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Mark Wells ED 505 Assistive Technology Assignment

ED 505 Assistive Technology Assignment. Timothy Mark Wells.

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Mark Wells ED 505 Assistive Technology Assignment

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  1. ED 505 Assistive Technology assignment

  2. Assistive Technology Presentation • Explanation of assistive technology • Information on the laws regarding assistive technology • Images and descriptions of examples of assistive technology • References

  3. Explanation of Assistive Technology • Assistive technology is any device or service that helps a student with a disability to meet his/her IEP goals and to participate in the general education setting to the greatest possible extent. • AT improves the functional performance of an individual with a disability. • When AT is appropriately integrated into the general classroom, students are equipped with multiple means to complete their work and meet their educational goals. • Students can utilize assistive technologies to:

  4. Explanation of AT continued… • Communicate • Perform academic tasks • Participate in social and extracurricular activities • Move or travel around the school • Use proper seating • Access Materials

  5. Information on laws regarding assistive technology • Federal law requires that assistive technology be considered when developing an IEP for every student with a disability. • School districts are required under law to provide AT to students with disabilities when it supports their acquisition of a free and appropriate public education (FAPE). • IDEA indicates that AT devices and services must be made available to a child with a disability if required as part of a child’s special education, related services, or supplementary aids and services.

  6. Information on laws continued… Clarifications from the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (OSERS) on the use of AT by students with disabilities: AT must be provided by the school district at no cost to the family. AT must be determined on a case by case basis. If the IEP team determines AT is needed for home use to ensure FAPE, it must be provided. The IEP must reflect the nature of the AT. A parent is accorded an extensive set of procedural safeguards.

  7. Examples of Assistive Technology TTY(teletypewriter) Wynn literacy software

  8. Examples of Assistive Technology continued… • TTY(teletypewriter) – this device provides a way for persons with deafness to communicate with the phone. The individual types to send a message and then reads the responses in order to engage in a conversation. • WYNN literacy software – is the innovative literacy software tool designed to enhance success for individual’s with reading and writing disabilities.

  9. Examples of Assistive Technology continued… Oversized Trackball Mouse Audio Graphing calculator Mouth Stick

  10. Audio Graphing Calculator – is an audible graphing calculator program designed for use by individuals who are blind or have low vision. The onscreen calculator is capable of displaying graphs audibly as a tone graph. • Mouth Stick – a device that enables users to control input through a stick that they manipulate with their mouth. • Oversized Trackball Mouse – a trackball mouse has the rollerball on top rather than underneath the mouse. Instead of moving the mouse, you move the rollerball. Physically disabled students usually find it easier to control.

  11. Reference Page The IRIS Center for Training Enhancements. (2010). Assistive Technology: An Overview. Retrieved on January 21, 2015 from http://iris.peabody.vanderbilt.edu/module/at/ Assistive Technology Training Online, Buffalo. (2000). Introduction to AT: Basic Technologies. Retrieved on January 21, 2015 from http://atto.buffalo.edu/registered/ATBasics/Foundation/intro/introbasic.php Bausch, M. E. (April 14, 2008). The assistive technology planner: A guide for implementing AT. PowerPoint presentation. Retrieved on January 21, 2015 from http://www.cited.org/library/site/CITED_Assistive%20Tech%20Webinar%20Apr08.pdf General Medical Council. (2015). Assistive Technologies. Retrieved on January 21, 2015 from http://www.guc-uk.org/accessibility/assistive_technologies/physical_impairments.asp.

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