Guest guest Posted August 3, 2009 Report Share Posted August 3, 2009 What assistive technologically would be helpful to someone with CMT? I need some ideas to pass along to the high school. Thank you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 4, 2009 Report Share Posted August 4, 2009 Hi - Having a laptop is hugely helpful in HS. AlphaSmarts are great until students start doing alot of Math/Scientific notation. There is a program called MathType which is somewhat helpful for those courses. didn't like it very much, but other students have found it very helpful. If typing becomes difficult, getting a voice recognition program is helpful I've heard. We haven't had to do that yet. If you can tell me what kind of assistance your children need, I might be able to point you in more appropriate directions. > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 5, 2009 Report Share Posted August 5, 2009 Hi ... Gavin has used the Alpha Smart system also...we found though that by the time he had mastered it he was ready to move to a full scale computer. His school and home computers have the Kurzwill Learning system on them...the teacher scans the class work pages and he types right into them. The scanned pages come home on a memory stick. He also has the Word Q program...For learning the home row to speed up his typing he liked BBC kids Dance Mat typing program...it's free on the BBC kids website. The Ottawa-Carleton Children's Treatment Centre runs an augmentative communication program that he has just started, having been refered into it by his school occupational therapist. He is trying out the SpeedQ and Dragon Naturally Speaking voice activated software systems to see which works best for him. The aim is to use them particularly in the evening for homework when he is tired...He's enjoying them at the moment as he gets to practise by making up nonsense stories...we'll see if it's as much fun when its homework! One added bonus is that it is up to him to recognize when the system has misspelled a word (ususually by not 'hearing' exactly what he said). The province has a fund to help purchase computers that are for assistive learning. Due to his weaker back and core he has a tilt desk that is less tiring to sit at. The OT has geared things to help him conserve energy through the day. We've found over the past 6 months that all of this is really helping...he has more sustained energy at the end of the day. Hope this helps Sally ------------------------------------------------ Sally Pehrsson, Ph.D Project Leader, Flin Flon Project Targeted Geoscience Initiative Program Geological Survey of Canada 601 Booth Street Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0E8 613-943-8883 (phone) 613-943-0843 (fax) pehrsson@... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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