Teaching · Special Education

Start from the task, and the right tool follows.

Describe the student, where the work happens, the specific tasks that are hard and what you have tried. The form writes the referral question and lists what the AT team will want to know.

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The AT referral

One referral per student, under a student code. The example is made up.

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What you get

Teaching · Special Education$12 · included with Classroom and Whole-school licenses

What you finish with
For each student, a SETT-organized referral with a clear question, the tasks, the tools tried and their results, and the gaps to fill first.
Who it is for
Special education teachers, case managers and related service providers referring students to an assistive technology team.
Format
Browser form filled in before the referral meeting. One saved referral per student; printed with the summary or as a blank SETT form; CSV; export and import a file.
Access
$12 one-time, yours on every device you sign in on; the tool opens once you are signed in with it. Included with Caveat Classroom and Whole-school licenses. Also in the New special education teacher kit ($39) and the Special Education toolkit ($99), and 2 more bundles. Everything you type stays in this browser; nothing is sent to Caveat.
Where it lives
The Special Education space in Caveat Teaching.
Support
Questions about an order, access or a correction: team@caveatacademic.com.
the task first, then the tool
Drawn for this page. Good assistive technology referrals start from what the student needs to do, not from a device.

How to use it

  1. Start a referral with the student code and the date.
  2. Describe strengths, needs and any plan.
  3. Mark the environments and technology there.
  4. List specific tasks and what happens now.
  5. Record what has been tried, then send the printout to the AT team.

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What the form is for

The SETT framework

SETT asks about the Student, the Environments, the Tasks and only then the Tools. Starting from the tasks a student needs to do keeps the team from choosing a device first and finding a use for it later.

What IDEA requires

An IEP team must consider whether the child needs assistive technology devices and services. AT can be anything from a pencil grip to speech-to-text, and services include evaluation, training for the student and staff, and fitting the tool into the program.

What this is not

A referral form, not an AT evaluation. The AT team decides what to try and how to measure it.

Sources

  1. Zabala, J. S., The SETT Framework: Straight from the Horse’s Mouth (and later updates), joyzabala.com.
  2. Individuals with Disabilities Education Act regulations, 34 CFR 300.5 and 300.6 (assistive technology device and service) and 300.324(a)(2)(v) (consideration in the IEP).
  3. 34 CFR 300.105 (assistive technology, including use at home when the IEP team decides it is needed).
  4. U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services, Myths and Facts Surrounding Assistive Technology Devices and Services (2024).

The example student is made up. Support: team@caveatacademic.com.