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Assistive Technology Overview
Assistive Technology Overview
This document was produced and distributed through an IDEA Mandated Activities Project for Michigan’s Assistive Technology
Resource awarded by the Michigan Department of Education, Office of Special Education and Early Intervention Services.
Michigan’s Assistive
Technology Resource
Keys to Success:
Assistive Technology Overview
Objectives
•Define assistive technology
•Evaluating
•Providing devices
•Selecting, Designing, Customizing
•Maintaining, Repairing
•Coordinating
•Training/Technical Assistance –student, family
and school service providers
IDEA Facts
•Schools are required to provide AT at no cost to
the parents if it is needed for a student to receive a
free appropriate education.
What does the student need to be able to do What are the students special needs
that is difficult or impossible to do and abilities?
independently at this time? STUDENT
What activities take place in the environment? Where will the student participate- classroom, home,
community, therapy?
ENVIRONMENT
What materials, equipment,
supports, resources are available? What is the physical arrangement?
What specific tasks occur in the environments which What activities is the student
enable progress toward mastery of IEP goals and TASKS
expected to do?
objectives?
Tools are devices and services- everything Tools must be student centered.
that is needed to help the student succeed. TOOLS
Large Foundations
Additional funding for larger requests (Typically over $5000)
•Private Foundations
•Corporate Foundations
Early Childhood
Early Positioning
2
3
4
Making Play Accessible
Early Literacy
Assistive Technology
for Positioning
Beyond Early Childhood
Positioning at a workstation
Supportive Positioning
Assistive Technology
for
Physical Access
Switches for Accessing
Learning Tools
Physical Access to Computers
• Keyboard options: sticky keys, filter keys and toggle keys, onscreen
keyboard (XP).
Classroom Participation
Pouring Cup
from Ablenet
Adaptations for Classroom Participation
Low Tech Academic Support
Portable Learning Tools
Portable Word Processors
Software for Academic Support
1 2 3
5 6
4
Assistive Technology
for the
Needs of Daily Living
Low Tech Daily Living Devices
Talking Measuring Jug
High Tech Daily Living Devices
2 4
9
3 8
1
5 6
7
10
11
Assistive Technology for
Students with Visual Impairments
Access to Print Material
•Audio Books
•Screen magnification
software
Local National
Regional State
•AT Contact •CTG
•ATA
•MATR •CSUN
•WATI
•MACUL •RESNA
•TAM/CEC •UCP
•AER
•ASHA
•AOTA
References/Resources
MATR (Michigan’s Assistive Technology Resource) http://www.cenmi.org/matr
TAM/CEC (Technology & Media Division of the Council for Exceptional Children)
http://www.tamcec.org/
MACUL (Michigan Association for Computer Users in Learning) http://macul.org/
Closing The Gap http://closingthegap.com/
ATA (Alliance for Technology Access) http://www.ataccess.org/
CSUN (California State University Northridge) http://www.csun.edu/
RESNA (Rehabilitation Engineering & Assistive Technology Society of North America)
http://www.resna.org/
WATI (Wisconsin Assistive Technology Initiative) http://www.wati.org/
ASHA (American Speech Language Hearing Association) http://asha.org/
AOTA (American Occupational Therapy Association) http://www.aota.org/
UCP (United Cerebral Palsy Association) http://www.ucpa.org/
AER (Association for Education and Rehabilitation for Blind and Visually Impaired)
http://www.aerbvi.org/
Joy Zabala, Assistive Technology Consultant – http://www.joyzabala.com
Assistive Technology – A LIFE TOOL!
THANK YOU