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Resources to Enhance Education through Assistive Technology
1. Resources That Can Help Enhance Education through
Assistive Technology
Presentation by Bryan Getty
2. An Overview
Diversity of disabilities requires diversity of instruction
as well as access to many resources
Accommodations and modifications are mandated by
Individualized Education Programs (IEPs)
Effective teachers must be aware of the contents of the
IEPs for their students and they must work to ensure
that all their students have access to curriculum
The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA
2004) is the legislation that special education in public
schools follow
3. IEPs – Who Has One?
Any student who has been diagnosed as having a
disability or other health impairment qualifies for
special services and may have an IEP:
Specific Learning Disabilities (SLDs)
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
Cognitive Disabilities
Emotional and/or Behavioral Disorders
Autism or Developmental Delays
Hearing or Vision Impairments
Speech or Language Impairments
4. Assistive Technology – What is it?
Assistive Technology is any assistive, adaptive, and
rehabilitative device for people with
disabilities and also includes the process used in
selecting, locating, and using them (from Wikipedia)
Adaptive Technology is not the same as Assistive
Technology
Adaptive is created specifically for someone with a
disability, while assistive was not created specifically for
persons with disabilities, but it is being used to help
them in a particular instance
5. Resources for Assistive Technology
An overview of Assistive Technology, or Assistive
Technology:
http://uts.cc.utexas.edu/~wilbur/access/assistive.html
Assistive Technology law (IDEA 2004):
http://idea.ed.gov/explore/view/p/%2Croot%2Cstatute%2
CI%2CA%2C602%2C1%2C
How to choose Assistive Technology?
http://www.ldonline.org/article/8088
Documenting the need for Assistive Technology:
http://www.gpat.org/Georgia-Project-for-Assistive-
Technology/Pages/Documenting-Need-for-Assistive-
Technology.aspx
6. Resources & Instructional Practices
Supporting Participation in Classroom Activities
Developing a Technology Enhanced Lesson Plan
Assistive Technology Intervention Plan (Blank Copy)
Best Practices in Assistive Technology
Ideas for using Assistive Technology
7. Recommendations for Students
with ADHD
Visual timers or invisible clocks can help with time
management
A digital pen can help students who struggle to take
notes by playing back the audio that was being
recorded while they were writing
Locate students’ desks as near to the teacher as
possible, while maintaining inclusion in the entire
class
Minimize distractions
For more information, click here
8. Recommendations for Students
with Auditory Disabilities
Hearing Assistive Technology Systems, or HATS:
FM Systems
Infrared Systems
Induction Loop Systems
One-to-One Communicators
Other Solutions
For more information on HATS, click here
9. Recommendations for Students
with Learning Disabilities
Apps for students with Dysgraphia and writing
difficulties
Apps for students with Dyslexia and reading
difficulties
Repeat directions
Maintain routine
Use graphic organizers
For other ideas of instructional practices for students
with learning disabilities, click here