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This video introduces you to Stages Assessment Software, a solution to provide you with all the tools you need to effectively assess the seven developmental stages of cognitive language development in special needs learners. Stages helps you identify and assess your students' skills and abilities, select appropriate instructional software, and document each learner's gains.

The purpose of this document is to briefly review current approaches in AT assessment, with a particular emphasis on computer access assessment. This review was performed in support of the Compass project, to provide a perspective on what was already available as we developed a new assessment tool.

" * A Normal Curve, along with associated standard score conversions for a variety of metrics, that can be used to convey results to clients or professionals; * A Conversion Chart, which enables you to rapidly convert between T scores, z scores, percentiles, and standard scores; * An Age Calculator, which quickly generates an individual's exact age in years, months, and days after you input his or her birth date; * A Mental Age Determiner, which enables you to input an individual's chronological age and IQ and receive an estimate of his or her mental age; * A Stopwatch, which assists in the monitoring of timed assessments or performance tasks by enabling you to count down from a specified amount of time or count up from 00:00; and * A Compliancy Calculator, which helps you to comply with state and/or district mandates by quickly calculating the deadline for initial appointment set-up. "

Assistive Technology Assessment: Developing a Written Productivity Profile by Denise DeCoste, Ed.D., OTR

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"TechMatch is a free resource for clinicians, care providers, and educators. It matches clients and students who have cognitive impairments with computer technologies most likely to meet their needs. TechMatch includes a comprehensive assessment questionnaire that makes it easy to find the right computer technology. It produces a printable pdf report that summarizes the findings and offers clear and straight forward advice about the strengths and weaknesses of each potential technology"

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