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Physical and Health Disabilities

Physical and Health Disabilities. Assistive Technology (AT) & Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC). Critical Issues. Practicum issues Short presentation to class Review of AT process (Best Ch. 7) Description of AT project. Assistive Technology (AT).

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Physical and Health Disabilities

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  1. Physical and Health Disabilities Assistive Technology (AT) & Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC)

  2. Critical Issues • Practicum issues • Short presentation to class • Review of AT process (Best Ch. 7) • Description of AT project

  3. Assistive Technology (AT) • Devices that “reduce the negative impact that impairments have on an individual’s participation in curricular, extracurricular, and other major life activities.” • Services that are required to assist an individual with a disability to use AT devices

  4. Considerations Regarding Participation • Identify the situations that cause difficulty for students when they try to participate • Consider possible adaptations that might be useful when trying to participate

  5. Legal Mandate • 1988 legislation • 1990 IDEA • Infusion of AT language • Application to infants, toddlers, children, and youth with disabilities • 1994 reauthorization • Terminology • Devices • Services • Consideration

  6. AT Process • Wisconsin Assistive Technology Checklist • Categories • Determining need • Consideration • Assessment • Gathering information • Decision making • Implementation • Extended assessment and trial use • Selection and acquisition • Feature identification • Specification and demonstrations • Location and ordering

  7. AT Process • Including in IEP • Part of special education program • Related service • Supplementary aids and services • Support for staff

  8. Positioning • Tone • Alignment and stability • Security • Normal posturing • Position changes

  9. Seating • Pelvic position • Foot support • Upper body support • Negative impact

  10. Positioning and Seating Issues • Accessory equipment • Transfer techniques • Location • Mobility • Wheelchairs • Manual • Electric

  11. Barrier Issues • Physical access • Environmental and material adaptations • Location • Work surface • Object modifications • Stabilization of equipment

  12. Environmental Control • Switch use • Point of access • Mounting • Intended purpose • Context

  13. Sensory AT • Assistive listening devices • Telecommunications • Alert or warning devices • Visual enhancers • Auditory prompters

  14. Continued Study • Assignment of Belson chapters • Developing case study • Identifying educational need • Selection or design of curricular content • Identification of instructional techniques • Statement of AT recommendation • Rationale for selection • Implementation strategy

  15. AAC • Non-symbolic communication • Form • Function • Content • Symbolic communication • Unaided • Aided

  16. Considerations for Aided Symbolic Communication • Symbol type • Means of access • Vocabulary and retrieval • Output methods

  17. AAC Considerations • Content • Board arrangement • Displays • Instructional strategies

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