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Assistive Technology Assignment Week 2

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Assistive Technology Assignment Week 2

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  1. Assistive Technology ED 505 Michele Reaves

  2. What is Assistive Technology • AT improves the functional performance of an individual with a disability. • AT can help students • Communicate • Perform academic tasks • Participate in social and extracurricular activities • Move or travel around the school • Use proper seating and positioning • Access materials

  3. The Law in Regard to AT • IDEA ’04 defines an assistive technology service as “any service that directly assists a child with a disability in the selection, acquisition, or use of an assistive technology device.” • IDEA ’04 requires IEP teams to consider whether AT devices and services are needed to accomplish the individualized goals and objectives for students with disabilities. Although these IEP teams are required to consider AT, there is no federally designated process for them to follow.

  4. How to Use AT Effectively • For assistive technology to work effectively, the parents/guardian, teacher, IEP team , and any other staff member that works with the student needs to be properly trained and informed on the AT. • AT needs to be monitored regularly for its use by student and for function of AT. • Proper training on the use of the device is also very important.

  5. Assistive Technology for Hearing Impaired Students There are various technologies available for hearing impaired students. • A hearing loop uses electromagnetic energy to transmit sound. • Personal amplifiers are also useful when watching TV, being outdoors, or traveling in a car and are about the size of a cell phone. • One well-known device that is not recognized as an AT is a Cochlear Implant.

  6. AT Devices for Hearing Impaired Hearing Loop Personal Amplifier

  7. Assistive Technology for Seeing Impaired • These can be off the shelf computers that speak the text on the screen • Electronic book players that read books aloud to students • Personal digital assistants • Large print textbooks

  8. AT Devices for Seeing Impaired PDA Large Print Textbook Electronic Book Player

  9. Assistive Technology for Learning Impaired • AT for learning impaired can come in many forms. • Audio books for a child who struggles in reading • A hand-held calculator for a student who struggles with math or to keep score while playing a game • Alternative keyboards are also available • Talking spell-checkers for students who struggle with spelling

  10. AT Devices for Learning Impaired Alternate Keyboard Calculator

  11. Assistive Technology for Physically Disabled There are also various forms of AT for the physically disabled. • The mouth stick is a device that lets students control input through a stick they manipulate with their mouth • An oversized trackball mouse has a roller ball on top instead of underneath the mouse

  12. Assistive Technology for Physically Disabled • Sticky keys are useful for students with motor impairments • Adaptive keyboards can also be used for the physically disabled

  13. AT for Physically Disabled Oversized Trackball Mouse Mouth Stick

  14. References • The IRIS Center for Training Enhancements. (2010). Assistive Technology: AnOverview. Retrieved on [month, day, year] from http://iris.peabody.vanderbilt.edu/module/at/ • "Communication Access to Health Care in New Jersey for People with Hearing Loss." PsycEXTRA Dataset (n.d.): n. pag. Web. http://www.afb.org/info/living-with-vision-loss/using-technology/assistive-technology/123 • "Assistive Technologies for People with Physical Impairments." GMC. N.p., n.d. Web. 12 June 2015. http://www.gmc-uk.org/accessibility/assistive_technologies/physical_impairments.asp

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