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AT Consideration. Overview of Issues & Solutions. P ROCEDURAL ISSUES …. Consideration / Assessment / Evaluation Integration into IEP Implementation & Progress Evaluation. How to Consider. General Collaborative Problem-Solving Four Procedural Models Considering AT in the IEP. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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AT ConsiderationOverview of Issues & Solutions
PROCEDURAL ISSUES …
Consideration / Assessment / Evaluation
Integration into IEP Implementation & Progress
Evaluation
How to ConsiderGeneral Collaborative Problem-
SolvingFour Procedural ModelsConsidering AT in the IEP
How to Consider AT Needs
Reed & Bowser (1999) suggest that consideration
Would constitute a brief discussion lasting at least 1-2 minutes but no more than 15-20 minutes with the IEP team
Potential for confusion between consideration and assessment
“How to Consider” using Collaborative Problem
SolvingProcess1. Identify problem2. Formulate several
solutions3. Select solution4. Implement
solution Friend & Cook,
2003
Can be on-going collaborative process for team of regular & special education teacher
Can be collaborative process for IEP team
But often team has no training or guidelines on to do this
Should result in determination of Positive Instructional Supports
Strategies (“no tech procedures)
Instructional technology (e.g., mnemonics)
Adaptations & accommodations
Assistive technology
However, problems remain…
Educational teams may require more support to engage in a process of determining positive instructional supports
Both the collaborating teachers and the IEP team will need to know when and how to move to the next level of AT consideration
Parallel to the need for a functional behavior assessment and behavior plan
“How to Consider” Using anStructured Assessment
FrameworkDistrict shouldProvide written guidelines
describing process and outcomes
Establish a minimum set of requirements for documentation of AT Consideration
How to Consider: 4 Procedural Models
Consideration: A Flowchart of Primary Questions (Chambers 1997)
Education Tech Points (Bowser and Reed 1995)
Unifying Functional Model (Melichar & Blackhurst 1993)
SETT Framework (Zabala 1994)
USING A STRUCTURED FRAMEWORK (SETT)
One Solution: The HILIA Example
When to Use a Structured AT Assessment Framework
Do not need: When using instructional
technology as a general strategy for teaching a specific curriculum content
When using low cost, “light tech” devices
When making minor modifications to products or devices in current use
When continuing using a product or device that is already being successfully used by a student
Do need: When educational
progress has failed to respond to “positive instructional supports” including (but not limited to) strategies, adaptations, or instructional technology
When there is an issue with access to or availability of existing classroom instructional technology
When an IEP team specifically requests an AT evaluation at a a case conference
When equipment is needed requiring rental
Per HILIA AT Evaluation Guidelines
“How to Consider” Using anAssessment Framework
Preparation Communicate with
Parents Review Team
Members Gather Information
(Prior to the meeting)
Schedule a Meeting
Complete form (individuals)
SETT Framework – Part I
HILIA Guidelines for AT Assessment…
Complete the SETT process
Complete Problem Identification
Prioritize Goals and Tasks
Generate AT Requirements
Generate Solutions Select Solutions
Complete form (group)
SETT Framework – Part I
SETT Framework – Part II
Implementation Develop
Implementation Plan Implement the Plan Review
Implementation Plan Document in the
IEP Maintenance
Complete SETT Framework –
Part III
A Fifth Procedural ModelConsidering the Need for AT within
the Individualized Educational Program (CTE & TAM, 2005)
WHEN TO CONDUCT AN AT EVALUATION
AT Consideration: Assessment v. Evaluation
When to Conduct an AT Evaluation?
Is it the time or complexity needed to achieve the outcome?
Is it the cost of the technology?
Simple answer: It’s an evaluation
when the parent or teacher asks for an evaluation, or
More appropriately, when the case conference committee requests an evaluation.
What is the difference between assistive technology consideration and evaluation?
How to Conduct anAT Evaluation
When an AT evaluation is requested
The assessment framework can be used
AND All policies, procedures,
and timelines for evaluations to insure compliance and FAPE are invoked
How to Monitor Compliance
1. The CCC sends the case conference forms (IEP) with the request to the special education central office where it is entered into the evaluation tracking system.
2. The educational team meets to develop an evaluation plan; the plan is completed, the results reviewed, and a written recommendation is prepared
3. The recommendations are presented at a case conference meeting within the 60-day timeline.
1. The activities, data and recommendations are reviewed and the needed devices or services are determined.
2. These are documented in the IEP as results of the evaluation
Documenting AT Needs in the IEP
Document *In the present levels of performance, the
student’s educational progress, data-based needs for the AT, and the effectiveness of any prior AT use
*Specific reference to AT within the annual goals and short-term objectives
*In the adaptations or accommodations, the specific AT needed
* Indicates those areas that should be required when AT devices or services are needed
Documenting AT Needs in the IEP
Document The AT to be used to support state and
district testing The special education or related services
needed to instruct the student in both the operational and functional the use of the AT
*The supplemental supports or services needed to support the student in the general education classroom and to support parents or teachers in the use of the AT
* Indicates those areas that should be required when AT devices or services are needed
Administrative “messages”
Emphasize need for data-based decisions; if not, requests could be returned for additional work
Insure staff and parents that if process & documentation establish a need, then AT will be provided FOR A TRIAL PERIOD
Emphasize need for implementation plan Emphasize need to evaluate student
progress and meet to review progress
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