Module

After completing the module, AT for School Age, I have learned even more about assistive technology! The first part of the module focused on the AT assessment process in the school environment. From this section I learned that the assessment must be completed by a team. The assessment process takes time and requires an evaluation of the student's needs, strengths and preferences, the environment the AT will be used in and the tasks that the student needs to accomplish. The second part focused on the AT considerations in the IEP process. The IEP team is required to consider the AT needs of every student who is receiving special education services. During the IEP meeting, the team identifies the current accommodations or AT that been tried and if unsuccessful, the team identifies potential solutions. The last section discussed automatic speech recognition (ASR). ASR is beneficial for both students with physical and learning disabilities. ASR with dictation can offer typing speed upwards of 120 words per minute! The only downside to ASR is that transferring spoken words to coherent writing is complicated. I think this module was great because I learned new ideas about AT that I didn't know previously. From learning more about the AT assessment process and the considerations in the IEP process, I feel that I could go into an IEP meeting confidently with this new knowledge!

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