Assistive Technology Presentation

1. Keys to Enhancing Student’s Education
Experience

2. Many students have disabilities that range from
ADHD and hearing problems to mobility and
learning disabilities. This presentation will
provide different tools that will assist you in
your classroom when dealing with students
that have disabilities.

3. Assistive technology refers to anything that
is used to assist and increase functionality in
individuals that have disabilities.

4.  There are many different assistive
technology resources that are available to
help instruct students that have disabilities.
 First, however, it is necessary to gather
important information about the student so
that you can choose the most effective
instructional tools.

5.  Step 1: Gather information about the child and family.
 Strengths
 Weaknesses
 Past successful strategies
 Step 2: Observe activities that the child participates in throughout the day. Make
note of their level of participation.
 Step 3: What can be observed that indicates the intervention is successful?
 Step 4: Solutions
 Step 5: Test
 Step 6: Evaluate
 What worked? What didn’t work?
 How can you make it better?
 Would a different strategy work better?
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6. You are a teacher who has a few students that
require you to differentiate your instruction.
Three have been diagnosed with ADHD, while
one has an auditory disability, and requires a
special device in order to hear. In addition, you
have a number of students that have mild
learning disabilities that impact all areas,
especially reading and writing. As you prepare
for the school year, you ask yourself, "What
resources do I have in order to help me meet
my students' needs?"

7.  The following resources could be used to
instruct students with the following
disabilities:
 Seating students with certain disabilities in the
front of the class
 FM Systems
 Hearing Aids
 Telecommunication devices
 One-on-one communication
 Computer software and hardware
 I.E. speech to text softwared
 Smartboards