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Assistive
Technology
Assistive Technology (AT) includes both devices and
services. A device is any item or piece of equipment used to maintain or
improve the functional capabilities of a person with a disability. Many
high-tech and low-tech devices are now available to assist people with
disabilities with daily living tasks, communication, education, work, and
recreation. Examples are: wheelchairs, Velcro, adapted clothing and toys,
computers, seating systems, powered mobility, augmentative communication
devices, special switches, assisted listening devices, visual aids, memory
prosthetics, and thousands of other commercially available or adapted
items. AT services support people with disabilities or their caregivers to
help them select, acquire, or use AT devices. Such services also include
functional evaluations, training on or demonstration of devices, and
purchasing or leasing devices.
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Family
Resource Coordinator (FRC)
A Family Resources Coordinator assists a family with a child with special
needs in becoming eligible for services under IDEA Part C and to receive
the rights, procedural safeguards, and services that are authorized to be
provided under Washington State's IDEA, Part C Infant Toddler Early
Intervention Program (ITEIP). The Family Resources Coordinator assists
families with children birth to three, in accessing resources from the
point of identification of a concern through the development of the Individualized
Family Service Plan (IFSP), early intervention services and transition
to preschool special education or other services.
Individual
Education Program (IEP)
These programs fall under IDEA law and protection. IDEA
(Individuals with Disabilities Education Act) provides for a Free and
Appropriate Public Education for children with special needs. The IEP
process is to determine what those needs are, and what educational changes
and/or modifications the child needs. An IEP program is then developed and
provides the information on what, where, and how a child will get that
help.
Individual
Family Service Plan (IFSP)
An IFSP is a coordinated plan to provide early intervention services for
infants and toddlers ages birth to three and their family. The IFSP
describes the child's development levels, family information, outcomes
expected to be achieved for the child and family, the services the child
will be receiving, when and where he or she will receive these services,
and the steps to be taken to support his or her transition to another
program. The IFSP may also identify services the family may be
interested in, such as financial information or information about raising
a child with a disability. IFSP's are facilitated by the family's Family
Resource Coordinator.
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