To help with reading skills, 2. To help them keep up in the general curriculum. If looking for comprehension reinforcement, there is the Start to Finish series by Don Johnston and Reading Comprehension Series by Optimum Resources. If the student is a fast typist, however, he may become frustrated. If he has word retrieval problems it could be very helpful, however.
Writer is word prediction software that is used with a word processor.
You might try to search the Internet for software review sites. There are several pieces of software that can help with LD and ESL issues. Speaking software with pictures is very powerful for students who need to put words to pictures. Writer and PixWriter are two good pieces of software. One of the hottest programs out is Inspiration, a visual mapping program.