Case Studies

Hey it was great to learn about all of our schools in our board and all
of the great things that are happening with AT. It is amazing how much
it is helping our students and how much we have to MAKE teachers aware
of the benefits of AT for all of our students.. I truly wish you, Barb
could have a few more courses on PowerPoint and high needs APSEA Assistive
technology through Acadia, as I would love to have a masters in Assistive
Technology....as only part of it is to decide on the technology but you
need someone on the school side to implement it and set up assignments or
even scan books into Kurzweil which takes so much time.

April 1 Boardmaker and video

Perhaps fascinating isn't the right word but it is first word that came
to mind with the video we saw in class. YOutube is one thing, but CNN
interviewing the autistic lady is yet another. I know we are all
intrigued with the autistic students we work with and would love to
know what is going on entirely under that shell. Each student is
entirely unique and the talents they have and how they express their needs.
I think creating the boardmaker go-talk pictures would definitely help
the autistic student we have with communicating his needs and feelings
and then perhaps getting to the iTouch with Proloquo to go as Barb has
mentioned to me. I agree as he has an understanding of the computer and
can say what he wants in an email to his dad even though sometimes
it doesn't make any sense. Someone usually emails him back and asks what
he means by that and he is able to straighten it out in words on the computer.
I look forward to creating this boardmaker project and it is a lot harder
than I thought it would be. You hav3e to take into consideration so many aspects
of the child's life in order for the device to be useful for the specific child.