We started today's class with downloading APPS to the ipod touch. We were to download the APPS we had searched for on the weekend that would be applicable to use with a student we are working with or have worked with. Our task was to preview these particular APPS to determine how applicable they would be to the student's individual program plan. However, due to downloading problems, Iwas unable to preview any of the APPS that I had found in my search. Therefore, I can only base my choice of the APPS on the brief description given at the itunes store and anything I can find on youtube.
We then viewed several low-tech. assistive technology devices that were incredible. I have used and even made a few of these in the past, but some of the ideas we saw today really demonstrated creativity and thinking outside of the box. A couple that really stood out to me were the tabs on the books using the clips and the milk in the pump bottle. I've attached tabs to books before but I used actual store bought tabs. I will definitely try the clips as this is so quick to make and doesn't have to be permanent.
We had lots of fun on our shopping trip to the dollar store. We found there were so many things that we could use directly off the shelf or with minor modifications that it was difficult to decide what to buy. Lots and lots of possibilities!!
Now for assignment #2, the student that I have chosen to find applicable APPS for will be referred to as "the student". The student is male, in grade 8 and has been diagnosed with autism. The student had never attended school until he was twelve years old and entered into grade 7. The student not attending school prior to grade 7 was a choice of the parents. According, to the parents it was because of severe behavior issues and the fact that this student was involved in a program with a Dr. ?????? from Montreal. The student has issues with wearing only certain types of clothing, not wanting to wear certain pieces of clothes such as underwear and socks, eating continuously, and being around others (groups larger than three or four). The student still exhibits inappropriate behaviors such as spitting on desk and floor, hands inside his pants, pulling pants down, pulling waistband of pants up under his armpits, eating until he gets sick, and refusing to go outside of the self-contained classroom.
A portion of the student's individual program plan focuses on social skills - eating properly, how to walk in and out of the school buiding properly, and how to behave appropriately when going on a field trip; functional daily living - cleaning himself and his workspace; appropriate clothing to wear in different situation/environments; as well as an academic focus.
To help address some of his difficuties with the social and functional living skills, I have chosen the following APPS:
Model Me Going Places - according to the itunes store description, this is a great visual teaching tool for helping children learn to navigate in the community. Each location contains a photo slide show of children modelling appropriate behavior. I chose this particular APPS for the above student as he has difficulty with appropriate behavior when going on field trips to such locations as: the park, playground, arena, store, etc. Also, this APPS would probably show appropriate dress for different enviroments such as going to the store vs. going to the arena or playground.
Social Skills Sampler: this APPS is designed to teach and reinforce basic social skills critical for independent living. For some, going on a shopping trip, using basic literacy skills, or understandiing what to do when seeing a warning sign are very difficult tasks. The social skills sampler application provides easy to understand information that allows users to become more capable of functioning independently at work, at home, and in the community. This APPS contains 80 videos. Again, considering the student's difficulties when required to leave the self-contained classroom, I thought this APPS would be beneficial in modelling trips out into the community.
Grooming: this APPS deals with personal grooming. With the student experiencing difficulties in the area of grooming; in particular, washing his face and hands after eating, I chose this as a means to deal with the issue. Hopefully, this would model the process of eating and then washing your face and hands when finished.
Manners: the manners application is designed to teach and reinforce basic social skills critical for independent living such as going on a shopping trip, using basic literacy skills, or understanding what to do when seeing a warning sign. I would like to investigate this further to see if it would address the student's issues with spitting on his desk and the floor.
Dress: Again, this application is designed to teach and reinforce basic skills critical for independent living. I would like to investigate this APPS further to see if it would help address the student's issues with appropriate dress; in particular, not wanting to wear certain pieces of clothing such as underwear, socks; pulling his pants down, pulling the waistband of his pants up under his armpits, etc.
