Tier 2 Decoding

Tier 2 Assistive Technology for Decoding

Reading Remediation: teaching the code

  • Reading Raven App

  • Montessori Crossword App

  • Bitsboard Pro App / Bitsboard Student App

  • Edmark


Elementary Compensatory: alternate access to fixed print

  • Audio books on any device (tablet, iOS, Chrome, laptop)

  • Read aloud storybook apps (Monster at the End of the Book)

  • Accessibility Options (personally recommended in an AT Assessment): Text to speech on any device (Spoken Content in Accessibility iOS, Text to speech (chrome) , magnification

  • Text to speech/Read aloud apps/extension R&W4G extension (Chromebook), Voice Dream Reader App)

  • Digital dictionary

  • OCR Scanning App ( for example Voice Dream Scanner App iOS, OCR scanning feature on school's photocopiers - scan to Google Drive, Read Iris)

  • eBooks available via public library (Libby)

  • Magnification options on a variety of devices (iOS and Chrome accessibility options)

  • Video with closed captioning options

  • High interest/low vocab (simple Wikipedia, Readtopia program, Newsela, ReadWorks)

  • Bookshare Canada

  • EasySpelling Aid App


Middle School Compensatory

  • Audio books on any device (tablet, iOS, Chrome, laptop)

  • Read aloud storybook apps (Monster at the End of the Book)

  • Accessibility Options (personally recommended in an AT Assessment): Text to speech on any device (Spoken Content in Accessibility iOS, Text to speech (chrome) , magnification

  • Text to speech/Read aloud apps/extension R&W4G extension (Chromebook), Voice Dream Reader App)

  • Reading Pens

  • Digital dictionary

  • OCR Scanning App ( for example Voice Dream Scanner App iOS, OCR scanning feature on school's photocopiers - scan to Google Drive, Read Iris)

  • eBooks available via public library (Libby)

  • Magnification options on a variety of devices (iOS and Chrome accessibility options)

  • Video with closed captioning options

  • High interest/low vocab (simple Wikipedia, Readtopia program, Newsela, ReadWorks)

  • Bookshare Canada


High School Compensatory

  • Audio books on any device (tablet, iOS, Chrome, laptop)

  • Read aloud storybook apps (Monster at the End of the Book)

  • Accessibility Options (personally recommended in an AT Assessment): Text to speech on any device (Spoken Content in Accessibility iOS, Text to speech (chrome) , magnification

  • Text to speech/Read aloud apps/extension R&W4G extension (Chromebook), Voice Dream Reader App)

  • Digital dictionary

  • OCR Scanning App ( for example Voice Dream Scanner App iOS, OCR scanning feature on school's photocopiers - scan to Google Drive, Read Iris)

  • eBooks available via public library (Libby or Overdrive)

  • Magnification options on a variety of devices (iOS and Chrome accessibility options)

  • Video with closed captioning options

  • High interest/low vocab (simple wikipedia, Readtopia program, Newsela, ReadWorks)

  • Bookshare Canada


Tier 2 Assistive Technology Services for Decoding

  • Assistive Technology assessments

  • Training with teaching support teams, student planning teams and learning support teachers, other professionals, education assistants on various Tier 2 Assistive Technology

  • Collaborating with LD Specialists, SLPs, Psychologists

  • Tier 2 Assistive Technology implementation support in a variety of learning environments