Assessing Student's Needs for Assistive Technology (ASNAT)

Chapter 10 – Funding Assistive Technology
Receptive Language: e.g., Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test-Revised (PPVT-R)
Receptive One Word Picture Vocabulary (ROWPVT)
Test for Auditory Comprehension of Language (TACL)
Non Speech Test for Receptive Language
Receptive/Expressive Emergent Language Scale (REEL)
Expressive Language: e.g., Receptive/Expressive Emergent Language Scale (REEL) Non Speech Test
for Expressive Language
Expressive One Word Picture Vocabulary Test(EOWPVT)
DEVICES CONSIDERED: itemize each separately and include:
Accuracy of Activation
Performance History
Mounting and Access - stress positioning
Justification for Acceptance or Rejection
All necessary Components
TRIAL PERIOD: INCLUDES TRIAL IN ALL PLACES OF USE, HOME/WORK/ SCHOOL
1) List each week separately with measurable, functional goals and specific measurable outcome - avoid
using percentages - speak to functional communication.
2) List mounting and component parts with cost.
3) Has 3rd party insurance denial been obtained prior to prior auth. request? ks9/95
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