Video Modeling

If you have an iPhone or a Flip Camera you can start adding a new
dimension right away with teaching social skills with students on the
autism spectrum or with intellectual disabilities.  Video modeling (VM) is a teaching strategy in which a teacher shows a video of desired behaviors or interactions to an individual student or small group of students.

With advances in mobile technology, VM

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Goals to Support AAC Use

When
a student is provided an AAC device, the next part is to think about,
how do we teach it? How do we support it? How do we write goals in the
IEP.



Remembering that goals must be specific, measurable, attainable, realistic and timely, when it comes to AAC, we must also consider that who, what, when, where and how. Who does our student need to communicate with? What do they need to be

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Apps and Special Needs - Wading Through and Finding Just the Right One

This has become an amazing challenge: keeping up with the app explosion in special education. The frequency and rate at which these apps are coming out is just plain overwhelming for all of us. It has to make one question the value of the product with the speed in which we are being inundated with these products. It is very hard to know exactly what is what and which ones are even worth

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Assistive Technology for Aging

Assistive technology (AT) resources can help to allow adults to age with dignity. Many senior citizens or people with disabilities, injuries or illness make use of
assistive technology-tools, products, or kinds of equipment that help
people perform tasks and activities. They can be as simple as a hearing
aid, a few bars in the bathroom, or a magnifying glass, or as complex as a computer

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50 Ways to Use Voice Output Devices

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