Manuals and Forms
NATE Network Manuals
All NATE Network Manuals are available online or in hard copy. To order hard copies, download the order form or purchase through PayPal.
This manual is designed for all AT service providers who train others. It contains research-based information about planning, providing and evaluating training.
All NATE members receive a free copy. To download a pdf copy, click here.
To purchase a published paper copy, click here.
Assistive Technology Teams: Many Ways to Do It Well
(D. DeCoste, P. Reed, Marsye Kaplan)
This monograph is developed to support AT teams across the country by sharing gathered information on team development and to provide specific ideas and strategies to improve the function of AT teams.
All NATE members at the time it was published received a free copy. To download a pdf copy, click here.
To purchase a published paper copy, click here.
Assistive Technology Assessment: Developing a Written Productivity Profile
(D. DeCoste, G. Bowser, S Mistrett, P. Reed)
This method of assessment is used to delineate the nature of a student's writing difficulties and the to identify appropriate strategies.
All NATE members at the time it was published received a free copy. Additional copies are now commercially available, contact Don Johnston, Inc.
Data Collection Forms
The forms provided below are in Microsoft Word format. If you do not have Microsoft Word, please download the Word 97/2000 viewer to view and print these documents.
From How Do You Know It? How Can You Show It?
(P. Reed, G. Bowser & J. Korsten)
- AT Product Comparison
- Product Production
- Voice Output Device Activations
- Device Evaluation Summary page 1 + page 2
- Writing Speed & Accuracy
- Vocabulary Use
- Initiated Communication
- Latency of Response
- Performance Data
- System Comparison
- Communication Training
- Mouse Evaluation
Marsye Kaplan- Baltimore, Maryland Office of Technology in Special Education
- AlphaSmart Use Chart
- AlphaSmart with Co-Writer
- AT Documentation Form (software use)
- Co-Writer Use
- Co-Writer on Laptop
- Daily Data Collection
- Data Collection - landscape
- IntelliTool Use Data Sheet
- Spellchecker Data Sheet
- System Comparison
- Writing Speed & Accuracy
Other Sources
