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Assistive Technology

Christina Hooper ED505

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Assistive Technology

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  1. Assistive Technology Christina R. Hooper ED505

  2. Assistive Technology • Assistive technology (AT) is a tool or tools that students with special needs can use in the classroom to help them complete classroom activities. (2010) • It is up to the IEP (individual education program) to determine effective AT services and devices. (2010)

  3. Laws regarding assistive technology. • Numerous laws in the United States are in place to ensure all individuals who are in need of assistive technology receive the technology needed at school, work, and home if needed. • In a school setting a few important laws are ADA, IDEA, Section 508 of Rehabilitation Act, and Assistive Technology Act of 1998.

  4. Assistive Technology Laws cont. • Americans with Disabilities Act, also known as ADA, is used in the school systens, and states that discrimination on basis of disability in employment, state and local government, public accommodations, commercial facilities, transportation, and telecommunications is prohibited. • Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, also known as IDEA, is used to ensure that all handicapped children receive free appropriate public education. This Act was passed 1975. • Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act requires that all government technology be accessible to people with disabilities. • Assistive Technology Act of 1998 is also known as the “Tech Act.” “Tech Act” provides funds to all states to support three programs: the establishment of assistive technology, protection and advocacy services for people with disabilities, and federal/sate programs to provide low interest loans and other means of financial assistance to citizens with disabilities.

  5. Assistive Technology Aids: Hearing Impaired Students • If you have a student who is hearing impaired it is important to wear a microphone to allow the student to hear all classroom discussions. • Not only would this benefit the student with a hearing disability, but this is a great way to be able to get all students attention, and hold their attention.

  6. Assistive Technology Aids: Visually Impaired Students • For any student who is visually impaired the use to an ELMO or document camera is beneficial in order to magnify and focus blurry text. • Not only does the ELMO or document camera help students with a visual impairment, but also for the class as a whole. This an interactive way to present and magnifyany type of work in the classroom allowing all students to visualize the content more effectively.

  7. Assistive Technology Aid: Leading Disabled Students • A digital spell checker/dictionary can dramatically help a student with a reading or language disability. • The spell checker will allow them to write more accurately. It will also give them the opportunity to sound out words and determine a definition to a word.

  8. Assistive Technology Aid: Physically Disabled Student • A joystick can help a child with a physical disability by allowing them to scroll through a document the same way other students might use a mouse. • They could use a joystick for many different activities in the classroom such as drawing, writing, and accessing and using technology.

  9. Conclusion • Assistive technology should not be used to get out of doing work, but to improve the work of individuals who have disabilities. • Assistive technology is primarily used for students with disabilities, but those who do not have a disability can also benefit from the use of assistive technology when appropriate. • It is the job of the student, teacher, and IEP team to know how to use the assistive technology in the classroom to help student(s) accomplish IEP an school standards.

  10. Reference Assistive Technologies. (2011). Enhancing the Lives of Older Individuals and People with Disabilities. Retrieved on March 27, 2015. http://webpage.pace.edu/mk57412p/Assitive%20Technologies/assistive.html The Family Center on Technology and Disability. (1999) Assistive Technology Laws. Retrieved on March 27, 2015. http://www.fctd.info/resources/techlaws.php The IRIS Center for Training Enhancements. (2010). Assistive Technology: AnOverview. Retrieved on March, 27 2015.  http://iris.peabody.vanderbilt.edu/module/at/

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