Bridges new website is LIVE!

Bridges has a brand new website that makes searching for, learning about, and purchasing Assistive Technology easier than ever. To celebrate we’re having a launch sale.  All-Turn-It Spinner, Don Johnston Switch Interface, Connection in the Workplace and other curricula, Jelly Bean Switch and more! We’ll be adding more items, so be sure to sign up for…

Math Intitiatives — Special Needs Classroom: Equals Bridges the Gap

As another school year ends, teachers are breathing a sigh of relief, while governments across the country are looking to improve scores . Ontario’s ministry of education recently announced that the province will be contributing $60 million to a new math initiative, (see the full article from the Globe and Mail here.) Beginning in September 2016,…

New Study Says Equals Curriculum Generates Significant Gains

Recently posted research results on Equals, adds to the substantial body of evidence on the efficacy of the adapted numeracy curriculum for students with special needs. Published on the Ablenet website is an update to their now four year case study on Equals conducted by a suburban school district in the US mid-west. The researchers…

Sites Rich with Resources for Teaching Special Needs Math, Literacy

Alberta Education has launched two websites summarizing their initiatives for Literacy for All and Numeracy for all.

Bridges LIVE! Coming to a City Near You

We’ve just hadour first Bridges LIVE! event in Mississauga and it was a great success.  The enthusiasm of attendees, the discussions around trends in AT, new eye gaze technology and iPad access options, teaching strategies for students with profound challenges, tools on the cloud… as usual we probably learned as much from our participants as they…

Equals + AB Teachers = Awesome Resource for Special Needs Math

As part of an ongoing initiative, Numeracy for All — A Community of Practice, Alberta teachers are sharing their experiences with the Equals math curriculum for students with significant disabilities on a publicly readable Wiki. http://abnumeracyforall.wikispaces.com/home (Last year we wrote about the sister wiki that described the Literacy for All project in Alberta.) In 2012 – 2013 Alberta Education, in collaboration with Central Alberta Regional…

Kim’s Favourite iPad Apps and stuff from 2013

Kim Mitchell’s been doing a lot of training on iPads for Special Education these days.  Kim, a long time trainer at Bridges, has been working with AT for too many years than she wishes to calculate at this point (suffice it to say, she knows how to solder, the phrase “change the jumpers” makes her think of…

Equals Wins Association of Educational Publishers Distinguished Achievement Award

We were excited to learn that AbleNet’s Equals Mathematics curriculum was named the winner of the AEP Distinguished Achievement Award in the Whole Curriculum Program subcategory of Special Education. (You can find a detailed press release here.)  AEP Awards honor excellence and innovation in the education community. It is the longest running and most highly regarded…

BtL 2012 — The Place to See, The Hottest AT!

Cheesy rhyming couplet aside, Bridges to Learning 2012 (May 11-12th, University of Toronto, Mississauga) is the only conference in Canada where you can see the latest in AT and adapted curricula in action, presented by the people who make it. New products include: Clicker 6  Improv Kurzweil 3000 V. 13  Bookstream  Write Online  Presented by…

Bridges LIVE! Newmarket

We’ve confirmed our next Bridges LIVE! event will be in Newmarket, Ontario.  Bridges LIVE! is an interactive, hands-on day of trying technology and curricula for students with special needs.  This year we’re focusing on tools for students with intellectual, physical and/or communication challenges who may be following modified or alternative curricula. Looks like there will…