Literacy instruction for children with disabilities

What is the purpose of this website?

This website provides guidelines for teaching literacy skills to learners with special needs, especially learners with complex communication needs (CCN) such as:

• Autism spectrum disorders
• Cerebral palsy
• Down syndrome
• Developmental apraxia
• Multiple disabilities

This website provides information on:

• What skills to teach
• How to teach these skills
• Videotaped examples of instruction with learners with special needs

http://aacliteracy.psu.edu/