Assessment for Assistive Technology
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DART2 – Disseminating
Assistive Roles and
Technology - a JISC
ADVANCE FE & Skills
Project
Assessment for Assistive
Technology
DART Project Workshop Day 1
Welcome to Day1:
Assessment for Assistive
Technology:
Colleges Scotland, Stirling
7th February 2013
DART Project Workshop Day 1
Running Order
09:30 Arrival / refreshments
10:00 Introduction & program of events (Sandy MacLean
and Rohan Slaughter)
10:05 What is an assessment (Mike Thurssell)
10:30 Intro to AT hardware (Rohan Slaughter and Mike
Thrussell)
11:15 Break
11:30 Intro to AT software (Rohan Slaughter and Mike
Thrussell)
12:15 Case Study 1: Henshaws, an Independent
Specialist College – (Mike Thrussell)
12:45 Lunch
Running Order
13:30 Case Study 2: Runshaw College, a general further
education College (Rohan Slaughter / Richard
Maclachlan)
14:00 Case Study 3: RSC Scotland / UHI (Mags Mackay
& Mark Ross)
14:30 Training opportunities with the BRITE initiative (Fil
McIntyre)
15:00 Workshop: review of the day / things to take back
to colleges (Rohan Slaughter).
16:00 Depart
Very brief backstory
2010/12 DART1, an LSIS funded project
Beaumont College and National Star College worked with 8
colleges, in a ‘deep support’ capacity
Beaumont and Star are ISC’s : Independent Specialist
Colleges
One of those DART1 colleges was Henshaws
Now we are running DART2, a JISC Advance funded
project:
Beaumont College, National Star College, Henshaws College,
Colleges Scotland, NATSPEC, JISC all working together
10 deep support colleges, 2 in Scotland
3 workshops, delivered twice, once in Birmingham, once in
Stirling
This is the first workshop session
Questions to think about
As the day progresses . . .
As at the end of the day . . .
There will be a test
. . . . more questions . . .
1. What was new to you from today?
2. What will you do with that new info when you get
back to College?
3. Who do you want to talk to when you get back? And
about what?
4. Can you think of a learner that will benefit from any
of this?
Assessment for
Assistive Technology
DART Project Workshop Day 1
Why do an assessment?
Previous information may not be reliable
Establish needs / Barriers
To be Inclusive
To establish whether needs can be met
Motivation
Set appropriate goals / programme
Who to assess?
Learners with disclosed disabilities
Referrals where there is an area of concern
Time to assess varies
What is an assessment?
The aim is to implement a bespoke solution to enable the
learner to access IT
More of a process than an event
Individual
Multi disciplinary where appropriate
What skills and knowledge are
required?
Awareness of others therapies (OT, SaLT)
Overview of AT Hardware and Software
People skills
Observation
Record keeping / Report writing
Dissemination (plain english)
Areas To Consider
Visual
Physical Access
Cognitive Understanding
Positioning
Motivators
Any questions?
Introduction to AT
Hardware
DART Project Workshop Day 1
Mainstream Hardware
Accessibility ‘baked in’
Cost effective
Some adaptations needed
AV
Cameras
Digital Voice Recorders
CD Players
Touch
Motivational
Simple
Tablets
Touch Screens
Alternative Keyboards
Are many and varied, here are some examples:
Alternative Keyboards
Where to buy:
http://www.inclusive.co.uk/hardware/alternative-keyboards
Or try mainstream suppliers like: http://cpc.farnell.com/ Order
Code: CS20650 @ £25.62 for example:
Alternative Mice
Also many and varied
Alternative Mice
Again, Inclusive Technology has a great range:
http://www.inclusive.co.uk/hardware/mouse-alternatives
Again try mainstream suppliers, even PC world:
Switches
Lots of options (once more)
Quite expensive
Specialist suppliers only:
http://www.inclusive.co.uk/ha
rdware/switches-and-switchmountings/button-switches
Require a switch interface
box for a computer:
http://www.inclusive.co.uk/ha
rdware/switch-interfaceboxes
I like the joycable:
http://www.inclusive.co.uk/jo
y-cable-2-p2565
Head Mouse / Eye Gaze
Head mouse uses a reflective dot, light emitter and a
camera:
Head Mouse / Eye Gaze
Eye-Gaze has been very expensive, but the price is dropping
See http://www.tobii.com/rexvip
Market leader is http://www.tobii.com/en/footerpusher/business-area-footer/augmentative-and-alternativecommunication/
PC-eye now (only!) £3,000
Head Mouse / Eye Gaze
Eye-gaze has enormous potential for many users
Cost is coming down
Will be in consumer laptops and other devices shortly
The ‘rex’ is the first Tobii consumer product
It will even appear in cars
Head mouse type are cheaper than eye-gaze £250 / £300
If you want to know more see:
http://www.tobii.com/LearningCurve
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v
=XK1yjYSRc20
AAC Devices
Low tech:
Stored message devices
Some have layers
Overlays with symbols
Cheap<er>
AAC Devices
High tech:
Often computer based
Sophisticated
Multiple page sets
available
Incredibly expensive
Require specialist
training to implement
On-going support is
very important
AAC Devices
High tech mainstream:
Enter the iPad
Not the first, or most accessible tablet
Literally hundreds of apps
See: http://www.spectronicsinoz.com/iphoneipad-apps-for-aac
And: http://www.appsforaac.net/
Also can use Windows 7/8 tablets and Android tablets for AAC
We use a lot of Windows 7 tablets for AAC at Beaumont College
(more in Day 3 workshop and in software element today)
Introduction to AT
Software
DART Project Workshop Day 1
JISC Access Apps / Edu Apps / My
Study Bar
http://www.jisctechdis.ac.uk/techdis/technologymatters/enabli
ngtech/accessapps
The Grid 2
Highly Flexible
Communication aid
Operating System
Supports all methods of access
Excellent customer support
Websites
‘mobile’ sites (e.g. m.facebook.com)
Bespoke sites (e.g. accessyoutube.org.uk)
Mouseless Browsing (Firefox add-on)
Clicker 6
See:
http://www.cricksoft.com/uk/
products/tools/clicker/home.
