Childrens Services and Skills Directorate
SEND 0 – 25 Service: Specialist Inclusion Support Service
Communication and Learning Difficulties Team

Recommended ICT software and resources for schools to consider when planning ‘catch-up’ for pupils:

For PC:
•	Inspiration 9 – Mindmapping software (free basic package)
•	Minecraft Education Edition – free trial – lots of maths and logic/problem-solving tasks
•	Claroread – text-to-speech software (free trial)
•	Clicker (primary age) or DocsPlus (secondary age) - includes spell checker, word banks, use of pictures and symbols, prediction, speech output, switch access for disabled pupils
•	Communicate: in Print and Symwriter (Widgit software) - includes spell checker, word banks, use of pictures and Widgit symbols, speech output etc. (Or do these on Word and embed the documents)
•	WordTalk free add-on for Microsoft Word to provide speech output
•	Co:Writer powerful prediction software to add-on to Word and other software
•	Read & Write provides a powerful toolbar with supportive spellchecker, word banks, prediction, speech output and many other features
•	Windows Speech recognition - provided free with Windows 7 and above
•	Dragon Naturally Speaking - speech recognition software
•	Bookshare A free source of electronic books and texts to enable customisation for individual pupils with visual or literacy difficulties
•	BBC Dance Mat Typing, Doorway online Free online touch typing tutors ('Doorway' includes one-handed typing exercises)

For iPad:
•	Clicker apps (Crick software)
•	Widgit apps (Widgit software)
•	Dragon dictation - free app, requires wireless connection, not as powerful as PC version of 'Dragon Naturally Speaking'
•	Wheel of Apps for reading and writing difficulties - very helpful list of apps by categories of difficulty
•	Advice on use of iPads for learning - helpful advice from the CALL Centre in Edinburgh