“…With the expanded use of miniature computer technology into the classroom and community settings, professionals can now ensure that natural data on children's competencies can be collected unobtrusively across everyday settings and routines in an efficient and economical manner. Realization of the promise of authentic assessment depends on our program's infusing the use of responsive, computer-based methods, such as computer netbooks and tablets, into home and classroom settings to enable all caregivers to record and archive authentic observational data and to use computer software to identify individualized functional objectives for curriculum planning and instruction/intervention (Buzhardt et al, 2010;Ledoux, Yoder, & Hanes, 2010;Powell, Diamond, & Koehler, 2010). With expanded use, video and observational data can be combined to provide "snapshots" as evidence of the specific progress of children, even those with severe disabilities who show small increments of skill development.…”