DART2 – Disseminating Assistive Roles and Technology - a JISC ADVANCE FE & Skills Project Assessment for Assistive Technology DART Project Workshop Day 1

Welcome to Day1: Assessment for Assistive Technology: Colleges Scotland, Stirling 7 th February 2013 DART Project Workshop Day 1

Running Order 09:30 Arrival / refreshments 10:00 Introduction & program of events (Sandy MacLean and Rohan Slaughter) 10:05 What is an assessment (Mike Thurssell) 10:30 Intro to AT hardware (Rohan Slaughter and Mike Thrussell) 11:15 Break 11:30 Intro to AT software (Rohan Slaughter and Mike Thrussell) 12:15 Case Study 1: Henshaws, an Independent Specialist College – (Mike Thrussell) 12:45 Lunch

Running Order 13:30 Case Study 2: Runshaw College, a general further education College (Rohan Slaughter / Richard Maclachlan) 14:00 Case Study 3: RSC Scotland / UHI (Mags Mackay & Mark Ross) 14:30 Training opportunities with the BRITE initiative (Fil McIntyre) 15:00 Workshop: review of the day / things to take back to colleges (Rohan Slaughter). 16:00 Depart

Very brief backstory  2010/12 DART1, an LSIS funded project  Beaumont College and National Star College worked with 8 colleges, in a ‘deep support’ capacity  Beaumont and Star are ISC’s : Independent Specialist Colleges  One of those DART1 colleges was Henshaws  Now we are running DART2, a JISC Advance funded project:  Beaumont College, National Star College, Henshaws College, Colleges Scotland, NATSPEC, JISC all working together  10 deep support colleges, 2 in Scotland  3 workshops, delivered twice, once in Birmingham, once in Stirling  This is the first workshop session

Questions to think about  As the day progresses...  As at the end of the day...  There will be a test .... more questions...  1. What was new to you from today?  2. What will you do with that new info when you get back to College?  3. Who do you want to talk to when you get back? And about what?  4. Can you think of a learner that will benefit from any of this?

Assessment for Assistive Technology DART Project Workshop Day 1

Why do an assessment?  Previous information may not be reliable  Establish needs / Barriers  To be Inclusive  To establish whether needs can be met  Motivation  Set appropriate goals / programme

Who to assess?  Learners with disclosed disabilities  Referrals where there is an area of concern  Time to assess varies

What is an assessment?  The aim is to implement a bespoke solution to enable the learner to access IT  More of a process than an event  Individual  Multi disciplinary where appropriate

What skills and knowledge are required?  Awareness of others therapies (OT, SaLT)  Overview of AT Hardware and Software  People skills  Observation  Record keeping / Report writing  Dissemination (plain english)

Areas To Consider  Visual  Physical Access  Cognitive Understanding  Positioning  Motivators

Any questions?

Introduction to AT Hardware DART Project Workshop Day 1

Mainstream Hardware  Accessibility ‘baked in’  Cost effective  Some adaptations needed

AV  Cameras  Digital Voice Recorders  CD Players

Touch  Motivational  Simple  Tablets  Touch Screens

Alternative Keyboards  Are many and varied, here are some examples:

Alternative Keyboards  Where to buy:  Or try mainstream suppliers like: Order Code: £25.62 for example:

Alternative Mice  Also many and varied

Alternative Mice  Again, Inclusive Technology has a great range:  Again try mainstream suppliers, even PC world:

Switches  Lots of options (once more)  Quite expensive  Specialist suppliers only: rdware/switches-and-switch- mountings/button-switches rdware/switches-and-switch- mountings/button-switches  Require a switch interface box for a computer:  rdware/switch-interface- boxes rdware/switch-interface- boxes  I like the joycable:  y-cable-2-p y-cable-2-p2565

Head Mouse / Eye Gaze  Head mouse uses a reflective dot, light emitter and a camera:

Head Mouse / Eye Gaze  Eye-Gaze has been very expensive, but the price is dropping  See  Market leader is pusher/business-area-footer/augmentative-and-alternative- communication/ pusher/business-area-footer/augmentative-and-alternative- communication/  PC-eye now (only!) £3,000

Head Mouse / Eye Gaze  Eye-gaze has enormous potential for many users  Cost is coming down  Will be in consumer laptops and other devices shortly  The ‘rex’ is the first Tobii consumer product  It will even appear in cars  Head mouse type are cheaper than eye-gaze £250 / £300  If you want to know more see:  =XK1yjYSRc20 =XK1yjYSRc20

AAC Devices  Low tech:  Stored message devices  Some have layers  Overlays with symbols  Cheap

AAC Devices  High tech:  Often computer based  Sophisticated  Multiple page sets available  Incredibly expensive  Require specialist training to implement  On-going support is very important

