Assistive Technology

   An assistive technology device can be the key to learning for many students with disabilities. 

            For example:

·       an FM listening device can help a student with hearing loss hear in the classroom

·       a communication device can enable a nonverbal student express himself

·       apps on a handheld device may motivate students to learn sequencing

·       specially adapted pens may assist students with reading

Special education regulation 300.5 states that “Assistive technology device means any item, piece of equipment, or product system, whether acquired commercially off the shelf, modified, or customized, that is used to increase, maintain, or improve the functional capabilities of a child with a disability. The term does not include a medical device that is surgically implanted, or the replacement of such device.”

What assistive technology device has helped your child learn?

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