You need a proper AT eval that will check out what he needs and make personalized recommendations. DD's was 20 something pages long and then there was a follow up eval that was more than 10 pages just on the best way for her to learn to type, what kind of keyboard she would need, etc. And even with all of that it has been an ongoing process constantly updating apps and consulting with the AT specialist. I am very non technical so I don't understand all of it.
Learning to keyboard has been a process. The same OT who refused to introduce cursive also refused to introduce keyboarding because she felt "it's not developmentally appropriate before 5th grade." A very nice woman who Just. Didn't. Get. It. When DD started at the spec Ed school I argued that this OT's positions as well as their delay in doing the AT eval and implementing its recommendations cost DD 2 years of keyboarding supports so she was entitled to compemsatory services. The district didn't even argue - they gave us 3 1/2 hours of OT a week split between handwriting and keyboarding. That stayed in effect for 3 years before we agree to drop down to 2 1/2 hours a week for 6th grade.
Yes - all of her worksheets can be done on the iPad. She chooses to do some by hand but it's not necessary.
I assume you are talking about a graphic organizer. Yes she uses them. At this point she prefers not to but they are part of her program.
In 3rd grade DD was attending an 8th grade reading comprehension group and in 4th grade she started doing HS literature 1-1. It took months and months for the school to get their hands on the audio version of the 8th grade text. The publisher had it available but I think the school, the district and the publisher were all confused about what she needed. Now they just load the books she needs through audibles dot com and the teacher adapts a curriculum on the book to whatever DD needs. It's a spec Ed school so they get it and the advanced work being done is 1-1 literature so your mileage may differ. Where there's a will there's a way. Where there's no will the most simple things can seem impossible.
For 6th grade DD will be attending the TAG program in district one day a week so we will get our first chance to see how this works in a regular mainstream (of sorts) classroom. Days before the school year starts and there has been no decision on where the program will meet this year. When I asked about wifi for DD's apps I was told at the worst they would purchase a router and plug it in for her to use. As I said above I am totally non technical so I have no idea how it works.
Not everything has to be on the iPad. She uses desk top computers as well. And she can Dropbox or email from her iPad to the teacher's computer if she needs to. They tell me she's totally independent on her AT now which I find difficult to believe. It's a spec Ed school and the teachers are young and into all the latest technology so I assume it all happens pretty organically. TAG will be the real test to see where the holes are what needs to get tweeked.
