SETT is an acronym for Student, Environments, Tasks and Tools. The SETT Framework is a tool that helps teams gather and organize information that can be used to guide collaborative decisions about services that foster the educational success of students with disabilities. Originally developed to support assistive technology selection and use in educational settings, the principles of the SETT Framework have been used to guide decisions about a much broader range of educational services, and also, with minor adjustments, have been successfully used in non-educational environments and service plans.
The SETT Framework is based on the premise that in order to develop an appropriate system of Tools (supports, devices, services, strategies, accommodations, modifications, etc.) teams must first develop a shared understanding of the student, the customary environments in which the student spends time, and the tasks that are required for the student to be able to do or learn to do to be an active participant in the teaching/learning processes that lead to educational success. When the needs, abilities, and interests of the Student, the details of the Environments, and the specific Tasks required of students in those environments are fully explored, teams are able to consider what needs to be included in a system of tools that is Student-centered, Environmentally useful, and Task-focused.
(from Using the SETT Framework to Level the Learning Field for Students with Disabilities by Joy Smiley Zabala, Ed. D., ATP – read the whole of the article – )
Other SETT Resources
- More information is available at joyzabala.com
rev: 9/21/2010