Michelle R. Davis lists four tips for using advanced technologies with students assigned to special education classes.

The federal Individuals with Disabilities Education Act requires districts to consider a special education student’s need for assistive technology during the development of his or her individualized education program, or IEP, says Joy S. Zabala, the project manager for the Accessible Instructional Materials, or AIM, consortium at the Wakefield, Mass.-based Center for Applied Special Technology, or CAST. If a student needs assistive technology, that need should be written into the IEP. (bold added)

Eight types of assistive technology exist.

Mobile PCs, such as tablet PCs, MID PCs, and UMPCs, address these and more functions useful to increase learning of students with disabilities.

Davis reviews ways school IT staff can work with teachers and parents.

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