aspx
Literacy tool
Some free stuff too:
http://www.cricksoft.com/uk/
products/content/learninggri
ds.aspx
Read & Write Gold
See: http://www.texthelp.com/UK/ourproducts/readwrite
Toolbar:
Reading
Text-to-Speech
Screenshot Reader
DAISY Reader
Screen Masking
PDF Aloud
Reading Support
Dictionary
Picture Dictionary
Speech Maker
Pronunciation Tutor
Translator
Writing and Self-Editing
Spell Checker
Word Prediction
Word Wizard
Sounds Like and Confusable Words
Verb Checker
Speech Input
Speak While Typing
Study Skills and Research
Calculator
Fact Finder
Fact Folder
Fact Mapper
Study Skills Highlighters
Vocabulary List Builder
iOS
Already mentioned AAC.
Great for all sorts of Education apps.
Not the only option, but best education app support?
Hard to manage (your IT team may not like to deploy Apple
kit, and not without good reason:
Licencing Apps is not easy
Apple VL (Volume Licencing) does exist now, but it’s fairly
complex to do (legally)
What follows is a list of apps that were prepared by Trevor
Mobbs (Beaumont College) for an LSIS LSW initiative.
iOS
Grid Player – iOS, FREE
http://www.sensorysoftware.com/gridplayer.html
iOS
Clicker Docs – iOS, £17.99 / Clicker Sentences – iOS,
£14.99
http://www.cricksoft.com/uk/products/apps/clicker-apps.aspx
2 apps to support learners with literacy.
iOS
Dragon Dictation – iOS, FREE
http://www.nuancemobilelife.com/apps/dragon-dictation
Pictello – iOS, £13.49
http://www.assistiveware.com/product/pictello
Bloom – iOS, £2.49
http://www.generativemusic.com/bloom.html
MorphWiz – iOS, £6.99
http://www.wizdommusic.com/MorphWiz/
iOS
Beatwave – iOS, FREE
http://www2.collect3.com.au/beatwave
Koi Pond – iOS, Android. FREE
http://www.theblimppilots.com/home/?page_id=9
Fluid – iOS, FREE
https://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/fluid/id312575632?mt=8
iOS
See also:
Guided Access:
Guided Access is not an app, but a new feature in iOS 6 which
enables the device to be locked in to one app by disabling the
home button. Here is a useful guide about how to use it :
http://senclassroom.wordpress.com/2012/09/20/guided-accessios-6/
Assistive Touch:
AssistiveTouch lets you enter Multi-Touch gestures using one
finger or a stylus
http://www.apple.com/accessibility/iphone/physical.html
Case Study 1: Henshaws,
an Independent Specialist
College
DART Project Workshop Day 1
Assessment at Henshaws College
2 stages:
Initial (event)
Baseline (process)
Initial Assessment
All students
Overnight or Day
Separate from Parents
Analysis of Skills
Observation
Referral
Visit / Open
Day
Application
Request
reports
Initial
Assessment
Initial Assessment
Curriculum Staff
Therapists
Including separate AT assessment
Access; physical and cognitive
ICT skills
Motivators
Report Generated
Sent to commissioners,
parents, careers adv.,
social workers
Baseline Assessment
6 week programme
Review initial assessment
Setup Roaming Profiles
Develop IT access methods inc. GridSets
Discover motivators
Disseminate through Profile Booklets / MIS
Assessment at Henshaws College
Ongoing / Continuously reviewed
Multidisciplinary
Prepare for transitions
Cost effective, transferrable solutions
Work with external agencies
Disseminate information
Lunch!
DART Project Workshop Day 1
Case Study 2: Runshaw
College, a general further
education College
DART Project Workshop Day 1
Runshaw College
Medium sized GFE (General Further Education College)
Worked with Beaumont College in ‘deep support’ capacity in
the DART 1 project.
The work included:
Work shadowing
Training
Support with assessment
Recruitment Support from Beaumont for the Assistive
technologist role.
Runshaw College
In their own words:
http://dart.beaumontcollege.ac.uk/?p=175
And from Richard (their Assistive Technologist):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yxnN3UxiDQY
Case Study 3: RSC
Scotland / UHI (Mags
Mackay & Mark Ross)
DART Project Workshop Day 1
Training opportunities with
the BRITE initiative
(Fil McIntyre)
DART Project Workshop Day 1
Workshop: review of the
day / things to take back
to colleges
DART Project Workshop Day 1
Questions to finish
1. What was new to you from today?
2. What will you do with that new info when you get
back to College?
3. Who do you want to talk to when you get back? And
about what?
4. Can you think of a learner that will benefit from any
of this?
THANK YOU
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