Using Technology to Enhance Special Education


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Using Technology to Enhance Special Education, Volume 37 of Advances in Special Education, focuses on how general and special educators can use technology to work with children and youth with disabilities.




Using Technology to Engage Students With Learning Disabilities


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Leverage technology to engage students with learning disabilities! Harness the power of today’s technology to improve learning and engagement for students with learning disabilities. By engaging students with learning disabilities using the technology already at your fingertips, you’ll see your students begin to thrive and grow in exciting new ways. In this volume in the Connected Educators Series, you’ll discover: New ideas for using assistive technology to teach core subjects and study skills How to build positive opportunities for students to show what they know Tools to provide better content accessibility How to help students connect and share through technology tools




Teaching Special Children


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Assistive Technology in the Classroom


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Gives readers an up-to-date look at how assistive technology can be used in all kinds of classrooms, at all grade levels, to enhance the teaching and learning of students with a wide range of disabilities. KEY TOPICS: Assistive technology, computer technology, instructional technology, integrating technology into augmentative communication, access to computers and mobile devices, children with disabilities, students with disabilities, special education, teacher education, technology training, professional development-technology MARKET The focus of this book is on assistive technology in the classroom and the curriculum-its use in the teaching and learning process, not on tech tools in other disciplines such as adapted sports, transportation, or powered mobility. As such, the in-service market is classroom teachers and special education teachers and administrators.




Traditional and Innovative Assessment Techniques for Students with Disabilities


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This finely curated collection of thirteen chapters presents ideas and research on different disability topics from key leaders in the field of the assessment of children with disabilities. They help us to properly understand and compare traditional and innovative assessment techniques for students with disabilities.




OECD Digital Education Outlook 2021 Pushing the Frontiers with Artificial Intelligence, Blockchain and Robots


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How might digital technology and notably smart technologies based on artificial intelligence (AI), learning analytics, robotics, and others transform education? This book explores such question. It focuses on how smart technologies currently change education in the classroom and the management of educational organisations and systems.




Assistive Technology in the Classroom Enhanced Pearson Etext Access Card


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Gives readers an up-to-date look at how assistive technology can be used in all kinds of classrooms, at all grade levels, to enhance the teaching and learning of students with a wide range of disabilities. KEY TOPICS: Assistive technology, computer technology, instructional technology, integrating technology into augmentative communication, access to computers and mobile devices, children with disabilities, students with disabilities, special education, teacher education, technology training, professional development-technology MARKET The focus of this book is on assistive technology in the classroom and the curriculum-its use in the teaching and learning process, not on tech tools in other disciplines such as adapted sports, transportation, or powered mobility. As such, the in-service market is classroom teachers and special education teachers and administrators.




Assistive Technology in Special Education


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Assistive Technology in Special Education presents a wealth of practical, well-organized information to help families, teachers, and therapists find effective solutions for students with learning, literacy, and cognitive challenges. This third edition features new affordable tools to improve and compensate for challenges related to speaking, understanding, reading, writing, and thinking and remembering, as well as strategies to help students become more organized and efficient. Also highlighted are iOS devices, G Suite (Google Apps and Extensions), online collaborative sites, and features built into the computers and mobile devices readers already use. As technology changes and new operating systems make older programs obsolete, this book will empower readers to explore the most current resources as they become available.




Assistive Technology in the Classroom


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The second edition clearly understands and addresses two of the most important aspects of assistive technology: that classroom technology changes rapidly, and that individual students with disabilities require personalized solutions when it comes to successfully completing daily, school-related tasks. With the first aspect in mind, the authors of this contemporary and engaging text have included web site information that will keep students and instructors up to date with the most current advancements in assistive technology, research, web site links, and other resources. With the second aspect in mind, the authors have approached assistive technology with a focus on finding assistive technology tools that speak to individual students, not disability categories. - Back cover




Enhancing Partnerships in Special Education


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This book provides readers with a comprehensive description of procedures and practices that can enhance special education collaboration, consultation and cooperation in classroom learning environments and ancillary educational services. Experts in the field of special education provide detailed information on critical topics such as fostering the collaboration between regular education and special education teachers. Detailed discussions also focus on the role of mental health providers in special education, and the innovative use of technology in enhancing partnerships in general and special education. Unique chapters include the psychologist in the special education process, the role of the government as a partner to enhance special education services, and the vital role that principals play as school leaders to insure that special education students garner the necessary services to maximize their learning potential. Lastly, the critical roles that speech and language and physical education specialists play are discussed with regard to optimizing the overall development of students with special needs.