On-Demand Webinar: Building a Streamlined AT Assessment System in K-12 Schools (Part Two: Functional AT Assessment: Tools, Templates & Data Collection)

Live Webinar Date:06/17/2026.

TITLE: Building a Streamlined AT Assessment System in K-12 Schools (Part Two: Functional AT Assessment: Tools, Templates & Data Collection)

Presenter: Sharvari Dixit, OTR/L, ATP, Empower AT Services

Abstract:

Effective assistive technology assessment in K–12 schools requires a systematic, evidence-based process for gathering and interpreting functional data. This session focuses on the assessment engine of the AT process — how practitioners observe students in context, gather meaningful data through records and team input, and use formative assessment tools to make defensible, educationally relevant AT decisions. Participants will explore practitioner-developed tools designed to support IEP teams at the point of referral, build skills in structured classroom observation using a narrative framework that distinguishes access barriers from behavioral concerns, and learn to interpret formative reading and writing assessment data in ways that directly inform AT decision-making. A running case study grounds every concept in a real student profile, illustrating how the full assessment process unfolds from referral to hypothesis.

Learning Outcomes

By the end of this webinar, participants will be able to:

 Define functional AT assessment and distinguish it from diagnostic evaluation

2. Describe the purpose and use of the AT Referral Form and AT Consideration Checklist

3. Identify access barriers through structured classroom observation

4. Conduct purposeful data gathering using records, team input, and formative tools

5. Interpret formative reading and writing assessment results to inform AT decisions

Pricing: Free for RESNA members; $45 for non-members

CEUs: Completion of this webinar and all components earns 0.1 IACET CEUs.