IEP Considerations & AT

I have been traveling along my assistive technology for about 2 months now and it is amazing all of the resources and information that is easily accessible. The purpose of this post is to review the reason that we have been talking about all of the different aspects of assistive technology.

Under IDEA there are 13 categories of special education.

• Autism
• Deaf-Blindness
• Deafness
• Emotional Disturbance
• Hearing Impairment
• Mental Retardation
• Multiple Disabilities
• Orthopedic Impairment
• Other Health Impairment
• Specific Learning Disability
• Speech or Language Impairment
• Traumatic Brain Injury
• Visual Impairment

Once a student is diagnosed with a disability, an IEP is created according to their needs. IEP stands for individualized education plan. Assistive technology can then be documented in the IEP as part of the Special Education Program, as a Related Service, or as Supplementary Aids. Therefore, the IEP and assistive technology go hand in hand in order to best support the student.