Issues and Challenges
What is it called when a student with a disabilities is in appropriate classes within the general curriculum?
Mainstream
Assistive Technology definition consists of two parts. What are the two parts to the definition?
Device and Service
What is one mobile device that is used in special education setting for students with a disability?
IPads
What are the first two hashtags given for teachers to follow to engage in professional learning?
#sped and #spedchat
If a student has impairments with the loss of hearing or vision. What type of disability are these symptoms associated with?
Sensory Disabilities
If a student has special needs what plan must they have to get their needs addressed?
IEP
What does multiple means of expression provide students with?
Gives students choices on how they express what they have learned
What are three skills that a student with a cognitive disability might struggle with?
Reading Skills
Writing Skills
Math Skills
What social media site can teachers follow to engage in professional learning?
What are the four kinds of technology facilitate independence for students who are blind?
Canes and sensor technology
Tools to convert printed information
Screen readers
Braille typing device and braille printer
What is one challenge in special education technology?
Teachers still face challenges in knowing how to use and integrate technology for teaching students with disabilities.
Assistive technology team is established within a school district to provide services relative to two key functions:
•(1) Assess students for assistive technology
•(2) Facilitate the implementation of assistive technology devices and services
What is a product that could help a student with a cognitive disability decod words in reading?
Text-to-speech
What professional organization gives updated knowledge, resources, standards, and professional development to support teacher growth?
Council for Expectational Children
What is an assistive listening device used in classroom today?
FM Amplification System
Every Student Succeeds Act includes a requirement that states provide two options for assessing students with disabilities. What are the two requirements?
1) General assessment with accommodation as needed
2) Alternative assessment on alternate academic standards for only 1% of all the students in the state
What are the three categories for classifying solutions?
•No-tech solutions
•Low- tech solutions
• High- tech solutions
What is a software that helps students with a cognitive disability in organizing their thought for writing?
Inspiration
Kidspiration
To continue growth, teachers need to identify and keep in touch with what agencies ?
State and Federal Agencies
For students who have partial sight what is a device that can enlarge the text?
Closed-circuit television
Universal Design for Learning is best known for its three core principles. What are the three core principles?
1) Multiple means of representation
2) Multiple means of express
3) Multiple means of engagement
What does multiple means of representation provides students with?
Gives students alternatives to acquiring information beyond a textbook
Teachers who work with students that have moderate and severe cognitive disabilities can use a certain type of keyboard?
Alternative Keyboards
What are the two kinds of challenges teachers have when matching technology solutions to each student need?
1) To become familiar with the array of resources available and the strategies that they enable.
2) To identify how to gain access to these resources.
In an active classroom what device can be used to help the student with a hearing impairment hear more effectively?
Ubiduo