The power point explores Assistive Technology and students with special needs. The last slide includes a link to a prezi that has 3 very informative videos that could be helpful to teachers as they explore creative ways to engage special needs students.

1. The Keen Education
Objectives:
1. Define Special Needs
2. Working with Students who have special
needs.
3. Resources available to enhance educational
experiences
4. Instructional Practices that meet individual
needs.

2. Definition of
“Special Needs”
One Term, Many Definitions:
"Special Needs" is an umbrella underneath which a
staggering array of diagnoses can be wedged. Children
with special needs may have mild learning disabilities or
profound cognitive impairment; food allergies or terminal
illness; developmental delays that catch up quickly or
remain entrenched; occasional panic attacks or serious
psychiatric problems. The designation is useful for getting
needed services, setting appropriate goals, and gaining
understanding for a child and stressed family.

3. THE KEEN EDUCATION DEFINITION
Different Needs for
Unusually Good Teachers who teach
Especially Loved Students
1spe·cial
adjective ˈspe-shəl: different from what is normal or
usual; especially : unusual in a good way : better or more
important than others
: especially important or loved
: more than is usual

4. How to Approach Teaching
Especially Loved Students
• Use visual cues to orient student in the classroom
(Volmer, 1995)
• Post a clear and predictable daily schedule (Volmer,
1995)
• Build student motivation.
• Use strategies to make directions and learning
expectations clearly understood.
• Provide structured opportunities for student to
participate in social interactions (Koegel, Kiegel, &
Carter, 1999; Volmer, 1995).
• Create a plan to help the student to generalize their
learning across settings and situations

5. INSTRUCTIONAL PRACTICES TO HELP INDIVIDUAL NEEDS
6 STEPS TO
CHOOSING THE RIGHT
ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY
Step 1: Collect child and family information.
Step 2: Identify activities for participation.
Step 3: What can be observed that indicates
the intervention is successful?
Step 4: Brainstorm AT solutions.
Step 5: Try it out.
Step 6: Identify what worked.

6. CLICK HERE FOR “PREZI”
PRESENTATION
Prepared By: Russell Keen
http://prezi.com/xxhadjul2ypo/?utm_campaign
=share&utm_medium=copy&rc=ex0share

7. REFERENCES
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