Procedure – Category 5000 (Students)
AR 5005.6 – Documenting Assistive Technology (AT) in the IEP
Table of Contents
AR 5000.5.6 – DOCUMENTING ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY (AT) IN THE IEP............. 1
1.0 I NTRODUCTION ................................................................................................................ 1 2.0 A SSESSMENT , R EVIEW , AND I MPLEMENTATION ............................................................... 1 3.0 P RESENT L EVELS OF P ERFORMANCE ................................................................................ 4 4.0 S PECIAL E DUCATION ....................................................................................................... 5 5.0 R ELATED S ERVICES ......................................................................................................... 5 6.0 S UPPLEMENTARY A IDS AND S ERVICES ............................................................................ 6 7.0 C ONSIDERATION OF S PECIAL F ACTORS ............................................................................ 7
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Introduction
The Desert Mountain Special Education Local Plan Area (DMSELPA) Assistive Technology Guidelines are developed to assist participating local education agencies (LEAs) in the DMSELPA. These guidelines are designed to assist individualized education program (IEP) teams in the consideration, evaluation, team planning, and implementation phases of determining an individual’s need for assistive technology devices and/or services in order to benefit from special education instruction and/or related services. It is the philosophy of the DMSELPA to provide special education services to meet individual student needs in the least restrictive environment (LRE). This includes providing accommodations and assistive technology. As a basis of determination of student needs, the first consideration is the technology plan of the LEA as it details the availability of technology resources available for all students within the LEA. Typically, the LEA technology plan includes the goals it supports for all students, hardware, software, teacher training and student technology skills.
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Assessment, Review, and Implementation
The amendments to the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) require that the IEP team consider whether a child with a disability requires assistive technology and services ( Title 20 of the United States Code § 1414[d][3][B][v] ).
AR 5005.6 – Documenting Assistive Technology (AT) in the IEP
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Desert Mountain Special Education Local Plan Area (DMSELPA) (rev. 09/17)
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