Assistive Technology for Young Children: Creating Inclusive Learning Environments - Brossura

Sadao, Kathleen Curry; Robinson, Nancy B., Ph.D.

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ISBN 10: 1598570919 ISBN 13: 9781598570915

Casa editrice: Brookes Pub, 2010

Riassunto

Assistive technology (AT) can help young children with disabilities fully participate in natural, inclusive learning environmentsùbut many early childhood professionals don't get the training they need to harness the power of AT. Fill that gap with this reader-friendly resource, the go-to guide to recommender AT practice for children birth to 5.

Developed by two leading early childhood specialists with expertise in assistive technology, demystifies AT and gives readers solutions they can implement right away. Educators, early int¦ SLPs, and other professionals will learn how to

-assess children's AT needs

-choose from high- and low-tech strategies, from photo albums and page fluffers to touchscreens and adaptive software

-use AT to support development of critical skills: communication, play, literacy, and computer use

-embed AT into activity-based intervention

-determine funding options for AT

-use AT to aid implementation of universal design for learning

-involve family members in all phases of AT service delivery

To help them get started, professionals can use the included CD-ROM with in-depth, printable forms for evaluating children's AT needs, determining which AT strategies to use, and creating individualized toolkits that help children meet developmental goals. Readers will also find case studies and child profiles, so they can see how AT supports the participation and achievement of children with a range of disabilities. A must for AT novices and seasoned users alike, this book will help readers use the best technology to ensure a fully inclusive education for young children.

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Informazioni sugli autori

Kathleen Curry Sadao, Ed.D., Program Specialist, Supporting Early Education Delivery Systems (SEEDS) Project, Sacramento County Office of Education, P.O. Box 269003, Sacramento, CA 95826.

Dr. Sadao has been in the field of early childhood special education (ECSE) for more than 25 years. She received her doctorate in educational administration from University of Hawaii at Manoa in 1995. During the 1980s and 1990s she traveled the Pacific Islands providing training and technical assistance to newly developed ECSE programs as a Head Start Technical Assistance consultant and later a National Early Childhood Technical Assistance Center coordinator. Her research focus has been on interagency collaboration, parent involvement, inclusive practices, and cross-cultural issues in education. In 2007, she coauthored a book with Dr. Nancy Robinson focused on interagency collaboration and evaluation. Since 1997, she has spent her time in California focused on preservice and in-service training programs in ECSE as a faculty member of the University of the Pacific, Gladys Benerd School of Education, and as an administrator of an early intervention program. Most recently, under the auspices of the Supporting Early Education Delivery Systems (SEEDS) Project at the Sacramento County Office of Education, she has worked as a program specialist developing training materials for the field and facilitating a state-level assistive technology (AT) work group creating web-based AT training products. Currently she and her SEEDS Workgroup on Early Education Technology (SWEET) team have been fieldtesting the AT training modules around the state of California. She has presented her work at the Council for Exceptional Children, Division on Early Childhood, conference and other state, national, and international conferences and has published several articles on the SWEET AT efforts.

Kathleen Curry Sadao, Ed.D., is a program specialist at the SEEDS Project, Sacramento County Office of Education in California. She is involved in developing training products for the field of early childhood special education with a focus on assistive technology for young children, and she also conducts extensive national training in the AT field.
Nancy B. Robinson, Ph.D., CCC-SLP, is Associate Professor and Program Coordinator in the Department of Special Education and Communicative Disorders at San Francisco State University. She teaches in the area of AAC and consults with the SEEDS Project in the development of AT for young children with disabilities.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Brookes Pub
• Data di pubblicazione: 2010
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 1598570919
• ISBN 13: 9781598570915
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 237
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
• Persona responsabile: non disponibile