Case Study Presentations

Janet's case study was on a young man "J" in grade 9 who has ADHD and can lose his temper http://www.mentalhealthcanada.com/ConditionsandDisordersDetail.asp?lang=e&category=60

His verbal comprehension is very low so he has been using an apps like iMovie, Pic-colage and pages to work on his assignments and then email them back to to his teachers.  "J" loves the Hunger Games books and has designed some great clay sculptures representing events in the book. He used iMovie to create some awesome trailers using lego men as props. He has also been using his i-pad for scheduling and there are many great apps that you can get on the iPad to help to students develop a great schedule that is user friendly.

  Pic Collage http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aJ292hzM9RI   






Pages  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LLLuJz7F7Hw








Tracy did her presentation on a group of 3 grade 1 students that she called "RED". Their peers are reading at level 4 while the "RED" group is reading at a level 1. They use the iPads on which you can load a tonne of great interactive books.















"RED" is also using some great low tech ideas like stability balls to help students deal with the fidgeting and sand trays to help them with their letter formation

















Scott let everyone else go first and then presented on "Ziggy", Ziggy is a very positive student with delays in reading, writing and math. Her visual thinking and reasoning skills are also very low and she has difficulty retaining information. Ziggy has routines and schedules that she follows and bin activities to do. Again there are a lot of great scheduling apps for students on the iPad. http://momswithapps.com/apps-for-special-needs/


http://www.friendshipcircle.org/blog/2011/02/16/seven-scheduling-behavioral-apps-for-children-with-special-needs/

https://itunes.apple.com/ca/app/first-then-visual-schedule/id355527801?mt=8

One app that she has been using and enjoying is pic collage which she has used to create a report on guinea pigs, which is an animal she absolutely adores. Another app she has had success with is the speech to text paper port program. there are many great text to speech apps that students can use depending upon the level of the student.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LLLuJz7F7Hw