Devonport High School has an enthusiastic staff who understand the importance of working as a team. This case study is about the way in which the school, with the help of a talented and creative Teacher Assistant, introduced a range of Assistive technologies (ATs) to cater for the needs of students.
What is assistive technology?
In the educational context, assistive technology has come to mean the toolkit of technologies (many with an ICT basis) that are chosen to suit the individual needs of many students with disabilities.
The Department of Education resource Getting started (distributed to all schools) provides further information about assistive technologies.
Why does Devonport High School uses assistive technologies?
How does Devonport High School provide assistive technologies?
Programs at Devonport High School
The school runs a number of programs to help students to access the curriculum.
Our students use the software to enhance their ability to function in a regular classroom.
The programs the students attend are: ‘Getting Along' a language based program, ‘Real World Wanders’ a community access program, ‘Reading Right’ and 'Money, Money, Money’ a numeracy -based money program which includes the use of a Virtual Automatic Teller machine (ATM) and Shopping program.
Students, parents, teachers, Teacher Assistants and the public can also access resources from the school website at http://www.devonporthigh.tased.edu.au/.
Programs at the school involve the use of the following assistive technologies and devices:
Inclusive education
Getting Started: A guide for teachers of students with disabilities in regular schools 
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