The Career
Adaptive Learning Literacy (CALL) Lab has been developed for Burlington
County College under several Carl Perkins Vocational Education grants
funded through the State of New Jersey. The CALL Lab, on the second
floor of the Integrated Learning Resource Center in Room 203, is designed
to provide self-paced, self-administered vocational skills training
primarily for students who have special needs. The lab is wheelchair
accessible and provides special tools and technologies to assist those
individuals with hearing, visual impairments, and learning disabilities.
The lab is also open to residents of Burlington County who have a disability.
HOURS OF OPERATION
8:00am-9:00pm
Friday
8:00am-4:45pm
CLOSED
Weekends
Telephone:
Extensions 1593 & 1202 at (609) 894-9311
Email:
Scott
Abbamonte
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Equipment available in the CALL Lab includes:
- Hewlitt Packard PC's running an updated Windows operating system including basic function programs such as MS Word, Excel, Power Point, & MS Access as well as high speed internet access with both Netscape™ and Internet Explorer™ browsers available.
- Macintosh G4's providing basic programs such as CoWriter for Mac, iMovie, Apple DVD player, and internet access via Internet Explorer™
Career & Skill building software includes:
MEDS helps
prepare student and Graduate nurses for licensing examinations
Mavis
Beacon Teaches Typing teaches skills through self administered exercises
NCLEX-RN
assists students in preparing for the NCLEX exam
Visions
Career software offers a detailed, interactive exploration of
thousands of vocations
Assitive
equipment and software includes:
AlphaSmart 2000 portable word-processing laptop systems
Aladdin Genie
Print Magnifier magnifies text and graphics for reading
Dragon
Dictate Naturally Speaking allows dictation directly into the
PC
Intelikeys Keyboard uses a touch-sensitive response w/ audible stroke recognition
Jaws for
Windows* text-to-speech screen reader for those with limited vision
Magic
Wand keyboard uses a stylus for typing
Arkenstone
Open Book* scans text and converts it to "spoken" language.
PwWebSpeak a web browser with speech to guide students around the Internet
WiVik
2 an onscreen keyboard used mainly with Headmaster
WYNN*
converts scanned documents-to-speech & offers broad data control
& web access
Quicktionary Reading Pen
handheld device that "speaks" the text it scans line by line
PRISMA**
camera creates a finely controlled, digitally magnified image
direct to the PC
*-Available
at both Pemberton & Mt. Laurel Campus libraries
**-Available at Mt. Laurel TEC Library only
Related Links of Interest
American Foundation for the Blind-The AFB is a national organization providing information on education, employment technology, service directories, and even an online bookstore.
New Jersey Library for the Blind and Handicapped- A division of the NJ State Library, offering over 60,000 titles formatted specifically for those requiring assistance in reading. They also offer assisted reading programs for those who qualify.
BCC's American Sign Language Career Guide-This page provides background information and links for those wishing to investigate ASL either as a skill or as a career.
National Association for the Deaf-The homepage for the NAD offers information on legal advocacy, sign language education and certification, as well as a collection of links to deafness related publications.
Adaptive Technology Center at the College of New Jersey-The TCNJ adaptive center offers information on education, careers, and technology for those with disabilites attending colleges in New Jersey.
Recordings for the Blind and Dyslexic-The NJ Unit offers provides access to educational, professional and technical material at virtually no charge to visually, physically and learning disabled individuals.
Bookshare.org - This site gives registered users access to thousands of pre-scanned titles. You are able to download the files and have your assistive software read them to you at your leisure. You are even able to place requests to have specific titles scanned for you.
NJLA
Special Population Section - This links you to the NJ Library Association's
site devoted to developing programs and poilices to assist the special
needs population of NJ.
Cerebral Palsy Association of NJ- The Cerebral Palsy of New Jersey,
Inc., enhances the lives of people with all disabilities and enables
full participation in society through advocacy, direct services and
education. A fantastic resource for information disability assistance
in NJ!
Updated:11/14/07