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Assistive Technology Solutions for Individuals with Learning Problems: Conducting Assessments Using the Functional Evaluation for Assistive Technology (FEAT)

Assistive Technology Solutions for Individuals with Learning Problems: Conducting Assessments Using the Functional Evaluation for Assistive Technology (FEAT)

Brian Bryant, Soonhwa Seok, Diane Bryant
Copyright: © 2010 |Pages: 22
ISBN13: 9781615208173|ISBN10: 1615208178|EISBN13: 9781615208180
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-61520-817-3.ch018
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Bryant, Brian, et al. "Assistive Technology Solutions for Individuals with Learning Problems: Conducting Assessments Using the Functional Evaluation for Assistive Technology (FEAT)." Handbook of Research on Human Cognition and Assistive Technology: Design, Accessibility and Transdisciplinary Perspectives, edited by Soonhwa Seok, et al., IGI Global, 2010, pp. 264-285. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-61520-817-3.ch018

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Bryant, B., Seok, S., & Bryant, D. (2010). Assistive Technology Solutions for Individuals with Learning Problems: Conducting Assessments Using the Functional Evaluation for Assistive Technology (FEAT). In S. Seok, E. Meyen, & B. DaCosta (Eds.), Handbook of Research on Human Cognition and Assistive Technology: Design, Accessibility and Transdisciplinary Perspectives (pp. 264-285). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-61520-817-3.ch018

Chicago

Bryant, Brian, Soonhwa Seok, and Diane Bryant. "Assistive Technology Solutions for Individuals with Learning Problems: Conducting Assessments Using the Functional Evaluation for Assistive Technology (FEAT)." In Handbook of Research on Human Cognition and Assistive Technology: Design, Accessibility and Transdisciplinary Perspectives, edited by Soonhwa Seok, Edward L. Meyen, and Boaventura DaCosta, 264-285. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2010. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-61520-817-3.ch018

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Abstract

Assistive technology (AT) assessments involve a dynamic process among the evaluator, the AT user, and the AT device. When accomplished correctly, these assessments are person-centered and ecological, that is, they actively involve the individual being evaluated and incorporate the collection of data from numerous environments in which the person works, learns, and plays. This chapter provides information about how such an AT assessment can be conducted using the Functional Evaluation for Assistive Technology (FEAT; Raskind & Bryant, 2002). Readers are provided with an overview of the importance of person-centered assessments, and then are given a description of each of the FEAT components. A case study is also provided, wherein the process of an effective and efficient AT assessment is described.

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