What are the levels on the Assistive Technology continuum?
100
This statutory regulation means that the IEP must ask the question regarding whether or not the student needs AT to progress in his/her special education when completing the Special Considerations section of the IEP.
What is Assistive Technology must be considered?
100
The Foundation Period
What is the time period when small steps in disabilities led to later major breakthroughs?
100
The three parts that tell the "what" of Assistive Technology law
What is "any item, or piece of equipment, or product system"?
100
The name of the Assistive Technology evaluation framework we studied in class
What is SETT?
200
They have no electronics, are low cost, and are easy to use.
What are the characteristics of tools that are considered low tech?
200
The student does not need an evaluation because either he/she does not need any AT or because the AT the student already has is still appropriate.
What is the IEP Team must determine if an AT evaluation is necessary?
200
The Establishment Period
What is the time period when there were educational, scientific, and psychological advances?
200
The 4 "how"s included in Assistive Technology law
What is "acquire commercially, off the shelf, modified, or customized"?
200
The 4 parts of the framework created by Joy Zabala
What is Student, Environment, Task, and Tools?
300
They have simple electronics, are relatively cheap, and are fairly easy to learn.
What are the characteristics of tools that are considered mid-tech?
300
Evaluations must contain a variety of information, and there have not been any legal challenges on the credentials of who completes the AT Evaluation.
What is if the AT Evaluation is determined to be necessary, it must be completed?
300
The Empowerment Period
What is the time period when people with disabilities started being given the ability and legal authority to define their own lives?
300
The 3 "uses" included in Assistive Technology law
What is "used to increase, maintain, or improve the functional capacity" for an individual with disabilities?
300
What the SETT evaluation framework centers around and is the starting point
What is the annual goal?
400
They are expensive, have advanced electronics, and can be complicated to learn.
What are the characteristics of tools considered to be high-tech?
400
IDEA does not specify where AT should be addressed in the IEP.
What is if an evaluation determines AT to be necessary, it must be written into the IEP?
400
This law we studies occurred during the Empowerment Period
What is the Americans with Disabilities Act?
400
Part Two of Assistive Technology law
What is that it "does not include any medical device that is surgically implanted or the replacement of that device"?
400
The information obtained that helps create a full picture of the student
What are special needs, current abilities, expectations and concerns, and interests and preferences?
500
1. mobility
2. positioning
3. aids for daily living
4. augmentative and alternative communication (AAC)
5. instructional aids
6. adaptative toys and games
7. computer access
What are the seven kinds of assistive technology characterized by function?
500
AT must be used as written in the IEP.
What is the Assistive Technology device or service must be implemented as written in the IEP?
500
The ADA has four titles. The Public Accommodations title has four requirements:
What is accessible approach and entrances, access to goods and services, access to restrooms, and any other measures necessary?
500
When AT includes the selection, acquisition, and use of an assistive technology device.
What is an Assistive Technology Service?
500
The information obtained for this section includes arrangement, support, materials/equipment, access issues, and attitudes and expectations.