The Fundamentals Course provides
interested individuals with an overview of numerous areas of assistive technology. It also is designed to broaden the knowledge of AT providers. Throughout this course, multiple case studies will be used to illustrate applications of principles and theories in assistive technology provision.
While this course is designed to cover the basic areas of assistive technology service provision and aspects of this course may cover the general scope of the ATP Certification Exam, it is not a review course for the ATP Exam.
Learning Outcomes
- Participants will be able to define and describe common pathologies of the following diagnoses: cerebral palsy, traumatic brain injury, CVA, SCI, spina bifida, MS, ALS and muscle diseases.
- Participants will be able to list components of an assistive technology assessment.
- Participants will be able to write an outcome measurement.
- Participants will be able to identify key legislation pertinent to people with disabilities.
- Participants will be able to list common pelvic asymmetries identified in a seating assessment.
- Participants will be able to identify the following components of the HAAT model: processor, input device, output and packaging.
- Participants will be able to list accessibility
factors to be considered as a part of a mobility assessment. - Participants will be able to identify vocabulary strategies used in augmentative and alternative communication.
- Participants will be able to list alternative means of computer keyboard and mouse control.
- Participants will be able to define and categorize EADLs.
- Participants will be able to identify assistive technology interventions used for people with hearing and visual impairments.
Who Should Attend?
Rehabilitation and education professionals working with Assistive Technology including Suppliers, Technologists, Physical Therapists, Occupational Therapists, Speech Language Pathologists, Rehabilitation Engineers, Educators and others interested in assistive technology. Cost: RESNA member $350
Nonmember $465
Student $315
RESNA has been approved as an Authorized Provider by the International Association for Continuing Education and Training (IACET),
1760 Old Meadow Road, Suite 500,
McLean, VA 22101;
(703) 506-3275.
RESNA is authorized by IACET to offer 1.4 CEUs for this program.
Day One Thursday, April 25, 2013
7:30 - 8:00 Registration
8:00 - 8:15 Introduction/Overview
8:15 - 9:15 Application of Clinical Fundamentals - Learn about terminology, principles, and application of clinical issues as they relate to
assistive technology
9:15 - 9:30 Break
9:30 - 10:30 Application of Clinical Fundamentals (continued)
10:30 - 10:45 Break
10:45 - 11:45 Application of Clinical Fundamentals (continued)
11:45 -1:00 Lunch on your own
1:00 - 2:30 Assistive Technology Provision: Assessment - Develop an
understanding of the general assessment process and principles. Goal writing and related measures of functional performance will
be discussed.
2:30 - 2:45 Break
2:45 - 4:15 Issues in Service Delivery - Discuss RESNA's Code of Ethics
and Standards of Practice, service delivery systems, legislation, funding, product development, principles of design, liability
issues, information sources and consumer empowerment.
4:15 - 4:30 Questions and Discussion
Day Two Friday, April 26, 2013
Each of the following modules will present goals or implementation, terminology and technical principles as related to each specific assistive technology.
8:00 - 9:00 Features of Seating and Positioning Technologies
9:00 - 9:15 Break
9:15 - 10:15 Assistive Technology Provision: Accessing the Technology - Learn how technology features, products and theories apply to
selecting, recommending and applying technology interventions.
Access evaluation methods, devices and strategies will be
discussed.
10:15 - 10:30 Break
10:30 - 11:30 Features of Mobility Technologies
11:30 - 12:30 Lunch on your own
12:30 - 1:30 Features of Augmentative Communication Technologies
1:30 - 1:45 Break
1:45 - 2:45 Features of Computer Access Technologies
2:45 - 3:00 Break
3:00 - 4:00 Features of Electronic Aids to Daily Living Technologies
4:00 - 5:00 Features of Sensory Technologies
A brief comprehension quiz will be given after each module.
To register online or download a registration form, click here.
Barbara Crane PhD, PT, ATP
Coordinator, Wheelchair Assessment Service
Gaylord Hospital in Connecticut
Barbara Crane PhD, PT, ATP is the coordinator of the Wheelchair Assessment Service at Gaylord Hospital in Connecticut. She has been a Physical
Therapist for ten years and has worked in the rehabilitation field specializing min seating and wheeled mobility for much of that time. She earned a Master of Arts degree in 1994 in the field of Gerontology. She has lectured in and coordinated many local conferences focusing on Assistive Technology and its use with people with many different disabilities. She also has been
an adjunct faculty member for several of the Physical Therapy programs in Connecticut and has lectured to students on assistive technology and
wheelchair and seating evaluation.
Glen Ashlock, MS, ATP
Rehabilitation Engineer
Ann Arbor Center for Independent Living
Glen Ashlock, MS, ATP is a Rehabilitation Engineer at the Ann Arbor Center for Independent Living. He provides needs evaluation, equipment
recommendations, and training for people with disabilities in areas including work-site modification, environmental control, augmentative communication, and computer access and literacy. Glen has made many presentations to
professional and community groups and is a founding member of the Washtenaw County Community Assistive Technology Council.
If you need accessibility or any type of reasonable accommodation to participate in this program,
please contact Dawn Paulson by April 21, 2013 and let her know what specific type of accommodation is needed. Dawn can be reached at (703) 524-6686 ext. 315 or via email.
For questions about registration or for more information about this program, contact Dawn Paulson or (703) 524-6686 ext. 315.
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