25 Technologies That Will Change Your Life in Special Education

Kevin Custer, Arc Capital DevelopmentMelissa Corto, Education Modified

March 21, 2019

Your Presenters

Kevin Custer, Arc Capital Development • kcuster@arccd.com• www.arccd.com• @KevCuster, @ArcCD

Melissa Corto, Education Modified• Melissa@EducationModified.com• www.EducationModified.com• @MSCorto, @EdModified

Innovation ShiftIndependence

• Communications• Wearables

Augmented Support• Remote• Robotics• Virtual Reality

Transition• High School• Workforce• Corporate

Information• Public Sector• Personal

Smart Environments• Home• Classroom

INDEPENDENCE / COMMUNICATIONS

EyeMobile Plus combines eye tracking, speech recognition, switch, and IR for completely hands-free access to WIN10.

Tippy Talk allows a nonverbal person to communicate by translating pictures into text messages. The nonverbal person can communicate and express desires, wants, needs or feelings.

• Two-way communication with responses in text, pictures, and voice

• Therapeutic conversation tracking for professionals

INDEPENDENCE / TRANSITION

Capti Voice enables teachers to personalize reading,and provide accommodations to a diverse populations, helps students become independent readers.

Students Can…• Access any content in an easy-to-use playlist• Listen to any texts with high quality text to speech• Personalize font, color theme, voice, and more!• Digitize inaccessible PDFs and images with OCR

Educators Can…• Use for instructional support and independent work• Use for SPED and ELL testing accommodations• Differentiate content and share it with students• Use with Clever, Google Classroom, and Canvas

INDEPENDENCE / WEARABLES

CareRing is a wireless wearable technology that increases the safety and well-being of people suffering from cognitive disorders such as Alzheimer’s and autism.

• GPS, cellular LBS and VHF tracking• Smartphone display/control, long battery life• Home safety zone, device removal, low voltage,

temperature, fall detection, and other alerts

Wearable Therapeutics provides high-quality, effective, and safe solutions for rapid anxiety relief. Snug Vest delivers Deep Pressure Therapy, a firm hugging sensation, which has a proven calming and relaxing effect.

INDEPENDENCE / WEARABLES

GlassOuse is a lightweight wearable that lets users control computers, phones and smart TVs and other devices, completely hands-free.

• Users navigate devices by using their head as a mouse

• Bluetooth mouse featuring built-in motion sensors

• Control cursor via head movements • Bite to click

AUGMENTED / REMOTE THERAPYTelehealth platforms — speech therapy, occupational therapy, physical therapy, and/or mental health services via computer, tablet, or smartphone.

• No longer are location and travel barriers to working with professionals in the field

• Therapy is available to everyone, everywhere, anytime

• Licensed clinical professionals work face-to-face with students via secure, live, online video sessions

• Drives engagement and student outcomes

AUGMENTED / ROBOTICS

Leka is an interactive robotic companion designed for children with special needs, autism, and other developmental disabilities.

• Sparks motivation and helps them learn, play, and progress

• Increases motor, cognitive, and emotional skills, and stimulates autonomy

• Leka is focused on making social interaction easier with the child’s family and surroundings through multiplayer games, as well as reducing anxiety/stress

Robots4Autism (Milo & Jett) and Nao are other examples of robots used in special education.

AUGMENTED REALITY

Brain Power is a digital AR coach that empowers children and adults with autism to learn social and cognitive skills.

• Runs on Google Glass, including the newly released Glass Enterprise Edition, and other smart glasses

• Features a suite of apps, a game-like environment with multiple levels. In Emotion Charades, for example, users look through the private screen on their smart glasses and see emojis on either side of their partner’s face. They select which one they think matches the facial expression with a spoken command or a subtle head tilt

• Encourages social interaction with others, keeping people heads-up, hands-free, and engaged

AUGMENTED REALITY

NuEyes is a lightweight, wireless, head-worn, voice-activated device for the visually impaired.

• Operated with a wireless controller or simple voice commands

• Enlarges text, changes the color and contrast, or reads the text to you

RightHear is an accessibility solution for the blind and visually impaired.

• Entering an accessible spot you are notified of current location using audio guidance

• Provides alerts whenever you are in or out of accessible area and provides notifications about obstacles nearby

AUGMENTED REALITY

• Skoog Born from NESTA funded research Skoogmusic creates technology

• that lets anyone make music and have fun with technology.

• Skoog and Skwitch are tactile technology anyone can use regardless of age, musical experience or skill, including children and those with disabilities

AUGMENTED / TACTILE

ViTAL translates visual content into content that can be seen, heard, and felt on touchscreens.

• Upload district-adopted learning content to the teacher web app

• Create unlimited, accessible learning content by adding haptics (vibrations), text-to-speech and auditory sounds

• Share with students via the mobile app for a multisensory learning experience on tablets — tactile, audible, and visual

• Blind and visually impaired students have the opportunity to participate and succeed in the general classroom

AUGMENTED / TACTILE

Feeling Fireworks makes fireworks more inclusive for blind and visually impaired users.

