Meeting Individual Needs

08/04/2023

Lessons learned from the DART projectMeeting Individual Needs

2 April 2014

Steven Postlethwaite, Beaumont College

Lisa Featherstone, Jisc TechDis

DART2 – Disseminating Assistive Roles and Technology

Provided ‘deep support’ for 10 colleges

Three workshops delivered in both Birmingham and Scotland.

Ran from December 2012 to June 2013

DART 2.1 funding granted and further work planned till 2015

Assistive Technology in FE Providers Research Report

Jisc FE and Skills funded project

2Meeting Individual Needs

http://find.jorum.ac.uk/resources/18808

The Role of the Assistive Technologist

• Special Access Technology

• Mainstream IT

• Other Technology• educational settings• Residential• Social• Wherever there is a need.

To provide support on:


Education Focus

have a teaching qualification

be educated to degree level in an IT related subject or have equivalent skills and knowledge gained from a suitable setting

be a ‘people’ person who is technically literate

Ideally the person should


A Day in the Life . . .

Sector scanning – what’s new today?

IT Access Assessment

Attend AAC COP meeting. Demo new software package.

Student Eye Gaze Appointment (with SLT)

Troubleshoot communication aid

Interactive Art session

Discuss switch siting options with OT for student on caseload

Create Grid 2 resource for use in Citizenship session

Attend JISC Webinar on Tablets & Inclusive Learning

Speak to Network Administrators to address Kindle issue

Record work in AT journal

The role is wide ranging and varied


Support and Advice in . . .

Jodie’s Video

https://vimeo.com/89286722

Working with students for independence -





Working with ASD students

Complex medical history resulting in -

Visual Impairment

Taught himself to read with limited understanding

Food allergies and intolerances

Autistic

Behavioural Challenges

James . . .


James – solutions 2004

Story to introduce each shopping trip

Symbols Booklet for travel

Appropriate behaviour and ways of asking for products.

Symbols shopping list

Social Stories™ http://www.thegraycenter.org/social-stories

Independent living skills – shopping for gluten free food


http://www.thegraycenter.org/social-stories



James Solutions - 2014

Visual stories & talking books for devices

social stories, schedules and language learning.

Picture, video clip, text, audio and can be read aloud using natural sounding text to speech voices.

Can be shared between devices via a free Pictello Sharing Server, as PDF files or via Dropbox.

Pictello


John’s stories

Pictello for - »Schedules and timetables»Sequencing (first - then);»Transition and change»New situations»Curriculum»Choice»Emotions and Expressions

21 year old diagnosed with Autism


John’s Timetable

GridPlayer app to create John’s timetable with symbol support.»Clearly defined session and leisure times.»Daily reminders at key times to remind John to go

to session and break times.


Timetable


Timetable changes


Behaviour or Emotions

Many learners with ASD lack ‘empathy’

Stories help them cope with different situations, emotions and/or challenges

Clearly lay out the situation, what will happen and how it is ok to behave

They are clear and simple with a basic message

Stories to support behaviour


Lack of Social Understanding

»Is independent of intelligence»Regardless of where the person may be on

the autistic spectrum»Slightly less prevalent with those Asperger’s

Syndrome


Short Story to support behaviour


Sometimes I think of things and want to say them straight away

It feels like I can say them when I want

I have to say it right there

Behaviour – slide 2


I need to wait till the other person has finished speaking and put my hand up.

I CAN wait – even though it feels hard

They will listen to me if I wait and listen to them first.

Behaviour slide 3


When I interrupt it makes people cross.

I can tell them later if I wait.

Live Demo!!!

Steven will show you how!


Using Xerte Online ToolkitsXerte Online Toolkits are great at producing simple

and cross platform mobile content - http://vle.jisctechdis.ac.uk/xerte/play_662

Xerte Bootstrap template for simple websites – http://vle.jisctechdis.ac.uk/xerte/play_466

Using connector pages as a menu system http://vle.jisctechdis.ac.uk/xerte/play_368

More information - http://jisctechdis.ac.uk/techdis/technologymatters/Xerte


http://vle.jisctechdis.ac.uk/xerte/play_662





http://jisctechdis.ac.uk/techdis/technologymatters/Xerte

http://jisctechdis.ac.uk/techdis/technologymatters/Xerte

Other ways . . .

»A folder of images in the ‘gallery’ on a mobile device»A PowerPoint presentation»A Flickr album»Many apps are available › Spoken Photo› Evernote› My Journal› Any other suggestions please send to

[email protected]

You could also use -


mailto:lisa.techdis.ac.uk

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