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Assistive Technology

July 24th, 2009 Posted in Home Visiting Strategies, Support for Home Vsitors

When you hear the term “assistive technology”, what do you think of?  Do you have visions of computers, wires and keyboards?  If so, the SEEDS workgroup on Early Education Technology (SWEET) has provided a resource to connect California’s early intervention programs and families to assistive technology (AT) resources for young children with disabilities.  As you review the resources, training modules and AT toolkit, you will find that the SWEET team has focused on providing evidence based information as well as practical ideas for integrating both high and low tech AT tools to enhance access to communication and learning in natural environments for young children with disabilities.  One of the principles that the SWEET team espouses to is that AT should be a consideration for every child during the development of the Individualized Family Service/Education Plan.  (IFSP/IEP)

As a home visitor, what are your thoughts about AT for young children with disabilities?

How have you seen AT used?

What are some ways you could implement AT into your work with young children and families?

-submitted by Karen Baas, Infant Development Association of CA

  1. 7 Responses to “Assistive Technology”

  2. By Karen Baas on Aug 6, 2009

    Hi
    What more would you be interested in knowing about this topic? If you have a specific question, please post it and someone in the community may be able to provide information for you. Thanks for your visit.

  3. By Kathleen Sadao on Aug 12, 2009

    Thanks Karen for posting info. about the SWEET assistive technology team efforts, a CA Special Ed. sponsored technical assistance initiative out of the Sacramento County Office of Ed. SEEDS Project. We continue to develop ways to support AT use in Birth to five programs across the State and welcome anyone to come visit our SEEDS website to explore the links, products and resources we have posted there. We are currently looking at ways to link outcomes, assessment information and our AT toolkit in a way that makes it very useful for providers to access ideas to use in their programs.

  4. By Karen Baas on Aug 21, 2009

    Hi Kathleen,
    You are welcome. The info. on the SEEDS website on this topic is well done. If there are additional updates, please let me know and I will post a follow up or please feel free to return back to the blog and post something too. :)
    Karen

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