Applicability of the Psycho-Educational Recommendations Using High Tech, Low Tech and No Tech Solutions

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Applicability of the Psycho-Educational
RecommendationsUsing High Tech, Low Tech and No
Tech Solutions
Richard Bolduc Psychologist
Richard Bolduc Psychologist
Monique Campeau-LeBlanc A.T. Support Teacher
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Start With the End in Mind

• Student Access
• Student Success
• Student Testimonials

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RewindWhat Ensures Student Success?
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ScoresWhat do they mean?
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Sound and Thorough Recommendations

• Based on student needs
• Be creative.

http//psychoedrecommendations.wetpaint.com/
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Your Turn

• Pair off
• Discuss the student profile
• Suggest equipment to support this student

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Psycho-Ed Summary

• Psycho-educational Strengths
• Was more compliant
• Perceptual Reasoning (above average)
• VMI
• Verbal Memory
• Visual Memory (above average)

• Psycho-educational Needs
• Verbal Comprehension
• Working Memory
• Processing Speed
• Sequential Memory
• All language arts and math in the Sig. Below
  Average range

• Other
• Inattentive/ concentration
• Organizational problems
• Avoidance strategies,
• Reading difficulties
• Anxious behaviour

DX LD and ADHD
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One More Time

• Join another group
• Compare results
• Number yourself off from 1-4
• Number 3, open the large envelope and pass out
  the summaries matching the number on the summary
  to the team member number
• Discuss the student based on the information
  provided
• Add to the suggestions you previously made.
• Share results

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What did you discover?
The more interveners involved the more thorough
the recommendations

• Group Suggestions
• Organizers (voice recorder or ipod, visual
  organizer due to strengths, simple)
• Homework on school website
• Kurzweil but assess listening comprehension
• Needs to experience success
• Opportunity to try out specialized equipment
• Alternate ways of expressing himself
• Training with other students in his school
• Teacher notes in Kurzweil
• Self-advocacy training
• Summer camps
• DNS and CoWriter

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Team Work Leads to.

• Appropriate equipment in school
• Filling in the gaps
• Implementation in schools

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Concluding Comments

• Take the time that it takes
• Complimentary philosophy vs silo approach
• Last words from Tyler
• a non-verbal student using his Toughbook