Technology Integration:Special Education

Special Education Impairment

Disability

Handicap

Special Education Curriculum

Technologies

Laws

Integrating Technology: Three Sections:

I: Planning

II: Problems and Issues

III: Strategies

Planning: Needs AssessmentCurriculum

Available and Needed Physical

Resource Training Levels

TPACK: Teacher Self Evaluation

Technology and Content

II: Problems and Issues related to Special Education

Legal and Policy Directives Individuals with Disabilities

act (1997)

The Technology-Related Assistance Act for Individuals with Disabilities (1988)

No Child Left Behind Act (2001)

Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act (2004)

Trained Personnel

Inclusive Classrooms Mainstreaming

Classroom Modifications

Pedagogical Modifications

Universal Design for Learning

Web Accessibility

Strategies for Technology Integration in Special Education

Cognitive Disabilities

Physical Disabilities

Sensory Disabilities

At-Risk Students

Students with Gifts and Talents

Technology Integration in Special Needs Education

Can take many forms

Requires compressive Planning

Is driven by the needs of the students more than most Integration areas