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Build math, reading and language skills confidence with visual tools designed for children, teens, and adults with learning differences, including the Autism Spectrum.

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Math Learning Tools

Build real-world math confidence through visual patterns, color-coded operations, and problem-solving strategies designed for multiple ages and skill levels. Great for students with Autism.

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Reading & Language Tools

Improve reading fluency, comprehension, and vocabulary with visual tools that support memory, sound recognition, and grammar structure — without overwhelming learners.

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WHAT MAKES OUR SPECIAL EDUCATION TOOLS UNIQUE?

Visual Academics is all about the presentation of academics.

Same basic academics, except we focus on “Literal Formats,
Visual Clarity, and Repetition.”

Visual Academics is a unique program formatted to visually decode basic math and reading/language skills, into simplistic and literal formats. It accommodates students with learning differences, including the Autism Spectrum and 1st thru 2nd grade students as well.

Visual intelligence is just another pathway to interpret and comprehend information. It is not any type of new academics. Visual Academics’ focus is the visual presentation of information and basic academics. Clarity, simplicity and spacing are very important.

Everything in Visual Academics lays flat. Nothing is double-sided. Proper spacing is utilized. Visual Academics is literal. It uses color-coding and patterns for comprehension and retention of information. It enables repetitive practice.

The best work space for students is a separated desk/table and chair, with a solid color work surface that is clutter-free.

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MATH TEACHING OBJECTIVES 

  • The Absolute Value of Zero thru Ten (main focus)
  • Addition, Subtraction (main focus)
  • Multiplication, Division, Rounding Numbers (secondary focus)
  • Understanding words and prefixes used in Math language. i.e., bi=2   tri=3   pair=2   noon=12   7 days in a week   dozen=12   decade=10 years
  • Following directions and multitasking within math operations
  • Visual Academics, visually demonstrates, the numbers 0-1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10 and how these numbers are used within mathematics repeatedly in various forms, to create math patterns. It can also help with problem-solving skills for math.

VISUAL ACADEMICS MATH COLOR CODE

ADDITION  SUBTRACTION   MULTIPLICATION  DIVISION

Visual Academics does not number its Math problems. 

  • This eliminates the illusion of the number blending in with, the actual Math problem.

Math Workbooks and Worksheets include the answers. 

  • This enables repetitive practice and retention of information. 
  • The Quiz Sheets will test the student’s math comprehension.

 

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LANGUAGE SKILLS AND READING COMPREHENSION

  • Master consonants and Blended Letters sounds
  • Understand the correlation of the ih ah eh oo uh sounds in the English language
  • Master Rhyming words skills to expand vocabulary
  • Comprehension of Who, What, Where, When, Why, Which
  • Increase Reading Comprehension skills
  • Introduce nouns, verbs, adjectives, pronouns, prefixes, suffixes, compound words, synonyms, antonyms>
  • 50 States and State Capitals in the United States


Visual Academics does not number its questions on Reading Quiz Sheets because the students have a very good visual memory. They can easily remember the question number and the answer associated with it. Without numbers, they will focus on the words.

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About Visual Academics

It Started With My Own Son

I am a Visual Artist and an Academic Format Specialist. I am also the creator of Visual Academics. My catalyst was my son Robert, who is on the Autism Spectrum. He was faltering with the traditional format of academics in school, which often requires analytical processing of information.

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Visual Academics REVIEWS

What Others Are Saying About Our Special Education Tools

"The Visual Academics program is a helpful educational resource for students with Autism and other related disabilities, to get them into movement and thought patterns, that support the learning of academics. When started early with students, teachers can later introduce reasoning and more sophisticated teaching methods and techniques to further assist students to evolve and grow."
Patrick Schwarz, Ph.D.Associate Professor National Louis University – Dept. of Special Education
"My daughter started using Visual Academics’ Math Workbooks several years ago. She has learned most of her addition and subtraction. The color coding really helps her remember information. I highly recommend Visual Academics."
Theresa
"My son’s speech therapist introduced me to Visual Academics. He was struggling to pronounce words. Using the Rhyme series helped him to recognize word patterns. Now my son’s favorite activity is riding in the car reading signs he sees. Thankfully my son’s therapist introduced us to this incredible program."
Paula
"People kept saying my son was uneducable. I am so glad we learned about Visual Academics. My son proved them all wrong. Visual Academics has provided my son with math and reading programs that address his learning needs. I really like the color coding and simplicity!"
Mark G.
"I had the privilege of having Janel as my daughter’s private tutor. Dee is an adult on the Autism spectrum. She basically had no academic skills before starting Visual Academics with Janel. Dee loves doing Math and quickly learned how to read because Janel taught her how to decode words using literal phonetics. Thanks, Janel, for believing in Dee."
Ms. Terri
"My daughter was in 2nd grade when she started using Visual Academics math products. She quickly caught on because of the color coding. The math workbooks allow her to practice her skills over and over. Although my daughter has a learning disability, this math program allows her to comprehend math in a way I never thought possible."
Carolyn
"We were introduced to Visual Academics when Ms. Janel was developing the program. Our son who is on the Autism spectrum was just 12 years old then. His math and reading comprehension skills excelled using Visual Academics. Although he is grown man now, he still likes to practice his math skills. Visual Academics is a great program."
Brenda and Walter P.
"Bright futures in sight for those with Autism. There are those mothers who, according to legend, lifted cars off their kids to save them from fiery deaths. Then there’s Naperville resident Janel Williams. Janel lifts the weight of a world that doesn’t work for Robert. She has given Robert a shot at a life few experts believed was possible. She did so by creating a curriculum she now calls Visual Academics."
Tim WaldorfNaper Sun
"Thank you so much for presenting Visual Academics for Autism and other learning differences during the Innovation Throwdown Session at Content in Context. Your presentation was truly powerful demonstrating your immense passion and dedication to help students with learning differences. We wish you continued success in all your endeavors, as you continue your great work helping students with learning differences."
C. GaynorAssociation of Educational Publishers

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