEAT AUG 7, 2014

2. SHERRI’S BACKGROUND IS IN THE 4 TH GRADE AND HAS HAD WRITING DIFFICULTIES SINCE KINDERGARTEN DIAGNOSED WITH A LEARNING DISABILITY IN EXPRESSIVE WRITING TAKES TIME TO START WRITING AND WHEN SHE DOES WRITE SHE TAKES A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF TIME ACADEMIC STRUGGLES ARE NOW NEGATIVELY IMPACTING HER BEHAVIOR

4. FRUSTRATION, SADNESS, ANGER IT IS NOT UNCOMMON FOR STUDENTS TO DISPLAY A WIDE RANGE OF NEGATIVE EMOTIONS AND BEHAVIORS BECAUSE THEY HABITUALLY STRUGGLE IN CLASS WHILE OTHER SCHOOLMATES SEEMINGLY HAVE LITTLE DIFFICULTY IN ACCOMPLISHING THE SAME TASKS.

5. ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY (AT) BECAUSE SHERRI HAS BEEN DIAGNOSED WITH AN EXPRESSIVE WRITING DISABILITY… THE AT DEVICE(S) I WOULD RECOMMEND ARE A LARGER WRITING UTENSIL, SMART PEN, AND/OR A WORD PROCESSOR. THE AT DEVICE I AM GOING TO HIGHLIGHT IS THE WORD PROCESSOR.

6. WORD PROCESSOR AS AN AT DEVICE

7. THE WORD PROCESSOR A WORD PROCESSOR IS AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE OR COMPUTER SOFTWARE PROGRAM SUCH AS MICROSOFT WINDOWS WHICH ASSISTS THE USER IN COMPOSING, EDITING, AND FORMATTING WRITING TEXTS.

8. THE WORD PROCESSOR CONTAINS MANY BENEFITS THAT MAY BE USEFUL FOR PEOPLE WITH LEARNING DISABILITIES AND ESPECIALLY FOR SHERRI’S EXPRESSIVE WRITING DISABILITY. EASY TO USE ASSIGNMENTS WILL BE LEGIBLE PORTABLE SPELL CHECK WHICH CAN BE SET IN EITHER ON OR OFF REINFORCES TYPING SKILLS CAN BE USED TO COMPLETE ASSIGNMENTS DICTIONARY AND THESAURUS CAPABILITIES

10. OBSERVE THE DIFFERENCES HAND WRITINGWORD PROCESSOR

11. THE WORD PROCESSOR AS AN AT DEVICE JUST BASED UPON THE LOOKS OF THE FINISHED PRODUCT FROM A WORD PROCESSOR, IMAGINE HOW MUCH BETTER A STUDENT FEELS ABOUT THEIR FINAL WORK. A WORD PROCESSOR CAN ALSO HELP A STUDENT EMOTIONALLY JUST NOT ON THE PHYSICAL ASPECT OF WRITING. NOW THEIR FINISHED WORK CAN LOOK AS GOOD IF NOT BETTER THAN THAT OF THE BEST WRITER IN THE CLASS.

12. FORTE AND FUSION WORD PROCESSORS THESE WORD PROCESSORS HAVE MANY FUNCTIONS INCLUDING: TEXT TO SPEECH WORD PREDICTION KEYBOARD PREDICTION WORD PREDICTION USB THUMB DRIVE ADJUSTABLE FONT SPLIT SCREEN WIRELESS FILE TRANSFER

13. FEATURES OF THE FORTE AND FUSION WORD PROCESSORS TEXT TO SPEECH WORD PREDICTION KEYBOARD PREDICTION WORD PREDICTION USB THUMB DRIVE ADJUSTABLE FONT VOCABULARY PROGRESS THESAURUS AND DICTIONARY SPLIT SCREEN WIRELESS FILE TRANSFER STICKY KEYS SPELL IT MATH 101 CALENDAR CUT, COPY, PASTE SCORING PROGRAM

14. FORTE AND FUSION WORD PROCESSORS ONE COMPANY TWO DIFFERENT WORD PROCESSORS THE COMPANY OFFERS FREE 30 DAY TRIAL WITH RETURN SHIPPING INCLUDED YOU CAN USE THE DEVICE FOR FREE AND IF IT IS NOT HELPFUL, USEFUL, OR IS NOT HELPING TO ACADEMICALLY INCREASE KNOWLEDGE/GRADES JUST RETURN THE ITEM THE PREVIEW POLICY ALLOWS TEACHERS AND PARENTS TO PREVIEW THE WORD PROCESSOR (NOT JUST THE STUDENT) WHICH GIVES EVERYONE AN OPPORTUNITY TO GIVE INPUT AND BE PART OF THE IEP PROCESS.

15. FORTE AND FUSION PRICING 1-9 UNITS $249 10-29 UNITS$239 30+ UNITS$219 THEY ARE CURRENTLY OFFERING A SPECIAL DEAL OF 5 OF THEIR WORD PROCESSORS FOR ONLY $995.

16. WORD PROCESSORS PROS CAN BE USED TO COMPLETE ASSIGNMENTS TEACHES TYPING SKILLS PORTABLE EASY TO USE ASSIGNMENTS ARE LEGIBLE CONS MAY CAUSE DEPENDENCY ON USING THE DEVICE DOES NOT REQUIRE HANDWRITING SO FURTHER REDUCTION OF PRACTICE

17. HELPING WITH HOMEWORK PARENTS WILL NEED TO MONITOR SHERRI’S WORK CLOSELY. THEY NEED TO TEACH AND ASSIST WHILE REMAINING CALM AND COOL REWARD SHERRI WITH SMALL BREAKS AND REWARDS PRAISE AND FIND METHODS TO MOTIVATE SHERRI