AT+3-4-11

= Assistive Technology Day 2 = = March 4, 2011 =

Here are the pictures from our last session
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Agenda
Involve people who you need as resources (OT/PT), weekly team meetings with all adults involved with the child Use Ziggurat model for planning for autism related needs and will lead to identifying needs for assistive technology - have incorporated WATI as part of process, typically for communication needs No process program wide, meet with team members on an as needed basis May depend on the district child is from Lack of capacity in district to do assessment/evaluation SST/SERRC used to be available to do more consultation but not in our scope of work Contract with Akron U Speech and Hearing for evaluations for AAC AAC device manufacturers do demos of devices, let the child try and see if it may be appropriate There may be a process and people to support but not clearly communicated Use the supplemental "Permission ro Review" form || It may take a long time to meet the child's needs Assessment may not have been complete enough to address all of child's needs Child may not have had access Need to look at other options other than just what available or what we know make sure to include receptive/expressive skills/potential not just focus on their physical Use of a tool such as the WATI may be a "leveler" or a great discussion tool for contentiontious situations to get everyone talking the same language || Maybe we need to develop a more formal process Check for other resources in the community for assessments Develop a list of what we have and where it is (inventory) and how we use it and what to do next (resources, websites, people) Inventory (use Google Docs, or a wiki!) Use the WATI with our team ||
 * Welcome
 * What is your AT assessment model?
 * **Here's What?** || **So what?** || **Now What?** ||
 * Ongoing informal assessment and will refer to Cuyahoga DD team for a formal eval
 * Need to be the gatekeeper of the process but have people available who know the specific "stuff"**


 * Chapter 4 in the book - Jigsaw activity
 * Read
 * Discuss
 * How do you take your WATI information and use it to plan next steps?
 * Student
 * Environment
 * Tasks
 * Features of Tools

Resources for today
Assistive Technology Planning form

Assistive Technology Planning form (old version of Word .doc) Thinking About Features form

Links Mentioned Today
Ziggurat Model