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21 ST CENTURY ACCESSIBILITY SKILLS. GETTING A JOB. A Social Security check is below poverty level. TECHNOLOGY LITERACY. Information, Media, and Technology Literacy. CRITICAL THINKING. Synthesize information to solve problems, then add a dose of ideas. LEARNING INNOVATION SKILLS.
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GETTING A JOB A Social Security check is below poverty level.
TECHNOLOGY LITERACY Information, Media, and Technology Literacy
CRITICAL THINKING Synthesize information to solve problems, then add a dose of ideas.
LEARNING INNOVATION SKILLS Creativity as the nexus of collaboration.
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SKILLS (ITS) Information is available on a variety of free social media sites and subscription Web sites.
LIFE CAREER SKILLS College, career, and leisure destinations
COMMUNICATE/COLLABORATE Speaking, Listening, Reading, Writing, Presenting
SPECIAL NEEDS STUDENTS IN A GENERAL EDUCATION CLASS No matter how they arrive, they are in a class to learn.
BE IEP-WISE Review the IEP goals and objectives collaboratively, with the general education and special education teacher.
STUDENT SUPPORT It takes a whole village to raise a child. (Nigerian Proverb)
PERCEPTION Rule out pre-conceived ideas.
HIGH EXPECTATIONS Nothing is beyond your reach!
INTRODUCTION PLAN Remove rumor and myth about disabilities. Discuss abilities.
CO-TEACHING General and Special Educators Working Together: Connect with the special education teacher who has your student on his/her caseload.
UNIVERSAL DESIGN for LEARNING The model for Universal Design for Learning comes from CAST http://www.cast.org/.
HANDOUTS AND MEDIA Closed Caption TV Described video Digital white-board
CURRICULUM Textbook, handouts, digital text, media.
CLOUD TECHNOLOGY Cloud-based data stored large files for easy secure access.
ACCOMMODATIONS Location Magnification Text-to-speech Same expectation, different routes.
MODIFICATIONS ASL Interpreters Manipulatives Different expectations, not a lower bar. The Matrix of Testing Variations, Accommodations, and Modifications at http://www.cde.ca.gov/search/searchresults.asp?cx=001779225245372747843:gpfwm5rhxiw&output=xml_no_dtd&filter=1&num=20&start=0&q=accommodations
STUDENT WORK Cloud-based repository for shared files. DROPBOX
GROUP WORK Inclusive participation: Timer, writer, researcher, recorder, & speaker
PRESENTATIONS PowerPoint, audio, skits, musical numbers, and reports are a means to provide information.
GRADING Be fair, high standards, with a level playing field.
ALL STUDENTS Everyone including students with special needs.
LOW VISION INFORMATION “Just because a man lacks the use of his eyes doesn’t mean he lacks vision.” Stevie Wonder
TOOLS FOR LOW VISION Magnifiers, closed-caption TV, and large print.
ViA Visually Impaired Applications Braille Institute
BLINDNESS INFORMATION Many conditions effect vision.
TOOLS FOR BLINDNESS BrailleNote, iPad, and refreshable displays.
DESCRIBED MEDIA American Council for the Blind; described video list at www.acb.org/adp California State Library list at http://www.library.ca.gov/services/btbl.html/ Wikipedia on described TV at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Descriptive_Video_Service
WORK AND TESTS Does the question let you show what you know?
AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER Autism Umbrella Information Describes a range neurodevelopmental disorders: Autism, Asperger, PDD-NOS, CDD, and Rett Syndrome
TOOLS FOR AUTISM The Autism Spectrum Disorder • Autistic disorder • Rett syndrome • Asperger’s Syndrome • Childhood Disintegrative Disorder • Pervasive Developmental Disorder
DEAF-BLIND INFORMATION Helen Keller (June 27, 1880 – June 1, 1968)
TOOLS FOR DEAF-BLIND Hand-alphabet: Near-face signing
DEAF-BLIND RESOURCES Statistically there are approximately 45,000 people that are deaf-blind (Center for Disease Control statistics 2012)
DEAF HARD-OF-HEARINGINFORMATION Earphones to Hearing Aids to Cochlear Implants
TOOLS for DEAF and HARD-of-HEARING American Sign Language Oral Programs Hearing Aids Cochlear Implants
DEAF CULTURE Deaf Culture refers to communities that are affected by deafness and use sign languages as the main means of communication.
COMMUNICATION INFORMATION “Communication works for those who work at it.” John Powell
TOOLS FOR COMMUNICATION DISORDERS Speech Generating Devices (SGD) provide communication for non-verbal students.
AUGMENTATIVE and ALTERNATE COMMUNICATION Voicing your needs, wants, opinions, and suggestions is to communicate.
MOBILITY INFORMATION Travel Independently!
TOOLS FOR MOBILITY From place to place, using a joystick, or headgear.
FINE MOTOR MOBILITY Computer skills with built-in dexterity, hand held or using the mouth to hold the stylus, or decision buttons.
COGNITIVE SUPPORTINFORMATION “My brain, I believe, is the most beautiful part of my body.” Shakira
TOOLS FOR CONGITIVE ISSUES Remove reading barriers.
SCHEDULING Visual Schedules help organize the individual.