Augmentative Devices in the Home and Community

The development of the use of augmentative or assistive technology in the home and the community promotes independence for students with disabilities.   A student who successfully uses this technology at school needs to be encouraged by family members to also use it at home.  The student must be encouraged to participate in extracurricular activities that will enable him to us the device in the community. The device will need to be updated in order to include vocabulary that correlates with the activities in which he is involved. In order for this transition into the community to be successful there must be a strong working relationship between the family and the school.

Reference:
              Dell, A. G., Newton, D. A., & Petroff, J. G. (2012). Assistive technology in the classroom (2nd ed).  Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Education, Inc.