Teaching · Related Services

Find the spot
where the switch just works.

Log each placement you try: switch, body site, mount and the exact position, then the counts. The organizer works out the success rate, flags false activations and seating changes, and compares sites for each student.

Log a trialWhat you get
$12one-time · every device you sign in on
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Included with Caveat Classroom and Whole-school licenses. Or get it in the Related Services toolkit, $99 for 96 items.

Switch trials

The worked example is three made-up trials for one student learning to scan: a large button at the right hand, then a soft pad at the right side of the head, adjusted. Trials stay in this browser.

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What you get

Teaching · Related Services$12 · included with Classroom and Whole-school licenses

What you finish with
A record per trial with student code, purpose, switch, body site, mount, exact position and seating; cued opportunities, successful and false activations, average time to activate, length, fatigue and comfort; notes and the next step; the success rate; flags for under half successful, false activations over a quarter of successes, seating that shifted and a student who pulled away; each student’s best rate by site.
Who it is for
School occupational and physical therapists, speech-language pathologists, assistive technology specialists and special education teachers working on switch access.
Format
Browser organizer with any number of saved trials. Prints one trial, all trials or a blank data sheet; downloads a spreadsheet (.csv); exports and imports 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 Related Services toolkit ($99) 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 Related Services space in Caveat Teaching.
Support
Questions about access, an order or a correction: team@caveatacademic.com.

How to use it

  1. Seat the student well first; note how they are sitting.
  2. Set up one switch at one site and write the exact position so it can be repeated.
  3. Cue the same way each time and count successes, false activations and the time to respond.
  4. Note fatigue and comfort, then pick the next step.
  5. Compare sites in the side panel, and repeat the best one on another day before deciding.

Log a trial

Reading a trial

Counting one trialCue10 of 12 = 83% · average 2.0 sTick: activation after the cue. Dashed: no response. Cross: false activation, with no cue.Counting one trialCues10 of 12 = 83%Tick: activation after the cueDashed: no responseCross: false activation, no cue
Success rate alone can mislead: a switch placed where the student rests may score well on cues and fire constantly in between. Count both.

Repeatable placement

A placement that works only when one person sets it up is not finished. Write the position in plain measurements, keep a photo in the student’s file and check it again after any change to the seating, the mount or the student’s growth.

Part of the IEP conversation

IEP teams must consider whether a student needs assistive technology devices and services. Trial data like this gives the team something concrete: which site, which switch, how reliably and how fast, and what was tried that did not work.

Sources

  1. Cook, A. M., Polgar, J. M., & Encarnação, P. (2020). Assistive Technologies: Principles and Practice (5th ed.). Elsevier, chapters on control interfaces.
  2. Wisconsin Assistive Technology Initiative. Assessing Students’ Needs for Assistive Technology (2009), chapter on computer and switch access.
  3. Individuals with Disabilities Education Act regulations, 34 CFR 300.5–300.6 (assistive technology devices and services) and 300.324(a)(2)(v) (consideration).
  4. RESNA. Position papers and resources on alternative access (resna.org).

The worked example is made up. This organizer records trials; the student’s team decides on equipment and placement. Trials stay on this device until you print or export them. Support: team@caveatacademic.com.