Teaching · Special Education

Find out what the student can do with technology.

Ask about eleven tasks and the devices at home. The summary lists what to teach next, the tools worth trying and any gap at home to plan around.

Give the surveyWhat 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 Special Education toolkit, $99 for 100 items.

The survey

One record per student and date. 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
Tasks at each level, what to teach next, tools to try and home access to plan around.
Who it is for
Special education teachers, assistive technology specialists and instructional technology staff.
Format
Browser survey. One saved record per student and date; printed for the team or as a blank paper version; 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 Special Education 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 Special Education space in Caveat Teaching.
Support
Questions about an order, access or a correction: team@caveatacademic.com.
what they can do, on what they have
Drawn for this page. A tool only helps if the student can use it on the device they actually have, where they actually work.

How to use it

  1. Start a record with the student’s code.
  2. Ask about devices and internet at home first.
  3. Go through each task; ask the student to show you when a device is at hand.
  4. Write what they like and what frustrates them in their words.
  5. Teach one need-help task and try one new tool, then give the survey again.

Give the survey

Using the answers

Ask, then watch

Students often rate themselves higher or lower than what they do. Where you can, ask them to show you the task on their usual device.

Tools to try

Text-to-speech, speech-to-text, zoom and word prediction are built into most school devices and can support reading and writing for many students. A short trial on real classwork shows whether a tool helps this student.

Home access

Assignments that need a computer and reliable internet at home leave some students behind. Plan offline copies or school time, and ask your school or district about device and hotspot loans.

Sources

  1. Individuals with Disabilities Education Act regulations, 34 CFR 300.5, 300.6 and 300.105: assistive technology devices and services.
  2. U.S. Department of Education, Office of Educational Technology. National Educational Technology Plan (2024): the digital access, design and use divides.
  3. Zabala, J. S. The SETT Framework: Student, Environments, Tasks and Tools (revised).
  4. National Center on Accessible Educational Materials (AEM Center at CAST): built-in accessibility features of common devices.

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