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Assistive Technology

This is a presentation that explains assistive technology and what the laws says about it. It also includes examples of an assistive technology for the hearing impaired, seeing impaired, physically disabled, and learning disabled.

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Assistive Technology

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  1. Assistive Technology By: Kathryn Busby

  2. What is Assistive Technology? “AT is any device or service that helps a student with a disability to meet his or her individualized education program (IEP) goals and to participate in the general education setting to the greatest possible extent” (The IRIS Center for Training Enhancements, 2010).

  3. Students can make use of assistive technology to: • Communicate • Perform academic tasks • Participate in social and extracurricular activities • Move or travel around the school • Use proper seating and positioning • Access materials Information from: (The IRIS Center for Training Enhancements, 2010)

  4. Assistive Technology Law • “The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) requires public schools to make available to all eligible children with disabilities a free appropriate public education (FAPE) in the least restrictive environment appropriate to their individual needs” ("Assistive Technology and the IEP", 2015). • The law requires an Individual Education Plan (IEP) be written for educating a child with a disability. The IEP outlines the student’s needs as well as any modifications, accommodations, and services including assistive technology.

  5. Hearing Impaired Assistive Hearing Device helps a child with a hearing impairment manage noise and distance within the classroom. Assistive hearing device allows for the student to hear the teachers voice at a consistent volume. It also allows the teachers voice to be more prominent, helping take away background noise within the classroom. (Johnson, J. 2008, April 20)

  6. Seeing Impaired A video magnifier projects a magnified image onto a video monitor. These monitors can be a television or computer screen. Now with upgraded technology they have portable video magnifiers that are the size of a cell phone. These devices have a zoom lens camera that has adjustable magnification. This can help students read books, magazines, textbooks, and worksheets in class without struggling to read the small writing. (Portable Video Magnifiers, 2015, January 1)

  7. Learning Disabled Text to talk software is technology that translates spoken language and changes it into text. It can help students with learning disabilities produce more thoughtful and complex writing. It can eliminate the challenge of writing because some children with learning disabilities will skip over words they don’t know how to spell which means their writing becomes incomplete. This software can also help improve a child’s reading abilities. As children speak the words they seeing them on the screen. It helps them see important elements of phonemic awareness and the relationship between the words. (Melissa: The Girl Who Tamed a Dragon, n.d.)

  8. Physically Disabled Adaptive Keyboards or Alternative Keyboards: These types of keyboards are made for people with disabilities. There are many types of alternative keyboards to meet the needs of the user. They make one-handed keyboards for those who can only type with one hand, larger keyboards with those without fine motor skills, and smaller keyboards for those with a diminished range of motion. Some adaptive keyboards have fewer choices, pictures, or braille. (Assistive Technology, n.d.)

  9. References • Assistive Technology. (n.d.). Retrieved March 25, 2015, from http://www.pcmag.com/encyclopedia/term/38049/assistive-technology • Assistive Technology and the IEP. (2015, January 1). Retrieved March 24, 2015, from http://www.fctd.info/resources/AT_IEP.php • CCTVs/Video Magnifiers. (2014, January 1). Retrieved March 22, 2015, from http://www.afb.org/ProdBrowseCatResults.asp?CatID=53 • Hearing Assistive Technology (HATS) for Children. (n.d.). Retrieved March 24, 2015, from http://www.asha.org/public/hearing/Hearing-Assistive-Technology-for-Children/ • Johnson, J. (2008, April 20). Assistive Listening Device- The FM System. Retrieved March 22, 2015, from http://2008edpc610.blogspot.com/2008/04/assistive-listening-device-fm-system.html • Melissa: The Girl Who Tamed a Dragon. (n.d.). Retrieved March 22, 2015, from http://www.setbc.org/success/2010-11/melissa.html

  10. References • The IRIS Center for Training Enhancements. (2010). Assistive Technology: AnOverview. Retrieved on March 22, 2015 from http://iris.peabody.vanderbilt.edu/module/at/. • Portable Video Magnifiers. (2015, January 1). Retrieved March 22, 2014, from http://www.magnifyingaids.com/Portable_Video_Magnifier • Speech Recognition for Learning. (2015, January 1). Retrieved March 23, 2015, from http://www.brainline.org/content/2010/12/speech-recognition-for-learning_pageall.html • Tools for Access. (2009, January 1). Retrieved March 24, 2015, from http://ncam.wgbh.org/invent_build/web_multimedia/accessible-digital-media-guide/tools-for-access

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