Monthly AT/LID Update

Good day everyone from your Assistive Technology and Low Incidence Disability Team. So much going on in the world we wanted to focus on meeting your needs in this Fall Edition of AT/LID update. If there is something you would like to see in next month's newsletter let us know by dropping an email.

Remote learning can cause visual fatigue for everyone! A TVI in the network published this article on Path to Technology on how we can help.

Check out BuddyPhones - Volume Safe Headphone for Kids!

• Noise Canceling
• SafeAudio - Volume limiting
• Some are waterproof
• Long Battery life
• Boom Mic

New Resources Coming Soon!

The Inclusion in Texas network, in collaboration with the Texas Education Agency, is developing resources to support school districts in building their capacity to develop and implement instructional programs for students in an inclusive setting. We will be posting these resources throughout the year.

Diane Brauner has written an article for Paths to Technology, compiling some of the O&M lessons and ideas that worked in the Spring and Summer. Check it out for some new ideas!

Diane Brauner discusses Push-in services during zoom classtime.

There have been several new resources added to the Texas Complex Access Network (Tx CAN) website. Check them out.

• Parent Videos
• Teaching Literacy to Students with Significant Cognitive Disabilities course
• Remote Instruction Video Series: Utilizing Paraprofessionals
• Lifeline Library video: for the Field from the Field

• Program a speech output device with holiday phrases, such as "Happy Halloween" or "Trick or Treat." Here is a link to an article with some ideas how to incorporate Halloween into AAC devices.
• Connect a switch to the blender or mixer to have some help making autumn treats
• Adapt a holiday book to make it more accessible. Here is an example of a tactile book from Paths to Literacy.

Treat Town Halloween App and Treat-Town.com is open. Register your family, decorate your virtual door, pick costumed avatars.

Participants can invite neighbors and family to join then trick-or-treaters can virtually knock on doors around the country.

A fellow teacher and friend of mine added incorporated smells into her sensory activities during the fall and winter months. Here are a few ideas she used plus a few others I've tried. Just remember to avoid smells that are allergens to individuals that will be around your materials or sensory activities when deciding what scents to use.

• Add vanilla, cinnamon, or pumpkin pie spice when making edible playdoh
• Make instant pudding on a tray (it's okay to eat, smell, or feel)
• Have a mild scented diffuser near a sensory area (have a way to seal or turn off the diffuser in case the smell becomes to strong)
• Have your students assist with preparing applesauce (washing apples, removing stems, peeling, cutting into smaller pieces). If you start cooking them in the morning, you will have an apple scent in the room and a snack to eat before school is over.

Here are a few more fall sensory activities from the Teaching Mama website and a scented sensory bin from the Fun Littles website.

In an effort to keep our Newsletter short and focused, we have created a separate newsletter just for training. Please check us out! For all things AT/VI/LID Training, check out our AT/VI/LID Training Smore!

If there is a topic you would like to cover in a training, workshop, or Lunch and Learn, send us a message.

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