Questions

True or False

A student’s need for AT must be considered at every ARD.

Development, Review, And Revision Of IEP

(a) Development of IEP—(2) Consideration of special factors. The IEP team must

—(v) consider whether the child requires assistive technology

devices and services.

(b) Review and revision of IEPs—(2) Consideration of special factors. In conducting a

review of the child’s IEP, the IEP Team must consider the special factors described in paragraph (a)(2) of this section.

34 C.F.R. § 300.324

True or False

A student’s need for AT does not need to be considered at every evaluation and reevaluation. The district AT team considers AT.

Evaluation Procedures

The child is assessed in all areasrelated to the suspected disability,including, if appropriate, health, vision,hearing, social and emotional status,general intelligence, academicperformance, communicative status, andmotor abilities; CFR 300.304(c)(4)

Re-evaluation Procedures(a) General. A public agency must ensure that a reevaluation of

each child with a disability is conducted in accordance with §§ 300.304 through 300.311—(1) If the public agency determines that the educational or

related services needs, including improved academic achievement and functional performance, of the child warrant a reevaluation; or

(2) If the child’s parent or teacher requests a reevaluation.(b) Limitation. A reevaluation conducted under paragraph (a) of

thissection—

(1) May occur not more than once a year, unless the parent and the public agency agree otherwise; and

(2) Must occur at least once every 3 years, unless the parent and the public agency agree that a reevaluation is unnecessary.

CFR 300.303

True or False

The definition of AT in PEIMS is different from IDEA.

What is AT?

First defined in the Tech Act

Same definition used in all following federal legislation including IDEA

Same definition used in PEIMS

Assistive Technology Device

Assistive technology device means any item, piece of equipment, or product system, whether acquired commercially off the shelf, modified, or customized, that is used to increase, maintain, or improve the functional capabilities of a child with a disability. The term does not include a medical device that is surgically implanted, or the replacement of that device.

34 C.F.R. § 300.5

True or False

If AT is provided as supplementary aids and services, it would not be coded as AT in PEIMS.

Assistive Technology

(a) Each public agency must ensure that assistive technology devices or assistive technology services, or both, as those terms are defined in §§ 300.5 and 300.6, respectively, are made available to a child with a disability if required as a part of the child’s—(1) Special education under § 300.36;(2) Related services under § 300.34; or(3) Supplementary aids and services under §§

300.38 and 300.114(a)(2)(ii).(b) On a case-by-case basis, the use of school-purchased

assistive technology devices in a child’s home or in other settings is required if the child’s IEP Team determines that the child needs access to those devices in order to receive FAPE.

34 C.F.R § 300.105

What is Special Education?General.

(1) Special education means specially designed instruction, at no cost to the parents, to meet the unique needs of achild with a disability, including—

(b) Individual special education terms defined. The terms in this definition are defined as follows:(3) Specially designed instruction means adapting, as appropriate to the needs of an eligible child under this part, the content, methodology, or delivery of instruction—(i) To address the unique needs of the child that result from the child’s

disability; and(ii) To ensure access of the child to the general curriculum, so that the child

can meet the educational standards within the jurisdiction of the public agency that apply to all children.

34 C.F.R. § 300.39

What are Related Services?

(a) General. Related services means transportation and such developmental, corrective, and other supportive services as are required to assist a child with a disability to benefit from special education, and includes speech-language pathology and audiology services, interpreting services, psychological services, physical and occupational therapy, recreation, including therapeutic recreation, early identification and assessment of disabilities in children, counseling services, including rehabilitation counseling, orientation and mobility services, and medical services for diagnostic or evaluation purposes. Related services also include school health services and school nurse services, social work services in schools, and parent counseling and training.

What are Related Services?(b) Exception; services that apply to children with surgically implanted devices,

including cochlear implants.(1) Related services do not include a medical device that is surgically implanted, the optimization of that device’s functioning (e.g., mapping), maintenance of that device, or the replacement of that device.(2) Nothing in paragraph (b) (1) of this section—

(i) Limits the right of a child with a surgically implanted device (e.g., cochlear implant) to receive related services (as listed in paragraph (a) of this section) that are determined by the IEP Team to be necessary for the child to receive FAPE.(ii) Limits the responsibility of a public agency to appropriately monitor and maintain medical devices that are needed to maintain the health and safety of the child, including breathing, nutrition, or operation of other bodily functions, while the child is transported to and from school or is at school; or (iii) Prevents the routine checking of an external component of a surgically implanted device to make sure it is functioning properly, as required in § 300.113(b).

34 C.F.R. § 300.34

What are Supplementary Aids and Services?

Supplementary aids and services means aids, services, and other supports that are provided in regular education classes, other education-related settings, and in extracurricular and nonacademic settings, to enable children with disabilities to be educated with nondisabled children to the maximum extent appropriate in accordance with §§ 300.114 through 300.116.

True or False

Pencil grips and other no tech devices are NOT coded as AT in PEIMS.

No Tech/Low Tech

• Does the student need the item to be successful

• If the item is needed, it is included in the IEP

• If included in the IEP, it should be coded as AT in PEIMS

• TATN members collectively agreed to this approach