Some of the most difficult things we face in our field are those things which are intangible. One of the most damaging to our students and possible our sense of purpose as educators is that our students must somehow prove themselves, repeatedly, to show they are capable, competent and are acting with intentionality when they attempt to communicate be it through language, AAC or behavior. We live in a land of pre-requisites and accountability, which leaves little room for "The Least Dangerous Assumption" as pioneered by Anne Donnellan in 1984 and clarified by Rosetti and Tashie. The least dangerous
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StoryKit Possibilities
StoryKit is a free iPhone/iTouch/iPad app from the International Children's Digital Library. It allows the user to create story books using multimedia including images and audio clips. Integrated into the program is a paint program and ability to share books you make.You can use this app to create scrapbooks of recent classroom events, social stories and visual schedules. Essentially you are limited only by your creativity.If you download the free ARASAAC or Scelera Picture Symbol (or the Mayer-Johnson PCS Metafiles or similar) set onto your iDevice you can intergrate picture symbols
Dwell
Using a dwell program is a way to "click" the mouse and is especially useful for use with mouse emulators, like joysticks and head or eye tracking.Recently in working with a young adult who has some significant issues with touching a touch screen or clicking a mouse to make choices (it seems to be a psychological issue along the lines of learned helplessness or desire to avoid displeasing others) a dwell option seemed to be a possible way to circumvent the issue.There are various free options for using dwell to replace a mouse click that can be downloaded:Point N Click Sensory Software
Judy Terranova is a 20 year old from Boston
Judy Terranova is a 20 year old from Boston who just finished her freshman year at Salem State...
iPossibilities for Those with Significant Special Needs and their Teams
Updated June 19, 2010 Key: The YGWYPF notation means "You get what you pay for!" T&T is Tried...
The New Tobii S32
This week a student and I logged onto the internet via her Tobii C-Eye to look for some images of...
Internet Based AAC Options
Internet based AAC options seem to be a hot things right now, not as hot as the iPad, but hot...
Outside the Box Craft Blogs
If you are like most teachers, especially if you are a "craft impaired" teacher, you are always...
Summer Reading Programs for Special Needs Students
Most of this post is from June 7, 2008. June is National Audiobook Month, did you know that? ...
Million Teacher March Need Your Shoe Laces
Members of the Shoelaces for Teachers campaign are collecting shoelaces in honor of educators who...