Saturday, July 9, 2011

Assistive Technology

http://www.specialed.us/autism/assist/asst14.htm

This site discusses how to use AT with children who have autism. One of the things they mention is the talk pad. The talk pad records voice so the child can play it. The site gave the example of using it for a child who can't remember the routine for snack time. The snack time routine is recorded and when it is snack time the child plays it to remember.

http://www.cesa7.org/assistivetech/documents/ATintheEarlyChildhoodClassroom.pdf

Cesa 7 suggests some pretty simple AT for the early childhood classroom. One of these options is the Big Keyboard. This keyboard has brightly colored keys that are larger than normal. This could be used for all early childhood children who have trouble finding the key they are looking for, or whose fingers hit the wrong key.

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