T/TAC Mission
The mission of the Training & Technical Assistance Center (T/TAC) is to improve educational opportunities and contribute to the success of children and youth with disabilities (birth-22 years). This mission is two-fold; first, to increase the...
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Coordinator's Corner
Changing Attitudes and Creating Opportunities for Real Communication
By: Lora Kingma
We all use a variety of ways to get our messages across to others. We use gestures, facial expressions, speech, noises, and pictures to help others understand what we are talking about. We know that if we only used one of these methods that the probability of others understanding us fully is minimized. Many of our students use various methods to communicate too, but may need the additional benefit of an augmentative/alternative communication (AAC) system to supplement...
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Featured Resources
Show Me How! Quick Tips for Using IntelliTools Classroom Suite
By: Daniel Herlihy
Library Code:730/H40
Publication Date: 2006
Publisher:Connective Technology Solutions, Inc.
Show Me How! Quick Tips for Using IntelliTools Classroom Suite 3 is a booklet of easy-to-follow, step-by-step directions to jumpstart the beginner and a good reference for the basic user. Included are How To directions with screen shots for working with sound, video, answer fields, quizzes, word prediction, switch access, using the new Easy Explore Setup and more. Keywords: AT, literacy, switch accessibility, adapted materials
Upcoming Events
June 19-20, 2008
Hotel Roanoke and Conference Center, Roanoke, VA
The Hotel Roanoke and Conference Center
A.T. Training Days
We are pleased to be able to offer four hands-on training events featuring devices and software. These events will be held in the assistive technology lab at the T/TAC office.
Kent Square
in Blacksburg, VA