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Enhancing Learning for Students with Special Needs through IEPs and Assistive Technology

This WebQuest activity, designed by Mary Smith, delves into the importance of Individualized Education Plans (IEPs) and assistive technology (AT) in supporting students with special needs. It highlights the process of creating tailored learning environments for those with various disabilities, including communication challenges, hearing impairments, and ADHD. The paper emphasizes inclusion and the least restrictive environment, showcasing how AT can empower students by enhancing their independence and participation in classroom activities. A range of AT tools and strategies for different disabilities are discussed.

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Enhancing Learning for Students with Special Needs through IEPs and Assistive Technology

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  1. IEP’s And Assistive Technology:Making the Difference Mary Smith June 13, 2010 ITEC 7530 Module 6: WebQuest Activity

  2. Teaching Students with Special Needs • The process of teaching students with special needs usually includes an individually planned and monitored arrangement with equipment and materials that help learners with disabilities to achieve a higher level of learning and success in the classroom • Common disabilities include: • Learning and communication challenges • Hearing impairments • Traumatic brain injury • Physical disabilities • Emotional and behavioral disorders, such as ADHD • Developmental disorders From: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special_education

  3. Inclusion and Least Restrictive Environment • Inclusion is defined as having students with special educational needs spend the majority of their time in school with non-disabled students • From: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inclusion_(education) • “Least restrictive environment“ is defined as providing students with a disabilities the opportunity to be educated with non-disabled students as much as possible based on the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act • From: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Least_Restrictive_Environment

  4. What is an IEP? • An IEP is an Individualized Education Plan to help students with mild learning disabilities succeed in the classroom • This programs sets up goals for the child to achieve throughout the year, between the teacher, student, and parents • From: http://kidshealth.org/parent/positive/learning/iep.html#

  5. Assistive Technology • Assistive technology (AT) is the term that defines assistive, adaptive, or rehabilitative devices for people who have disabilities and also involves the process in selecting, locating, and using these devices • AT’s provide people with more independence by allowing them to perform tasks that they may not have ordinarily been able to do • this can provide a least restrictive environment in the classroom for students who have disabilities, allowing them to be included in every day activities From: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assistive_technology

  6. Types of Assistive Technologies • AT’s for Students with Hearing Disabilities • Hearing aids • Pictures, photographs, objects • Communication boards • Closed-captioning television • CD-based (text)books, electronic books • Phonic ear • AT’s for Students with Learning or Studying Problems • Post-It notes • Picture schedule • Social stories • Portable word processors • Hand held computers • Graphic organizer software • Text-reading software From: http://www.ncrel.org/sdrs/areas/issues/methods/technlgy/te7assist.htm

  7. Assistive Technologies for Students with ADHD • Graphic organizers are a great tool to keep students with ADHD focused and on topic in the classroom • Having printed lesson plans can also help the students to know from the start what is expected of them • These tools can also be used with all of the students in the classroom, which provides a feeling of inclusion for those students with disabilities, as they are not being singled out • From: http://www.teachervision.fen.com/add-and-adhd/resource/5348.html?detoured=1

  8. Resources • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special_education • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inclusion_(education) • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Least_Restrictive_Environment • http://kidshealth.org/parent/positive/learning/iep.html# • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assistive_technology • http://www.ncrel.org/sdrs/areas/issues/methods/technlgy/te7assist.htm • http://www.teachervision.fen.com/add-and-adhd/resource/5348.html?detoured=1

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