The ATP Education Program supports IFSP and IEP Teams provide high-quality assistive technology to children and students receiving special education services. Choose a service to explore by clicking on one of the following buttons.
Statewide Training and Support
The ATP Education Program offers a variety of statewide training and supports. These include regular webinars and online learning activities (e.g., lunch bunches, watch parties, and monthly video releases). These can be found within the ATP Education Program's Academy
Requested Targeted Training
Onsite or virtual training may be requested for IFSP/IEP teams and school personnel about AT tools/systems and services. These may include (but not limited to)
- Building Awareness of AT
- Common Operational Definition of AT
- Awareness of Common AT options
- Awareness of EDUCATION.AT4ALL.COM
- Knowledge and Skills
- Deeper AT tool knowledge in common areas
- Accessible Instructional/Educationla Materials - Identifying Print Disability; Creating, Curating, and Accessing (e.g., Bookshare)
- Strategies for using AT to improve outcomes
- Building Common Procedures for
- AT Consideration
- Evaluation of AT Needs
- Provision of AT
- AT Implementation
- AT Assessment and Progress Monitoring
- AT in Transition (Part C to Part B; Transition to Post-School environments)
- Leadership
- Policies and Procedures for AT Services
- Developing a Professional Development Plan for AT and AT Services
- Measuring AT capacity progress and developing continuous improvement activities
- Working with the school community on AT and AT services
- Infrastructure
- Incorporating AT into technology planning
- Working on supportive technologies in technology planning
- Providing accessible instructional/educational materials
Team Coaching
IFSP/IEP teams may request coaching support from the ATP Education Program Team. Coaching supports are designed to help IFSP/IEP teams provide quality AT services to students receiving special education services and may include (but not limited to):
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Determining if a child/student needs AT
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Developing a quality implementation plan for AT
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Documenting AT effectively in the IFSP/IEP
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Incorporating AT into transition plans
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Teaching a child/student to effectively use AT on tasks
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Determing AT is working effectively for a child/student
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Find potential AT tools/systems based on an identified set of features
ATP Resource Center
The ATP Resource Center is a collection of curated resources about many topics related to AT. This searchable database provides a wealth of information at a click of a button!
Email Updates and Newsletters
The ATP Education Program sends out periodic email and social media blasts about upcoming training opportunities, resources, and AT tool/system highlights. There is also a special email update for administrators, coordinators, and coaches.
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ATP Education Statewide Loan Library
The ATP Education Program offers EDUCATION.AT4ALL.COM, a service that allows education programs to borrow equipment to support children and students receiving special education services. This service is available free-of-charge for any member of a child’s IFSP or a student’s IEP team in Nebraska employed by or those who are contracted with a school/district/program from which the child/student is receiving special education services.
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(877) 713-4002
(toll-free, in-state only)
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