Reading and written work
Reading access, motor aspects of writing, composition, spelling, editing, and producing written material.
WATI assistive technology assessment software
Turn WATI-informed assessment questions into a focused digital workflow.
Use the detailed thinking, functional areas, and structured questions associated with WATI while creating reusable evalKeeper templates that include only what is relevant to the individual, the referral, and the assessment being completed.
WATI plus a flexible digital workspace
Keep the depth of WATI without requiring every field every time.
WATI and evalKeeper serve different but complementary purposes.
WATI provides assessment resources and a process.
evalKeeper provides a customizable workspace where selected questions, evidence, decisions, trials, reports, implementation, and follow-up can remain connected.
The Wisconsin Assistive Technology Initiative developed model forms, procedures, training materials, decision guides, technology checklists, trial-use resources, and detailed guidance for assessing assistive technology needs across a wide range of functional areas.
That level of detail is valuable. It can help a team remember areas that might otherwise be overlooked, gather information from multiple perspectives, observe performance in customary environments, and consider solutions from low technology through more complex options.
The complete collection can also be more extensive than every assessment requires. A communication assessment, for example, may not need every question associated with mathematics, recreation, mobility, or computer access. A focused assessment can still follow a thoughtful, WATI-informed process while presenting only the sections that apply.
evalKeeper allows professionals to create reusable templates for different assessment types, populations, referral questions, or service settings. Instead of deleting or skipping unrelated fields during every assessment, teams can prepare a focused template in advance and still add individualized questions when needed.
Functional areas commonly addressed by WATI
Start broad enough to avoid missed needs, then narrow the assessment.
WATI resources include guidance across many areas of school participation and daily functioning. Teams can use these areas as a reference when deciding which sections belong in an evalKeeper template.
Computer and digital access
Physical access, alternative input, software, display needs, navigation, productivity, and access to digital materials.
Communication
Expressive and receptive communication, symbol systems, access methods, vocabulary, partners, settings, and opportunities.
Organization and executive functioning
Time management, task initiation, scheduling, materials, routines, reminders, attention, and multistep activities.
Mathematics
Number access, calculation, problem solving, representation, alignment, notation, and completing mathematical tasks.
Seating, positioning, and mobility
Physical positioning, stability, access, movement, transportation, environmental barriers, and participation.
Vision and hearing access
Access to visual and auditory information, presentation format, conditions, alerts, amplification, and sensory alternatives.
Daily living
Personal care, routines, environmental control, independence, and participation at home, school, work, or community settings.
Recreation and leisure
Access to play, hobbies, games, social participation, community activities, creativity, and preferred experiences.
From assessment questions to follow-through
Carry WATI-informed information through the complete AT process.
evalKeeper can help prevent detailed assessment information from remaining in a separate packet after the team begins trials, develops recommendations, writes the report, or plans implementation.
Select the relevant template
Start with the functional areas and questions that match the referral and individual.
Gather functional information
Document abilities, barriers, environments, tasks, supports, and team input.
Trial appropriate options
Record devices, features, observations, outcomes, evidence, and team feedback.
Recommend and implement
Carry the evidence into reports, training, implementation tasks, and follow-up.
How evalKeeper can support WATI-informed work
Preserve the assessment mindset while reducing unnecessary fields.
The goal is not to copy every page into every assessment. The goal is to retain the useful structure and clinical reasoning while creating practical, reusable workflows for the work your team actually performs.
Reusable templates by assessment type
Create separate templates for communication, reading, writing, computer access, workplace access, daily living, or other areas instead of loading every possible question into one form.
Flexible assessment structure
Organize assessments using customizable sections, open-ended questions, and tailored prompts based on the individual, setting, and information being collected.
Device trials tied to the referral question
Document what was tried, where it was used, who participated, what task was attempted, how the individual responded, and what should happen next.
Reports built from collected information
Select relevant assessment findings, trial evidence, recommendations, and rationale for the final report instead of re-entering the same information in a separate document.
Implementation and team follow-through
Maintain responsibilities, training plans, monitoring information, follow-up dates, tasks, reminders, and progress documentation after a recommendation.
Not a direct replacement for WATI
Use WATI as a resource. Use evalKeeper to shape the workflow.
WATI offers extensive guidance, forms, checklists, and functional-area resources. Those materials can remain valuable for training, planning, consideration, and determining what information a team may need to gather.
evalKeeper does not reproduce or replace the complete WATI package. It gives professionals a flexible way to build their own assessment templates using the questions, categories, terminology, and documentation approach appropriate to their services.
A team may consult WATI resources when designing a template, use WATI forms alongside evalKeeper, or create a more focused digital process influenced by WATI. The appropriate approach depends on the organization, evaluator, individual, setting, and purpose of the assessment.
Frequently asked questions
Using WATI-informed assessment templates with evalKeeper
Keep the depth and structure that make sense for your process while creating a more focused digital assessment workflow.
WATI refers to resources developed through the Wisconsin Assistive Technology Initiative. The assessment materials support a process-based, systematic functional assessment of assistive technology needs in customary environments. They include procedures and forms for gathering information, decision-making, technology consideration, and trial use.
The WATI assessment has been described as a process-based approach rather than a scored test protocol. Teams gather functional information, consider environments and tasks, identify possible tools, and use trial results to support decisions.
Yes. Teams can create their own reusable evalKeeper templates informed by WATI functional areas and assessment questions. Official WATI materials are not built into evalKeeper, but they can help a team decide what questions and categories belong in its own assessment process.
No. WATI provides extensive resources, procedures, forms, checklists, and guidance. evalKeeper is a customizable digital assessment and workflow platform that can help teams organize a focused process influenced by WATI and connect the resulting information to trials, recommendations, reports, implementation, and follow-up.
Yes. You can create focused templates for communication, reading, writing, computer access, organization, mobility, daily living, or other areas. Each template can contain only the fields relevant to that assessment while allowing individualized questions to be added when necessary.
Yes. Assessment templates can be organized into customized sections and questions so professionals can focus on the information that is relevant to the individual and the assessment being completed. This makes it possible to incorporate selected concepts from established resources without requiring every part of a larger form.
Yes. Relevant assessment responses, trial findings, recommendations, and supporting evidence can be selected for inclusion in reports, helping reduce repeated entry and keep the final documentation connected to the assessment process.
Build a focused WATI-informed assessment workflow in evalKeeper.
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