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    Assistive technology devices are any piece of equipment used by a person with a disability to increase, maintain, or improve his or her functional capabilities. At ISB, assistive technology use and needs will be noted specifically on the first page of the student's ILP. Guidelines for the use of Lexia All LS teachers will use Lexia as one mode of teaching reading for students with dyslexia students with reading based weaknesses in learning support will be assessed using the Lexia Reading program assessment.

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    Assistive technology devices are any piece of equipment used by a person with a disability to increase, maintain, or improve his or her functional capabilities. At ISB, assistive technology use and needs will be noted specifically on the first page of the student's ILP. Guidelines for the use of Lexia All LS teachers will use Lexia as one mode of teaching reading for students with dyslexia students with reading based weaknesses in learning support will be assessed using the Lexia Reading program assessment.

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    Assistive Technology

    Diunggah oleh

    Francis A. Buenaventura
    Assistive technology devices are any piece of equipment used by a person with a disability to increase, maintain, or improve his or her functional capabilities. At ISB, assistive technology use and needs will be noted specifically on the first page of the student's ILP. Guidelines for the use of Lexia All LS teachers will use Lexia as one mode of teaching reading for students with dyslexia students with reading based weaknesses in learning support will be assessed using the Lexia Reading program assessment.

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    Assistive /Adaptive Technology

    We are committed to the use of assistive technology solutions will be considered for all students in learning support where a need is determined. Briefly defined an assistive technology device is any piece of equipment used by a person with a disability to increase, maintain, or improve his or her functional capabilities. Examples of assistive technology devices: Low-Tech: typically non electronic devices Adapted furniture, tools, or utensils Raised-line, colored, or grid paper Correction tape or pens Highlighter tape or pens Velcro Manual communication boards Large print books Magnifiers Line guides Pencil grips Mid-Tech: Tape or digital recorders Electronic dictionaries or organizers Audio books Special lighting or acoustical treatments Adapted keyboards Audible word scanning devices High-Tech: Talking calculators or word processors Word prediction, graphic organizer, or flowchart software Onscreen math, computer calculations Communications device/software A good site for more info. http://www.ldac-taac.ca/InDepth/tech_examples-e.asp

    At ISB, assistive technology use and needs will be noted specifically on the first page of the students ILP and will include what the technology will target to support or remediate For Example (from ILP doc. page 1.) Additional therapies recommended: Speech Language Therapy Occupational Therapy Physical Therapy Counseling Tutoring Summer Programming Adaptive/ Assistive Technologies

    Description of what service will target:

    Lexia- reading instruction Text Help- writing process Slant board and raised line paper for graphomotor support

    Programs of focus for professional development and student use for 2009- 2010 are: Lexia Text Help Read Write Gold Kurzweil Reading Instruction/ evaluation software for students with dyslexia Support for reading and composing text Reading, study skill and writing program

    Guidelines for the use of Lexia


    All LS teachers will use Lexia as one mode of teaching reading for students with dyslexia Students with reading based weaknesses in learning support will be assessed using the Lexia reading program assessment. These assessments will be completed as part of baseline data collection on each student during the first month of school. Lexia will be used a minimum of three times per week for 15 minutes It will be administered in blocks of time with duration no shorter than 8 weeks. Lexia License agreement as of Aug 2010
    25 concurrent users for Lexia Reading Program 3 concurrent users for the Reading Test 10 concurrent users for the Lexia Cross Trainer

    *Please do be in touch with Kristen immediately if you are unable to use this because of too many users. We can expand our license if we have a need.

    Text Help- Read Write Gold

    Text Help can be used by anyone on campus based on the terms of our license. It will be a helpful tool for many students and a necessary tool for some students who can have it as an accommodation.

    Kurzweil
    Kurzweil is more specialized. We anticipate a small number of students to really fully use this assistive tech. We will need to install this specifically for each student.

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