Assistive Technology
Published on Nov 20, 2015
ED 505 at UWA
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PRESENTATION OUTLINE
What is Assistive Technology
- Any item, piece of equipment, or product system, that is used to increase, maintain, or improve the functional capabilities of a child
- Big and small, simple and complex, expensive and free
- As complex as a hand-held electronic magnifying instrument or as simple as a specialized rubber pencil grip.
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Did you know...
A school is legally responsible to provide a Free and Appropriate Public Education?
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If a student needs any type of assistive technology in order to receive a FAPE, then the school system must provide it.
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HEARING IMPAIRED
PERSONAL AMPLIFIERS
Seeing impaired
BRAIL
LEARNING DISABLED
TABLET (AUDIO READER,CALENDAR. DICTIONARY. CALCULATOR, AND MORE)
Physically disabled
WEIGHTED PENCIL
Resources
http://iris.peabody.vanderbilt.edu/at/chalcycle.htm retrieved on 6 June 2015.
Google images retrieved on 6 June 2015.
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