1. Caitlin DiCristofalo Kristin Hope Gail Petrjcik Assistive Technology Contacts

2. Agenda  Determining Student Needs  ATC Wiki  Accessible Instructional Materials (AIM)  Universal Design for Learning (UDL)  NIMAS  Technical Assistance Papers  IEP Team Responsibilities  Visual Schedule  Surveying Needs

3. Purpose for ATCs  Provide awareness of AT tools, strategies, and laws  Offer school-based support for students with disabilities  Develop mentoring skills

4. AT wikispace http://atc-hernando.wikispaces.com

5. Determining Student Needs  SETT Framework:  Student  Environment  Task  Tools

6. Assistive Technology…  Includes a broad range of possible devices and services  Enhances capabilities and lowers barriers to achievement  Is related to function, rather than to a specific disability category  May be applicable to all disability groups and in all phases of education, rehabilitation, and life  Must be person-centered, task-focused and environmentally useful to be effective Joy Zabala, Ten Things Everyone Needs to Know about UDL, RTI, AT and AIM, 2008

8. AIM  AIM is …  Accessible  Instructional  Materials …for instruction and assessment/testing

9. Accessible Instructional Materials  § 300.172. Discussion: Timely access to appropriate and accessible instructional materials is an inherent component of a public agency’s obligation under the Act to ensure that FAPE is available for children with disabilities and that children with disabilities participate in the general curriculum as specified in their IEPs. Section 300.172(b)(3) provides that nothing relieves an SEA of its responsibility to ensure that children with disabilities who need instructional materials in accessible formats, but who do not fall within the category of children who are eligible to receive materials produced from NIMAS files obtained through the NIMAC, receive those instructional materials in a timely manner. Therefore, we do not believe that any further clarification is necessary.

11. Universal Design for Learning http://www.udlcenter.org/aboutudl/udlguidelines

12. It ’ s the law… “Universal design is a concept or philosophy for designing and delivering products and services that are usable by people with the widest possible range of functional capabilities, which include products and services that are directly useable (without requiring assistive technologies) and products and services that are made usable with assistive technologies.” Assistive Technology Act of 1998 Public Law 105-394

13. Special Equipment  Can the student use tools currently in the classroom?  4 computers in each elementary classroom Accessibility features on computers and in Microsoft  Calculators  Tape recorders  Xeroxing  Scanners  Email  Internet  Color printing  Flash drive  Smart or Promethean boards  Document cameras  Digital cameras

14. SLPs & OTs  Most SLPs and OTs have AT solutions for Communication and hand writing.  Check with your site-based professional

15. AT tools  NEO  Dana  LoTTIE Kits  www.onionmountaintech.com www.onionmountaintech.com  http://www.renlearn.com/neo/NEO2/intro.aspx http://www.renlearn.com/neo/NEO2/intro.aspx

16. NIMAS  National Instructional Materials Access Standard You are the school-based contact!

17. FCAT accommodations www.fldoe.org/ese/fcatasd.asp

18. Visual Strategies