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Assessing Student's Needs for Assistive Technology (ASNAT)

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<strong>Assistive</strong> <strong>Technology</strong> Vendor Table<br />

Wanderman, R. (2000, June). <strong>Assistive</strong> technology <strong>for</strong> students with learning disabilities. Presented at<br />

the Wisconsin <strong>Assistive</strong> <strong>Technology</strong> Initiative’s Summer Institute on <strong>Assistive</strong> <strong>Technology</strong>,<br />

Amherst, WI.<br />

Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction. (1993). In<strong>for</strong>mation update bulletin 93.16: The Wisconsin<br />

guide to childhood hearing screening. Retrieved from http://www.dpi.state.wi.us/een/bul93-<br />

16.html.<br />

Wright, A., & Laffin, K. (2001). A guide <strong>for</strong> writing IEPs. Madison, WI: Wisconsin Department of<br />

Public Instruction. Retrieved from http://www.dpi.state.wi.us/dpi/dlsea/een/pdf/iepguide.pdf.<br />

Zabala, J. (1994, October). The SETT Framework: Critical questions to ask when making in<strong>for</strong>med<br />

assistive technology decisions. Presentation at Closing the Gap Conference, Minneapolis, MN.<br />

Zapt, S. E. (1998). Service Animal Adaptive Intervention Assessment. Webster, NY: The Institute <strong>for</strong><br />

Matching Person and <strong>Technology</strong>. http://members.aol.com/IMPT.html<br />

<strong>Assistive</strong> <strong>Technology</strong> Resources<br />

Internet Sites<br />

AAC Intervention.com provides a wealth of ideas about augmentative communication <strong>for</strong> children of all<br />

ages. Check under “read” <strong>for</strong> a list of books with repeated lines. www.aacintervention.com<br />

ABLEDATA is a database of over 19,000 assistive technology devices including thousands of ADLs.<br />

http://www.abledata.com<br />

Assistance Dogs International provides in<strong>for</strong>mation on training, placement, and utilization of dogs to<br />

assist people with disabilities. http://www.adionline.org/<br />

Assistance Dogs of the West in conjunction with the Desert Academy describes a training program of<br />

assistance dogs. http://www.desertacademy.org/dogs.html<br />

ATSTAR is a website <strong>for</strong> <strong>Assistive</strong> <strong>Technology</strong> Strategies, Tools, Accommodations, and Resources<br />

http://www.atstar.org/at_daily_living.htm<br />

Camera Obscura website provides access to e-text resources <strong>for</strong> blind individuals using speech<br />

synthesis and/or refreshable Braille. http://www.hicom.net/~oedipus<br />

Closing the Gap provides their Resource Directory as a searchable database on-line as well as articles<br />

from their bimonthly newsletter. http://www.closingthegap.com<br />

LD On Line, has a new section specifically on assistive technology. To get to it go to LD in Depth and<br />

then choose <strong>Technology</strong>. http://www.ldonline.com<br />

LD Resources by Richard Wanderman has many wonderful ideas. ttp://www.ldresources.com National<br />

Association of Educators of Young Children provides many excellent sources of in<strong>for</strong>mation. Some of<br />

these include articles on early learning including a list of good books <strong>for</strong> young children.<br />

http://www.naeys.org<br />

<strong>Assessing</strong> Students’ <strong>Needs</strong> <strong>for</strong> <strong>Assistive</strong> <strong>Technology</strong> (2004) 269

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