For young children who lack fine motor control in their hands, assistive technology is a great equalizer. For a younger child, a picture/word keyboard or scanning device (start with two pictures, and add more as the child demonstrates competency).The preschool and kindergarten child might benefit from an enlarged keyboard or a voice activated computer program.
Demonstration of the use of a large button switch to aid a child with cerebral palsy in the development of motor skills. Produced by United Cerebral Palsy of Middle Tennessee.
The child care and preschool educator should work closely with related service providers to insure that equipment and technology is used correctly and that the child is adequately positioned to use these devices.
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