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Andrea MacMurray

Education Week: Assistive-Tech Connections - 0 views

  • facilitate better communication between parents and teachers of children with autism and provide more affordable, higher-quality education to those students.
  • Autism, a developmental disorder that can impair communication and social-interaction skills
  • struggles in school both academically and socially, forcing schools to find better ways to help them cope.
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  • The idea is that if you can show progress to the parents, and they can see how the child is doing, it creates a more effective communication system and reduces anxiety
  • reduces the amount of time special education teachers have to spend on paperwork,
  • provides a database of resources, lessons, and intervention strategies for teachers of students with autism. “We wanted to use the technology to help the teachers,” says Kevin Custer, the chief
  • “Computers and video games are not going to teach a kid with autism how to interact socially.”
  • “Children with autism like to look at videos and TVs over and over again,” she says, which can be an effective way of conveying information, but, she says, “my fear always with technology is that by the very nature of autism, [the students] find it easier to interact with inanimate things rather than with people.”
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    This article focuses on children with autism. Children with autism typically have communication and social needs. Technology can assist in the communication needs but the author warns against using technology to teach social skills. This is due to the fact that a computer is not a real person. To teach social skills children need to be interacting with other people. It is all about creating a balance. This reitterates the fact that no child autism or not is the same. Not one thing is going to work for all. Through having this resource and using co-workers, parents, etc... as resources we can better meet the needs of all students. Not one particular learning experience will meet the needs of all students. We as teachers need to vary the methods we use to teach depending on our individual students.
Steve Bigaj

http://www.nhcouncilonasd.org/NH_ASD_Needs_Assessment_Report_2014.pdf - 0 views

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    NH Statewide Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) Needs Assessment 2014
Alyson Lear

Transition Resources for Students with Specific Disabilities - 2 views

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    This website resource provides transition resources for parents, teachers and professionals. Throughout the website, there are headings for specific disabilities such as ADHD, autism and visual impairment. Each of these disabilities is provided with a brief summary and link which discusses success stories, suggestions and tips about transitions with those particular disabilities. The website is broken down into grade level options which make the search more specific. At the top of the page, there are headings related to worksheets, videos and colleges. This website will be useful to any student at any age that is transitioning either into a higher grade or new school. It will be important for parents of children who are going through the transition process to check out this website and read about what parents can do to help. I would highly recommend this to families who I speak to about this process.
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    Nice article. It provides many resources that would be helpful to families that are involved in the transition process.
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    I like how this article discusses success stories instead of negative views. The suggestions and tips for each disability is helpful to. What i really like is how it is broken up into grade levels so that it is easy to find what you need.
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    This is a great article, full of many resources, and is very easy to follow. I liked how for the student section it broke it down and from why students should be involved their IEP meetings and transition services, to providing students with resources to see about what to do after high school. Very user friendly and I would direct my students to this site.
Steve Bigaj

Navigating College - 0 views

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    "The Autistic Self Advocacy Network (ASAN) has published,"Navigating College: A Handbook on Self Advocacy,"a guide for autistic students written by autistic adults, and also launched the companion Website, www.navigatingcollege.org. The handbook provides first-person insights from current and past college students on the autism spectrum on various aspects of the higher education experience including disclosure, classroom accommodations, dorm life and sexuality."
Steve Bigaj

New EBP Report 2014 |Evidence Based Practicies Autism - 0 views

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    "Evidence-based intervention practices (EBPs) for children with ASD are the basis on which effective programs are built. In 2010, the NPDC conducted a review of the literature (from 1997-2007) and identified 24 EBPs. The center has just completed an expanded and updated review, which yielded a total of 27 practices. The report of the 2014 review is now available in PDF format from the link above."
Steve Bigaj

How to use Accessibility for iPhone and iPad: The ultimate guide | iMore - 0 views

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    "Accessibility - also referred to as inclusivity - is all about making the iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad work for as wide a range of people as possible. That can include the very young, the very old, people brand new to computers and mobile devices, and also people with disabilities and special needs. With iOS, Apple has added features to specifically help those with visual impairments, including blindness, color blindness, and low vision, with auditory impairments including deafness in one or both ears, physical or motor skill impairments, including limited coordination or range of motion, and learning challenges, including autism and dyslexia. It also includes general features, like Siri and FaceTime which can provide significant value for the blind or the deaf. Many of these features can be found in Settings, all of them can be found on the iPhone and iPad."
anonymous

Life beyond the Classroom: Transition Strategies for Young People with Disabilities, Fo... - 1 views

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    This article , or really is a book, is great for getting the most up-to-date, comprehensive information on facilitating transitions for young people with mild, moderate, or severe disabilities. The book includes cutting-edge research, new statistics and legislation, and timely new chapters on: inclusion in schools and in the community; postsecondary education; autism spectrum disorders; high-stakes testing and accountability; assistive technology; customized employment; Social Security benefits and work; incentives; and self-determination. It is broken down into the following sections to make it easy to find what you need his book contains the following sections: (1) Transition Planning; (2) Facilitating and Supporting Transition; (3) Work and Life in the Community; and (4) Designing and Implementing Individualized Transition Plans. It is really a one stop shop for transition strategies. I find this book to be a great resource for any professional working with transition aged students. It has all the basics and more. I would invest in this book if working with transition ages students because it would be a great reference to have. I personally like having my text books as a back up in case I do forget something or need to use them.
Andrea MacMurray

Assistive Technology - The Autism Society of Greater Cleveland - 1 views

  • nonverbal child speaks with the help of an electronic communication aid
  • learning disabilities masters math facts using a computer game.
  • vision problems can benefit from an inexpensive device that enlarges printed words on the computer screen.
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  • speech synthesizers that can be used with computers to convert typewritten words or text into an electronic voice.
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    This article desribes then and now. It explains how many different disability challenges can be reduced by AT. This a great article for parents or beginning educators who do not know where to begin with AT. It provides some great simple information and where to go next for more detailed information. I plan to use this article myself for basic knowledge and would recomend it to parents when they are seeking ways to help their child.
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