In 1993, a State Department of Education discretionary grant enabled the Special Education Department of Jenks Public Schools to implement an Assistive Technology Program.
Equipment is funded through community bond support.
Following are two examples of the many ways that assistive technology is currently utilized at Jenks to increase participation in the classroom. Adapted computer access can change the means by which a student will enter information into the computer or receive information from the computer. In this picture, a student uses Intellikeys, an enlarged keyboard, to facilitate computer-based learning. Screen readers and text enlargement systems are ways to adapt computer output. For students with limited ability to speak, an augmentative communication device such as the Macaw, pictured here, can serve as a substitute for the voice.