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- 2. Assistive Technology (Legally Defined) • “Any item, piece of equipment, or product system, whether acquired commercially off the shelf, modified, or customized that is used to increase, maintain, or improve the functional capabilities of a child with a disability.” (Penny Reed, transcript)
- 3. IDEA and Assistive Technology • Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) requires that schools provide an IEP or individualized educational program for students with disabilities. • “Instructional technology documented on an IEP and incorporated into a classroom for a student who has a disability is referred to as assistive technology.”
- 4. IDEA: It’s the Law • IDEA is federal legislation that promotes education for students who have disabilities. One part of the law calls for the use of assistive technology.
- 5. Assistive Technology Components Devices Tape recorders Portable keyboards Spellchecker Highlighting pens and tape Pencil grips Adapted feeding tubes Services • Evaluating the student’s need for the device. • Buying a device. • Providing training for the student, family, and teachers.
- 6. Purpose Communication Performance of academic tasks Participation in social and extracurricular activities • Travel around the school • Accessing materials • Remember: used to increase, maintain, or improve the functional capabilities of a child with a disability.”
- 7. Hearing Impaired • FM Amplification System: assistive technology device used for hearing impaired students. Provides sound amplification and can be beneficial for all students.
- 8. Seeing Impaired • Screen Readers: It reads any text that appears on the screen. This includes menus, text, or web pages. Examples are Super Nova Screen Reader and JAWS. • Other AT devices includes optical character recognition software and closed-circuit television.
- 9. Learning Disabled • Software that includes voice recognition and word prediction. • Text to speech can be used for reading disabilities. • Calculators and games can be used for math.
- 10. Physically Disabled • Joysticks: These could be used on a wheelchair or a computer screen and allow the user to manipulate the device.
- 11. References Assistive Technology. (n.d.). Retrieved June 9, 2014, from http://iris.peabody.vanderbilt.edu/module/at/#content Reed, Penny. (n.d.). Assistive Technology {audio interview file}. Retrieved from The Iris Center Website: http://iris.peabody.vanderbilt.edu/module/at/cresource/what-should-ms-adelaide- know-about-assistive-technology-and-how-it-is-used-by-students-with- disabilities/at_02/at_02_trans_reed/#content Robyler, M.D. & Doering, A.H. (2013). Integrating Educational Technology into Teaching (6th ed.) Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson.
Editor's Notes
- Students might need assistive technology due to struggling in the general education curriculum. If an IEP calls for assistive technology, this is a sure measure of that student receiving a Free Appropriate Public Education (FAPE).
- The law further defines services as “any service that directly assists a child with a disability in the selection, acquisition, or use of an assistive technology device.” (http://iris.peabody.vanderbilt.edu/module/at/cresource/what-should-ms-adelaide-know-about-assistive-technology-and-how-it-is-used-by-students-with-disabilities/at_03/#content)
- Effectiveness of assistive technology depends not only on having access to the device, but having the support and services needed to use it effectively.
- The teacher wears a wireless microphone and this is picked up by students who have hearing impairments or auditory processing difficulties through their wireless receivers. It amplifies the teacher’s voice and serves to focus attention. (Roblyer & Doering, 409)
- AT devices for students who are seeing impaired allow the student to “gain information by listening rather than reading.” (Robyler & Doering, 409) Closed circuit television is used by enlarging text so that information can be seen by those with a partial seeing impairment.
- I had a student to use a device similar to the Neo writer this past year. The student would use it on quizzes and assignments in which a lot of writing was involved. The coin-u-lator was a special calculator made for those who had difficulty counting coins and making changes. As mentioned in the Iris Center module, this is a device that could be used for all students.
- Physical impairment can “affect a person’s mobility and agility.” (Roblyer & Doering, 408) The need for this disability might require assessment by physical therapists, assistive technology specialists, and others to determine the proper devices and services needed.