Accommodations continued - Behavior and Assistive Technologies

We are going to get Caitlyn an iPad (if we get the proper consent from the school) to use instead of the AlphaSmart she has been provided because it has such a limited use and cannot be taken home. I read an excellent article here that detailed how wonderfully this device can be harnessed for special needs children. I'm really looking forward to it helping her not only in class, but at home!

17. Be referred to appropriate Special Education counselor or case manager if meltdown occurs to address cause, ownership of behavior, and alternative outcomes instead of punitively placed in administration office.
18. Be placed in adaptive Physical Education. Measurable goals should include mastery of monkey bars, jumping rope, walking a balance beam, running safely/addressing gait and movement issues, eye/hand coordination (catching and throwing different appropriate objects/balls), eye/foot coordination (ie kicking a ball), spacial recognition, observation, and reaction.
19. Be provided appropriate keyboarding class and instruction in order to appropriately use given assistive technologies such as the AlphaSmart.
20. Parent to provide iPad and appropriate applications/syncing ability with existing classroom technology/charging cord to replace AlphaSmart. Parents agree download ability will be locked with password protection unavailable to student and that no non-educational games or distractions will be on provided iPad. Wi-Fi connection may be used at teacher discretion and will be unable to be used without school’s WEP key. Sound may be used at teacher discretion with or without Parent-provided earbuds.
21. Teachers to be given instruction on appropriate uses of iPad for given class assignments. Parent will provide handout(s) on included software capabilities dependant on which applications Parent purchases/loads.
22. iPad applications will include but not be limited to a Visual Schedule; word processing program; calendar; behavior/incentive reward app; Social Stories; Visual Tutorials; e-textbooks if available/applicable; e-workbooks if available/applicable; flashcards and memorization improvement apps. Word correction/substitution of word processing program will be turned off if ability to do so is present.
23. iPad will be configured to a Google account (for Google documents) that can be accessed via any school computer by teacher, aide, or administrator to print out. Documents on Google update in realtime, save automatically every 5 minutes, can be used with multiple participants, and do not require the iPad to be physically attached to any school computer for downloading/printing off of assignment. Parent can view assignments at home in real time using said Google documents account.
24. Parent will provide handout(s) on how to use Google documents for teacher(s)/aide(s)/adminstrator(s) if needed.