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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 />

National Center to Improve Practice (NCIP) Education Development Center, Inc, videos and other AT<br />

resources. http://www2.edc.org/NCIP/<br />

National <strong>Technology</strong> Program of the American Foundation <strong>for</strong> the Blind conducts evaluations of<br />

assistive technology <strong>for</strong> persons with visual impairments, provides in<strong>for</strong>mation on these products, and<br />

coordinates the Careers and <strong>Technology</strong> In<strong>for</strong>mation Bank (CTIB).<br />

http://www.afb.org/info_document_view.asp?documentid=225<br />

TheProject Gutenberg website has a wealth of e-texts divided into: light literature, heavy literature, and<br />

references. http://promo.net/pg/<br />

Project LITT: Literacy Instruction Through <strong>Technology</strong> is a website based on research on the role of<br />

technology in learning to read <strong>for</strong> students with learning disabilities. It includes software profiles of<br />

many programs available <strong>for</strong> reading and literacy.<br />

http://edweb.sdsu.edu/SPED/ProjectLITT/LITT<br />

Tech Connections is a website <strong>for</strong> connecting people with assistive technology<br />

http://www.techconnections.org/resources/pubsLev3.cfm?category=3&subcat=1405<br />

Trace Center offers links to numerous adaptive freeware and shareware.<br />

http://trace.wisc.edu/world/computer_access/index.html<br />

Wisconsin <strong>Assistive</strong> <strong>Technology</strong> Initiative has WATI assessment <strong>for</strong>ms, updates, lending library, info,<br />

best practice tips, and more. http://www.wati.org<br />

Journals/Newsletters<br />

Augmentative Communication News, Augmentative Communication, Inc., 1 Surf Way,<br />

Suite #237, Monterey, CA 93940.<br />

Augmentative and Alternative Communication, ISAAC, 49 The Donway West, Suite<br />

308,Toronto, ON ,M3C 3M9 Canada<br />

Closing the Gap, Closing the Gap, P.O. Box 68, Henderson, MN 65044. Subscription $32.<br />

Journal of Special Education <strong>Technology</strong>, Free with TAM Membership (a division of CEC), $40 per<br />

year <strong>for</strong> others. Kyle Higgins & Randall Boone, JSET Editors, Dept. of Special Education.,<br />

UNLV, 4505 Maryland Pkwy. Box 453014, Las Vegas, NV 89154-3014 or email<br />

higgins@nevada.edu or rboone@nevada.edu.<br />

The Monitor, published six times per year by Milwaukee Public Schools and WATI, free<br />

from: http://wait.org.<br />

Special Education <strong>Technology</strong> Practice, Knowledge by Design, 5907 N. Kent Ave.,<br />

Whitefish, Bay, WI 53217-4615, $29.95 per year. http://www.setp.net<br />

<strong>Technology</strong> and Learning, CMP Media, Inc. 600 Harrison St., San Francisco, CA 94107, $29.95 per<br />

year.<br />

<strong>Assessing</strong> Students’ <strong>Needs</strong> <strong>for</strong> <strong>Assistive</strong> <strong>Technology</strong> (2004) 270

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