Assistive Technology Implementation Plan

STUDENT INFORMATION
Student Name Grade Date of Birth
Chris 4th 5/9/2008

School Date AT Plan Review Date

Calhoun
Ca Elementary 7/14/2017 8/18/2017

POINT OF CONTACT (Individual assigned to keep the Implementation Plan updated)

Mrs. Thomas – special ed teacher

EQUIPMENT
EQUIPMENT AND SOFTWARE TO BE USED STATUS (e.g., owned by school, will purchase, will borrow, etc…)
Read & Write by Texthelp (Chrome extension) Free Chrome extension (will add extension)

Google Docs Free with Google account (already has school account)

IMPLEMENTATION TEAM
NAME (List all individuals who will implement the AT with the student.) ROLE (e.g., administrator, teacher, family member, service provider, etc…)
Chris J. Student

Mrs. Smith General ed teacher

Mrs. Thomas Special ed teacher

Mr. and Mrs. J. Parents

EQUIPMENT TASKS
TASK (e.g., order/procure AT, load software, adapt/customize devices/software, set up PERSON RESPONSIBLE DATE DUE
at home/school, maintain/repair, etc.)
Download and add extension to Chrome on laptop and desktop at school Special ed teacher August 2, 2016

Download and add extension to Chrome on laptop/desktop at home Special ed teacher, parents August 2, 2016
TRAINING
TRAINING NEED TRAINEES TRAINER DATES & TIMES FOLLOW UP / ALONG PLAN

Overview of main features (predictor Student, parents, Special ed teacher August 2, 2017 (during Email as needed for support
and playback); how to access the general ed teachers pre-planning) Follow up August 18th to determine if it is working
extension on Google Docs and and if student likes it
websites

CLASSROOM IMPLEMENTATION
IEP GOAL CURRICULUM/DOMAIN (e.g., PERSON(S) RESPONSIBLE AT NEEDED TO ACCOMPLISH GOAL (List specific
math, science, PE, art, etc…) AT and customized settings if appropriate)
Chris will be able to express his thoughts and Language arts, science, social General ed teacher Google Docs
ideas in writing without leaving out words studies, math Special ed teacher Read & Write by Texthelp – Chrome extension (text
predictor and playback)

Chris will be able to utilize websites to research Language arts, science, social General ed teacher Read & Write by Texthelp – screenshot reader,
and gain information studies, math Special ed teacher screen mask (to track place)

HOME IMPLEMENTATION
IEP GOAL CURRICULUM/DOMAIN (e.g., PERSON(S) RESPONSIBLE AT NEEDED TO ACCOMPLISH GOAL (List specific
math, science, PE, art, etc…) AT and customized settings if appropriate)
Chris will accurately express his thoughts and Language arts, science, social General ed teacher Google Docs
ideas in writing when completing homework studies, math Special ed teachers Read & Write Chrome extension (text predictor and
assignments. playback)
MONITORING/EVALUATION
GOAL
Chris will be able to express his thoughts and
ideas through writing without leaving out words
using Google Docs and the Read & Write
extension
INSTRUCTIONAL STRATEGY
(How will you teach student to use equipment
and/or how to achieve goals.)
Chris will utilize the AT by
completing class assignments with
the assistance of the special ed
teacher while he becomes
comfortable using the AT
RECORDING SYSTEM & FREQUENCY PERSONS RESPONSIBLE FOR
(e.g., task analysis recording system; score + or - on IMPLEMENTATION / DATA COLLECTION
data recording sheet)
Writing samples have been collected in General ed teacher
previous years. Writing samples using Special ed teacher
the AT will be collected and compared to Parents
determine if progress is being made.
Assistive Technology Evaluation and Reflection

Kimberly Jones

Kennesaw State University

After introducing the Read & Write extension and Google Docs, Chris seemed eager to try it out. He

was a little nervous since he is not proficient with typing. Chris started by writing a short summary of what

he had done while on vacation this summer. He tried to start going back to check it before he was finished,

but I encouraged him to type everything out first. He did use the text predictor a few times as he was typing.

Once he finished, he used the playback option to have the extension read what he had typed. As he listened

to it, he identified places that did not sound right; these were mostly words that he had typed incorrectly due

to not knowing how to spell them. When he identified these words, he used the text predictor to find the

correct word. After he had corrected all of these mistakes he still noticed something did not sound right. He

realized he needed punctuation. This is something I have never seen him realize while he is typing (text,

email, Facebook, etc.). Until he heard it read back to him, he did not realize where he needed punctuation.

Overall, Chris seemed to enjoy using this technology. After all of the practice using it, I asked him

how he felt about it and if he thought it could be helpful. He found it easy to name many uses for this

technology. Chris has wanted to go back to college to further his education (in a technical field) but was

nervous about the impact his learning disability would have. I specifically asked him if he thought this or

other technology might make it easier, and I finally saw him realize that going back to college might actually

be possible. From my observations and conversations with Chris, the technology seemed to be effective in

helping him meet his goal of being able to correctly express his thoughts and ideas in writing without leaving

out words, repeating words, or putting words out of order. It was a slow process, but I believe there were a

lot of factors at play: lack of typing skills, new technology, and simply not practicing writing very much. I

know this will be a long process to improve his writing skills, but like anything else, I believe it will become

quicker and easier with time. Toward the end of our time working together, we utilized the reading features
of the extension. Chris loves to read news and other articles he finds online, but he usually only reads parts

of them because it takes so long. With the features of this extension, he was able to have the text read aloud

and highlighted as it is read which allows practice of recognizing the words. While I feel that there may be

better assistive technology to help with these reading and writing goals, this free extension was effective for

the task and helped Chris see that he does have options to help him become a better reader and writer.