The Individualized Education Plans (IEPs) dictate what students need to learn and how they need to communicate. Augmentative communication needs to be a part of the student's individual program and must be carefully considered for every nonverbal student. The components need to be outlined in the IEP. Also, a student's academic goals and objectives should be created with the augmentative communication device in mind and it should be understood that his or her goals will be reached with the aid of this device. When a student uses an augmentative communication device, they should be taught to use it within and across the school day, according to Dell, Newton and Petroff (2012) in their book Assistive Technology in the Classroom on page 291. Another important note that must be mentioned is that the augmentative communication device isn't an IEP goal but rather a means with which to accomplish a goal - this distinction is very important. The last two items that must be considered in the IEP are:
1. the list of augmentative communication services provided by related services personell
2. a plan for who will service the equipment
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