Early Childhood Special Education and Assistive Technology Blog

By: Lindsay LaFleur, EC-SEAT Scholar and Early Supports and Services certified educator Google Chrome apps and extensions are low cost resources that  fall under Universal Design for Learning.  Many apps and extensions are forms of Assistive Technology and are  used  to personalize a child’s learning experience.   To locate the Google Store, on the top left hand corner of your Google Chrome tool bar, click on the picture icon of many colorful boxes labeled apps.  Once clicked, the Google Store is typically the first icon labeled Web Store .     One  app that  I find extremely helpful   is  Read  and W rite for Google .    Once downloaded  from the app store in Google Chrome , it shows up as a purple puzzle piece on the  top right of the  tool bar.   The app allows:  text  to be read out load , a picture dictionary, translator,  highlight text,  and ...

Written by: Maggierose Smith , EC-SEAT scholar and interning graduate student           Working in the classroom environment, I often do not see the families of the children as a majority of the students ride the bus in and out of school. To update the families on what their child was working on and experiencing in school, I wrote general newsletters to families.  When beginning to work one-on-one with a student, I wanted the skills to be practiced at home as well as in school. The child often spoke of his iPad at home including the apps he enjoyed using. I incorporated the iPad into his work at school, and found the child was extremely engaged during our time together and enjoyed many of the apps. Knowing the child had an iPad at home, I sent home a letter to parents featuring the Free apps we had been using in hopes they would add these to their iPad for the child to use in the home.  After receiving the l...

Recorded by: Carrie Portrie, M.Ed, EC-SEAT project coordinator The E arly C hildhood S pecial E ducation A ssistive T echnology Project and the UNH Department of Education partner with community professionals who hold an immense amount of knowledge and expertise. Suzanne Iverson sat down with me to talk about the basics of early supports and services for children birth to three years old and their families. Suzanne is the director of early supports and services at Community Partners  located in Dover, NH. Watch the videos below to learn more. What are Early Supports and Services? Early Supports and Services from EC-SEAT Project on Vimeo . What role do Educators play? What roles do educators play? from EC-SEAT Project on YouTube What is the Difference between Early supports and services and Early Intervention? Difference between ESS and EI? from EC-SEAT Project on Vimeo . Couple useful links: Individuals with Disability Education Act (IDEA) - Par...