1. ASSISTIVE
TECHNOLOGIES
Jodie Boyette

2. STUDENTS WITH ASSISTIVE
TECHNOLOGIES
 Some special needs students may require the use of special items
or modifications so that they can function better in the classroom.
 An Assistive technology helps students with special needs do just
that!!!

3. ASSISTIVE
TECHNOLOGIIES
 “Any item, piece of equipment, or product system, whether
acquired commercially or off the shelf, modified, or customized, that
is used to increase, maintain, or improve the functional capabilities of
individuals with disabilities.”

4. TWO NEW ASSISTIVE
TECHNOLOGIES

5. MINDOMO
 For students with ADHD
 Helps with writing skills
 Graphic Organizer Creator to help with visualization and
organization

6. ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY FOR
AUDITORY DISABILITIES
 Hearing Aids
 Written instructions
 Schooltube videos of classroom concepts that may be played over
and over again and accessed with headphones.

7. AUDIBLE.COM
 Audio book library
 Thousands of books on tape for students to listen to readings
 Helps those students in need of an assistive technology for
reading.

8. GILLETTECHILDRENS.ORG
 Charitable organization that helps identify assistive technology
needs and provide them to needy students.
 Access to anything from Orthotics to Audiobooks