1. Evaluation:
   the evaluation of needs, including a functional evaluation, in the child's customary environment;
2. Providing Devices:
   purchasing, leasing or otherwise providing for the acquisition of assistive technology devices;
3. Selecting, Repairing:
   selecting, designing, fitting, customizing, adapting, applying, maintaining, repairing, or replacing of assistive technology devices;
4. Coordinating:
   coordinating with other therapies, interventions, or services with assistive technology devices, such as those associated with existing education and rehabilitation plans and programs;
5. Training and Technical Assistance - Child:
   training or technical assistance for an individual with disabilities, or where appropriate that child's family;
6. Training/Technical Assistance - Professionals:
   training or technical assistance for professionals, employers, or other(s) who provide services to, employ, or are otherwise, substantially involved in the major life functions of children with disabilities.

1.3 What is a school's responsibility to provide assistive technology devices and services to students with disabilities?

1. Each public agency shall ensure that assistive technology devices or assistive technology services, or both, as those terms are defined in 300.5-300.6, are made available to a child with a disability if required as a part of the child's--
1. Special education under 300.26;
2. Related services under 300.24; or
3. Supplementary aids and services under 300.550(b)(2).
2. On a case-by-case basis, the use of school-purchased assistive technology devices in a child's home or in other settings is required if the child's IEP team determines that the child needs access to those devices in order to receive FAPE.

1.4 What guidance does IDEA give us when making decisions about an individual child's need for assistive technology?

• Provision of AT for a Free and Appropriate Public Education (FAPE)
  The assistive technology devices that are necessary to ensure FAPE must be provided at no cost to the parents, and the parents cannot be charged for normal use, and wear and tear. (34 CFR. Attachment 1)

• Parental Liability for Assistive Technology Devices Used at Home
  While ownership of the device in these circumstances would remain with the public agency, state law, rather than Part B, generally would govern whether parents are liable for loss, theft, or damage due to negligence or misuse of publicly owned equipment used at home or in other settings in accordance with a child's IEP. (34 CFR Attachment 1)

• Documentation in the IEP
  (c) Statement in IEP. If, in considering the special factors described in paragraphs (a)(1) and (2) of this section, the IEP team determines that a child needs a particular device or service (including an intervention, accommodation, or other program modification) in order for the child to receive FAPE, the IEP team must include a statement to that effect in the child's IEP. (Sec. 300.346(c)).

• Sharing Information
  It also is essential that the child's teachers and other service providers who are not members of the IEP team are informed about the contents of the child's IEP, in whatever manner deemed appropriate by the public agency, so that the IEP is properly implemented by all school personnel. (34 CFR Attachment 1)

• Eye Glasses and Hearing Aids:
  As a general matter, public agencies are not responsible for providing personal devices, such as eyeglasses or hearing aids or braces, that a disabled child requires regardless of whether he or she is attending school. However, if a child's IEP team specifies that a child requires a personal device in order to receive FAPE, the public agency must provide the device at no cost to the child's parents. Consistent with section 612(a)(12) of the Act, public agencies that are otherwise obligated under Federal or State law or assigned responsibility under State policy or inter agency agreement or other mechanisms to provide or pay for any services that are also considered special education or related services, including devices that are necessary for ensuring FAPE, must fulfill that obligation or responsibility, either directly or through contract or other arrangement. (34 CFR Attachment 1)