Managing Special Education Needs Classrooms through Technology Problems and Prospects

Abstract

Students with special learning needs are the children who have a disability newlineor a combination of disabilities that makes learning or other activities difficult. newlineTechnology supports different learning methods, which helps foster a sense of newlinecommunity and meaningful experiences. Technology can help kids in special newlineeducation classrooms by motivating them and increasing their involvement. It can newlinehelp kids become more self-sufficient, stay up with their peers, acquire confidence, newlineand collaborate with their classmates. newlineEfforts towards special education in India are explored. Positive laws and newlineincreasing provision of aids and appliances, among other reasons, have contributed newlineto a large increase in the number of children with disabilities enrolling in schools newlineover the last two decades. However, the quality of teaching and learning for children newlinewith impairments has received little attention. newlineAssistive or adaptive technology (AT) is a small tool or computer-based newlineaccommodation that can help people with special needs resolve or compensate for newlinelimitations while improving their capabilities. Video magnifiers, voice output newlinesystems, OCR software, magnification software, e-readers, and e-Braille devices, as newlinewell as these computer-related auxiliary tools and devices, are usually called newline assisting , adapting , accessing or enabling the technology. Assistive newlinetechnology plays a vital role in the lives of people with disabilities because it newlineimproves access to information and allows users to complete tasks independently in newlinea better way. newlineThe overall Objective of this qualitative study is to primarily investigate the newlineimpact of assistive technology on teaching, student learning effectiveness, their newlinemotivation and engagement in special needs classes for children with impairments newlineeventually with the help of structured SETT (Student, Environment, Task and Tools) newlinebased Questionnaire and mixed data collection methodology i.e qualitative and newlinequantitative. newlineviii newlineThe findings indicated that the responding teachers perceived