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Special Needs

Special Needs. Labels used to identify special need. Learning disabilities, including mild, moderate and severe and profound learning disabilities Learning difficulties, including dyslexia Speech and language disorders Autism/ Autistic spectrum disorders

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Special Needs

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  1. Special Needs

  2. Labels used to identify special need • Learning disabilities, including mild, moderate and severe and profound learning disabilities • Learning difficulties, including dyslexia • Speech and language disorders • Autism/ Autistic spectrum disorders • Emotional or behavioural problems • Educationally or socially disadvantage • Hearing Impairment/Deafness • Visual Impairments/Blindness • Physical disabilities • Members of the Travelling Community • Non-English Speaking Students • Exceptionally able students From Scoilnet - September 2001

  3. Students Learning may be affected by: • Cognitive difficulties • Behavioural emotional and social • Communication and interaction difficulties • Organisational difficulties • Sensory difficulties • Hearing • Visual • Physical • medical

  4. Accessibility Options • Keyboard • Sound • Display • Mouse • General

  5. Internet Accessibility • Internet properties • Accessibility • Colours • Text & background • Links • Fonts • Web page • Plain text

  6. Internet Accessibility Options • Formatting • Ignore colours specified on web pages • Ignore font styles specified … • Ignore font sizes specified…. • User Styles • Format documents using my style sheet

  7. Alternative Access Devices

  8. Accessibility Features • Start- Programmes – Accessories – Accessibility • Magnification • Magnify by X • Follow mouse cursor • Follow keyboard focus • Follow text editing • Invert colours • High Contrast • Start minimized • Show magnifier • Wizard

  9. Web Design and Use • To access and create appropriate resources • To enhance learning • multi sensory • To access and create differentiated activities • To provide showcase for student work • To facilitate communication

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