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This project has been produced by the Consortium for Children and Youth with Disabilities and Special Health Care Needs and an interdisciplinary team of AT and Telehealth experts across the country. The interdisciplinary team designing this AT curriculum is comprised of experts in the fields of informational technology, assistive technology, telehealth, rehabilitation engineering, and service provision. The team consists of includes Rachel Brady, Toby Long, Jean Minkle, Penny Reed, John Richards, Mike Rosen, Steve Sulzbacher, and Joy Zabala.

"Macomb County's E3T Universal Design for Learning professional development team is dedicated to providing teachers with the tools and strategies they need to remove curriculum barriers and increase learning opportunities for EVERY learner.  E3T teams learn to create flexible curriculum that meets the needs of a wide range of students including gifted students, struggling students, students for whom English is a second language, disadvantaged students, disengaged students, in short, all of the students who comprise today's classrooms. E3T is based upon an instructional framework called Universal Design for Learning or UDL. UDL is a research-based approach to teaching, learning and assessment that draws on brain research and new media technologies to respond to individual learner differences and interests.   E3T teams efficiently and "

"The use of Participatory Action Research (PAR) during the project ensures that TATE SIP is informed by stakeholder input throughout the development and evaluation phases. Outcome measures will include evaluation of device use (device skill acquisition), device usability (skills used in targeted environments), functional performance (activities of daily living affected by device use), quality of life (subjective well-being) and social participation (community integration). To ensure the TATE SIP reaches its intended audiences-survivors of TBI and the individuals who will train them to use ATC-we are working with a national group of researchers, practitioners, consumers, and advocacy organizations to support recruitment and dissemination activities. Presentation Training Assistive Technology Post-ABI Project Updates Training Assistive Technology in the Environment (TATE) Project Update 02/28/2012 Project Update 04/11/2011 Project Update 07/09/2012 Project Update 08/26/2011 Project Update 10/24/2012 Project Update 11/05/2012 Projects Access to Services Transition Web Problem Solving Strategies Oregon Traumatic Brain Injury Educational Consulting Team Building Capacity STEP TBI Web-Based Family Support Training Assistive Technology in the Environment (TATE) News & Events Cory's Corner: A Personal Perspective The seventh issue of Cory's Corner explores the dynamics of ... May 2013 TBI Team Training Effective Tools and Strategies for Behavior Management when a Student ... "

Brief interview with successful co-teachers.

"AAC/SGD Evaluation Step 1-2: Client Information Form - to be completed by the patient's team prior to the AAC/SGD evaluation. AAC/SGD Evaluation Step 3-4: Hands-On AAC/SGD Evaluation Protocol - to be completed during the course of the AAC evaluation with the patient and patient's family/team."

"The Technology & Learning Connections (TLC) Team is a part of Florida's Multi-Tiered System of Supports (MTSS) through the Problem Solving/Response to Intervention Project at the University of South Florida. Our services support the local development of highly effective classrooms for all students based on the Florida Standards in a multi-tiered system of supports.   The TLC Team provides guidelines and resources to support the implementation of:   The Florida Standards Assistive & Instructional Technology Accessible Instructional Materials Universal Design for Learning"

AT Trainer's Handbook AT Teams: Many Ways to Do It Well

"Physical Access Technologies - A Guide for School-Based Teams (2009) This collection of webcasts, demonstrations and related materials presents an overview of physical access technology options for students with disabilities."

"Welcome!!! MrMatt.Org is a free website designed to help educators with assistive and educational technology services. The site contains the opinions of Matt Connell, Educator and Assistive Technology Specialist, and has no connection with any specific developer or service. Matt Connell is an Early Childhood and Special Education teacher in Western Kansas. In addition to teaching three- and four-year-olds with special needs, Matt is also the co-chair of his district's Assistive Technology team."

"It's a features chart that could be used when a family or an IEP team is considering Mobile technology of any kind.   The idea is to start with the tasks that the student needs to do and then discuss what features a tool would have if it was used to support student achievement for those tasks. So-tasks across the top and features for those tasks down the left side.  And hopefully, for this part, we would not really talk about specific tools."

"Our app features 25 graphic organizers for students to use to organize their thinking while reading or preparing to write. Covers all common comprehension skills: cause /effect, main idea/detail, sequence events, pro/con, story elements, characterization, word meaning, plot, KWL and much more. Save to your device and/or email. Use again and again. Project on board and collaborate with team members. Use to organize notes while reading or use them as a prewrite to school papers. Great tool for instructors as well."

"The human voice appears to trigger pleasure circuits in the brains of typical kids, but not children with autism, a Stanford University team reports. The finding could explain why many children with autism seem indifferent to spoken words."

"Saltillo has teamed up with News-2-You to bring weekly pages for ChatPC and ALT-Chat devices.  The weekly newspapers from News-2-You improve communication through fun and educational activities for individuals of all ages and abilities.  Subscribers of News-2-You will find that the individual can participate in all of these activities using these pre-made pages on a Saltillo communication device, as well as participate in conversations with peers and family on the latest topics."

Supplementary Aids and Services (SaS) create a system of support that enables many students with disabilities to learn and participate alongside typical peers, regardless of their unique instructional needs and differences. Consistent with the least restrictive environment (LRE) principle of IDEA, IEP teams must thoughtfully consider a full array of Supplementary Aids and Services that make it possible for students with disabilities to be included in general education classrooms, non-academic, and extracurricular activities. The SaS Consideration Toolkit, developed for use within schools

Guidelines and Best Practices for Trenton Child Study Team Members

GPAT "As mandated by the Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act of 2004, Individual Educational Program (IEP) teams must document a student's need for assistive technology (AT) devices and services within the IEP. Assistive technology may be addressed in one or more components of the IEP depending on the student's need for and use of AT"

Use this tool... To remove ads and comments from a YouTube video Why the SimpleK12 Team likes this tool: Cleans up the video (no ads, other comments, etc.) Gives a direct link to your clean video

website from Jackson County ISD edtech team great resources

Positive AACtion - Information Kit for AAC Teams

" In the AT world, mobile devices such as iPods, iPads, and iPhones are providing new and exciting options to access a huge array of applications.  This blog site is devoted to the use of these devices, highlighting apps that are particularly relevant to young children and school-aged individuals with disabilities, their families, and their instructional teams."