I work at a high poverty school in a district that can be slow to respond to students needs for assistive technology so I was interested in the abstract on recycling in the mini bibliography about writing on funding for AT for young children. I went to the source of the article http://www.fctd.info/resources/newsletters/upload/FCTD_May05_Issue38.pdf and found another topic that was also interesting --- the need for better trial periods. The Family Center on Technology and Disability was advocating for at least a two week trial period for the use of AT devices to ensure that they are a good match to the student. The typical couple hour period isn’t nearly enough. The article also talks about the need for districts to get adequate training for staff who are going to be helping the students use AT devices. Without adequate trials and training, useful devices can go to waste and students can be left floundering. That doesn’t make sense when there is such limited funding to start with .
http://www.fctd.info/resources/newsletters/upload/FCTD_May05_Issue38.pdf
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