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A 20 page discussion of the importance of incorporating assistive technology for special needs students. Special education students require certain considerations if they are to advance to the best of their capabilities. An extremely important factor in preparing these students to take productive roles in society is the integration of assistive technology into the classroom. This integration is critical not only from the perspective that it allows a student to reach their full academic potential but also in the fact that it serves to acquaint students with the existence and value of such technology so that they can seek to make it a part of their non-academic lives as well. Bibliography lists 17 sources.
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students require certain considerations if they are to advance to the best of their capabilities. An extremely important factor in preparing these students to take productive roles in society
is the integration of assistive technology into the classroom. This integration is critical not only from the perspective that it allows a student to reach their full academic potential
but also in the fact that it serves to acquaint students with the existence and value of such technology so that they can seek to make it a part of
their non-academic lives as well. Assistive technology is a relatively new consideration in the educational environment. Indeed, such technology was
practically unheard of just a quarter century or so ago when the Public Law 94-142, the Education for Handicapped Children Act made its debut (Dalton, 2003). In 1997, however,
the federal Individuals with Disabilities Act (IDEA) would mandate the incorporation of assistive technology into each students educational program (Dalton, 2003). Amendments to IDEA specified that:
a) "students with disabilities participate in state and district-wide assessment programs, with accommodations where necessary (alternate assessments are
used only as a final alternative) b) children and youth with disabilities have increased participation
in the general curriculum; c) parental participation shall be enhanced;
d) transition planning and services shall occur;
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