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Slide 25 Los Angeles Unified School District, OAH No. 2012060829
7-year-old student eligible as OI Significant fine motor deficits IEP team determined Student may require AT and
initiated AT assessment process AT assessor recommended desktop touchscreen;
mother preferred iPad IEP team agreed to 60-day trial of desktop
touchscreen from District’s Lending Library Trial showed student could not meaningfully use
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Slide 26 Los Angeles Unified School District, OAH No. 2012060829, cont.
Student made progress on goals using manipulatives; used desktop touchscreen as toy and punched screen Mother requested again that District provide student
with iPad for school use District denied request on basis that (1) student did
not access curriculum with touchscreen technology; student accessed curriculum through other supports; and (3) District did not have iPads Held: District’s refusal to provide student with iPad
reasonable and did not deny student a FAPE 26
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Carlsbad Unified School District, OAH No. 2011120317
Third-grade student with autism and apraxia District provided iPad with speech generating app When student became verbal, District staff
determined written social scripts more appropriate Parents disagreed and wanted iPad continued to
assist social interactions Held: IEP team’s decision to address communication
deficits with written scripts instead of iPad was choice of educational methodology and did not deny FAPE
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Cupertino Union School District, OAH No. 2011070771
Parents claimed language goals should include iPad for alternative communication District trialed iPad but student lacked dexterity and
cognitive ability to meaningfully use iPad Student made progress on language goals using
Picture Exchange Communication System (PECS) Held: Using PECS instead of iPad appropriate; student
made good progress on all language goals with PECS
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Slide 29 User Agreement Clauses
Describe AT device Agreement to board
policies Property owned by district Property loaned to student
for educational use only Honor hardware/software
licensing agreements Connected to district server Not to be connected to PC
Turn in for maintenance District right to take all
necessary security measures
Agreement for proper care Agreement to pay for cost
of repair or replacement if damaged, lost or stolen due to misuse of negligence
Disclaimer for any negative effect on home computer
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Slide 30 AT and Home Use
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LEA must provide school-acquired AT in the home setting if necessary for the provision of a FAPE (20 USC 1414(a)(1) and (a)(12)(B)(ii); 34 CFR 300.105) If required in home, LEA should train students and
parent on use and care of AT device LEA’s insurance should also cover home usage AT agreement to cover loss, theft or damage for
home usage
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Slide 31 A Tale of Two Homes: AT and LRE
LEA did not deny student a FAPE when it failed to provide VTC to homebound student who engaged in negative peer interactions on VTC and was disruptive to class (Eric H. Methacton School District (2003) 38 IDELR 182) LEA denied student with debilitating genetic condition
a FAPE when it failed to provide webcam during student’s homebound instruction, depriving student of his LRE (Southern York County School District (2010) 55 IDELR 242)
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Slide 32 AT and Section 504
Failure to provide required AT devices contained in a Section 504 plan denied student a FAPE (Bellingham (MA) Public Schools, 112 LRP 28747 (OCR 2012))
Failure to implement 504 plan requiring weekly electronic messages from student’s teachers regarding assignments and progress violated section 504 (Morris (NJ)School Dist., 111 LRP 70051 (OCR 2011))
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Slide 33 Equal Access under Section 504
Dear Colleague Letter: Electronic Book Readers (OCR 2010) 110 LRP 37424: advised post-secondary institutions that use of electronic book readers denied equal access to blind and low vision students Dear Colleague Letter and Frequently Asked Questions
(OCR 2011) 111 LRP 36986: established that Section 504 and the ADA requires public schools to ensure that educational technology is equally accessible to disabled students
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Slide 34 Quiz
AT Quiz to be Provided at Conference34
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