Overview
How do you combine easily-available tools with new techniques to ensure a successful eyegaze assessment performed remotely? In this session I share my pre-assessment screening technique used to identify the most likely eye-tracker to support each individual. I also describe the technology and processes I use during the assessment with the eye-tracker, and how I identify and mitigate eye conditions that may affect access. All done without entering the client's home!
Learning Objectives
- Compare three advantages and disadvantages of eyegaze assessment performed remotely
- Identify three technologies and features that will help you perform an effective eyegaze assessment
- Describe four common barriers to successful eyegaze access and how these can be identified and mitigated in a remote assessment
Primary Strand
Assistive Technology for Physical Access and Participation
Secondary Strand
Augmentative and Alternative Communication
Target Audience
- Accessibility Professional
- AT Specialists
- Communication Specialist
- Disability Services
- Government/Non-Profit Agencies
- Occupational Therapists
- Speech-Language Pathologists
Experience Level
Intermediate
Primary Life Cycle Addressed
All
Content Area
Professional Area
Course Schedule
This course was included in the ATIA 2021: AT Connected virtual event education program.
Continuing Education Credits
For Satisfactory Completion and Continuing Education information, please visit: ATIA Online Education CEUs
This course is offered for the following CE Provider Credits:
AOTA; IACET
For: 0.10 CEU Units or 1.0 CEU Hours.
This course was approved by CRCC for CRC CEUs and was included in the ATIA CRC AT for Physical Access and Participation Series (2022-2023). This series offering was available from March 7, 2022 through March 6, 2023.
ASHA CE Information:
Start date of ASHA CEUs offering: March 4, 2021. This course was offered for 0.1 ASHA CEUs. (Intermediate level, Professional area.)
End date of ASHA CEUs offering: May 31, 2023.
Speaker/s:
Charlie Danger, OT/R, ATP
Barnsley Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Clinical Specialist
Biography
Charlie Danger, OT/R, ATP, is an experienced and creative occupational therapist passionate about the role of assistive technology in enabling individuals to participate fully in their lives.
Charlie has a rich experience in the AT field, his previous positions including Lead Assessor for Physical Disabilities & Switch Access at AbilityNet, the UK’s largest assistive technology charity. He has also worked as a consultant for UK schools, universities, charities and health services. Charlie spent five years overseeing the professional development and quality assurance processes of a new assistive technology program in the Qatar public health service.
On returning to England, Charlie worked as a Senior AAC Consultant at Ace Centre and is currently a Clinical Specialist at Barnsley Hospital NHS Foundation Trust working in AAC and Environmental Control.
Charlie’s interest in assistive technology extends beyond the traditional occupational therapy domain; his interest in AAC has led him to study an MSc in Language and Communication Impairment in Children at the University of Sheffield.
Charlie has previously spoken at a number of events including RNIB TechShare, GREAT (Gulf Region Education Assistive Technology conference) and has spoken at ATIA five times prior to 2021.
He is an approved AT Practitioner of the Rehabilitation Engineering and Assistive Technology Society of North America (RESNA) and is registered with the UK HCPC and Royal College of Occupational Therapists.
Relevant Financial Relationship: Yes
Salary from employment.
Relevant Non-Financial Relationship: Yes
Register member with Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) and Royal College of Occupational Therapists in the United Kingdom.