SED606 Health Care & Technology Sppt

Bhana, N., McNaughton, D., Raulston, T., & Ousley, C. (2020). Supporting Communication and Participation in Shared Storybook Reading Using Visual Scene Displays. Teaching Exceptional Children, 52(6), 382-391.
Visual Scene Displays (VSDs) is technology with the potential to include learners with complex communication issues in early literacy experiences.

Ivy, S., Robbins, A., & Kerr, M.G. (2020). Adapted Picture Exchange Communication System using tangible symbols for young learners with significant and multiple disabilities. AAC: Augmentative & Alternative Communication, 36(3), 166-178.
Picture Exchange Communication System (PECS) is a type of AAC commonly used by children with multiple disabilities and complex communication needs.

Noakes, M.A., Schmitt, A.J., McCallum, E., & Schutte, K. (2019). Speech-to-text assistive technology for the written expression of students with traumatic brain injuries: A single-case experimental study. School Psychology, 34(6), 656-664.
This article defines and TBI, explains how common it is, and identifies AT to help learners with TBI in writing.

Nighswander, M.L, & Blair, P.A. (2022). From institutions to inclusion: How children with disabilities gained educational rights in the U.S. The Journal of School Nursing, 1-11.
This article presents a concise timeline of how children with disabilities gained greater and greater educational rights over the last 50 years.

In this funny, insightful talk, Rebecca Knill explores the evolution of assistive listening technology, the outdated way people still respond to deafness and how we can shift our cultural understanding of ability to build a more inclusive world.

Ron McCallum: How technology allowed me to read | TED Talk
In 1948, Ron McCallum became blind. In this charming, moving talk, he shows how he reads -- and celebrates the progression of clever tools and adaptive computer technologies that make it possible.

Nyle DiMarco: Why we need to make education more accessible to the deaf | TED Talk
In this personal talk, Nyle DeMarco, a model and activist who was born deaf, emphasizes the connection between education and self esteem, arguing why we need more accessible education for the deaf.

Ethan Lisi: What it's really like to have autism | TED Talk
Ethan Lisi believes we are all different and unique in our own way.

Rosie King: How autism freed me to be myself | TED Talk
Rosie King challenges stereotypes of people with autism and contextualizes the issue by asking us, “Why be normal?”

California Dyslexia Guidelines - Announcements & Current Issues (CA Dept of Education)
This is the 2018 edition of the California Dyslexia Guidelines.