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Kory Jauch

Assistive Technology for Children with Autism - 0 views

  • To teach a child, who is using photographs or objects as his visual representation system, to understand black/white line drawings, place a small black/white picture communication symbol in the corner of the various objects/photographs currently used by the child. Gradually increase the size of the picture communication symbol until it eventually covers up the entire photograph/object.
  • When any visual representation system is used, it is important to combine it with a written word, as many children with autism exhibit a high interest in letters and words, and some even become early readers. Therefore we should continually enhance the child's literacy skills by also providing the written word with any type of visual representation system.
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    This webpage provides a list of technologies that are helpful in helping an autistic child to learn.
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    Technology used to help students with autism.
Kyle Dalberg

On Special Education - Education Week - 0 views

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    Provides information on technology in the classroom for students with special needs and how to adapt classroom technology for students with special needs.
Brodi Kozak

Assistive Technology in Your Elementary Classroom - Yahoo! Voices - voices.yahoo.com - 0 views

  • When students with disabilities are members of your classroom, incorporating computer technology and interactive learning devices into your all students' learning will help facilitate an equal learning environment. You can do this by adding assistive software to computers already equipped with learning materials. Also, track balls, larger keyboards, and magnified or touch screens can be added to a computer to ensure all students have access to the general curriculum.
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    This article talks about technology in the elementary classroom and in a special education classroom, and how technology can help various types of students. 
Olyvia Adams

Special Education Technology - 0 views

  • Communication Books:Used by children with autism or those who struggle with verbal language, these books encourage a child to choose a small picture card. The card allows the child to ask for something or to answer a question. Called the Picture Exchange Communication System, PECS, it was created by Andrew Bondy, Ph.D. and Lori Frost, M.S.
  • Highlighter Tape:Many children with autism possess strengths in decoding skills but difficulties with comprehension. Highlighter tape is an economical way to highlight text without it being permanent.
  • FM Auditory Trainers:Children who are deaf or have significant hearing loss may use an FM auditory trainer in school. A microphone is worn by the teacher, and a receiver is worn by the student. An FM trainer has several settings.
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  • The Tap It (Touch Accessible Platform Interactive Technology):ADA compliant learning station designed to recognize a finger intentionally tapping an image. Provides full access to the screen for students using wheel chairs or other mobility devices.
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    description of different assistive technology for those in speced
Olyvia Adams

http://www.specialedtechcenter.org/setc/focus/SETC_Focus0612.pdf - 0 views

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    talks about effective use of Apps for teaching speced
Jenny Pflieger

Six great special-education resources for parents and teachers - 0 views

  • 1. AbilityHub Assistive Technology Solutions
  • 2. Apps for Children with Special Needs
  • 3. CAST (Center for Applied Special Technology) Learning Tools
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    Apps for Children with Special Needs
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    This website is useful for Special Education teachers because it provides different technology resources that are effective.   For example, it provides information on apps and assistive technology programs that can be used.
Tiffany Hill

Examples of Assistive Technology | Assistive Technology For Education, LLC - 0 views

  • Assistive Technology can be anything home-made, purchased off the shelf, modified or commercially available which is used to help an individual perform some task of daily living.
  • “low-tech”
  • “high tech”
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    a nice compiled list of different assistive technology options, especially if working in a special education classroom
Alli Grover

Glenda's Assistive Technology Information and more...: iDevices in the Special Educatio... - 0 views

