Word Problems for Nonreaders and Environmental Print Recognized in Special Education Category
SAN ANTONIO, May 18, 2010 — The Association of Educational Publishers has named Word Problems for Nonreaders and Environmental Print Level One as 2010 Distinguished Achievement Award finalists in the special education category. Published by PCI Education, the number-one provider of resources for students with special needs, the programs are designed to help students with limited or no reading skills.
The Word Problems for Nonreaders Series helps students with limited or no reading skills solve basic addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division problems based on life in the real world. The activity sheets are illustrated to allow visual learners to understand how math works in everyday life. Each binder focuses on specific math skills: addition, subtraction, or multiplication and division, and includes activity sheets, teacher instructions, a progress chart, and an answer key.
The Environmental Print Series is a comprehensive, standards-based language arts curriculum for students with significant cognitive disabilities. It teaches students to identify and explain the meaning of 48 signs found in the community. The language arts program integrates forms of environmental print, such as road signs and indoor signs, into story lines about adolescent characters. The books and activity sheets in the Environmental Print Series use symbol-supported text to help nonreaders easily understand the stories, and improve their literacy skills.
The Association of Educational Publishers also recognized PCI Education for its excellence in education marketing. The company's online tool, the Turbo Solutions Builder, is a finalist for a Beacon Award in the website/e-commerce category. The Turbo Solutions Builder saves valuable time, quickly revealing the safest and most popular selections for educators looking to purchase instructional materials with IDEA and Title I stimulus funding.
For more than four decades, the AEP Awards have honored outstanding resources for teaching and learning. One of the largest and longest-running awards programs for educational products, the AEP Awards aim to give credit and recognition to the organizations that are leading the way in the field of educational products, and to set benchmarks to which the rest of the industry can aspire. Founded in 1895, AEP is a nonprofit organization that serves and advances the industry of educational publishing.
AEP Award winners will be announced at the 2010 AEP Awards Banquet & Gala on June 8, 2010 in Washington, D.C. For more information about the AEP Awards, visit .
For more information about PCI Education, visit http://www.pcieducation.com.
About PCI Education
PCI Education offers more than 7,500 instructional materials for a wide range of students with special needs, including significant or developmental disabilities such as autism. In addition, the company's products are used in English language learner and adult literacy classes, and to help students performing below grade level. Based in San Antonio, PCI Education has been helping educators lead students to success in school, at home and in the community since 1991. For more information, visit http://www.pcieducation.com or phone 800-594-4263.
For more information:
— Leslie Boulet, PCI Education, 800-594-4263, ext. 124, Email
— Emily Embury, C. Blohm & Associates, Inc., 608-839-9800, Email
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