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= Assistive Technology =

What are AT devices and services according to IDEA '04?
 * anything that assists student to gain access to programs in schools- voice recog., braille keyboards, screen magnifyers- services:
 * evaluation, assessment, maintenance, replacement
 * does not have to be tech- can be a device

Give examples of AT tools, strategies, or services.
 * screen magnifier, protable magnifier,
 * colored overlays

What does "consideration" mean?
 * deciding what meets the needs during the iep (process)-- look at student needs--> environment--> tasks--> tools
 * develop toolkit for them to access
 * active and continuous discussion
 * should include child's say in goals
 * team consensus
 * needs of students must be met accordingly with strategies, then tools

UDL- universal design for learning--- designed for special needs, but benefit everyone ex in real world: speaker phones and slanty curbs

multiple means of relaying the lesson, multiple means of student expression, multiple means of student engagement, representation

General AT -
[|http://www.atia.org] [|http://www.closingthegap.com] [|http://www.abledata.com] http://www.csun.edu/cod/ http://www.resna.org/ http://www.ataccess.org/ [|http://www.abilityhub.com] http://www.cec.sped.org/ http://www.wati.org http://www.gpat.org http://www.qiat.org http://www.cast.org http://www.texasat.net http://www.tsbvi.edu/

Learning Disabilities -
http://www.ldresources.com/ http://www.ldonline.com http://cateweb.uoregon.edu/default.html

Digital Text -
http://www.bookshare.org http://www.accessiblebookcollection.org/ http://www.knowledgerush.com http://www.rfbd.org/ http://www.readplease.com

Augmentative and Alternative Communication -
http://www.aacintervention.com http://www.lburkhart.com http://aac.unl.edu http://www.aacinstitute.org http://www.isaac-online.org/ http://www.ablenetinc.com http://aac.unl.edu:16080/yaack/

Technology Access -
http://www.w3.org [] http://barrier-free.arch.gatech.edu/ http://www.cast.org

Universal Design for Learning - [|CAST videos] [|Harvard UDL Institute]