AT+Funding

Early Intervention Program - Part of IDEA - Young children 0-3 - AT devices and services

Head Start - Provides comprehensive services from birth to age 5 - Mainstream option as well

IDEA - school age students - age 5-21 - technology must be used for educational purposes (school or home)

The IEP team must make the decisions regarding the student and the appropriate devices that will be used to assist him/her in learning and receiving a FAPE. Team members should be knowledgeable about AT, set goals and objectives, training provided, etc.

DITC - Delaware Instructional Technology Conference - Dover, DE in Spring!

http://www.ed.gov/pubs/OSEP95AnlRpt/ch5b.html A good website with funding info across all states.

http://www.udel.edu/cds/index_resources.html This is the Center for Disabilities Studies at the U of D with lots of resources for scholarships and funding.

[|http://www.prospects.ac.uk/cms/ShowPage/Home_page/Funding_my_further_study/Funding_for_students_with_disabilities/p!eXpLk] This is a website with information and help on how to get funding for students with disabilities.

http://www.nls.org/atart.htm This article discussion includes some information about the three of the main funding sources for Assistive Technology: Medicaid, Public School Special Education System, and State Vocational Rehabilitation Agency.

This site has a breif discussion about funding, the good part is that it gives a list of every states Technology Assistance project. Check it out at: http://www.abledata.com/abledata_docs/funding.htm

The reading on funding points out sources of funding but it is very disappointing that funding is not easily found inspite of the many laws that support assistive technology for students with disabilities.