We aim in this project to develop a system for children with intellectual and learning disabilities that supports collaboration, data exploration, communication and creativity. The system offers specific tutorials on basic concepts. It can enhance the communications and learning capabilities of the children. The tutorial contents contains multimedia elements that help the children understand effectively the topics. An assessment component is being developed to evaluate the children understanding. Parents can also be involved in the learning process by adding some contents suitable to their children.

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Over the last decade, there have been dramatic changes in the use of technology to enhance teaching and learning in special education domain. Traditional teaching and learning approach prevents children with learning disabilities (LD) from having opportunities to reach their maximum quality of life in terms of academic, social and emotional development. In addition, not all interactive learning materials is appropriate for LD children and may cause frustration if a child's difficulties interfere with its use. These, indeed, make both teaching and learning more challenging. Children with LD needs assistive technology tool to greatly improve the success of their learning process. In this paper, an emerging application using Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) called Children's Storybook Reading System (StoBook) is proposed. The system is developed for children aged around seven to twelve years old with disabilities in order to assist special education teachers, practitioners and parent in attracting and motivating these children to learn more. This RFIDbased application is beneficial to stimulate teaching and learning process for the children to recognize letters and spell words, thus making the teaching and learning process enjoyable. 

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