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Facts on AAC funding, programs and other resources. Contains an AAC Report Coach to guide writing AAC reports for funding. from Assistive Technology Law Center

A great resource for AAC funding

A list of articles and sites for funding of assistive technology compiled by Disability.gov

lots of good ideas for funding iOS devices

funding ideas for iPads

"This workshop will discuss the second and third year of utilizing iPads and iTouches district wide to support students eligible for special education.  Learn from our mistakes, our many, many mistakes!  Hear the details of how students have used the devices successfully in our new split model - both 1:1 with students receiving special education services and shared across the day during direct instruction with special educators.  Funding, logistics, and in-depth details will be covered.  Case studies will be used to outline the process and the academic successes of students.  iPad utilities and apps utilized will be demonstrated and student work will be shown.  Key successes will be highlighted, as will areas of the deployment needing improvement."

UDL Implementation: A Tale of Four Districts is the story of four school districts taking the journey into the Universal Design for Learning (UDL) implementation process. Baltimore County Public Schools in Maryland, Bartholomew Consolidated School Corporation in Indiana, Cecil County Public Schools in Maryland and Chelmsford Public Schools in Massachusetts participated in the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation funded project to explore and pilot processes and tools developed to support UDL Implementation within their own unique districts. The story is told primarily through the voices of the dedicated educator leaders from these districts and the UDL facilitators who supported them. During the one-year grant, the districts worked with CAST, Inc. to develop and implement an effective and sustainable district plan to support the integration of Universal Design for Learning.

"I explore the world using science. That's pretty much all there is to it. Watch 2 videos. If you learn something AWESOME, subscribe. The goal is simple. Instead of just setting money aside for my 3 kids' college fund, I spend it on making videos to educate the masses"

"Connecting assistive technology (AT) specialists to share and discuss implementation practices, new ideas, and funding issues."

Available for download, the booklet and DVD 'GETTING STARTED!!! Using Visual Systems to Promote Communication'. These resources were produced with funding received by School for Parents from the Non Government Centre Support for Non School Organisations of Western Australia. The booklet has been written for parents and discusses a range of visual systems they can use at home to develop their child's communication skills. Along with the booklet is a DVD which demonstrates the use of the visual systems discussed in the booklet. Although this resource is for parents it will also be useful for early childhood educators, child care staff, teachers, therapists etc.

"The National Center for Supported eText (NCSeT) at the University of Oregon is a federally funded research center investigating the impact of "supported electronic text" (or supported etext) on students' comprehension of content area material."

"What is the BC Universal Design for Learning Project? The BC UDL project is a Ministry of Education funded initiative to assist pilot school districts in implementing principles and building infrastructure for UDL. BC teachers often find it challenging to maintain high standards in education while addressing the increasingly diverse needs of learners. UDL combines some of the current best practices already used by BC educators including differentiated instruction, performance-based assessment and the use of educational technology in order to improve student learning."

Assistance Resource System (K-STARS) projects funded through a Title VI-B grant from the Kansas State Department of Education's Student Support Services. The mission of the KISN is to assist Kansas school districts in building their local capacity to serve students with neurologic disabilities within the framework of a multi-tiered system of support.

MathVIDS is an interactive website for teachers who are teaching mathematics to struggling learners made possible through funding by the Virginia Department of Education.

Booktrack represents a new chapter in the evolution of storytelling, and an industry "first" in publishing, by creating synchronized soundtracks for e-books that dramatically boost the reader's imagination and engagement. The company's proprietary technology combines music, sound effects and ambient sound, automatically paced to an individual's reading speed. Funded by investors including, Peter Thiel, co-founder and former CEO of PayPal, and member of Facebook's board of directors -- and in partnership with the largest publishing houses, best-selling authors, and award-winning composers and musicians -- Booktrack is already well on its way to creating a new genre of entertainment. Download Booktracks in the Apple App store for your iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch.

Bookshare™ is free for all U.S. students with qualifying disabilities. Student memberships are currently funded by an award from the U.S. Department of Education Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP).

"Technology Solutions for Developmental Math: An Overview of Current and Emerging Practices Technology can be used to expand and strengthen how developmental math is taught in community colleges, according to a 2009 report, Technology Solutions for Developmental Math: An Overview of Current and Emerging Practices. This report, funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, examines the challenges of increasing students' math skills in community colleges and shows how technology can help."

Our mission is to provide access to information on AT devices and services as well as other community resources for people with disabilities and the general public. This site was created by Georgia Tech's Center for Assistive Technology and Environmental Access (CATEA), with funding from the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research (NIDRR), and Rehabilitation Services Administration (RSA).

The Center on Technology and Disability (CTD) is funded by the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP). The Center is designed to increase the capacity of families and providers to advocate for, acquire, and implement effective assistive and instructional technology (AT/IT) practices, devices, and services. Research-based technologies, used appropriately, have great potential to help infants, toddlers, children, and youth with disabilities participate fully in daily routines; have increased access to the general educational curriculum; improve their functional outcomes and educational results; and meet college- and career-ready standards.

"The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) National Coverage Determination for Speech Generating Devices (IOM 100-2 §50.1), specifies that in order for a speech generating device (SGD) to be considered for reimbursement under the Durable Medical Equipment (DME) benefit, it must be a "dedicated" device. Dedicated device means that the SGD must be a device limited solely to the generation of speech, for use only by the individual who has a severe speech impairment. "