WE’VE DECIDED UPON AT
NOW WHAT??
ASSISTECHKNOW – KENT ISD – OCTOBER 4, 2013
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Introduction
Michigan’s Integrated Technology Supports (MITS) is an IDEA Mandated
Activities
Project offered through the Michigan Department of Education, Office of Special
Education and Early Intervention Services.
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AIM/UDL
• Accessible Instructional Materials (AIM)
• For students who qualify for a Print
Disability
• PALM Initiative – Purchase Accessible
Learning Materials
• Universal Design for Learning (UDL)
• Critical Elements
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AT
• Assistive Technology (AT)
• Team thoughtful “Consideration” of
student needs including student and
parent
• It’s way more than checking the box
• Lending Library
• Try before you buy
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OUTCOMES
• Understand the importance of an
implementation plan to determine the
effectiveness of the assistive technology put
in place for a student
• Acquire resources to support
implementation plans in your own district
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WHERE DOES “AT” BEGIN?
• Student experiences difficulty
• Data has been collected to determine need
for AT
• IEP Goals developed to overcome difficulty
• Team, including student and parent,
works to find an effective solution
• School obtains solution for student
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DEVELOPING A PLAN
• Once an assistive technology is decided
upon to support a student an
Implementation Plan should be developed
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WHY AN IMPLEMENTATION PLAN?
• AT should be obtained to “increase,
improve or maintain functional
capabilities”
• We need to know the baseline in order to
determine whether or not there has been
an “increase, improvement, or
maintenance”
• We need to have data
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EFFECTIVE IMPLEMENTATION PLANS
• Encompass four important areas:
• Equipment support
• Staff and student training
• Methods for integration into program
• Techniques for assessing effectiveness
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EFFECTIVE IMPLEMENTATION PLANS
• Developed and carried out
collaboratively
• Shared Responsibility:
• Developing and executing the plan
• All perspectives important and required
along the way
• Reasonable implementation timeline
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EFFECTIVE IMPLEMENTATION PLANS
• Arise from the goals established in the
student IEP
• As goals change, or skills are developed,
student needs must be reviewed to
determine continued effectiveness of
assistive technology
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EFFECTIVE IMPLEMENTATION PLANS
• Emphasize realistic integration of the
technology in curriculum and daily
activities
• Including pace of implementation for
student and team
• Other, non-technology based tools and
strategies are employed when more
appropriate
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IN DEPTH - EQUIPMENT
• Equipment Support
• Physical space
• Security measures
• Software attainment/registration
• Peripherals
• Network availability
• Equipment maintenance
• Charging, storing, repair, replacement
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IN DEPTH - EQUIPMENT
• Equipment Support
• Communication between team and district
IT department
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IN DEPTH – STAFF TRAINING
• What training is required?
• Hardware, software
• Focus of training based on IEP goals
• Type of training – general or specific
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IN DEPTH – STAFF TRAINING
• Who will provide the training?
• AT support (consultant)
• District staff
• Team support (team members already
familiar with the technology)
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IN DEPTH – STAFF TRAINING
• Who will attend the training?
• Team members working directly with
student
• Team members directing or overseeing
implementation
• Team members implementing technology
in the future
• Team members who are generally
interested
• ** IEP Goals as focus of training
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IN DEPTH – STUDENT TRAINING
• Will student be training in or out of
classroom?
• Disruptive to class?
• Actual environment?
• What activities will be used to train the
student?
• Functional
• Lower cognitive tasks
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IN DEPTH – STUDENT TRAINING
• How will student performance be
evaluated during training?
• Effectiveness of student use during training
• Skills mastered, observations, assessments
• Student competence
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Operational
Functional
Strategic
Social
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IN DEPTH – INTEGRATION INTO
PROGRAM
• Specific plans for which tasks or activities
will be supported by technology
• Writing software for written output
• Keep in mind:
• What task poses greatest challenge for
student?
• Takes time
• Plan to adjust as student becomes more
autonomous with technology
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IN DEPTH – ASSESSING EFFECTIVENESS
• Description of techniques to assess
effectiveness
• Pre-determined time – progress reporting
• Obtaining student perception of
technology
• Appropriateness of task/activity
• Collecting relevant data
• Is the student making progress?
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TOOLS FOR DEVELOPING AT
IMPLEMENTATION PLANS
• University of Kentucky Assistive
Technology Toolkit (UKAT)
• http://natri.uky.edu/resources/
ImpPlanform060807.pdf
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UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY
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TOOLS FOR DEVELOPING AT
IMPLEMENTATION PLANS
• Assistive Technology Implementation
Plan (Gayle Bowser)
• http://www.otap-oregon.org
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GAYLE BOWSER
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TOOLS FOR DEVELOPING AT
IMPLEMENTATION PLANS
• Assistive Technology Implementation
Plan (Joy Zabala & Jane Korsten)
• http://www.joyzabala.com/uploads/
Zabala_SETT_Scaffold_Implementation.pdf
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ZABALA/KORSTEN
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TOOLS FOR DEVELOPING AT
IMPLEMENTATION PLANS
• SET-BC Collaborative Action Plan
• See website
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SET-BC
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REMEMBER
• The focus of the assistive technology is
to ensure that the student has access
to their educational environment.
• Teams working with children who
struggle must keep the child at the
center of the consideration process.
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QUESTIONS? COMMENTS?
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THANK YOU!
• Contact:
• Laura Taylor
• Technology Integration Specialist
• MITS – Michigan’s Integrated Technology
Supports
• mits.cenmi.org
• laura.taylor@mitsweb.org
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RESOURCES
• http://www.setbc.org/download/LearningCentre/
Topics/MakingItWork_Section5.pdf
• http://natri.uky.edu/resources/
ImpPlanform060807.pdf
• www.educationtechpoints.org/at-implementationplan-form
• http://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/
departments/hiat/ATCycle/
• https://www.ocps.net/cs/ese/support/at/
Documents/AT%20%20Implemention%20Plan.pdf
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