Overview
Got streaks, likes, or achievements? Your disabled teen should! Individuals with disabilities are significantly less likely to have access to and report less confidence with technology-use than their peers. Access to technology has become a ubiquitous teen experience with 95% having a smartphone, 85% using YouTube, and 97% of boys gaming. This teen leisure can translate into real-life skills that will serve students well beyond the latest online campaign. In this session, you will be exposed to alternative access methods (eye-gaze, voice assistants, switch-access), technologies (AAC devices, tablets), and external supports (visual supports) to increase access and improve skills.
Learning Objectives
- Discuss how the key features of three access method technologies such as eye-gaze, head-pointing, adaptive-mice meet specific visual, cognitive, and/or physical access needs
- Identify four ways to use a voice assistant such as Amazon Alexa and Google Home to engage Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) Users
- Describe the three steps necessary to create their own simplified iPad switch recipes for launching a drone, accessing YouTube, or environmental controls.
Primary & Secondary Strands
Assistive Technology for Physical Access and Participation; Augmentative and Alternative Communication
Target Audience
- Accessibility Professional
- AT Specialists
- Alternative Media Specialist
- Caregivers
- Consumers/Individuals with Disabilities
- Consultants/Trainers
- Disability Services
- Educators
- Family Members
- Occupational Therapists
- Speech-Language Pathologists
- Special Education Educators
Experience Level
Introductory
Primary Life Cycle Addressed
Elementary - Secondary (K-12)
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.
ASHA CE Information: Recorded Session
Start date of ASHA CEUs offering: March 3, 2021
End date of ASHA CEUs offering: December 31, 2023
This course was offered for 0.1 ASHA CEUs. (Introductory level, Professional area.)
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.
Speaker/s:
Jennifer Stylianos, OTR/L, ATP
Gray Consulting and Therapy, LLC, OTR/ATP
Biography
Jennifer is a licensed occupational therapist and assistive technology professional with more than a decade of experience working in the field of assistive technology including augmentative alternative communication, seating positioning and wheeled mobility, and computer access. She is currently employed by Gray Consulting & Therapy, LLC where she specializes in providing assistive technology (AT) services including assessment, consultation, and training. She is also an adjunct faculty member for the University of New Hampshire. Her work focuses on blending access strategies, positioning, and technology with real tasks to create solutions that work now, as well as, build skills for the future.
Relevant Financial Relationship: Yes
salary from employment Gray Consulting and UNH
Relevant Non-Financial Relationship: No