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Assistive Technology

Assistive Technology. Brandon Focht Claire Grgic Betsie Naylor. What is assistive technology?. Any item, piece of equipment, or product system that is used to increase, maintain, or improve functional capabilities of a child with a disability.

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Assistive Technology

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  1. Assistive Technology Brandon Focht Claire Grgic Betsie Naylor

  2. What is assistive technology? Any item, piece of equipment, or product system that is used to increase, maintain, or improve functional capabilities of a child with a disability. Helps to improve learning and participation in activates.

  3. Where can assistive technology be found? General classrooms Special education classrooms Gifted classrooms

  4. Assistive Technology Act1998 • An act to support programs of grants to states to address the assistive technology needs of individuals with disabilities, and for other purposes. • Short title; table contents • Findings and Purposes • Definitions and Rules

  5. Considerations for Assistive Technology To determine the needs of a child you have to consider some things. Learning styles Capability

  6. General classroom Assistive Technology is seen in almost every general classroom today. Helps catch signs of learning problems Game

  7. Special education Helps children with learning problems and disabilities Helps children to accomplish an educational task

  8. Learning disabilities Trouble with reading and writing Attention deficits Autism Dyslexia

  9. Alternate Keyboards Shows pictures on the keyboard. Press the picture and it will spell out the word. Also has large letters to spell out words

  10. Alphasmart • Helps students with • Attention deficits • Autism • Students who are mute

  11. itouch • Several Assistive apps • Some free • Option to customize • Helps students with a variety of learning disabilities • Tap to talk

  12. CoWriter • Helps students who have difficulty writing • Video

  13. Physical disabilities Visual impairment Poor motor skills Hearing problems Cerebral Palsy

  14. Adaptive keyboards • Visual impairment

  15. Adaptive keyboards • Poor motor skills

  16. Gifted classrooms Scratch Allows students to work at their own pace Begin learning how to research

  17. Wiki Our Wiki

  18. Bibliography Featured new product! Co:Writer 6 UK Version Unlimited School Site Licence : Spectronics - Inclusive Learning Technologies. (n.d.). Spectronics - Inclusive Learning Technologies. Retrieved September 22, 2011, from http://www.spectronicsinoz.com/featured-new-product-cowriter-6-uk-version-unlimited-school-site-licenceHardware Resources. (n.d.). Welcome to Bellingham Public Schools. Retrieved September 22, 2011, from http://www.bellingham.k12.ma.us/IT/what_we_do/hardware.htmIndex Assistive Technologies - Cerebral Palsy, Locomotive & Physical Impairment. (n.d.). Index Assistive Technologies - Your One Source of Assistive Technology!. Retrieved September 22, 2011, from http://www.assistivetechnology.co.in/Physical%20Main.htmBoozmork. (n.d.). Jailbreak an iTouch. Boozmork on HubPages. Retrieved September 22, 2011, from http://boozmork.hubpages.com/hub/Jailbreak-an-iTouchTour: Office • Options For Independent Living. (n.d.). Options For Independent Living. Retrieved September 23, 2011, from http://www.optionsil.com/model-home/office/4

  19. Bibliography continued AtomicBawm3. (n.d.). Scratch | Home | imagine, program, share. Scratch | Home | imagine, program, share. Retrieved September 21, 2011, from http://scratch.mit.edu/AAC | TapToTalk. (n.d.). AAC | TapToTalk. Retrieved September 23, 2011, from http://www.taptotalk.com/DonJohnstonInc. (n.d.). Co:Writer 6 Product Demonstration - YouTube . YouTube - Broadcast Yourself. . Retrieved September 23, 2011, from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vWEKwJ-BBJ4

  20. Bibliography continued Wilson, M. (2011). Assistive Technology. Journal of Special Education Technology, 26(2), 55-60. Retrieved from EBSCOhost.http://0-search.ebscohost.com.maurice.bgsu.edu/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ehh&AN=63613759&login.asp&site=ehost-live&scope=sitede FreitasAlves, C., Monteiro, G., Rabello, S., Gasparetto, M., & de Carvalho, K. (2009). Assistive technology applied to education of students with visual impairment. RevistaPanamericana de SaludPública, 26(2), 148-152. Retrieved from EBSCOhost. http://0-search.ebscohost.com.maurice.bgsu.edu/login.aspx?direct=true&db=a9h&AN=44920781&site=ehost-live&scope=siteLee, Y. (2011). Scratch: Multimedia Programming Environment for Young Gifted Learners. Gifted Child Today, 34(2), 26-31. Retrieved from EBSCOhost.http://0-search.ebscohost.com.maurice.bgsu.edu/login.aspx?direct=true&db=eric&AN=EJ919390&site=ehost-live&scope=siteBarreto, A. B., Scargle, S. D., & Adjouadi, M. (2000). a practical EMG-based human-computer interface for users with motor disabilities. Journal of Rehabilitation Research & Development, 37(1), 53-63. retrieved from EBSCOhosthttp://0-search.ebscohost.com.maurice.bgsu.edu/login.aspx?direct=true&db=a9h&AN=3031388&site=ehost-live&scope=siteParette, H., Blum, C., & Boeckmann, N. (2009). Evaluating Assistive Technology in Early Childhood Education: the use of a concurrent time series probe approach. Early Childhood Education Journal, 37(1), 5-12. doi:10.1007/s10643-009-0319-y http://0-search.ebscohost.com.maurice.bgsu.edu/login.aspx?direct=true&db=a9h&AN=43103120&site=ehost-live&scope=siteDuffy, J., & McDonald, J. B. (2011). Teaching and learning with technology (4th ed.). Boston: Pearson/Allyn And Bacon.

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