<div dir="ltr"><div>Although I work as a gifted education specialist, I have worked with a range of gifted, ELL, special-needs, and "classic" elementary students using Alice. As in anything else, it comes down to staying focused on the end goals of the course, knowing what structures can help the student (no matter what the identification) succeed in reaching those goals, and then working to provide that support. Coordinating with specialists who have knowledge and training in the targeted areas for identified students is helpful because those specialists have insight in learning processes and often know the students over years of work. In some cases, my "special needs" kids took to Alice in a way that they had never taken to schoolwork before because of the immediate, visual feedback. <br>
<br></div>Good luck, and feel free to contact me off-list if I can be of more help.<br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Jan 29, 2013 at 2:52 PM, Don Slater <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:dslater@andrew.cmu.edu" target="_blank">dslater@andrew.cmu.edu</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div style="word-wrap:break-word">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" target="_blank">schultz_marty@hotmail.com</a>> wrote:</div>
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<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)">Don,<u></u><u></u></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.<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<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.<u></u><u></u></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?<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family:Cambria,serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)">--Marty<u></u><u></u></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>
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