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Richard Woods, Georgia’s School Superintendent“Educating Georgia’s Future”
gadoe.org
Assistive Technology
September 21, 2015
Paula Gumpman, Georgia Project for Assistive Technology
Macon, Georgia
The Edgar H. Wilson Convention Centre
Richard Woods, Georgia’s School Superintendent
“Educating Georgia’s Future”gadoe.org
The Targets of this Session
• I will know that AT has to be addressed in every IEP
• I can explain Why AT is important
• I will complete the Matrix for Quality Indicators for Administrative Supports of Assistive Technology
This also belongs in my Professional Ring
Richard Woods, Georgia’s School Superintendent
“Educating Georgia’s Future”gadoe.org
Lets Define Assistive Technology
Special education law defines assistive technology as both devicesand services.
Device:
“Any item*, piece of equipment, or product system, whether
acquired commercially off the shelf, modified, or customized,
that is used to increase, maintain, or improve functional
capabilities of a child with a disability.”
IDEA ’04
*except surgically implantable device
Richard Woods, Georgia’s School Superintendent
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“... any service that directly assists an individual with a disability in the selection, acquisition, or use of an assistive technology device.”
Evaluation and selection of an assistive technology system
Purchasing, leasing, or acquiring devices
Training and technical assistance for the individual, family/caregiver, and school staff
Richard Woods, Georgia’s School Superintendent
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A Quick Reminder
Any Device (off the shelf, customized or modified)
Used by a Person with a disability
To Improve functional capabilities
Richard Woods, Georgia’s School Superintendent
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In Other WORDS….
ANYTHING you can make, or buy, or change, that will help ANY student, with ANY disability, do ANYTHING.
*except surgically implantable device
Richard Woods, Georgia’s School Superintendent
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AT in the IEP
Assistive technology must be considered at every annual IEP meeting, regardless of the type or severity of the student’s disability.
Richard Woods, Georgia’s School Superintendent
“Educating Georgia’s Future”gadoe.org
In Other WORDS….
Consider assistive technology for every student, every disability, every annual IEP, every time.*
*at a minimum
Richard Woods, Georgia’s School Superintendent
“Educating Georgia’s Future”gadoe.org
The Case Against Assistive Technology
The Case Against Assistive Technology
Richard Woods, Georgia’s School Superintendent
“Educating Georgia’s Future”gadoe.org
WHAT I need to have in PLACE!
Support from administration is absolutely essential for quality AT
services to be developed and sustained.
Richard Woods, Georgia’s School Superintendent
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7 Things I need to have in PLACE
1. The education agency has written procedural guidelines that ensure equitable access to assistive technology devices and services for students with disabilities, if required for a free appropriate public education (FAPE).
2. The education agency broadly disseminates clearly defined procedures for accessing and providing assistive technology services and supports the implementation of those guidelines.
The QIAT Community (Revised, 2012). For additional information visit the QIAT website at http://www.qiat.org. Email [email protected] for information on QIAT research.
Richard Woods, Georgia’s School Superintendent
“Educating Georgia’s Future”gadoe.org7 Things I need to have in PLACE
3. The education agency includes appropriate assistive technology responsibilities in written descriptions of job requirements for each position in which activities impact assistive technology services. 4. The education agency employs personnel with the competencies needed to support quality assistive technology services within their primary areas of responsibility at all levels of the organization.
Richard Woods, Georgia’s School Superintendent
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7 Things I need to have in PLACE
5. The education agency includes assistive technology in the technology planning and budgeting process.
6. The education agency provides access to on-going learning opportunities about assistive technology for staff, family, and students.
7. The education agency uses a systematic process to evaluate all components of the agency-wide assistive technology program.
The QIAT Community (Revised, 2012). For additional information visit the QIAT website at http://www.qiat.org. Email [email protected] for information on QIAT research.
Richard Woods, Georgia’s School Superintendent
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WHY is this Important!
GRADUATION RATES
Richard Woods, Georgia’s School Superintendent
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AT Supports
How can Assistive Technology help?
Access Educational Materials Access the Curriculum
Acquire KnowledgeDemonstrate Skills
Richard Woods, Georgia’s School Superintendent
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Assistive Technology can Help
1. Students who experience difficulty with reading use technology to access information, acquire knowledge and demonstrate skills.
2. Students who experience difficulty with writing use technology to demonstrate knowledge and skills.
3. Students who experience difficulty with physical or sensory access to classroom materials use technology to access the curriculum and demonstrate knowledge and skills.
Richard Woods, Georgia’s School Superintendent
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Assistive Technology can Help
4. Students who experience difficulty with math use technology to access information, acquire knowledge and demonstrate skills.
