| Instrument Title | FEAT: Functional Evaluation for Assistive Technology |
|---|---|
| Author(s) | Marshall Raskind & Brian Bryant |
| Year | 2002 |
| Version | |
| Current version? | yes |
| Main category | SCH |
Publisher |
Psycho-Educational Services |
| Price | $129.00 |
| Website (URL) | www.psycho-educational.com/pages/804483/index.htm |
| Email address | |
| Mailing address | |
| Author's, vendor's, or publisher's description | The Functional Evaluation for Assistive Technology (FEAT), an easy to use, systematic, comprehensive, multidimensional, and ecologically-based assessment protocol that can be used with people of all ages (i.e., elementary aged students through postsecondary adults). The scale can be used to determine the most appropriate and effective assistive technology devices to help individuals with learning problems (e.g., learning disabilities, mental retardation) compensate for their difficulties and meet the demands of specific tasks and contexts. The FEAT has five scales: the Contextual Matching Inventory (which provides information about setting-specific demands), the Checklist of Strengths and Limitations (which is used to gather data regarding person-specific characteristics), the Checklist of Technology Experiences (which offers additional information about the person-specific characteristics with regard to her or his past/current use of technology), the Technology Characteristics Inventory (which examines device-specific characteristics such as dependability, product support, etc.), and the Individual-Technology Evaluation Scale(which is used to determine whether the proposed AT adaptation offers legitimate potential for compensatory effectiveness). The Summary and Recommendations Booklet is used to summarize the assessment information, make recommendations, and arrange for follow-ups to assess for effective implementation. The scales are completed by various members of the assistive technology assessment team and allow for an ecological assessment of assistive technology needs. |
| R2D2 Center library reference number | 18 |
| AT Service Delivery Area | |
| AAC | yes |
Assistive listening |
yes |
Computer access |
yes |
| Electronic aids to daily living (EADL) | yes |
| Organizers | yes |
| Mobility | yes |
| Reading supports | yes |
| Seating & positioning | yes |
| Vision access | yes |
| Writing aupports | yes |
| Activities of daily living (ADL) | |
| Other | |
| Disability Population | |
| Behavior | yes |
| Cognitive | yes |
| Hearing | yes |
| Physical | yes |
| Speech | yes |
| Vision | yes |
| Other | |
| Age/Program Population | |
| Birth - 5 | yes |
| Elementary | yes |
| Middle & high School | yes |
| Vocational | yes |
| College | yes |
| Business | yes |
| Adult home | yes |
| Tool Format | |
Checklist |
yes |
| Flowchart | |
| Online | |
| Questionnaire | |
| Rating Scale | yes |
| Sample based activities | |
| Software based activities | |
| Software based assessment | |
| Survey | yes |
| Purpose of Assessment Measures (definitions) | |
| Screening | |
| Referral | |
| Comprehensive assessment | |
| Matching person & technology | yes |
| Acquisition | yes |
| Implementation | yes |
| Follow-up | yes |
| Impact | |
| Outcome | |
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