Assistive Technology

Recently, a teacher friend (former grad student) asked me for help with assistive technology goals. I'm wasn’t sure how old her student was, but I gave her some suggestions. I thought that some others might like to see the examples that I gave her.

Here are some examples:

The student will produce 3-5 word sentences or phrases using her dynamic display communication device to participate in a three-turn conversational exchange at least once a day, 4 out of 5 days per week, by the end of the second nine weeks.

Using her dynamic display communication device, the student will initiate at least one social greeting with a classmate daily, by the end of the first nine weeks.

The student will turn the pages of an electronic book using her switch and switch interface device. She will listen to the audio text on each page before advancing to the next page, in 8 out of 10 pages.

With an audio “turn the page” prompt, the student will turn the pages of an electronic book using a switch and switch interface device and listen to the audio text on each page before advancing to the next page, in 4 out of 10 pages.

The student will use an electronic graphic organizer to write an opening topic, a closing, and three supporting detail sentences to construct a five-sentence paragraph.

Given five sentences in an electronic graphic organizer, the student will identify and arrange the opening topic, the closing, and three supporting detail sentences to create a paragraph with 85% accuracy.

The student will compose and submit a final product of a persuasive essay after completing evidence of all editing steps of the writing process and using a talking word processor with word prediction and spelling and grammar check, with fewer than 10 errors in grammar and spelling.

Using a talking word processor with word prediction software, the student will select a grammatically accurate word after identifying and typing the initial letter of the word to construct a paragraph with fewer than two errors, 4 out of 5 trials.

I also gave her the link to the SC Assistive Technology Program -  https://scatp.med.sc.edu/?fbclid=IwAR39G8GpoGqnj2std7VMM5s4GzTjAUilFRJu6DsnYwZayeLEmoXEOhElWoI

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