1. Assisted Technology for Students with Disabilities

2. Students with Disabilities IEP: Students may have and Individual Education Plan that requires use of assisted technology. 504: Some students may be aided with a 504 plan that may require assisted technology as a modification.

3. LRE: Having a least restrictive environment means that educators in school systems are required to educate students with disabilities in regular classrooms with their own peers. Inclusion classrooms involve students with disabilities and regular ed students in the same classroom with a special education teacher assisting the regular ed teacher. Inclusion and LRE

4. Modifications Differentiated Instruction Hand Written Notes Peer Tutors Extra Time After School Tutoring Graphic Organizers Assisted Technology How do you teach these students?

5. Assistive technology is a term that includes assistive, adaptive, and rehabilitative devices for people with disabilities. AT enables people to perform tasks that they are unable to accomplish, or have difficulty accomplishing by providing methods of interacting with the technology needed to accomplish tasks. Definition of Assisted Technology

6. Lesson on Finding Angles in Circles Lesson Plan

7. Autism Student: Use of computer to type notes with formulas needed to find the missing angles. Use of peer tutor to fill out hand written notes due to lack of readable handwriting. ADHD Students: Use of protractor and rulers on SmartBoard activity to keep them motivated and active during the discovery activators. Ideas for each student

8. Other Learning Disabilities: Graphic organizers Peer note taker Printed typed notes Extra time Computer use for taking notes Inclusion Classroom Hearing impaired: Requires use of wearing a microphone when teaching by the teacher and peer tutors would benefit the student. Ideas for each student

9. Some AT Devices Touch Window allows students to use a computer without the keyboard. This can help with disabled students and students who can not use a mouse or keyboard well Interactive Mouse allows the user to make left clicks while someone rolls the mouse on the screen.

10. Some AT Devices Microphone Amps can help the teacher speak clearer and louder for hearing impaired students.

11. Wikipedia's Definition of Assistive Technology. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assistive_technology Definition of Inclusion and LRE http://wrightslaw.com/info/lre.index.htmhe maximum extent appropriate Touch Windows http://www.synapseadaptive.com/edmark/prod/tw/default.htm Interactive Mouse http://enablingdevices.com/catalog/computer-aids/mouse-switches/interactive-mouse-for-pc Hearing Amp http://www.griffinlab.com/Products/SoniVox-BoomVox-Amplifiers.html?gclid=CMXAvfbllaACFR5dswodKggQeA References