TY  - BOOK
AU  - Hill,Barbara Albers
TI  - Breaking through: using educational technology for children with special needs 
SN  - 9780757003950
AV  - LC4024 .H55 2014
U1  - 371.9 23
PY  - 2014///]
CY  - Garden City Park, NY
PB  - Square One Publishers
KW  - Children with disabilities
KW  - Education
KW  - Computer-assisted instruction
KW  - Education (Early childhood)
KW  - Educational technology
KW  - Digital electronics
N1  - Includes index
N2  - While one-on-one therapy is certainly beneficial, for some children, the process of developing social skills, manual dexterity, and educational competency presents much more of a challenge. Fortunately, the introduction of new and easy-to-use technological devices has created a quiet revolution in the field of special education. It was only a decade ago that the iPad a portable interactive Internet device was introduced to the public. Apple s marketing people correctly predicted the iPad s popularity, but they did not expect how uniquely appealing this device would be to children with autism, attention issues, physical challenges, and a host of other learning disabilities. Today, numerous tablets offer programs that can break through the barriers caused by psychological and physical challenges. To understand how you can optimize the use of these devices and select the best programs available, best-selling author and special education expert Barbara Albers Hill has written "Breaking Through: Using Today s Tablet Technology with Special Needs Children
ER  -