Differentiating for Students with Special NeedsSara Longaberger

ITEC 7530

Fall 2014

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What you need to know:0IEP – Individualized Education Program - an

individualized plan for a student with disabilities that describes the measures teachers must take to accommodate the learning needs of the student. (Cennamo, 2014, 152)

0Assistive Technology – any item, piece of equipment or product system used to increase, maintain or improve functional capabilities of individuals with disability. (Cennamo, 2014, 151)

What you need to know:0Differentiated instruction (DI) – purposefully

designing instruction to accommodate the known needs of one’s students and providing them with different content, strategies, and means of demonstrating the desired learning goals.

0Universal Design for Learning (UDL)

an approach to instruction in which teachers remove barriers to learning by providing flexibility in materials, methods, and assessments. (Cennamo, 2014, 138) Image retrieved from

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What you need to know:

0 Watch these videos from Richard Lavoie to glimpse what it is like to have a learning disability:

0 Intro:0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fFm-OvUhDiQ

0 Simulation:0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=blIBab6QbaA

0 Audio vs Visual learners:0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8vTPW8kHl7w

How you can help:

0Understand the student’s IEP0Provide appropriate:

0Assistive technology0Adaptive technology

0UDL/ Differentiated Instruction

Understanding the IEP

0 Developed by interdisciplinary team

0 Individualized guide for student learning

0 Ultimate goal is to provide increased access to general

curriculum

0 Lists specific technologies required for individual

0 Teachers should understand how to appropriately implement

technologies or request professional development

Assistive vs. Adaptive Technology

Assistive Technology Adaptive Technology

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0 No-tech to High-tech0 Can be used by

individuals with or without a disability

0 Ex. Word processor 0 Spell check0 Word predictor software

0 Specific type of assistive technology

0 Typically not used by individuals without a disability.

0 Ex. Hearing aids

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ning-resources/scholastic-keys

Examples of Assistive Technology for Specific Disabilities

ADHD: word processor tool, computer

software, brain games, PDA’s, talking textbooks, voice recognition,

Noise canceling headphones

Mild LD: word processor tools (spell

check, word predictors), calculators, internet

based communication, e-texts, text to voice and

voice recording technology

Auditory disability: hearing

aid, Hearing assistive technology

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Just a reminder:0Differentiated instruction (DI) – purposefully

designing instruction to accommodate the known needs of one’s students and providing them with different content, strategies, and means of demonstrating the desired learning goals.

0Universal Design for Learning (UDL)

– an approach to instruction in which teachers remove barriers to learning by providing flexibility in materials, methods, and assessments.

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or/dpasko1/page/2/

UDL/DI

0 Consider your diverse learners:

0 ADHD

0 Mild LD

0 Auditory disability

0 Don’t stop there:

0 Audio learners vs visual learners

0 Bodily-Kinesthetic Learners

0 Logical-Mathematical Learners

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UDL/ID

0 Consider how you can use assistive technologies for all of

your diverse learners:

0 Audio/Visual: closed captioning on videos

0 Bodily Kinesthetic/ADHD: Motions with new vocabulary

0 Include options for representation, action and expression,

and engagement.

0 Focus on the learning styles represented in your classroom.

Differentiate

0Remember:

0 All students are individual learners with individual

learning profiles.

0 Differentiating allows you to incorporate assistive

technologies so that ALL students have better access to

the general curriculum.

0 Plan ahead so no one gets left out.

ReferencesAssistive Technology for ADHD, ADD Inattention. (n.d.). Retrieved October 4, 2014, from

http://www.adhd-brain.com/assistive-technology-for-adhd.html

AT Examples - Assistive Technology for Education. (n.d.). Retrieved October 4, 2014, from

http://assistivetechnologyforeducation.com/examples-of-assistive-technology/

Behrmann, M., & Jerome, M. (2002, January 1). Assistive Technology for Students with Mild

Disabilities: Update 2002. ERIC Digest. Retrieved October 4, 2014, from

http://www.ericdigests.org/2003-1/assistive.htm

Cennamo, K., Ross, J., & Ertmer, P. (2014). Customizing Student Learning Activites. In Technology

Intergration for Meaningrul Classroom Use: A Standards-Based Approach (2nd ed., pp. 141- 152).

Belmont: Wadsworth Cengage Learning.

Hearing Assistive Technology. (n.d.). Retrieved October 4, 2014, from

http://www.asha.org/public/hearing/treatment/assist_tech.htm

How Difficult Can This Be? The F.A.T. City Workshop, Richard Lavoie, 1989. Retrieved October 4,

2014 from https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUujNMZnIeWB3VMSUza-mCw/videos

Examples of Assistive Technology Appropriate for Specific Disabilities

Venn Diagram created with information from:Assistive Technology for ADHD, ADD Inattention. (n.d.). Retrieved October 4,

2014, from http://www.adhd-brain.com/assistive-technology-for-adhd.html

AT Examples - Assistive Technology for Education. (n.d.). Retrieved October 4, 2014, from http://assistivetechnologyforeducation.com/examples-

of- assistive-technology/Behrmann, M., & Jerome, M. (2002, January 1). Assistive Technology for Students with Mild Disabilities: Update 2002. ERIC Digest. Retrieved October 4, 2014, from http://www.ericdigests.org/2003-1/assistive.htmHearing Assistive Technology. (n.d.). Retrieved October 4, 2014, from http://www.asha.org/public/hearing/treatment/assist_tech.htm