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DEPART DEP ARTMENT MENT OF OF SPEC SPECIAL IAL EDUC EDUCATION - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
DEPART DEP ARTMENT MENT OF OF SPEC SPECIAL IAL EDUC EDUCATION - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
DEPART DEP ARTMENT MENT OF OF SPEC SPECIAL IAL EDUC EDUCATION ATION ASS ASSISTIVE ISTIVE TEC TECHNOLOGY HNOLOGY Presented By: Tosha Mobley ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY SPECIALISTS 1 ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT Department of Special
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ENABLING DREAMS … … one child at a time.
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WHAT IS ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY?
In general, the term means any item, piece of equipment
- r product system, whether acquired
commercially off the shelf, modified
- r customized, that is used to increase,
maintain, or improve functional capabilities of a child with a disability.
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- An IEP team must meet in order to consider a
student’s need for assistive technology. The discussion about the student’s needs should be documented in the IEP notes.
- The following three items ARE required in order for an
evaluation or consultation to be completed ➢AT request ➢Student Information Form ➢AT Considerations Checklist
AS ASSIST SISTIVE IVE TE TECHN CHNOL OLOGY GY REF REFERR ERRAL AL PROC PROCESS ESS
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❑ Referrals MUST be scanned via email to: Diana Faulk and will be logged and assigned to an AT Specialist within 7 days. ❑ Evaluations/Consultations completed and a report will be submitted to the SLT and parent by the AT Specialist ❑ AT Specialists will provide additional recommendations and assessments as needed
AS ASSIST SISTIVE IVE TE TECHN CHNOL OLOGY GY REF REFERR ERRAL AL PROC PROCESS ESS (Con’t)
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AT SOLU AT SOLUTIONS TIONS
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Assistive Assistive Technology Technology Initiatives Initiatives
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RESOURCES RESOURCES
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ls Assistive Assistive Te Tech chno nology logy Sp Spec eciali ialists sts Edroce Etheridge – emetheridge@atlanta.k12.ga.us Tosha Mobley – tomobley@atlanta.k12.ga.us Tonisha Johnson – tljohnson@atlanta.k12.ga.us Ty Lewis – tylewis@atlanta.k12.ga.us Harry Davis – hjdavis@atlanta.k12.ga.us Katika Lovett – kdlovett@atlanta.k12.ga.us Diana Faulk (Admin. Ass.) – dfaulk@atlanta.k12.ga.us
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ADD ADDITIONAL ITIONAL RESOURCES RESOURCES
❖ Georgia Project for Assisti Assistive ve Te Tech chno nology logy http://www.gpat.org/ The Georgia Project for Assistive Technology (GPAT), a unit of the Georgia Department of Education, supports local school systems in their efforts to provide assistive technology ❖ Misunderstood Minds . Introduction | PBS http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/misunderstoodminds/intro.html Misunderstood Minds, Stories from the Documentary: Nathan V. Lauren Sarah Lee Adam Nathan S.
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