1. Assistive Technology
By: Kira White Tucker

2. What is Assistive Technology?
Any type of Technology that promotes greater
independence by enabling people to perform
tasks that they formerly were unable to
accomplish or had great difficulty
accomplishing.

3. Students with ADHD
Students with ADHD need the following things
to help them remain in control:
1. A Routine
2. Organization
3. Limited Choices
4. Short Directions
5. Check Lists

4. Some Ways Assistive Technology
Can Help With ADHD Students
● Use email to send the agenda to
the student and parents for
review before they arrive in
class.
● Using Google Drive assign the
student modified work with less
problems or choices of
assignments without making a
● Use QR Codes on worksheets
○ Linking audio of directions
○ Link short instructional videos
○ Link reminder of the nights work

5. Ways Assistive Technology can
Help With Auditory Assistant
Students
Using PowerPoints or
presentation software allowing
the student to read the
information at his or her own
pace
Take pictures of the processes
you are introducing so the
student can see what is
happening rather than listen to
the teacher explain.
Use the Plethora of Tablet or Smart
Phones apps the student may already
be familiar with to help in the
classroom.
The use of an FM System will help
students here during classroom
instruction. The teacher wears a
microphone and the student wears an
earpiece that allows them to hear
better.

6. Ways Assistive Technology can
Help With Auditory Assistant
Students
FM Systems:
Use a wireless transmitter to broadcast a
signal throughout a given area.
Sound Field Systems:
Similar to FM Systems except there are
speakers placed in the classroom to
benefit all students with the amplified
voice of the speaker.
Loop Systems:
Uses a cable that circles the listening area. The
presenter speaks into a microphone and the
students receive the signal through specially
equipped hearing aids.
Communication Access Realtime
Translation (CART):
Through the use of a CART machine all spoken
text is recorded. This allows the students to
participate in all of the speech of the room not just
the speech of the teacher.

7. Steps to Implementing an Assistive
Technology Plan
1. Collect information from the student about strengths, abilities, and things
they already use.
2. Plan out what activities you would like to use assistive technology with
3. Find observable and attainable goals
4. Brainstorm an assistive technology plan
5. Test out your plan in the classroom. Remember to give the plan time for
the student to learn the system.
6. Evaluate how successful the plan was.

8. Sources
American Speech-Language-Hearing Association http://www.asha.org/public/hearing/hearing-
assistive-technology-for-children/
http://www.asha.org/public/hearing/treatment/assist_tech.htm
Kids Health: What is ADHD?
http://kidshealth.org/parent/medical/learning/adhd.html
Kids Health: Hearing Evaluation in Children
http://kidshealth.org/parent/general/eyes/hear.html
Eric Digest: Assistive Technology for Students with Mild Disabilities: Update 2002
http://www.ericdigests.org/2003-1/assistive.htm

9. Sources Continued
Psych Central: Classroom Adaptations for ADHD Students
http://psychcentral.com/lib/classroom-adaptations-for-adhd-students/0003545
Smart Kids with LD: Note-Taking Technology for Students with LD and ADHD
http://www.smartkidswithld.org/guide-to-action/at-tool-kit/note-taking-technology-for-students-with-ld-
and-adhd
The California Ear Institute: Classroom Assistive Listening Devices
http://www.californiaearinstitute.com/hearing-device-center-listening-device-classroom-bay-area.php