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September 2, 2011

AT, AAC & 21st Century Skills Considerations for PRESCHOOLERS!

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DANIEL G. MCNULTY• Paraprofessional in Lafayette Indiana Area• Applied Behavior Analysis Therapist for

preschool children on the Autism Spectrum• Behavior Consultant• PURDUE University

• BA Special Education, MS Special Education • ClassroomTeacher

• Kg-6th Grade Moderate-Severe Disabilities• UDL Team Leader, Autism Team Leader

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No Cost For PATINS Services

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Some General Fears & Myths

• Computer/Technology use will lead to children becoming less social.

• Providing Tech Tools early will prohibit ‘actual’ learning of the skills.

• It’s “cheating.” • The AT will become a crutch, effectively

making the child less independent. • If we lose the internet or electricity someday,

these kids won’t be able to perform at all.



What is Assistive Technology?



How Young is Too Young For AT Help?

• Time spent reading is the greatest predictor of reading growth: good readers read more and get better. Poor readers struggle, get frustrated, read less and fall further behind.

• The discrepancy model or ‘waiting for failure’ no longer applies. After second grade, it is much more difficult (if possible at all) to bring struggling readers back up to grade level. Reading accommodations are needed even at early grade levels to circumvent the lack of reading fluency.

• Digital Reading in the 21st Century is more than just decoding the words.

• K. Beers, 1988: hearing and seeing text improves reading, does not prohibit it



Some Barriers

• Engagement / Attention Span• Little Bird Tales: http://littlebirdtales.com • Jumpstart World: http://www.jumpstart.com/

• Difficulty Writing or Even Drawing to Express• http://vocaroo.com/• http://www.voxopop.com• Story Kit & Little Bird Tales

• Missing Cause/Effect Relationship: • Powerpoint & Your Own Images• Free Switch Games:

Rolling Dice: http://www.arcess.com/dice.cfm• http://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/grownups/special_needs/physical_dev/switch/• http://www.inclusive.co.uk/downloads/downloads.shtml• http://www.priorywoods.middlesbrough.sch.uk/resources/videos.htm• http://www.priorywoods.middlesbrough.sch.uk/resources/restop.htm• http://atschool.eduweb.co.uk/meldreth/textandinfo/Powerp/Media2.html• http://atto.buffalo.edu/registered/ATBasics/AdaptingComputers/SwitchInterface/software.pdf• http://www.freewebs.com/robslearningfun/


http://littlebirdtales.com/

http://littlebirdtales.com/

http://www.jumpstart.com/

http://www.jumpstart.com/

http://vocaroo.com/

http://vocaroo.com/

http://www.voxopop.com/

http://www.voxopop.com/

http://www.arcess.com/dice.cfm

http://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/grownups/special_needs/physical_dev/switch/

http://www.inclusive.co.uk/downloads/downloads.shtml

http://www.inclusive.co.uk/downloads/downloads.shtml

http://www.priorywoods.middlesbrough.sch.uk/resources/videos.htm

http://www.priorywoods.middlesbrough.sch.uk/resources/restop.htm

http://atschool.eduweb.co.uk/meldreth/textandinfo/Powerp/Media2.html

http://atto.buffalo.edu/registered/ATBasics/AdaptingComputers/SwitchInterface/software.pdf

http://www.freewebs.com/robslearningfun/


More Barriers

• Fine Motor Difficulties• Track Ball, Joystick, Touch Screens, Adapted Keyboards

• EasiTrax, Intellikeys, Big Keys, One-Handed Keyboards, • Audioboo: http://audioboo.fm/

• Speech To Text:• Dragon Naturally Speaking

• For Computer (not free)• iPad, iTouch, iPhone App (Free)

• Low-Tech• Crayons broken to ½” or less• Ball & Smash dough, putty, etc


http://audioboo.fm/

http://audioboo.fm/


Even More Barriers

• Lack of phonetic decoding and/or word recognition: • Symbols vs. Photos vs. Text (sight words)

• Pictures to Word Prediction: http://www.donjohnston.com/enewsletter/ teacherleadermcnulty.html

• Text To Speech: • Free Read:OutLoud in Indiana

• Text To Audio File• Speakonia

• Readability: http://www.readability.com/ • Non-Verbal

• AAC: • iPad/iPhone/iTouch Options

• Social• http://abcnews.go.com/WNT/video?id=8280703 • Authentic Audience: http://carlysvoice.com/


http://www.donjohnston.com/enewsletter/teacherleadermcnulty.html



http://www.readability.com/

http://www.readability.com/

http://abcnews.go.com/WNT/video?id=8280703

http://abcnews.go.com/WNT/video?id=8280703

http://carlysvoice.com/

http://carlysvoice.com/


Some Considerations

• a team approach involving both family and staff is needed to assess, plan and implement adaptations and activities to ensure success over time;

• families must be able to provide input into their children's use of technology, even if they are unable to provide similar technology at home;

• families need easy-to-access assistance in acquiring information about purchasing equipment and obtaining training.

• Staff and family development: opportunities for systematic staff and family training in the use of technology must be provided by district and state level policies;

• an on-going case study approach to training such as used in business and law schools is needed for the entire team of professionals;

• a system needs to be inplace which provides support resources for staff and family


REFERENCE: Hutinger, P. (1994, Summer). Study shows assistive technology produces positive effects, makes recommendations for future efforts." ACTTive Technology, 9 (3), 1, 3, 4, 6.


SELF-OPERATED VIDEO/AUDIO PROMPTING

with iPod Devices, using Moviemaker on the PC or iMovie on the Mac

WHY SELF-OPERATED PROMPTING?

All students can learn skills that move them toward independence. If they are not, it is because I haven’t been creative, skillful and determined enough with their instruction.

Drastically Increases student independence.

Inhibits the practicing of errors.

Decreased cost compared to a para or job coach.

Shifts stimulus control to an alternative source.

Independent, socially valid & functional transition to adult life.

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WHY VIDEO, STILL IMAGE & AUDIO PROMPTS?

Student preference/choice has proven important.

Multiple/flexible means of presentation (UDL #1)

Portable technology holding massive quantities of content that is easily and cheaply modified promotes teaching in authentic environments & generalization across settings (CBI)

Video Self Modeling (VSM), Self-Operated Audio Prompts(SOAPS) & Video Modeling for skill acquisition and generalization is strongly supported in the research.


WHY IPODS AND ZUNES?

The desire to provide students with age appropriate and culturally appropriate tools and materials that enable them to be successful and independent in the work place. The iPod® from Apple and the Zune® from Microsoft are very popular, culturally accepted and age appropriate devices.

Widely supported due to popularity Improvements are on-going Relatively inexpensive Highly Portable "Students look and feel COOL!" (Social Validity VERY Important)


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