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Volume 22 Number 1

Developing a Statewide System for Providing and Assessing Outcomes of Assistive Technology
Sally Fennema-Jansen, Dave L. Edyburn, and Roger O. Smith
University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI
Susan Wilson
Ohio Department of Education, Columbus, OH
Mary Binion
OCALI, Columbus, OH

Abstract

The Assistive Technology Infusion Project (ATIP) was developed to distribute $9.3 million dollars of assistive technology to students with disabilities in Ohio schools and to measure the outcomes. This article describes the 2-year start-up period of the project and highlights key procedural aspects of the program’s implementation. The project developed several Web-based protocols, including announcing the availability of funding, managing electronically submitted grant proposals, conducting a peer review process, and managing the provision of awards. Lessons learned in the process of implementing the ATIP are summarized to assist others in replicating the procedures on either a larger or a smaller scale.

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