SANTA BARBARA CITY COLLEGE
ASSOCIATE
DEGREE CREDIT COURSE OUTLINE
Department: Disabled
Student Programs and Services
Subject Area and Course Number: DSPS
55
Course Title: Assistive
Technology
Discipline: Special
Education
Units: Two
Repeatability: 4 and according to Disability (Title V):
*Section 56029 of Subchapter 1 of
Chapter 7 of Division 6 of Title 5 of the California Code of Regulations is added to read:
56029. Special Class Course Repeatability.
Repetition
of special classes is subject to the provisions of Sections 55761–63 and
58161 of this division. However, districts are authorized to permit additional
repetitions of special classes to provide an accommodation to a student's
educational limitations pursuant to state and federal nondiscrimination laws.
Districts shall develop policies and procedures providing for repetition under
the following circumstances:
(a) When continuing success of
the student in other general and/or special classes is dependent on additional
repetitions of a specific class;
(b) When additional repetitions
of a specific special class are essential to completing a student's preparation
for enrollment into other regular or special classes; or
(c) When the student has a
student educational contract which involves a goal other than completion of the
special class in question and repetition of the course will further the
achievement of that goal.
NOTE: Authority cited:
Sections 67312, 70901, and 84850, Education Code. Reference: Sections 67310–12 and 84850, Education
Code; 29 U.S.C. Section 794.
Catalog Course Description: A course designed for students with disabilities who are
enrolled in mainstream college classes and whose disabilities result in
educational limitations in the area of accessing technology. Students experience a variety of
assistive technology options;
develop skills in utilizing assistive technology; develop compensatory
strategies for accessing technology; acquire skills to evaluate new assistive
technologies as they become available;
identify their own current assistive technology solutions.
Description for Schedule of
Classes: A course designed for students with
disabilities who are enrolled in mainstream college classes and whose
disabilities result in educational limitations in the area of accessing
technology.
Lecture Hours: Two
hours each week = total of 36 hours.
Laboratory Hours per Week: None
Plus Hours: None
Prerequisites: None
Co-requisites: None
Skills Advisories: None
Course Advisories: None
Limitation on Enrollment: None
Course Objectives: The student will acquire the following skills and apply them
to non-DSPS SBCC courses.
1. Use assistive technology,
independently and accurately.
2. Explain in writing and verbally
their own functional limitations in the area of technology as it relates
directly to their disability.
3. Evaluate and prioritize all
assistive technology and strategies introduced in class that will accommodate
their own disability.
4. Choose which assistive technology
and compensatory strategies will be of benefit to them in their education and
employment.
5. Utilize assistive technology and
compensatory strategies in the mainstream.
6. Outline a method for evaluating
future assistive technology options.
Course
Content and Scope:
1. Presentation and utilization of
state-of-the-art assistive technology such as voice recognition, text to voice,
or large print options.
2. Presentation and utilization of
strategies to access technology such as screen organizers, color coded keys, or
command reference sheets.
3. Presentation and utilization of
technology options as accommodations for disability such as electronic
thesaurus in place of dictionary, graphic mapping options for brainstorming
writing, or model word processing documents.
4. Analysis of impact of various
disabilities on accessing technology and analysis of assistive technology
solutions.
5. Presentation and utilization of
resources to assist in analyzing future assistive technology options.
Method of Instruction: The course will include lecture, large and small group
discussion, individual instruction, use of trained tutors, colloquias,
instructor designed modules.
Required
Assignments: There will be four assignments for
this course:
1. Development of an individual
self-advocacy portfolio containing disability verification; articles or other
information about disability; explanation of functional limitations in the area
of assistive technology; accountability for requests for specific assistive
technology or strategies to use as accommodations.
2. Analytic review of one library
article on the topic of assistive technology. A copy of this article and the review will be included in
portfolio and presented orally in class.
3. Demonstration of assistive
technology skills in non-DSPS SBCC courses.
4. Development of a list of criteria
for evaluation of future assistive technology. This will be included in the portfolio.
Methods of Evaluation: Methods of evaluation include class attendance and
participation; quizzes; mid-term; final;
individual and group presentations; completion of portfolio.
Texts and Supplies: Instructor designed mastery learning workbooks.
JS/mej
rev July 2006
FRC (7/21/06 gb)