My AT Reflection

When I began this AT journey, I had no idea what the process, devices or services entailed. I worked in the special education community in a limited respect, and was fortunate enough to have a classroom equipped with ipads. That is what I thought AT was, I quickly found out how wrong I was. A pencil grip, modified scissors, and visual schedules are all examples of AT.

I am grateful for my journey through research, examination and discussion of assistive tech. There are so many wonderful resources available to teachers, and so many tutorials that can help quell the anxiety that may come along with the AT selection process for students.  ASL, Speech to Text software, using a different instrument to type, etc. are just some examples of AT options.

It is imperative to view AT on the continuum that it exists upon. AT ranges from low to mid to high tech. As I said in the beginning of this post, I was predominantly concerned with, and only recognized what high tech devices were. 

 

It is crucial to reach out to your coworkers, to the internet and find workshops that will help you grow in your AT knowledge base. Through my journey I have discovered a wealth of information, as well as the means of how to incorporate it into my educational setting right away.