ASISTIVE TECHNOLOGY IN SPECIAL EDUCATION

Catalog description

The course presents a general vision of disabilities and the potential benefit of assistive technology to facilitate academic performance, communication, and the independence of students with special needs. Students will learn how mobility, sensory, and communication aids, adapted computer access, and environmental controls help people with different disabilities participate and fully interact in their homes, schools, and community. Students of this course will learn about the legal, administrative, and academic bases that support the technological aids needed in and out of the classroom by people with special needs.