How should AT be included in a students IEP?
The Individualized Educational Program (IEP) is the plan for special education and related services created annually by each student with a disability’s IEP Team. The IEP outlines all placement decisions, goods and services the school district will provide the student to help the student reach his or her goals for the year. There are several ways to record AT in an IEP: On parts A and B of the Student Present Levels of Educational Performance, under “Types of Accommodation”: AT can be recorded as something the student currently uses to complete tasks (i.e. “The student uses specially lined paper when there is written work that is not done on the computer”). On Current Performance Levels/Measurable Annual Goals: AT can be included as a “benchmark/objective” if developing a skill with AT is needed to achieve curriculum goals (i.e. “The student will learn to use a word processing program with spelling, grammar, and punctuation checklist”). Or it can be part of a “measurable annual goal” s
