Utah Assistive Technology Teams Reading, Writing and Organizational Strategies for Struggling Students Kent Remund Julia Pearce

Assistive Technology includes both devices and service. Students with disabilities sometimes need and are entitled to special equipment and services to ensure that they have access to a free and appropriate public education (FAPE). Assistive Technology includes both devices and service.

An AT is any item, piece of equipment or product system, whether acquired commercially off-the-shelf, modified, or custom-made that is used to increase, maintain, or improve functional capabilities of individuals with disabilities. Special Education Rules - §300.4-300.45 DEVICE An AT is any service that directly assists an individual with a disability [or family member or caregiver] in the selection, acquisition, or use of an AT device. Special Education Rules - §300.4-300.45 SERVICE

UATT support School LEAs and IEP teams to evaluate, acquire and manage assistive technology for students with disabilities

IDEA mandates consideration of assistive technology on an IEP to support a child’s participation in his/her least restrictive learning environment.

28 Teams serve students throughout Utah Charter Schools are served through UATT Central with new teams coming soon

SETT Framework Student Environment Task Technology

SETT By Joy Zabala (1994) STUDENT ENVIRONMENT TASKS TOOLS What does the student need to be able to do that is difficult or impossible to do independently at this time? What are the students special needs and abilities? STUDENT What are the functional areas of concern? What are the students current abilities? What activities take place in the environment? Where will the student participate- classroom, home, community, therapy? ENVIRONMENT What materials, equipment, supports, resources are available? What is the physical arrangement? What specific tasks occur in the environments which enable progress toward mastery of IEP goals and objectives? TASKS What activities is the student expected to do? SETT stands for Student, Environment, Tasks and Tools. This is the order in which these elements are discussed when considering assistive technology for a particular student. Answering these questions help the team gather information that will lead to the solutions that will help the student achieve IEP goals. (Review questions posed during a SETT process as they appear on the screen.) Handout: SETT Tools are devices and services- everything that is needed to help the student succeed. Tools must be student centered. TOOLS Describe tool features that are needed. Tools are on a continuum from no/low, mid, high.

Utah Assistive Technology Teams UATT.org

Objectives Who is in attendance today? Scenarios Explore and demonstrate technology Reading Writing Organizational 20 Minute hands on using what you learn today

Reading Strategies to implement – Low Tech Larger text Different fonts Colored overlays Guided reading overlays – able to see one sentence at a time Read and Write for Google Voice Dream Prizmo Bookshare

Writing Forte’ First Author Co:Writer Read and Write for Google Voice to text Dragon Naturally Speaking Built in accessibility Chrome extensions Snaptype Smartpen

Organizational Evernote Notability Google calendar Taking pictures with cell phones