Teaching · Speech & Language

Find the ways in that work, and keep a backup.

Note how the student is positioned and which movements are reliable, then log each access method you try with its accuracy and fatigue. The summary shows the methods that work without tiring the student, whether a backup is in place and what to try next.

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The access record

One record per student and round of trials. Use initials or a code, never a name. The example is made up.

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What you get

Teaching · Speech & Language$12 · included with Classroom and Whole-school licenses

What you finish with
For each student, the access methods tried with accuracy, fatigue and status, the ones that work without tiring, the backup and next steps.
Who it is for
Speech-language pathologists, AAC teams, occupational therapists and special education teachers supporting students with motor needs.
Format
Browser record kept across access trials. Several saved rounds per student; printed with the summary or as a blank trial sheet; 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 Speech & Language toolkit ($79) and the Teaching Suite pass ($199), and 1 more bundle. Everything you type stays in this browser; nothing is sent to Caveat.
Where it lives
The Speech & Language space in Caveat Teaching.
Support
Questions about an order, access or a correction: team@caveatacademic.com.
more than one way in
Drawn for this page. A student with motor needs often has more than one way to reach the same board; the best one can change through the day.

How to use it

  1. Start a record with the student’s initials or a code and the date.
  2. Note positioning, reliable movements and the team.
  3. Log each method tried with body site, accuracy, fatigue and status.
  4. Read which methods work without tiring the student.
  5. Plan the backup and the next trials with the team.

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What the organizer is for

Accuracy and effort

The best access method is the one the student can use accurately for a whole message without wearing out. A method that is accurate for two minutes and then falls apart is a method for short tasks only.

Always a backup

Equipment fails, batteries run down and students tire. Partner-assisted scanning, where a partner reads choices aloud and the student signals, needs nothing but a trained partner.

What this is not

This is a record of trials. Seating, positioning and motor assessment belong to the student’s occupational or physical therapist; the team decides together.

Sources

  1. American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, Practice Portal: Augmentative and Alternative Communication (access methods and feature matching).
  2. Beukelman, D. R., and Light, J. C. (2020). Augmentative and Alternative Communication: Supporting Children and Adults with Complex Communication Needs (5th ed.). Brookes.
  3. Individuals with Disabilities Education Act regulations, 34 CFR 300.105 and 300.324(a)(2)(v) (assistive technology devices and services considered in the IEP).
  4. RESNA (Rehabilitation Engineering and Assistive Technology Society of North America), position papers on seating and access.

The example student and trials are made up. A record of trials, not a motor assessment. Support: team@caveatacademic.com.