  • Assistive technology is any kind of technology and/or tool that can be used to enhance the functional independence of a person with a disability.
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  • iDevices in the Special Education Classroom
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  • Students learn in different ways
  • The iPad can provide visual, audio and tactile learning; reaching many students’ learning styles.
  • The iPad is often used as an individual tool in isolation
  • But please, don't put the child in a quiet place and just hand them an iPad without a true purpose. Let's get creative with its use. How to use an iPad in the classroom with a group? A couple of thoughts - Teacher directs, students watch.  Teacher directs, with iPad in the middle of the group and students touch with instruction.   Teacher instructs and iPad is passed between students. Use as part of your lesson, part of your center activity.   Teacher instructs and the students use, independently or in a team situation.    Team learning situations. Hand a group of students an iPad with a purpose. 
  • Most of us will not have enough for all our students for a while.
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  • be careful to not have the iPad become what we have seen so many computers become in education: a glorified toy.
  • What are some of the benefits we are seeing? We are seeing that the iPad often encourages interactivity. Students will share a lot of what they're doing, ask each other "How did you do that?" or, "Oh, look what I did!"  They want to problem solve together. It encourages group discussions between the students. They tend to help each other a lot more.  It is affordable, comparatively speaking (see below.)  
  • For special education students, some are saying it is the best tool that has ever been designed. Here are a few reasons why we might prefer an iPad over a desktop computer: Ease of access – no need to be able to operate a mouse, a switch or to need to sit a certain way. The iPad can easily come to the student, be placed where they need it and the touch required is extremely friendly. (Not for all!! Remember, this is very individual.) Simplicity of programs – from very basic to more complex, many apps are design to be user friendly. For the moderate to severe population of students the amount of simple apps is huge, plus they are extremely inexpensive and visually draw students in. Simplicity of use - many who cannot understand how to operate a computer, can understand how to operate an iPad. (Even your grandmother!) Low cost of programs – compared to the cost of software programs for a computer, there really is no comparison (unless you consider the abundant amount of free programs available on the Internet. And yes, please continue using those!). There are apps designed specifically for our population (see other postings to right). Designing apps for education has become quite the market. The amount of apps designed specifically for special education has grown so much that there is now a category for it that stands alone in the iTunes Store. Assistive Technology and Communication Apps are available that help to make this a tool for access support, not just a tool for learning (i.e. audio books, word prediction, visual prompts, etc.) It can be loaded with many adaptive technology gadgets and programs, thereby reducing the need for multiple devices. Talk about UDL (Universal Design for Learning)! This is a tool that can level the playing field for many. There are apps that are inexpensive and exciting to increase vocabulary, sight words, math facts, reading comprehension, organizational skills, and drawing skills, just to name a few.It can be very educational and in the classroom, this is what we want: exciting, fresh, innovative teaching tools. Built-in accessibility tools such as zoom and high contrast display make this a tool to support visually impaired. The built-in VoiceOver screen reader works as well on the iPad as on the iPhone. For our VI population, the options are growing and growing. (However, it may be the iPhone that is the best solution for those with significant vision impairments.) Programs such as Dragon Dictation is free, no paper and pencil needed if one can speak clearly, for writing text messages, e-mail, maybe documents. (Must have Internet/WiFi connection for this to work however and it is not the best option for longer texts.) The brilliant screen of the iPad which creates and supports visual interest - with the ever improving HD colors which are bright and the HD video and/or camera- tools at our fingertips that can be pulled into our educational artillery in so many new and innovative ways.  The right case can make it much less indestructible. More and more tools are being developed to help with access. (Mounts, switch access, adaptive styluses, etc.) Light weight (iPad = 1.5 lbs.) Instant Response/Instant On/Fast Processor. Consider this: Combine the touch screen, ease of use, and cool factor of the iPad and you have a pretty interesting format for communication device
  • AT is intended to enhance performance of an individual with a disability.  It is why we have to carefully match what we recommend to the user's strengths and needs.  The iPad cannot do that on its own, it is the recommendation of the appropriate Apps that ultimately improve the performance of a student.  Thus, the iPad itself is not the Assistive Technology it is the Settings and the Apps, the case, the special stylus, that offer enhanced performance. Improving performance of a student with a disability through AT (Apps or otherwise) means looking at the student, identifying the task that needs to be performed and identifying where the student will use the AT - i.e. the environment, effects of time etc
  • This is a list of iPad pros, from a student’s point of view (wish I knew the student’s name so I could reference her. My apologies!):
  • iPads with Moderate to Severe Students:
  • Videos worth watching:
  • Articles worth reviewing:
  • Now go out and make this tool a wonderful addition to our educational world!
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    This website is a great if you are looking for some fresh tips on how to use the latest iPad tools for students in a Special Education classroom. On this site lists benefits of iPad and has real life SpecEd students' opinions, also this page lists videos and articles for extra guidance and opinion on iPad.
Jordan Ott

Special educational needs and kindergarten provision lacking in Dubai schools | GulfNew... - 0 views

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    Useful to teachers so they understand the importance of special education needs.
Jenny Pflieger

Special Education / Assistive Technology Resources - 0 views

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    Additional site that provides information on assistive technology resources for Special Education students in the field of writing, technology, reading, and communication.
timgrams

An Introduction to Classroom Management in Special Education - 0 views

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    Since I am a Special Education major, this website will be beneficial for me to bookmark. It is all about teaching in the classroom.
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