Webinar Series: Building a Streamlined AT Assessment System in K-12 Schools (Part 2)

Date: Wednesday, June 17, 2026

Time: 3:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. Eastern

Location: Zoom via RESNA Learn

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

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

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

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.

Currently under review for IACET credit approval. 

Learning Outcomes

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

1. 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

Currently under review for IACET credit approval. 

Target Audience

Assistive Technology specialists, occupational therapists, special education teachers, speech-language pathologists, and related service providers working in K–12 settings.

Completion of this webinar and all required components earns 0.1 IACET CEU.