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		<title>Top 5 Tips: Inspiration 9 and Students with Specific Learning Difficulties</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Sep 2013 22:47:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; Eliminate barriers to learning. This is an often-faced challenge for special needs students and their teams of parents, teachers and aides. Here are five tips to customize Inspiration 9 for the special needs student. #5: Eliminate issues of visual stress It’s very common for students with Specific Learning Difficulties to suffer from visual stress, <a href="http://www.inspiration.com/blog/2013/09/top-5-tips-inspiration-9-and-students-with-specific-learning-difficulties/#more-'" class="more-link">Read more »</a>]]></description>
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		<title>GUEST POST (3 of 3): Inspiration &amp; Specific Learning Difficulty</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Jul 2013 21:52:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[We&#8217;ve reached the final installment in Andy Clarke&#8217;s series on uses of Inspiration 9 in writing. Enjoy!  Inspiration &#38; Specific Learning Difficulty: Why does visual learning benefit students with disabilities? In my first two articles (Exploring the Basics of Writing  and Writing from the Student Perspective) I talked about the fundamentals of writing, first in <a href="http://www.inspiration.com/blog/2013/07/guest-post-3-of-3-inspiration-specific-learning-difficulty/#more-'" class="more-link">Read more »</a>]]></description>
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		<title>GUEST POST (2 of 3): Writing From the Student Perspective</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Jul 2013 21:45:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is the second installment in Inspiration&#8217;s guest post series by Assistive Technology Consultant Andy Clarke. Enjoy! Writing From The Student Perspective: What Is Required In Higher Education, and How Can Inspiration Help? In my last article Exploring the Basics of Writing, I talked about how writing for me is made up of “ideas and <a href="http://www.inspiration.com/blog/2013/07/guest-post-2-of-3-writing-from-the-student-perspective/#more-'" class="more-link">Read more »</a>]]></description>
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		<title>GUEST POST: Exploring the Basics of Writing&#8211;With the Help of Inspiration</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Jun 2013 16:48:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>InspirationSMS</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is the first in a series of 3 posts about assistive technology for students with learning disabilities. Read more about Inspiration&#8217;s DSA/SEN programs here! By Andy Clark, Assistive Technology Consultant, UK Question: Why do we write? A simple enough question perhaps, but the answer can be as unique as each individual that considers it. <a href="http://www.inspiration.com/blog/2013/06/guest-post-exploring-the-basics-of-writing-with-the-help-of-inspiration/#more-'" class="more-link">Read more »</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Discover Easy Ways to Help ADD and ADHD Students Stay Organized</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Jan 2011 16:00:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mona Westhaver</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Do you know kids that are bright and inquisitive, but struggle with assignments and homework? Do they take hours to get through a homework assignment that looks as though it should be accomplished in under an hour? This was my daughter when she was young, plus caring, kind, happy and creative attributes. For years she <a href="http://www.inspiration.com/blog/2011/01/discover-easy-ways-to-help-add-and-adhd-students-stay-organized/#more-'" class="more-link">Read more »</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Discover Ways to Showcase Dyslexic Talents</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Jan 2011 16:00:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mona Westhaver</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In grade school, I struggled to read, misinterpreted letter combinations and reversed numbers. Throughout my education, I discovered how to tailor my efforts to learn in different ways to accommodate my dyslexia, a learning disability that results in difficulties with reading, spelling, writing and word pronunciation. I am among the nearly 20 percent of the <a href="http://www.inspiration.com/blog/2011/01/discover-ways-to-showcase-dyslexic-talents/#more-'" class="more-link">Read more »</a>]]></description>
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