This week find a resource that you can share the possible uses with students. Make sure you do not duplicate as there are many options listed below. Post your initial response with resource details and ideas for its use.
By definition, students with learning disabilities have a gap between their potential, and their functional knowledge and performance. In order to prevent that gap from widening, students must work at their functional level to overcome their deficits, while being exposed to the reading, math, and writing course content of their grade-level peers. It is through AT that students with LD are able to access grade-level materials.
WHAT ARE ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY SERVICES?Under the IDEA, AT services are broadly defined as any service that directly assists a child with a disability in the selection, acquisition, and use of an AT device. Services include:
- Evaluation of the student’s AT needs in the student’s customary environment
- Purchase, lease, selection, design, fitting, customization, and adaptation of devices
- Maintenance, repair, or replacement of devices
- Coordination of services and device use with other therapies and interventions
- Training or technical assistance for teachers, staff, family members, and students
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