363.3

Adopted:          08/21/2006

School District of Prairie Farm

Technology Concerns for Students with Special Needs

A. The Prairie Farm School District shall provide special education and related services (see below) designed to meet the unique needs of each student with a disability, based on his/her individual education program (IEP), as required by law.

B. Those students have special needs but not requiring a formal IEP, according to law, will also be considered for assistive technology devices and/or services. This includes but is not limited to students living in poverty, migrant students, homeless students, and English Language Learners.

The term “related services” means transportation and such developmental, corrective and other supportive services as required for the student with a disability to benefit from special education.

“Assistive technology devices and services would clearly be a functional part of the services defined. An “assistive technology device” means any items, piece of equipment, or product system, whether acquired commercially off the shelf, or customized, that is used to increase, maintain, or improve functional capabilities of students with disabilities. “Assistive technology service” means any service that directly assists a student with a disability in the selection, acquisition or use of an assistive technology device. The term includes:

1. Evaluation of needs of a student with a disability, including a functional evaluation of the child’s customary environment:

2. Purchasing, leasing, or otherwise providing for the acquisition of assistive technology devices by students with disabilities;

3. Coordinating and using other therapies, interventions, or services with assistive

technology devices, such as those associated with existing education and rehabilitation

plans and programs;

4. Training or technical assistance for a child with a disability or, if appropriate, that child’s family; and

5. Training or technical assistance for professionals, employers, or others who provide

services to, employ, or are otherwise substantially involved in the major life functions of students with disabilities.

Legal Ref: Chapter 115, subchapter V Wisconsin Statutes

Individuals with Disabilities Education Act Amendments of 1997