AT Team Development and AT Team Implementation Resources (Compiled by VDOE AT Network)
Description:
AT Team Development Resources:
- AT Tools in Schools, 2nd Edition - This guide is designed to support professionals and families in understanding assistive technology (AT) and identifying possible AT tools for students from preschool through high school.
- Education Tech Points, Profile of AT Services in Schools - A free, downloadable self assessment for IEP teams to use to evaluate their AT services.
- Ocali Assistive Technology Internet Modules - Assistive Technology Internet Modules (ATIM) is an online learning environment containing 50 AT topics from assessment and funding to content areas such as access to mobile devices, communication, seating and positioning, AT for students with complex needs and more.
- Quality Indicators for Assistive Technology (QIAT) - This set of indicators and matrices help guide the provision of AT services.
- Regional Training and Technical Assistance Centers - Reach out to your regional assistive technology specialists for support with AT Team development, a wide variety of AT devices, including AAC, available for checkout, and a variety of AT books and resources.
- Wisconsin Assistive Technology Initiative (WATI) - A collection of resources to support the process from AT Consideration to Assessment, including the 2017 Assistive Technology Assessment package, created by WATI.
AT Team Implementation Resources:
- AIM-VA - AIM-VA provides accessible instructional materials to eligible Virginia K-12 students who have an Individualized Education Program (IEP) and a documented Print Disability.
- Assistive Technology Act Reauthorization - this site provides videos and resources to help with understanding the AT Act.
- National Center on Accessible Educational Materials - The National Center on Accessible Educational Materials for Learning at CAST provides technical assistance, coaching, and resources to increase the availability and use of accessible educational materials and technologies for learners with disabilities across the lifespan.
- Ocali Assistive Technology and Accessible Educational Materials Center - This center promotes accessibility and personalization, creates and disseminates accessible materials and offers specialized training and technical assistance.
- 2024-2029 Educational Technology Plan for Virginia (Virginia Department of Education) - This Educational Technology Plan is the latest revision of long-range technology plans adopted by the VDOE Board of Education to support their Comprehensive Plan. This resource includes information related to assistive technology planning.
- Virginia Department of Education - Assistive Technology - This webpage includes Virginia guidance on assistive technology and links to the Virginia Assistive Technology, Tools, and Strategies Consideration and Assessment Guides.