The IEP team should never indicate that a child will use assistive technology to complete a state assessment if the child does not use the same assistive technology regularly for participation in educational activities. Supports for School Personnel: The IEP team should address the supports that the school staff needs in order for them to effectively provide AT devices and services to the child. The Alternative Augmentative Communication representative will work with Grant’s teachers in the special education classroom for one hour weekly for six weeks. Training will include programming, operation, and use of his augmentative communication device. All team members will participate in identification of needed vocabulary. Section F - Consideration of Special Factors AT is one of the special factors that must be addressed in the development, review, and revision of each child’s IEP. Minimal compliance with the requirement to consider AT is responding to the statement in the IEP which states, “Does the student require assistive technology devices and services? Yes No. If yes, describe:” If the IEP team determines that the child requires AT then the IEP must include a description of the AT that is required. Although minimal compliance for considering AT may be simply checking “yes” or “no” to the consideration questions, best practice is for IEP teams to use a systematic process for considering a child’s AT needs and to document the outcomes of the consideration in the IEP. In most instances, it is just as important to document when a child does not require AT as when a child does require it. Documentation of the issues that were addressed during AT consideration can be especially helpful to future IEP teams. There are many places in the IEP where tools to support achievement of goals may be documented (i.e., consideration, accommodations, present levels of academic achievement, minutes). The following are examples of how AT can be documented in the Consideration of Special Factors form D/M 68E:
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