Overview
Join us to learn about Tools for Life’s innovative and customized model for service delivery of AT in Georgia. This model has been developed and continues to evolve to focus on increasing access to educational environments for students with disabilities. Multiple projects have been created, piloted and implemented within this model. These projects, pilots and service delivery experiences have revealed some successes and important lessons learned on the provision of AT. The TFL team will share their insights and lead a discussion of how this model provides a possible framework to build upon along with tips for ways to better serve our students with disabilities through appropriate AT.
Session Content Disclosure: This presentation will focus on the Tools for Life’s model for service delivery of AT in Georgia. There will be limited or no reference to other similar models or frameworks.
Learning Objectives
- Describe three possible partners to support students with disabilities with access to AT.
- Identify three AT resources for support AT Service Delivery Models.
- Compare two mainstream solutions to support students with disabilities.
Primary & Secondary Strands
Education & Learning: Early Intervention – 12/Higher Education; Transition & Workplace Accessibility
Target Audience
- Accessibility Professional
- Administrators
- AT Specialists
- Consumers/Individuals with Disabilities
- Curriculum and Instruction
- Disability Services
- Educators
- Faculty/Instructors - Higher Education
- Family Members
- Government/Non-Profit Agencies
- Special Education Educators
- Speech-Language Pathologists
- Teachers of the Visually Impaired
- Teachers of the Deaf/Hard of Hearing
- Transition Coordinator
- Vocational Rehabilitation
Experience Level
Intermediate
Primary Life Cycle Addressed
All
Session Delivery Format
In-person presentation with live-stream
Course Schedule
This course was given at the ATIA 2023 Virtual Event on Thursday, February 2 from 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM (EST)
Continuing Education Credits
For Satisfactory Completion and Continuing Education information, please visit: ATIA Learning Center CEUs
This session recording is offered for the following CE Provider Credits:
ACVREP; AOTA; CRC; IACET
For: 0.10 CEU Units or 1.0 CEU Hours.
End date of current CRC CEUs offering: March 6, 2025
Please refer to the CRC AT in Education & Higher Education Series (2024-2025) page for further information on how to submit your CRC CEUs for this course to CRCC.
ASHA CE Information: Recorded Session
Start date of ASHA CEUs offering: May 15, 2023
End date of ASHA CEUs offering: December 31, 2023
Speaker/s:
Maureen Linden
CIDI, Georgia Tech, Senior Research Engineer
Biography
Maureen Linden has extensive experience in research project management, standards development, and management and delivery of services to clients. She is fluent in research methodology, experimental protocols, and instrumentation design, analysis, interpretation, and information dissemination. Linden has been active in SAE, ANSI/RESNA, and ISO standards development for over 15 years. She is also proficient in management of services to consumers. Linden has experience in both medical and vocational models of service delivery, conversant with service standard required by CMS and CARF, and caseload management and service provision to clients for 6 years.
Maureen holds an M.S. Biomedical Engineering, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA and a B.S. Electrical Engineering, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA.
Relevant Financial Relationship: Yes
Maureen has financial relationships with the Center for Inclusive Design and Innovation at the Georgia Institute of Technology. Her research has been funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Administration for Community Living - part of the Department of Health & Human Services, The National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research (NIDILRR), as well as the Georgia Tech Research Institute.
Relevant Non-Financial Relationship: No
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