spk2wrt@edc.org wrote:
> This response is not a technical response, but hopefully should point you
> in the right direction. (I teach teens with multiple disabilities & do AT as
> well.)
>
> Am I correct in assuming that your family bought the Dragon Naturally
> Speaking?
Yes, my family bought DNS
> Was this in conjunction with an assistive technology assessment?
No. I had read about it and thought it would be useful.
> If not, contact your school's school based special education facilitator, or
> whatever the title of the person is that chairs meetings for special pupil
> services. This person will be able to tell you if & how to get the DNS
> written in as part of your daughter's educational plan.
It is now written into her plan, but the follow-up is not working. I find a lot
of buck passing. No one seems to really want to assist my daughter in a
positive way. She can train the program herself, but she's been belittled, i.e.,
in a very subtle way so she doesn't want to go back to the training site. I am
taking matters into my own hands again.
I am calling an IEP meeting to determine specific times and tasks for use with
DNS.
> Otherwise, if this is
> in conjunction with an AT assessment, then call this same chair person & ask
> for follow up service delivery and training for your daughter, you & her
> teachers. Another ARC may need to be held. Finally, do you have some sort
> of school technology coordinator that could also give you personnel resources
> to try?
The school technology coordinator seems to be the basic problem. He appears to
have little or no empathy--- and resistant to suggestions from a student who
knows more about the program than he does. The issues at the school may be
more sociological that technical.
> Good luck!!
>
> Malinda Cavallo
> Fayette County Schools
> Lexington, KY
> Mcava1@aol.com
> Thanks for your suggestions.
Kathleen
wizard1@imap1.asu.edu
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