Marketplace Features Products for Special Needs Students

Riverdeep Interactive Learning has announced the launch of learningneeds.com, an online marketplace of educational products and services for children with special needs. The centerpiece of learningneeds.com is its search engine, which pinpoints an individual's needs and identifies the most appropriate products. This search engine allows users to search by up to six criteria. With learningneeds.com, schools can save time and money while increasing accountability. By assessing students' needs, researching effective products, processing purchasing requests and ordering the merchandise in one step, the site enables students to receive the tools they need to learn at a significantly faster rate.

Learningneeds.com is being sponsored by Microsoft and IBM with featured products from companies, including AbleNet, Apple, Crick Software, Edmark, Freedom Scientific, Inspiration and Laureate Learning Systems. Riverdeep Interactive Learning, Cam-bridge, MA, (617) 491-4440, www.learningneeds.com.

Riverdeep Interactive Learning has announced the launch of learningneeds.com, an online marketplace of educational products and services for children with special needs. The centerpiece of learningneeds.com is its search engine, which pinpoints an individual's needs and identifies the most appropriate products. This search engine allows users to search by up to six criteria. With learningneeds.com, schools can save time and money while increasing accountability. By assessing students' needs, researching effective products, processing purchasing requests and ordering the merchandise in one step, the site enables students to receive the tools they need to learn at a significantly faster rate.

Learningneeds.com is being sponsored by Microsoft and IBM with featured products from companies, including AbleNet, Apple, Crick Software, Edmark, Freedom Scientific, Inspiration and Laureate Learning Systems. Riverdeep Interactive Learning, Cam-bridge, MA, (617) 491-4440, www.learningneeds.com.

This article originally appeared in the 09/01/2001 issue of THE Journal.

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