Assistive+Technology+To+Promote+Community+Inclusion+~+Mercy+Centre+Worcester

= Assistive Technology as a  =

= Collaborative Process  =

= To Promote Community Inclusion  =

The Mercy Centre in Worcester utilizes a collaborative framework to develop assistive technology that allows students with significant disabilities to be active participants in the community, the classroom, and the workplace. Assistive technology allows students the repetition they often need to learn new skills in a format that is very motivating for them. Some of the ways students at the Mercy Centre use the computer to reinforce skills for community integration are; learning about safety awareness in the community, grouping items for grocery shopping, locating items in a grocery store, using money, budgeting, using a wallet and appropriate behavior. In the classroom students often use activities created in Intellitools Classroom Suite to reinforce skills. Wallet Wallet – a book about what is in a wallet Individually designed “Pocketmods” help our students independently get ready for community outings or sequence tasks at a community job site.
 * === [|Wallet Wallet text with pictures.pdf] ===
 * === [|Wallet Wallet.pdf] ===
 * === How We Use Our Hands – a story written by a student about things we do with our hands ===
 * === Welcome to Mercy Centre – to learn more about the Mercy Centre from a student’s perspective read a book they created to tell new students about their school ===


 * ** [|How to Make a Pocketmod from Boardmaker.pdf] **
 * **[|Community Pocketmod.pdf]**



= Websites to Support Community Inclusion  =


 * ==[|www.intellitools.com] Classroom Suite & Activity Exchange ~ many activities that support community inclusion==
 * ==[|http://www.helpkidzlearn.com/games/chooseit_maker_2_shopping_time.html#] a multiple choice activity to learn what you buy at different types of stores==
 * ==[|www.netgrocer.com] a site where you can shop, see your total cost without having to login==
 * ==http://teacher.scholastic.com/commclub/index.htm learn about people in your community==
 * ==[|www.pocketmod.com] make an 8 page booklet from one piece of 8.5 by 11 paper==
 * ==http://www.primopdf.com/ create a pdf document from any file you can print==



Mercy Centre = Catholic Charities, Worcester County =

25 West Chester Street Worcester, MA 01605 508-852-7165

[|www.mercycentre.com]

**slasante@ccworc.org **