5. Students who experience difficulty with oral communication use technology to support communication efforts.
Richard Woods, Georgia’s School Superintendent
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SWD Nationwide 2012 – 5,694,441IDEA, Part B, Fall 2012
Specific Learning DisabilitySpeech and Language ImpairmentIntellectual DisabilitiesEmotional DisturbanceMultiple DisabilitiesOrthopedic ImpairmentsOther Health ImpairmentsVisual ImpairmentsAutismDeaf and BlindnessTraumatic Brain InjuryDevelopmental Delay
39.818.17.36.32.20.913.30.47.70.020.42.1
Data First Org
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Student Access to the Curriculum
If students don’t have access to the curriculum - How do students show you what they know
How do we know what a student needs: Read A loud, Text Reader, or Read Themselves
How do students use available technology to learn their curriculum
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Protocol for Accommodations in
Reading
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Protocol for Accommodations in Reading
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Richard Woods, Georgia’s School Superintendent
“Educating Georgia’s Future”gadoe.orgText-to-Speech
• Computer generated voice
• TTS
• Electronic reader
Image courtesy of David Castillo at FreeDigitalPhotos.net
Richard Woods, Georgia’s School Superintendent
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Lets Explore – ATText to Speech
1. Open a blank Word Document2. Click Customize Quick Access Toolbar3. Click More Commands4. In the Choose commands from list, select All Commands5. Scroll down to the Speak command, select it, and then click Add6. Click OK - Now Type
Highlight what you typed, and click
Text-to-speech technology allows students to see text and hear it read aloud at the same time. There are different types of text-to-speech software. Some software uses a computer-generated voice. Others use a recorded human voice.
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Lets Explore – ATText to Speech – On Line
Supports include:
•Hear text read aloud with dual color highlighting
•Have words explained with text and picture
dictionaries and translated into other languages
•Get suggestions for the current or next word as you
type with Word Prediction
•Turn speech to text in Google Docs
•Highlight and collect text; build vocabulary lists
•Simplify and summarize text on web pages
•Annotations, including typewriter tool
Read and Write for Google, free extension
Richard Woods, Georgia’s School Superintendent
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To download the extension, follow these steps:
1. Open Google Chrome2. Click the Apps icon in your toolbar:3. Click on the Web Store icon.4. In the top left hand corner, highlight Extensions, and
then search for Read & Write:5. The extension description will appear:6. Click the blue add button:7. The extension will automatically install.
Lets Explore – ATText to Speech – On Line
Richard Woods, Georgia’s School Superintendent
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Lets Explore – ATOn Screen Magnification
Microsoft Office - Quickly zoom in or out of a document, presentation, or worksheet
On the status bar, click the Zoom sliderSlide to the percentage zoom setting that you want
Word Document: Zoom bar at the bottom of the screen
A screen magnifier is software that interfaces with a computer's graphical output to present enlarged screen content. It is a type of assistive technology suitable for visually impaired people with some functional vision; visually impaired people with little or no functional vision usually use a screen reader.
Richard Woods, Georgia’s School Superintendent
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Lets Explore – ATOn Screen Magnification
If you have a mouse with a scroll wheel, many programs allow you to increase and decrease the size of on-screen text and graphics simply by pressing Ctrl while scrolling up and down. If you want to enlarge what you see in Internet Explorer or Google Chrome but your mouse doesn’t have a scroll wheel, press Ctrl+Plus Sign (+); Ctrl+Minus Sign (-) shrinks what you see.
Richard Woods, Georgia’s School Superintendent
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Lets Explore – ATSome Spelling Help
Do you use Google Chrome as your browser (Search Engine)?
Use the speak function to help you spell: How to turn the “Ok Google” on or off
1. Open Google Chrome2. In the top right corner, click the Chrome
menu > Settings3. In the "Search" section, check Enable "Ok Google" to
start a voice search. To turn Ok Google off, uncheck this box.
Richard Woods, Georgia’s School Superintendent
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Lets Explore – ATOn Screen Key BoardOn-Screen Keyboard
1. Open On-Screen Keyboard by clicking the
Start button ,
2. clicking All Programs,
3. clicking Accessories,
4. clicking Ease of Access,
5. and then clicking On-Screen Keyboard.
6. Click Options, select the Turn on numeric
key pad check box, and then click OK.
Richard Woods, Georgia’s School Superintendent
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Gina Gelinas, Program Manager, GPATDeeDee Bunn, Assistive Technology Specialist
Paula Gumpman, Assistive Technology SpecialistGeorgia Department of Education
Division for Special Education Services and Supports
Georgia Project for Assistive Technology
[email protected]@doe.k12.ga.us
www.gpat.org
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