 SLICE
stands for...
Special Learners Included through Computers in Education
The
SLICE™ Program is a patented computer mediated reading assist
specifically created for individuals with print disabilities.
Originally designed to promote full classroom inclusion of
middle school students with dyslexic-type learning disabilities,
research continues to demonstrate that most students grades
3-12 also improve in reading skills. (See links to reports
below)
SLICE™
students access their textbooks, current novels, training
manuals, etc. from an online, electronic library and while
viewing the text on the computer screen, they listen to it
being read aloud through personal headphones. A cursor
simultaneously highlights the words.
The technology provides students with a consistent sight/sound
match, thereby replicating historically successful strategies
for teaching reading such as Paired Reading and the Neurological
Impress Method. Students typically benefit in fluency, comprehension,
vocabulary and phonemic awareness.
Dr. Lynda Morris, active in the field of special education
for the last 40 years, has guided the research and development
of the SLICE Program. Today the system is helping hundreds
of young people achieve a wide variety of personal goals in
school and beyond.
Read
Reports:
- "Do Screen Readers Help Young Students Who Have Learning
Disabilities?" ( pdf
) ( doc
)
Closing
the Gap: Computer Technology in Special Education and
Rehabilitation
Presentation
at the 17th Annual Conference October 22, 1999
- Special Learners Included Through Computers in Education
(SLICE) - Evaluation Report - (pdf)
(doc)
- Summary of Qualitative Evaluation-South Dakota Middle
School - (pdf)
(doc)
- Research Basis of the SLICE Program - (pdf)
(doc)
- SLICE™ Struggling Reader Research Study 2004 ( pdf
) ( doc
)
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