Study on the Analysis of Group Awareness and Needs to Develop Assistive Technology Assessment and Evaluation Tool of Special Education

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to examine the needs for parents of students with disabilities, special teachers, and assistive engineers for analyzing the assessments and evaluation of the use of educational assistive technology as well as potential research for the future needs. This study consists of focus group interviews with five special teachers, two parents, and three assistive engineers. All interviews are recorded and transcribed.; the interview results in a qualitative study with four major topics including with 14 sub-topics. As a result of the study, four major topics are drawn as followed: first, the current status of the use of educational assistive technology in schools; second, the limitations of the administrative system in schools; third, procedure to develop educational assistive technology; final, improvement of multidisciplinary collaborative system for the assessment and evaluation. In conclusion, discussions and suggestions for future research are drawn.