In my current placement at Modoc High School, we serve approximately 25 students who have IEPs and a number of others who are site-based. All of these students are placed in study skills. Incomplete work is tracked closely, written up on the board and crossed off as assignments are finished.
Staff uses a number of low-tech assistive technology tools and strategies to keep students abreast of their work. Highlighters are used to make key points in textbooks stand out. Instructional aides are sent into core classes to assist students and take notes. If they have unfinished notes, students finish copying them once back in study skills. Outlining is another tool used to note main ideas of short stories. Aides will scribe for students who have a hard time writing down their thoughts in a timely fashion.
During exams, students have the option of coming out to test in a quiet room. Instructional aides read tests out loud to students.
The main mid to high-tech tool used at our school is the electronic spell checker accessible on any student computer.
For more information on both low and high-tech technology tools, go to http://www.nsnet.org/atc/tools/lowtohightech.html http://www.ldresources.com/ http://www.ldonline.org/ld_indepth/technology/technology.html
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