AAC Devices  High tech mainstream:  Enter the iPad  Not the first, or most accessible tablet  Literally hundreds of apps  See:  And:  Also can use Windows 7/8 tablets and Android tablets for AAC  We use a lot of Windows 7 tablets for AAC at Beaumont College (more in Day 3 workshop and in software element today)

Introduction to AT Software DART Project Workshop Day 1

JISC Access Apps / Edu Apps / My Study Bar  ngtech/accessapps ngtech/accessapps

The Grid 2  Highly Flexible  Communication aid  Operating System  Supports all methods of access  Excellent customer support

Websites  ‘mobile’ sites (e.g. m.facebook.com)  Bespoke sites (e.g. accessyoutube.org.uk)  Mouseless Browsing (Firefox add-on)

Clicker 6  See: products/tools/clicker/home. aspx products/tools/clicker/home. aspx  Literacy tool  Some free stuff too:  products/content/learninggri ds.aspx products/content/learninggri ds.aspx

Read & Write Gold  See: products/readwritehttp:// products/readwrite  Toolbar:  Reading  Text-to-Speech  Screenshot Reader  DAISY Reader  Screen Masking  PDF Aloud  Reading Support  Dictionary  Picture Dictionary  Speech Maker  Pronunciation Tutor  Translator  Writing and Self-Editing  Spell Checker  Word Prediction  Word Wizard  Sounds Like and Confusable Words  Verb Checker  Speech Input  Speak While Typing  Study Skills and Research  Calculator  Fact Finder  Fact Folder  Fact Mapper  Study Skills Highlighters  Vocabulary List Builder

iOS  Already mentioned AAC.  Great for all sorts of Education apps.  Not the only option, but best education app support?  Hard to manage (your IT team may not like to deploy Apple kit, and not without good reason:  Licencing Apps is not easy  Apple VL (Volume Licencing) does exist now, but it’s fairly complex to do (legally)  What follows is a list of apps that were prepared by Trevor Mobbs (Beaumont College) for an LSIS LSW initiative.

iOS  Grid Player – iOS, FREE 

iOS  Clicker Docs – iOS, £17.99 / Clicker Sentences – iOS, £14.99   2 apps to support learners with literacy.

iOS  Dragon Dictation – iOS, FREE   Pictello – iOS, £13.49   Bloom – iOS, £2.49   MorphWiz – iOS, £6.99 

iOS  Beatwave – iOS, FREE   Koi Pond – iOS, Android. FREE   Fluid – iOS, FREE 

iOS  See also:  Guided Access:  Guided Access is not an app, but a new feature in iOS 6 which enables the device to be locked in to one app by disabling the home button. Here is a useful guide about how to use it : ios-6/ ios-6/  Assistive Touch:  AssistiveTouch lets you enter Multi-Touch gestures using one finger or a stylus 

Case Study 1: Henshaws, an Independent Specialist College DART Project Workshop Day 1

Assessment at Henshaws College  2 stages:  Initial (event)  Baseline (process)

Initial Assessment  All students  Overnight or Day  Separate from Parents  Analysis of Skills  Observation Referral Visit / Open Day Application Request reports Initial Assessment

 Curriculum Staff  Therapists  Including separate AT assessment  Access; physical and cognitive  ICT skills  Motivators Report Generated Sent to commissioners, parents, careers adv., social workers

Baseline Assessment  6 week programme  Review initial assessment  Setup Roaming Profiles  Develop IT access methods inc. GridSets  Discover motivators  Disseminate through Profile Booklets / MIS

Assessment at Henshaws College  Ongoing / Continuously reviewed  Multidisciplinary  Prepare for transitions  Cost effective, transferrable solutions  Work with external agencies  Disseminate information

Lunch! DART Project Workshop Day 1

Case Study 2: Runshaw College, a general further education College DART Project Workshop Day 1

Runshaw College  Medium sized GFE (General Further Education College)  Worked with Beaumont College in ‘deep support’ capacity in the DART 1 project.  The work included:  Work shadowing  Training  Support with assessment  Recruitment Support from Beaumont for the Assistive technologist role.

Runshaw College  In their own words:   And from Richard (their Assistive Technologist): 

Case Study 3: RSC Scotland / UHI (Mags Mackay & Mark Ross) DART Project Workshop Day 1

Training opportunities with the BRITE initiative (Fil McIntyre) DART Project Workshop Day 1

Workshop: review of the day / things to take back to colleges DART Project Workshop Day 1

Questions to finish  1. What was new to you from today?  2. What will you do with that new info when you get back to College?  3. Who do you want to talk to when you get back? And about what?  4. Can you think of a learner that will benefit from any of this?

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