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Assistive Technology In the Classroom

Assistive Technology In the Classroom. Kathy Butler Valarie Alexander. Allowing Students to Access the Curriculum. What is Assistive Technology. Any item, piece of equipment or system that helps people bypass, work around or compensate for learning difficulties

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Assistive Technology In the Classroom

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  1. Assistive Technology In the Classroom Kathy Butler Valarie Alexander Allowing Students to Access the Curriculum

  2. What is Assistive Technology • Any item, piece of equipment or system that helps people bypass, work around or compensate for learning difficulties • The purpose of assistive technology is to work around specific deficits, rather than fixing them. • Assistive technology is not designed to improve particular skills or teach particular subjects. http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.urbanschools.org%2Fmod_3%2Fmod3_acad3_lecturette2.ppt&aq=f&oq=

  3. Why Do We Use AT? • School districts are required under law to provide appropriate AT to students with disabilities when it supports their acquisition of a free and appropriate public education (FAPE). • In order to support the inclusion and participation of students with disabilities in regular education classrooms, all IEP's developed for children identified as needing special education services, must indicate that AT has been considered to "to provide meaningful access to the general curriculum" (IDEA, 1997). • More specifically, IDEA indicates that AT devices and services must be made available to a child with a disability if required as a part of the child's- • Special education; • Related services; or • Supplementary aids and services. http://atto.buffalo.edu/registered/ATBasics/Foundation/intro/introATidea.php =

  4. What Does The Law Say? • AT must be provided by the school district at no cost to the family. • AT must be determined on a case-by-case basis; it is required if needed to ensure access to free and appropriate public education (FAPE). • If the IEP team determines that AT is needed for home use to ensure FAPE, it must be provided • The student's IEP must reflect the nature of the AT and amount of supportive AT services required. • A parent is accorded an extensive set of procedural safeguards, including the provision of AT to the child. http://www.cpt.fsu.edu/ese/in/acom/tech.html

  5. Examples of AT Devices • Low-Tech: low-cost, typically nonelectronic devices • adapted furniture, tools, or utensils • raised-line, colored, or grid paper • correction tape or pens • highlighter tape or pens • Velcro™ • manual communication boards • large print books • magnifiers • line guides • pencil grips • Mid-Tech: moderately priced, easy to operate electronic devices • tape or digital recorders • electronic dictionaries or organizers • audio books • special lighting or acoustical treatments • adapted keyboards • audible word scanning devices • High-Tech: fairly expensive devices that contain microcomputer components for storage and retrieval of information • talking calculators or word processors • word prediction, graphic organizer or flowchart software • scanners • reading pens

  6. Assistive Technology Enabling Dreams • http://www.edutopia.org/assistive-technology-enabling-dreams-video

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