Overview
In MTSS, instructional/behavioral interventions aim to provide increasingly intensive supports to address and remediate issues that impact learning but, until those issues are addressed, there is a gap between what the student is currently able to do and what the student needs to do. This session will discuss using technology as a layered continuum of supports in an MTSS framework, including universal, targeted, and individualized technology supports and assistive technologies. Participants will explore proposed models emphasizing strategies for making decisions about support-based technologies and assistive technologies within an MTSS Framework. Examples will be shared illustrating different state MTSS implementations.
Content Disclosure: This presentation will focus on the Multi-Tiered System of Supports Framework. There will be limited or no reference to other similar models or frameworks.
Learning Objectives
- Discuss three terms that define technology supports at all tiers of the MTSS model.
- Identify at least two strategies for leveraging a MTSS Framework for incorporating technology-based supports for students.
- Compare two different data-based decision making and problem-solving processes regarding technology supports at Tier 1: Standards-driving instruction, UDL/DI, Tier 2: Small group instruction, use of data and supplements Tier 1, Tier 3 greater intensification, individualized & targeted and diagnostic data.
Primary & Secondary Strand
Education & Learning: Early Intervention -12/Higher Education
Target Audience
- Accessibility Professional
- Administrators
- AT Specialists
- Consultants/Trainers
- Curriculum and Instruction
- Educators
- Special Education Educators
Experience Level
Intermediate
Primary Life Cycle Addressed
Elementary - Secondary (K-12)
Session Delivery Format
In-person presentation with live-stream
Course Schedule
This course was given at the ATIA 2023 Virtual Event on Friday, February 3 from 8:30 AM - 9:30 AM (EST)
Continuing Education Credits
For Satisfactory Completion and Continuing Education information, please visit: ATIA Learning Center CEUs
This course is offered for the following CE Provider Credits:
ACVREP; AOTA; CRC; IACET
For: 0.10 CEU Units or 1.0 CEU Hours.
End date of current CRC CEUs offering: March 6, 2025
Please refer to the CRC AT in Education & Higher Education Series (2024-2025) page for further information on how to submit your CRC CEUs for this course to CRCC.
Speaker/s:
Brian Wojcik
Assistive Technology Partnership, NE ATP Education Program Supervisor
Biography
Brian Wojcik currently works as the Education Program Supervisor for the Nebraska Assistive Technology Partnership within the Nebraska Department of Education. He has worked previously as Special Education Faculty at the University of Nebraska at Kearney and as the Coordinator of the Special Education Assistive Technology (SEAT) Center at Illinois State University. As an educator, Brian has been integrating technology to meet the needs of students with diverse learning needs for well over three decades. In his current position, Brian works to help educators build capacity for delivering quality AT services within Nebraska.
Relevant Financial Relationship: Yes
Brian Wojcik receives a salary from the Nebraska Department of Education as compensation for his work with the Nebraska Assistive Technology Partnership.
Relevant Non-Financial Relationship: No
Janet Peters, M.Ed.
Independent, Consultant
Biography
Janet is an independent consultant specializing in AT implementation, UDL, and inclusive technology through systems change. Current projects include supporting statewide UDL and AT initiatives with Kansas Infinitec through the Kansas Technical Assistance System Network (TASN). She has over 25 years of experience in the field, including as the Project Director for the Center on Inclusive Technology & Education Systems (CITES) at CAST, Regional Project Coordinator for Assistive and Accessible Technology for the Great Lakes ADA Center, and Project Director of the Simon Technology Center at PACER Center, a Parent and Training Information Center. Janet is passionate about using technology and systems change to improve inclusion and learning outcomes for students with disabilities.
Relevant Financial Relationship: No
Relevant Non-Financial Relationship: No