[SENco-forum] Cream Paper

BUT better still is to ask each pupil which colour.

I echo this sentiment, and repeat it for when you are using the computer.
Just choosing blue background white text in Word will not suit every child:
nor in most cases will the colour which suits them on paper, since a screen
colour is received by transmitted light while text from paper by reflected
light, and the type and luminance of the screen can also have an effect.

In "Word" experiment with colours from the 'Format' > 'background' menu as
well as with font styles and point sizes, If you create this as a word
template so that the student can open their own 'paper' each time even
better.

And don't think that because the colour doesn't suit you it can't possibly
work with the student.    I diagnosed a child who chose point 16 Comic Sans
in a red text on a lilac background.  I could only see it with difficulty
but her crude reading speed and accuracy (non standardised) increased by
nearly 25%.

There is a free programme called Screen Tinter Lite from
http://www.thomson-software-solutions.com/html/downloads which will enable
you to experiment with even more subtle colour variations for background
and text but which also alters the text and background colour in every
windows command line.  A simple click on a button resets the screen to
black on white for other users.

As for colour paper - get a ream of mixed pastel shades and a ream of mixed
bright colours (Viking Direct used to do them) and try printing on them in
colours other than black.  I still have a few sheets of bright orange from
my first ream bought in 1989 despite that being the very first colour I
ever used for a child with scotopic sensitivity (all the other sheets are
long gone) because I've never again come across a child who needed that
colour.

>BUT better still is to ask each pupil which colour.
>paper suits him best, or whether he prefers to alter
>the background of the document they're typing or alter
>the font colour that they type, or the colour of the
>font that worksheets are printed out in, or the font
>soze or the spacing.

>Visual processing problems are as individual as APD.
>Each pupil needs individualised attention or they will
>not be able to read it. just like overlays, if used,
>need to be the pupil's individual choice.

Jeremy Beckett
SEN ICT Consultant Teacher
Inclusion Support Service
Nottinghamshire LA0115 963 4895

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