<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=windows-1252"><base href="x-msg://84/"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Marty,<div>We have reports of special needs students have a wonderful and successful experience with Alice.</div><div><br></div><div>I believe that your question is an excellent one for the listserv, and I am just as interested in seeing the responses as you are.</div><div><br></div><div>I have cc'd the list with this message.</div><div><br></div><div>All the best,</div><div>Don Slater</div><div><br></div><div><div><div>On Jan 29, 2013, at 2:45 PM, Marty Schultz <<a href="mailto:schultz_marty@hotmail.com">schultz_marty@hotmail.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="purple" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div class="WordSection1" style="page: WordSection1; "><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Cambria, serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); ">Don,<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Cambria, serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); "> </span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Cambria, serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); ">Thanks for the listserv membership.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Cambria, serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); "> </span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); ">I’m one week into the class, and Alice is quite a hit with the students. You guys did a great job.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); "> </span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); ">Two of the students are special needs – slightly slower than average. They are excited about it, and the hope is that they “find themselves” by learning to program. Have other teachers worked with special needs kids with Alice? Do they have any suggestions or insights?<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); "> </span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); ">--Marty<o:p></o:p></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); "></span></p></div></div></blockquote></div><br></div></body></html>