Welcome to the Attention Deficit Disorder Expert Podcast Series by Attitude magazine.

Hello everyone and we're glad you can attend Attitudes Weekly ADHD

experts webinar. Just a quick note before we get started if you've listened to one of our webinars before, you know

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So today's topic is assistive technology. We know that using the right technology can make all the difference between success and failure at school for students with ADHD and learning disabilities.

AT helps students compensate for their disabilities

while building on their strengths.

This gives kids who often feel like failures at school the confidence and independence to thrive and feel good about themselves.

Today we will focus on tools and strategies that can help teachers and parents support students with a range of disabilities.

We are happy to have education tech expert Brian Friedlander here to align this about the programs, platforms, and tech strategies to help kids maximize

their learning in the classroom.

He'll talk about many of the platforms our kids commonly use, iPads, Chromebook, Windows, Mac, and so on, and how kids

can optimize them for success.

Brian is an Associate Professor of Education at the College of St. Elizabeth,

Maristown, New Jersey where he coordinates graduate programs in special education

and teaches graduate courses in assistive technology.

He's a school psychologist with expertise in assistive technology.

He's also co-author of engaging the resistant child through computers,

an author of several reference guides, including

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