Appropriate behaviors for some of the issues have been modelled with the student in the past as well as social stories in written format. The student has experienced some success with this; however, certain behaviors are a bit difficult to model such as the wearing of underwear. The student also enjoys watching movies and videos. I would like to try this video format of modelling the appropriate behaviors as I believe the student would experience success with this.
We then viewed several low-tech. assistive technology devices that were incredible. I have used and even made a few of these in the past, but some of the ideas we saw today really demonstrated creativity and thinking outside of the box. A couple that really stood out to me were the tabs on the books using the clips and the milk in the pump bottle. I've attached tabs to books before but I used actual store bought tabs. I will definitely try the clips as this is so quick to make and doesn't have to be permanent.
We had lots of fun on our shopping trip to the dollar store. We found there were so many things that we could use directly off the shelf or with minor modifications that it was difficult to decide what to buy. Lots and lots of possibilities!!
Now for assignment #2, the student that I have chosen to find applicable APPS for will be referred to as "the student". The student is male, in grade 8 and has been diagnosed with autism. The student had never attended school until he was twelve years old and entered into grade 7. The student not attending school prior to grade 7 was a choice of the parents. According, to the parents it was because of severe behavior issues and the fact that this student was involved in a program with a Dr. ?????? from Montreal. The student has issues with wearing only certain types of clothing, not wanting to wear certain pieces of clothes such as underwear and socks, eating continuously, and being around others (groups larger than three or four). The student still exhibits inappropriate behaviors such as spitting on desk and floor, hands inside his pants, pulling pants down, pulling waistband of pants up under his armpits, eating until he gets sick, and refusing to go outside of the self-contained classroom.
A portion of the student's individual program plan focuses on social skills - eating properly, how to walk in and out of the school buiding properly, and how to behave appropriately when going on a field trip; functional daily living - cleaning himself and his workspace; appropriate clothing to wear in different situation/environments; as well as an academic focus.
To help address some of his difficuties with the social and functional living skills, I have chosen the following APPS:
Model Me Going Places - according to the itunes store description, this is a great visual teaching tool for helping children learn to navigate in the community. Each location contains a photo slide show of children modelling appropriate behavior. I chose this particular APPS for the above student as he has difficulty with appropriate behavior when going on field trips to such locations as: the park, playground, arena, store, etc. Also, this APPS would probably show appropriate dress for different enviroments such as going to the store vs. going to the arena or playground.
Social Skills Sampler: this APPS is designed to teach and reinforce basic social skills critical for independent living. For some, going on a shopping trip, using basic literacy skills, or understandiing what to do when seeing a warning sign are very difficult tasks. The social skills sampler application provides easy to understand information that allows users to become more capable of functioning independently at work, at home, and in the community. This APPS contains 80 videos. Again, considering the student's difficulties when required to leave the self-contained classroom, I thought this APPS would be beneficial in modelling trips out into the community.
Grooming: this APPS deals with personal grooming. With the student experiencing difficulties in the area of grooming; in particular, washing his face and hands after eating, I chose this as a means to deal with the issue. Hopefully, this would model the process of eating and then washing your face and hands when finished.
Manners: the manners application is designed to teach and reinforce basic social skills critical for independent living such as going on a shopping trip, using basic literacy skills, or understanding what to do when seeing a warning sign. I would like to investigate this further to see if it would address the student's issues with spitting on his desk and the floor.
Dress: Again, this application is designed to teach and reinforce basic skills critical for independent living. I would like to investigate this APPS further to see if it would help address the student's issues with appropriate dress; in particular, not wanting to wear certain pieces of clothing such as underwear, socks; pulling his pants down, pulling the waistband of his pants up under his armpits, etc.
Appropriate behaviors for some of the issues have been modelled with the student in the past as well as social stories in written format. The student has experienced some success with this; however, certain behaviors are a bit difficult to model such as the wearing of underwear. The student also enjoys watching movies and videos. I would like to try this video format of modelling the appropriate behaviors as I believe the student would experience success with this.
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