SETT Framework Used in Medford for AT Evaluations

The SETT Framework by Joy Zabala is a four part model intended to promote collaborative decision-making in all phases of assistive technology service design and delivery from consideration through implementation and evaluation of effectiveness.

SETT is an acronym for Student, Environments, Tasks, and Tools. Although the letters form a memorable word, they are not intended to imply an order, other than that the student, environments, and tasks should be fully explored before tools are considered or selected.

Click on the link to view SETT Framework Case Studies .

Dr. Zabala is a frequent presenter on AT decision-making, implementation, and evaluation of effectiveness. She also presents often on how Universal Design for Learning (http://udlcenter.cast.org) and AT work together as complementary supports for student achievement and has also published on the topic. She is the developer of the SETT Framework, a collaborative decision-making tool (http://www.joyzabala.com/), a founding member of the QIAT Community and facilitator of the QIAT List (http://www.qiat.org), and a past-president of the Technology and Media Division (TAM) of the Council for Exceptional Children (http://www.tamcec.org/). She currently serves on the Advisory Boards of the Family Center for Technology and Disability (http://www.fctd.info) and Bookshare (http://bookshare.org)

Dr. Zabala is currently the Director of Technical Assistance at CAST (http://cast.org) where she also directs the technical assistance efforts of the National Center on Accessible Instructional Materials (http://aim.cast.org) and serves as the evaluator of the NIMAS Development Center.

Click on the left image to view a Youtube video introducing the SETT Framework.