Authors: Marcia J. Scherer
ISBN-13: 9781557989826, ISBN-10: 1557989826
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: American Psychological Association
Date Published: September 2003
Edition: 1st Edition
Connecting to Learn: Educational and Assistive Technology for People With Disabilities presents a comprehensive approach to matching the right assistive technology with students with disabilities, especially visual and auditory disabilities. Dr. Scherer explores the way disabilities, especially those involving the senses, can lead to isolation and a lack of "connectedness," and how this leads to educational difficulties. She then provides a step-by-step model for assessing and evaluating the needs of individual students and finding the right assistive technology to help each student. This practical book features data on prevalence of vision and hearing loss as well as quotations from students and teachers about the various technologies they use in their schools and in daily life. School psychologists, educators, and rehabilitation psychologists will find this book indispensable in their efforts to help those with disabilities learn, live, and connect with others.
Foreword | ||
Preface | ||
Acknowledgments | ||
I | Introduction | 1 |
Ch. 1 | The Fundamental Sense of Connectedness | 3 |
II | Learner Characteristics and Preferences | 21 |
Ch. 2 | The Effects of Loss of Hearing or Vision on the Learner and Learning | 23 |
Ch. 3 | The Personal Meaning of Hearing or Vision Loss | 41 |
III | Environments for Learning | 57 |
Ch. 4 | The Move From Separate to Inclusive Education | 59 |
Ch. 5 | Contrasting Inclusive With Exclusive Education | 73 |
Ch. 6 | Technology Made Inclusive Education Possible | 91 |
IV | Technologies for Access to Information and for Instructional Delivery | 107 |
Ch. 7 | Computers: Mixing Assistive, Information, and Access Technologies | 109 |
Ch. 8 | Desirable and Less Desirable Effects of Educational Technologies | 125 |
Ch. 9 | Getting Going on Learning | 147 |
V | Matching Learners With the Most Appropriate Technologies and Strategies for Their Use | 159 |
Ch. 10 | Individual Learner Preferences and Needs | 161 |
Ch. 11 | The Matching Person and Technology Model | 183 |
VI | Connecting to Learn | 203 |
Ch. 12 | Bringing It All Together for the Individual User | 205 |
App. A | Matching Person and Technology Process and Samples of the Assessment Forms | 225 |
App. B: Copy of Statement of Need Form | 233 | |
App. C | Checklists for Educational Technology Evaluation and Selection | 243 |
App. D | Finding and Funding Assistive Technologies | 251 |
App. E: Resources | 253 | |
Glossary | 261 | |
References | 265 | |
Author Index | 281 | |
Subject Index | 285 | |
About the Author | 299 |