Using Mobile Technology to Promote Independence for Students with ADHD/LD

1. Jamie Coccarelli, M.Ed Rebecca Sitton, ATP, RET Using Mobile Technology to Promote Independence for Students with ADHD/LD

2. Why Are You Here? • You are a small disability services office and want to provide better accommodations for your students with ADHD and/or Learning Disabilities. • You want to learn more about technology to assist students with ADHD and/or Learning Disabilities.

3. What we want you to learn? • Gain an understanding of the functional limitations of students with ADHD and Learning Disabilities. • Take away some free or low cost technology tools to accommodate those functional limitations in the classroom.

4. Numbers at NC State • Fall 2008: 584 students registered with DSO on the 12th day of class.= • Fall 2013: 1021 students registered with DSO on the 12th day of class 78.4% increase in students with no increase in staff

5. Students with ADHD/LD • Share common functional limitations of: • Organization & Executive Function • Sustained Attention and Concentration • Reading • Writing

6. Organization & Executive Function • Missing assignment/project due dates • Setting unrealistic goals for assignment/project completion (i.e. one night for 10 page paper). • Not following the given rubric • Losing notes from lecture • Missing class • Missing registration dates

7. Sustained Attention & Concentration • Unable to focus in lecture • Missing notes on the board/power point • Not listening to the auditory portion of class (lecture) • Unable to focus while studying at home • Get distracted by pictures in text, advertisements on websites • Get distracted by roommates, TV, electronics

8. Reading • Word reading (dyslexia) • Reading fluency • Reading comprehension • Task persistence: a skill that is especially important for successful reading of expository text, such as history and science textbooks, newspapers, and voter pamphlets.

9. Writing • Written expression • Dysgraphia • Visual-spatial difficulties: trouble processing what the eye sees • Language processing difficulty: trouble processing and making sense of what the ear hears

10. Technology Interventions

11. Technology Available • Laptops • MacBook AIR • Netbooks/PC’s • Tablets • iPads • Kindles • Surface • Phones • iPhone • Android • Windows

12. Technology Solutions Come in the form of: • Built in OS features • Software • Apps • Browser Add-On’s or Extensions

13. Accessibility features already in your technology that can assist students. Operating System Tools

14. Mac/Apple Accessibility • Apple Accessibility Features • Dictionary • Text to Seech • Word Completion • Voice Recognition • Contrast • VoiceOver

15. Windows Accessibility • Windows Accessibility Features • Voice Recognition • Narrator • Contrast

16. Chromebook Accessibility • Chromebook Accessibility Features • Speech to text

17. iOS Accessibility • iOS Accessibility Features • Speech to Text • Voice Over • Speech Selection

18. Software, Apps, & Extensions

19. Reading • Video and Auditory Engagement • Apps and software for reading digital text aloud (with/without highlighting)

20. Electronic Book Sources • Diagnosed LD – meet the requirements of organic impairment • Bookshare • Learning Ally • ADHD – and general assistance • CourseSmart • eBooks (Adobe Digital Edition) • Kindle • ibooks

21. Natural Reader • Natural Reader (Free) • Available in PC & MAC Download, iOS, Android, Google Play

22. iPad/iPhone Text to Speech • Speak Selection (iOS) built into accessibility features

23. Auditory Reading Support Android • Voice Reading • IVONA:  • Moon+Reader • CoolReader • Webpage Reader

24. Text-to-Speech - Android • IVONA

25. Reading App - Android • Voice Reading

26. Webpage Reader - Android • Webpage Reader

27. Google Extensions • What are Extensions? Small programs that add new features to your browser and personalize your browsing experience. • Chrome Web Store Some of my Favorites: • TLDR • Clearly • SpeakIt • Cruxlight • Grammarly • Readability

28. Chrome Web Store

29. Readability

30. Speakit!

31. Cruxlight

32. TLDR

33. Grammarly

34. Clearly

35. Notetaking • Solutions for helping students capture content to process at a later time . • Audio Recordings • Livescribe Pen • Recording Apps on Tablets • Collaborative Notes • Google Docs • Evernote • OneNote

36. Livescribe Smartpens • Every student can benefit from using this technology (exception could be student with significant hearing impairments) • Visual and Auditory Tool • Ability to change playback speed to adjust for audio processing skills • 3 pens currently on the market – Echo, Sky, Smartpen 3

37. Noteability • Notability • App records audio • Imports PDF’s • Imports PowerPoints • Annotate on imports • Add pictures and web clippings

38. Writing Apps & Software • MindMapping Software • An alternate to collect and visualize ideas. Mindmeister–Cloud based, Google Play & iOS app available. Xmind – MAC, PC, Linux MindMaple – MAC, PC, iOS • Grammar Checking • Tools to independently check for Grammatical errors. • Grammarly – Cloud Based (also Chrome Extension) • Grammarbase – Cloud Based (Dyslexia friendly)

39. Mindmeister

40. XMIND

41. MINDmaple

42. Grammarly

43. GrammarBase

44. Write Check

45. Speech Recognition • Voice Recognition is a good tool for students with Written Expression Disorders • Allows a student to vocalize their thoughts and have them written out. • Great tool for spelling issues and dysgraphia. • Available in Windows, Mac, iOS, and Google

46. Windows Speech Recognition • How to set up Windows Speech Recognition

47. Mac Speech • How to set up Mac Speech

48. iOS Speech Recognition • Build into iPhones/iPads

49. Study Aids/FlashCards Quizlet StudyBlue

50. Organization & Time Management • Paper Planners • Digital Planners/Apps • Mobile Alerts • Focus Reminders • List Apps/Features