Special Educators
How Can You Effectively Serve Each Child’s
Unique Learning Needs?

Since Don Johnston founded our company in the early 1980’s, educators in special education and assistive technology specialists have always held a “special” place in our hearts. You are the educators who face the daunting challenge to create effective learning environments for students with physical, cognitive and learning difficulties.
You are leading the way...
in our schools to effectively use assistive technologies to support these learners. And it is to you that we say, THRIVE and keep your momentum strong! You make the word “SPECIAL” come alive for these students and we appreciate your advocacy of our programs and services.
At Don Johnston has built a reputation around the mission of supporting students who think and learn in different ways. We remain dedicated to those students and are “who we are” because of your desire to infuse differentiated learning approaches and supportive technologies to help these students become confident and independent learners.
If you are new to Don Johnston, we hope you’ll spend a few minutes to check out the product areas and information below that will most effectively serve your students’ needs. There are many areas to choose from!
Special educators visit our site each month to get new teaching ideas from peers, review the latest educational strategies, such as NIMAS, UDL and RTI, and to keep abreast of successful models used in the classroom.
Check out these favorite programs and webcasts for special educators!
- Audio Cast from GA Special Education Teacher – Bridge the Gap Between Special and General Education
- Don’s Webcast – Don Talks About “Behavior Patterns of Struggling Learners”
- Low Incidence Products (Switches, Mouse Alternatives, Graphic Literacy, Cause and Effect)
- Portables (Reading Pens, Talking Dictionary, The ClassMate Reader, Co:Writer for the NEO, Write:OutLoud to Go)
- SOLO Literacy Suite (Read:OutLoud, Draft:Builder, Write:OutLoud, Co:Writer)