PDF-WATI Assistive Technology Decision Making Guide

Area of Concern Communication with others P ROBLEM I DENTIFICATION Students  AbilitiesDifficulties Environmental Considerations Tasks What are the students abilities  difficulties re. Sara . Muharemovic. If your face is like this, FEAR NOT!. Well what is it?. Assistive Technology is an umbrella term that includes assistive, adaptive, and rehabilitative devices for people with disabilities and also includes the process used in selecting, locating, and using them. AT promotes greater independence by enabling people to perform tasks that they were formerly unable to accomplish, or had great difficulty accomplishing, by providing enhancements to, or changing methods of interacting with, the technology needed to accomplish such tasks.. Improving Decision Intelligence for Faster, Smarter Execution. Joseph Bradley. Chief Economic Officer. Cisco Internet Business Solutions Group . Life is the sum of all your choices.. — Albert Camus. 1 A Crash Course on Assistive Technology Evaluations Kyle Slough, MS., CRC Kgslough@live.com Marie Agius, MS., LCAS, CRC Dotym07@students.ecu.edu Melissa Engleman, EdD . E nglemanm@ecu.edu Irene Howell Assistive Technology Center Cognitive Assistive Technology Amanda M. Reinsfelder, ATP Assistive Technology Specialist The views expressed in this presentation are those of the author and do not reflect the official policy of the Department of the Army, Department of Defense, or U. S. Government. Presenters. Kasie. . Hamman. , General Education Teacher. Sean Kugler, Assistive Technology Specialist. Laura . Leff. -Allen, Special Education Teacher. Amy . Ronn. , Special Education Teacher. Valerie West, Occupational Therapist. services provided through . Oklahoma ABLE Tech, a contractor for the . Oklahoma State Department of . Education. Assis. t. ive Technology 101: An Overview. Did You Know…?. Assistive technology . (AT) is used . WATI Assessment Package W.A.T.I. The WATI Assistive Technology Assessment is a process based, systematic r customary environment. (Please note: This is not TABLE WATI/CESA 10 Chapter 1 - Assistive Technology Assessment Using the AT Checklist In some cases team members are not fully aware of a might be available to assist with the task that is of concern. In that case ther WATI Assessment Forms WATI Assistive Technology Consideration Guide Student’s Name communicating, seeing, hearing)? Document by student’s IEP. 2. Is the student currently able to Introduction Counselors are often faced with situations that require sound ethical decision-making ability Determining the appropriate course to take when faced with a di31cult ethical dilemma can be UCC. . 11. th. December 2013. Assistive Technology: . What is it?. 2. The most commonly used definition is the American definition, which is.  . "Any item, piece of equipment or product system whether acquired commercially off the shelf, modified, or customised that is used to increase, maintain or improve functional capabilities of individuals with disabilities". Washoe County School District . AT Team. Revised October, 2018. School districts must provide AT to students who require devices and services.... IDEA Section 300.105:. Each public agency shall ensure that assistive technology devices and assistive technology devices and services, or both, as those terms are defined in Sections 300.5 and 300.6, are made available to a child with a disability if required as a part of the child’s —. Assistive Technology (AT). Goals . of this . presentation:. Help . you see ways that AT can help you adapt to life with a spinal cord injury or spinal cord disease. Discuss . how technology helps to re-define “Disability” and helps to create “resilience”.