• Tactile effects are created using directable water jets that spray onto the rear of a flexible screen, with different nozzles for different firework effects

INFORMATION / DATA VISUALIZATION

CentralReach is data-driven software for special education that helps to visualize data.• It’s a time-consuming process to track

student progress, find a way to present that info to parents, and discover insights from the data while complying with regulations

• Helps special education teachers save time while improving communication, instruction, and care for their students

• Collaborative student support network with parents, teachers, and therapists

INFORMATION / COORDINATION

eCare Vault is a secure platform that enables families and health care professionals to coordinate care.

• Facilitates secure document exchange and communication management

• Track all your providers and documents in one place

• Education, Therapists, Healthcare• Children, Adults• Supports FERPA and HIPPA data

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TRANSITION / K-6 TO HIGH SCHOOL

STAR Autism Support is the most widespread, research-backed curriculum in the U.S.

• Curriculum now goes into high school• Evidence-based• Online/interactive• Deep, on-demand video support and

training center

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TRANSITION / Post Secondary

Identifor is a FREE website for research-based games that are scientifically designed to measure cognitive & social abilities, skills and interests. ● Students play fun and creative games

designed by experts.● Games assess and analyze Multiple

Intelligence, Executive Functions and Career Interests skills based on metrics.

● Survey tools allow individuals, parents and educators build a 360 degree understanding of a person's abilities.

SMART ENVIRONMENTS / CLASSROOM

Education Modified leverages Artificial Intelligence and Natural Language Processing to provide educators with job-embedded, research-based content that increases collaboration and improves the outcomes for students with diverse needs. Provides job-embedded PD, equipping teachers to continually improve their special education expertise.

• Teachers use a dynamic database of 350+ research-based classroom strategies targeted to each student

• Diagnosis & student proficiency data from the school’s LMS informs strategy recommendations

SMART ENVIRONMENTS / HOMEAmazon Alexa and Echo are devices that let you voice-control thousands of different smart devices such as lights, switches, TVs, thermostats, and more from 1,200+ brands.

Google Home controls 1,000+ smart home devices with just your voice. It provides hands-free help with your schedule, reminders, calls, news, and more whenever Google Home recognizes your voice.

Apple HomePod is an intelligent home assistant capable of handling everyday tasks and controlling your smart home accessories — from a single light bulb to the whole house — with just your voice.

What Innovations Are You Seeing?

And what innovations would you like to see developed?

Thank YouKevin Custer, Arc Capital Development

• kcuster@arccd.com• www.arccd.com

@KevCuster, @ArcCD

Melissa Corto, Education Modified• Melissa@EducationModified.com• www.EducationModified.com

@Mscorto, @EdModified

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TRANSITION/CORPORATEUptimize helps corporations attract and leverage neurodiverse talent.

• Train managers how to recruit and retain neurodiverse talent

• Online video training is designed to unlock the potential of the neurodiverse workforce

• “Our vision is a world where neuro-diversity is universally championed, and where organizations thrive thanks to their neurodiverse teams.”

***Job Accommodation Network is a federal technical support resource for employers for ADA compliance.

INDEPENDENCE/COMMUNICATIONS

UbiDuo 2 bridges the face-to-face communication gap between individuals who are deaf/hard of hearing and those who are hearing.

• Simultaneous real-time text to text communication• No Wi-Fi or internet needed; can communicate at any time and place;

each side has a full-size keyboard for fast communication and a split-screen color touchscreen

• Hinge technology holds the two halves together for easy transportation, At 4 pounds, it is easy to carry

• 8-hour battery life so you are not left stranded in conversation• Allows personal counseling sessions or private meetings without a

3rd party interpreter• Approved as Durable Medical Equipment for those who are deaf and

who qualify after evaluation by a speech-language pathologist

Google Translate instantly translates words, phrases, and webpages between English and over 100 other languages

INFORMATION / PUBLIC INSTITUTIONSStepwell is focused on helping state leaders demonstrate compliance with special education regulations.

• Take charge of IDEA Parts B and C compliance

• Align SEA monitoring and local initiatives

• On-demand data in a single collaborative workspace

• Target performance using powerful metrics

• Enjoy flexible options for reporting to stakeholders

• State-level and large district solutions

TRANSITION/CAREER & LIFE EDUCATION

The Project Discovery Adapted Career Education Series curriculum from Education Associates is the only hands-on curriculum specifically designed for students who have moderate to severe cognitive disabilities, including those with autism.

• Hands-on, consistent career exploration program that’s ready to teach with differentiated levels of instruction

• Video modeling prepares students for future jobs, along with hands-on activities, communications support, and integrated visual and audio

• Validated and approved by the U.S. Department of Education, is a National Dropout Prevention Network Model Program, and supports Universal Design for Learning