Technology Assistive Can Improve And Advance Young Children With Or Without Special Needs

many risk factors involved with Down Syndrome which include inadequate care during prenatal, perinatal, and postnatal stages. Lastly, children with Down Syndrome are still very special people and deserve to be treated equally. To best accommodate a child with Down Syndrome, it is important for teachers to understand what Down Syndrome is, the use of assistive technology in the classroom, and ways to promote interaction of students with Down Syndrome in the classroom. To discuss Down Syndrome in finer

those who were slow learners and unable to promote to the next age-appropriate grade alongside their peers. The concept of different children developing at different rates led to the formation of the IQ test. The categorization of students by their level of intelligence followed suit. By the early twentieth century, special schools were developed for retarded children to provide them with opportunities for intellectual growth equal to those of their peers. As the twentieth century wore on and racial

number one benefit of information technology is that it empowers people to do what they want to do. It lets people be creative. It lets people be productive. It lets people learn things they didn 't think they could learn before, and so in a sense it is all about potential.” –Steve Ballmer Technology can be very empowering especially for children who are exceptional. In understanding both Assistive Technology and Instructional technology one may begin to see how they can both beneficial to student with

Assistive Technology for Individuals with Disabilities Assistive technology plays an important role in the learning process for individuals with disabilities. Assistive technology is defined as "any item, piece of equipment or product system, whether acquired commercially off the shelf, modified, or customized, that is used to increase, maintain, or improve functional capabilities of individuals with disabilities." (Maushak, Kelley & Blodgett, 2001, p. 419) Assistive technology is very beneficial

million people or 2.7% of the general population stated that they had visual impairments (Erickson et al., 2017). While the blind are in millions by population, they are considered as a minority group and tend to have the worse economic conditions that can be connected to social stigma against them in everyday life, including schools (Ratcliff, Lieberman,

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California Department of Education collaborated with leading early childhood educators, researchers, advocates, and parents to develop Volume 2 of the preschool learning foundations. The foundations outline key knowl­ edge and skills that most children can achieve when provided with the kinds of interactions, instruction, and environments shown by research to promote early learning and develop­ ment. Volume 2 focuses on three domains: visual and performing arts, physical development, and health