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Robin Renfroe's Assistive Technology Presentation

Robin Renfroe's Assistive Technology Presentation for Technology and Education class at the University of West Alabama

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Robin Renfroe's Assistive Technology Presentation

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  1. By: Robin Renfroe

  2. What is Assistive Technology? • Any device or service that helps a student with a disability to meet his or her IEP goals & to participate in the general education setting to the greatest possible extent.

  3. Assistive Technology in Regard to the Law

  4. The Technology-Related Assistance Act for Individuals with Disabilities • Passed in 1998 provides funding for statewide systems and services to provide assistive technology devices and services to individuals

  5. Reauthorization of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act: • Mandates that every individualized education program team consider assistive technology when the educational program of an individual with a disability

  6. Hearing Impaired • Amplified Phone: are specifically designed for people with hearing loss, allowing users to turn up the volume as necessary to hear speech clearly

  7. Seeing Impaired • It offers a new way for both sighted and blind, to communicate, teach and learn braille together.

  8. Learning Disabled • This Go Talk 20+ provides a way for students to expand their education opportunities. • It is light weight and portable & allows communicators to expand their vocabulary without being intrusive

  9. Physically Disabled • Access utility: is a software program that modifies a standard keyboard to simplify operation of the keyboard, replace the mouse, substitute visual cues for sound signals, or add sound cues to keystrokes.

  10. References Assistive Listening Devices. (2014, January 1). Retrieved August 23, 2014, from http://www.healthyhearing.com/help/assistive-listening-devices Assistive Technology Glossary. (2014, January 1). Retrieved August 23, 2014, from http://www.brainline.org/content/2009/11/assistive-technology-glossary_pageall.html Go Talk 20: Expand Communication Options Communication Device. (2014, January 1). Retrieved August 23, 2014, from http://www.nationalautismresources.com/go-talk-20.html Florida Reading and Vision Technology. (2014, January 1). Retrieved August 23, 2014, from http://www.floridareading.com/ Roblyer, M., & Doering, A. (2013). Teaching and Learning With Technology In Special Education. In Integrating Educational Technology into Teaching: International Edition (6th ed.). Upper saddle river: Pearson. Welcome to the IRIS Center. (n.d.). Retrieved August 23, 2014, from http://iris.peabody.vanderbilt.edu/

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