Pop-Up IEP

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Federal Regulations:

Section 300.105(a)(b) Assistive technology.

(a) Each public agency must ensure that assistive technology devices or assistive technology services, or both, as those terms are defined in Sec. Sec. 300.5 and 300.6, respectively, are made available to a child with a disability if required as a part of the child's--

(1) Special education under Sec. 300.36;
(2) Related services under Sec. 300.34; or
(3) Supplementary aids and services under Sec. Sec. 300.38 and 300.114(a)(2)(ii).

(b) 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.
IDEA 2004 (Public Law 108-446):

Section 614(d)(3)
Development of IEP—

(A)…the IEP team…shall consider—
(i) the strengths of the child;
(ii) concerns of the parents for enhancing the education of the their child;
(iv) the academic, developmental, and functional needs of the child,
(d) (4) Review and revision of the IEP
(A) …the IEP Team—
(ii) revises the IEP as appropriate to address—
(III) information about the child provided to, or by, the parents…

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Additional Information

Collabortive effort between the
National Center on Severe and Sensory Disabilities
and the National Organization of Parents of Blind Children

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Copyright © 2006 National Center on Low-Incidence Disabilities
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