Training Resources on AT
Step Up AT
Step Up AT is an evidence-based customizable program that coaches teachers, teacher assistants, teacher support specialists, school districts, and other agencies to adopt evidence-based assistive technology (AT) practices shown to improve early literacy outcomes for young children (ages 3–5) with disabilities.
- Early Literacy Training Courses provide easy-to-understand AT basics for both veteran and novice early educators.
- Guided Learning at Home includes a series of videos designed to help families promote early literacy at home.
- Additional videos are available on Step Up AT's YouTube Channel.
The TIKES Project: Trainings On Demand
The Technology to Improve Kids' Educational Success (TIKES) Project is developing Trainings On Demand, to help educate and inform parents and professionals about using assistive technology with young children ages birth to 5. These training videos feature a variety of basic assistive technology concepts.
Technology in Early Childhood (TEC Center)
The TEC Center at the Erikson Institute uses innovative approaches to professional development and proven distance education methods to empower early childhood educators to make informed decisions about the appropriate use of technology with children ages birth–8.
See also: TEC Center on YouTube
Hearing Screening and the Use of Assistive Technology: Coffee Break Webinar Series
During the week of May 16–20, 2016, the Office of Special Education Programs and the Offices of Head Start and Child Care partnered to join the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association in celebrationg "Better Hearing and Speech Month" with this Series of Coffee Break Webinars about hearing screening and the use of assistive technology to support young children with disabilities and their families.
CONNECT Module on Assistive Technology Interventions
CONNECT: The Center to Mobilize Early Childhood Knowledge developed a series of free online modules that include videos, handouts, and activities based on real life situations. Module 5 focuses on the use of assistive technology to help young children access and participate in their environment. Each module includes an Instructor Dashboard with links to both learner materials and instructor materials (activity guides, personnel preparation standards, OSEP indicators and outcomes, videos, and audio clips).
- Learner Module 5: Assistive Technology Interventions (2011): Also available in Spanish.
- Instructor Dashboard for Module 5
IRIS Center: Assistive Technology: An Overview
Assistive Technology: An Overview (2015) is an online learning module developed by the IRIS Center to provide an overview of assistive technology and the ways it can be used to expand children's access to it in the classroom. The content is presented in a variety of formats, including: text, video demonstrations, audio interviews with experts and practicing educators, and interactive activities.
TechMatrix
TechMatrix is an online searchable database of expert-reviewed educational and assistive technology products and research articles. Select "Birth to Preschool" under grade level for items most relevant to infants, toddlers and young children. Techmatrix is a product of the National Center for Technology Innovation (NCTI), operated by the American Institutes for Research (AIR) under funding from the U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education (OSEP).