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FCPS assistive-technology team outlines tools, training and growing caseload
Summary
Frederick County Public Schools’ Assistive Technology (ACT) team described countywide assistive tools, training plans and caseload growth during a presentation to the Special Education Citizens Advisory Committee.
Trish Lobosinski, a speech-language pathologist on Frederick County Public Schools’ Assistive Technology team, and Cheryl Laboy, a special educator on the same team, presented the team’s role, countywide tools and training plans to the Special Education Citizens Advisory Committee on the evening of the committee’s March meeting.
The ACT team told the committee it provides layered supports from low-tech (picture schedules, pencil grips) to high-tech (tablets, specialized communication apps), offers troubleshooting and device repairs through a ticketing system, and partners with the district’s Department of Technology and Infrastructure (DTI) for device management.
Why it matters: Assistive technology can be listed under “special considerations” on IEPs, IFSPs and 504 plans and may be provided at the building level, through AT consult…
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