ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY
IN EDUCATION |
A Guide for the Delivery of
Assistive Technology Services for
Students with Disabilities |
Document Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Definitions and Legal Requirements
- Definition and Discussion of Terms
Assistive Technology Devices
Assistive Technology Service
Free Appropriate Public Education
Least Restrictive Environment
Related Services
Supplementary Aids and Services
Universal Design
- Key Federal Policies
Americans with Disabilities Act
National Instructional Materials Accessibility Standards
No Child Left Behind
Office of Special Education Programs Letters of Interpretation
Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973
- Planning for Assistive Technology
- Multidisciplinary Team
Role of Parents
Additional Members
- Legal Basis for Evaluations
- Qualifications of Providers for Assessment or Evaluation
- Professional Expertise
- Use of an Assistive Technology Team
- Independent Evaluations
- Addressing Assistive Technology in the Individual Education Program
- The Individual Education Program
- Including Assistive Technology in the IEP
Annual Individual Education Program Goals
List of Supplementary Aids and Services
List of Related Services
- Prerequisite Skills
- Participation in Assessments
Modifications vs. Accommodations
Consider This: Guidelines for Decision Making
- Transition
- Transition Requirements for the IEP
- Transition and Assistive Technology
Consider This: Assistive Technology in All Settings
- Funding Assistive Technology
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School Districts
Free Appropriate Public Education
Accessing Other Funding Sources
Locating Funding
Enrollment Poverty Funding
Denial of Funding
Funding of Personal Devices
Timeliness
- Insurance
Voluntary Use of Parent’s Insurance
Coverage Issues
Insurance Denials
- Medicaid
Home and Community Based Waivers
HEALTH CHECK (EPSDT)
- Assistive Technology Partnership
Assistive Technology Transition Specialists
- Vocational Rehabilitation
- Nebraska Commission for the Blind and Visually Impaired
- Nebraska Commission for the Deaf & Hard of Hearing
- Parents
- Private Funding Sources
- Loan, Rental, and Lease
Consider This: Funding Assistive Technology
- Recycling, Sale, Purchase, and Cost-Sharing of Equipment
- Tracking and Recycling of Equipment
AT4ALL
- Sale or Transfer of Equipment
- District Policies Regarding Assistive Technology
- Cost Sharing Cooperative Agreements
Coordination of Funding Sources
Elements of a Cooperative Agreement
Consider This: Implementation Issues
- Take Home Policies
- Office of Special Education Programs Letter
- Court Decisions
- Accessible Routes
Consider This: Transporting Assistive Technology
- Repair and Maintenance Policies
- Responsibility for Repair and Maintenance
- Purchasing Considerations
- Repairs
- Training for Teachers, Students, and Parents
- Awareness
- Specialized Training
- Procedural Safeguards and Liability
- Appendix
- Footnotes
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