INTELLITOOLS' CAROLINE VAN HOWE NAMED
PRESIDENT OF ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY INDUSTRY ASSN.

For Immediate Release
Petaluma, California, January 21, 2005 - IntelliTools®, Inc. (www.intellitools.com) for 25 years a pioneer in learning solutions for preK-8 classrooms, is pleased to announce that Caroline Van Howe, Director of Strategic Marketing Operations at IntelliTools, was today named President of the Assistive Technology Industry Assn., effective January 21, 2005. Caroline will serve a two-year term, succeeding Sharon Spencer, Vice President of U.S. Sales & Marketing for Freedom Scientific Blind/Low Vision Group, who will remain on the ATIA Board as Past President ex officio.

“I am honored and proud to serve the ATIA in this capacity, and will be focusing on the needs of the association’s rapidly growing membership of assistive technology manufacturers and suppliers, as well as the practitioners and parents the vendors serve,” Caroline said on accepting the position. A member of the board for the past two years, Caroline most recently served as the conference chair for ATIA’s 2005 conference, and earlier as co-chair.

Explaining that she works in close partnership with ATIA’s Executive Director, David Dikter, Caroline shared that her immediate attention will be on the association’s annual member survey, to take place in February, which will drive its March strategic planning meeting and lay the groundwork for ATIA’s strategic vision for the next two years.

Caroline, who joined IntelliTools in January 2000, is responsible for strategic marketing operations at the company: product management, marketing programs logistics for professional development and customer conferences, international sales, and third party marketing relationships. She is a volunteer Executive Board Member the Center for Accessible Technology, a member of the Alliance for Technology Access. Caroline originally trained as a teacher in the U.K. and has a secondary school level Post Graduate Certificate in Education (P.G.C.E.) in English and Educational Drama, and an M.A. in Educational Studies from the University of Michigan.

About the Assistive Technology Industry Assn.
The Assistive Technology Industry Assn. is a not-for-profit membership organization of manufacturers, sellers, or providers of technology-based assistive devices and/or services. ATIA's annual conference provides a forum for education and communication to professional practitioners serving those with disabilities (teachers, occupational therapists, rehabilitation counselors, physicians, psychologists, etc.), with the overarching goal of providing enhanced benefits and opportunities to people with disabilities. ATIA also "speaks with a common voice" for the AT industry, and works with Electronics & Information Technology (EIT) companies and government, on matters of common interest such as Section 508 of the Rehablitation Act, Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), and comparable continuing issues.

About IntelliTools Inc.
IntelliTools®, Inc., a pioneer in learning solutions for preK-8 classrooms, has been producing software and adaptive hardware products for 25 years, earning 14 Technology & Learning Awards of Excellence, the EdNet Hero Award, and numerous other awards along the way. Its IntelliTools® Classroom Suite is a network-based software toolset for K-8 curriculum support, designed to help struggling students, reluctant writers, English language learners, and students with special needs perform to standards. IntelliTools® Reading: Balanced Literacy is a nine-unit supplementary program providing a full year of literacy instruction at a first-grade skill level. IntelliTools also produces additional activities-based reading, writing, and math programs. All IntelliTools software products are fully accessible for standard keyboard and mouse users as well as its IntelliKeys® programmable alternative keyboard, the company’s flagship product, and switch users.

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For more information contact:
Paula Irons, Director, Marketing
IntelliTools, Inc.
1720 Corporate Circle, Petaluma, CA 94954
(800) 899-6687; pirons@intellitools.com