Monday, July 19, 2010

Day 11: Assistive Technology Presentations

Today each group presented their assistive technology device that they had invented and adapted for a student to improve his/her performance while achieving a specific task. Well, what creative and exciting new ideas were presented for sharing and viewing! I have to say I was impressed with the ingenious ideas that this cohort manifested today. Some of the ideas were as following:


-pencils inserted into foam and Styrofoam balls for better grip








-molded steel bolted to doorstop; user who can only grip items of small diameters can hold doorstop which is attached to the molded steel in which the Tim Horton's cup is held



-velcro used to wrap around brush and hand to give user ability to brush hair without having to hold brush



-velcro glued on pencil and placed on velcro glued on desk to help students keep track of their supplies






-sandbag sewn into stuffed toy animal for weighted control for autistic student








Marlene and I presented our kite with adapted handle for one of Marlene's students who had fine motor skill and handgrip difficulties. Marlene is quite excited to incorporate this AT tool into her student's IPP in the fall. (See Day 6: Assignment 3 for more detailed description of the student and kite) The overall message I am left with for today's lesson is that many of our students' physical, social, behavioral, visual and communication needs can be supported with creative thinking on the part of the student's program planning team!

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