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Give A Voice Program

NAA is pleased to announce that we are now accepting applications for Give A Voice.

The intent of this program is to provide communication devices to individuals with autism who are non-verbal or minimally verbal, and whose communication challenges put them at increased risk of injury or harm.

We have very limited funding for this program. Every application will be carefully reviewed and all information submitted will be verified by NAA staff. This program is intended for families who are in dire need of financial assistance and are otherwise unable to attain a communication device either privately, through a school district or insurance provider.

NAA's Give A Voice Program will provide qualifying individuals with an assistive communication device including:

- 16GB Apple® iPad® Mini (WiFi version)
- AppleCare+ Protection Plan
- Avatalker AAC communication software app
- Gripcase Protective Case - generously donated by Gripcase USA

Grant applications must be postmarked by September 30, 2014.

For full program details and eligibility requirements, click here.

Give a Voice

NAA is pleased to announce that we are now accepting applications for Give A Voice.

The intent of this program is to provide communication devices to individuals with autism who are non-verbal or minimally verbal, and whose communication challenges put them at increased risk of injury or harm.

We have very limited funding for this program. Every application will be carefully reviewed and all information submitted will be verified by NAA staff. This program is intended for families who are in dire need of financial assistance and are otherwise unable to attain a communication device either privately, through a school district or insurance provider.

NAA's Give A Voice Program will provide qualifying individuals with an assistive communication device including:

- 16GB Apple® iPad® Mini (WiFi version)
- AppleCare+ Protection Plan
- Avatalker AAC communication software app
- Gripcase Protective Case with Stand - generously donated by Gripcase USA

Grant applications must be postmarked by June 15, 2014.

For full program details and eligibility requirements, click here.

Webinars: Iowa Center for Assistive Technology Education and Research (ICATER)

The Assistive iPad

ICATER conducts short 10-15 minute webinars (fall/spring) that highlight Assistive Technology Applications for the iPad. These short lessons are archived and accessible on the ICATER website (see below).

AT Webinar  and Assistive iPad Archives

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• The Assistive iPad: Spring 2014

  1. WriteOnline. (archived) January 8.
  2. iAnnotate PDF. (archived) January 15.
  3. AudioNote. (archived) January 22.
  4. Prizmo. (archived) January 29.
  5. Proloquo4Text. (archived) February 5.
  6. Write PDF. (archived) February 12.
  7. Scheduler. (archived) February 26.
  8. Name That!. (archived) March 5.
  9. UPad. (archived) March 12.
  10. ClaroCom Pro US. (archived) March 26.
  11. TalkBoard. (archived) April 2.
  12. ReadIris. (archived) April 9.
  13. Picture Timer. (archived) April 16.
  14. Handy Speech. (archived) April 23.
  15. AudioNotebook & Memo. (archived) April 30
  16. MyScript Memo. (archived) May 7.
  17. Spell Better. (archived) May 14.

• The Assistive iPad: Fall 2013

  1. ICATER Toolkit (archived) September 4.
  2. Notability's New Updates (archived) September 11.
  3. Outline + (archived). Wednesday, September 18.
  4. New Accessibility Features of iOS7. (archived) September 25.
  5. Co-Writer, (archived) October 2.
  6. Stories2Learn, (archived) October 9.
  7. Class Dojo. (archived) October 16.
  8. Autismate, (archived) October 23.
  9. Clicker Books. (archived) October 30.
  10. Inspiration. (archived) November 6.
  11. Text Expander. (archived) November 20.
  12. Mindomo. (archived) December 4.
  13. Claro PDF. (archived) December 11.
  14. Brevity. (archived) December 18.

See more here.

Discovering the Possibilities with Visual Strategies - Linda Hodgdon

Discovering the Possibilities with Visual Strategies:

Meeting the Communication, Behavior & Social Skill Challenges in Autism Spectrum Disorders

Most students with Autism, Asperger’s Syndrome and related communication challenges are visual learners! This observation has tremendous implications. Capitalizing on their strengths, the use of visual strategies alters many social, communication, and educational challenges. This program will demonstrate effective ideas for using a range of low tech to high tech visual tools, including video and tablets like iPads and Apps, to help students organize their lives, significantly reduce behavior problems, and improve student successful participation. This program will define the need, discuss training, and demonstrate many practical ideas for both special and regular education settings.

 

The OPI Montana Autism Education Project will provide three days of free training from Linda Hodgdon.

Registration will open in September and will be advertised on this blog and the MAEP Newsletter.


The dates/locations are:

 

October 15th - Great Falls

October 16th - Bozeman

October 17th - Billings