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Ok, Min Wook; Rao, Kavita – Intervention in School and Clinic, 2017
Secondary students with learning disabilities (LD) can benefit from using assistive and instructional technologies to support content and skill acquisition. Digital pens have features that can be beneficial for students who struggle with comprehension, note taking, and organization. Livescribe pens, in particular, provide a variety features that…
Descriptors: Secondary School Students, Learning Disabilities, Assistive Technology, Handheld Devices
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Meyer, Nancy K.; Bouck, Emily C. – Learning Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2017
Adolescents with learning disabilities in reading have difficulties with reading and understanding difficult gradelevel curricular material. One frequently used method of support is using read-aloud accommodations, which can be live read-alouds or text-to-speech (TTS) read-alouds. A single case alternating treatment design was used to examine the…
Descriptors: Reading Difficulties, Reading Instruction, Academic Accommodations (Disabilities), Learning Disabilities
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McMahon, Don; Wright, Rachel; Cihak, David F.; Moore, Tara C.; Lamb, Richard – Journal of Science Education and Technology, 2016
The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of a digitized podcast to deliver read-aloud testing accommodations on mobile devices to students with disabilities and reading difficulties. The total sample for this study included 47 middle school students with reading difficulties. Of the 47 students, 16 were identified as students with…
Descriptors: Handheld Devices, Audio Equipment, Information Dissemination, Assistive Technology
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Cox, Amy Swartz; Clark, Denise M.; Skoning, Stacey N.; Wegner, Theresa M.; Muwana, Florence C. – Exceptionality Education International, 2015
This study examined the effects of using sensory, augmentative, and alternative communication (AAC), and supportive communication strategies on the rate and type of communication used by three students with severe speech and motor impairments (SSMI). Using a multiple baseline across behaviour design with sensory and AAC intervention phases,…
Descriptors: Augmentative and Alternative Communication, Speech Impairments, Physical Disabilities, Video Technology