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V-ATPAP-30: Using Switch Access and Voice Control on the iPad

Overview

Using switch access and voice control on the iPad opens a whole new world for people who may have limited physical ability to use the iPad. With built in accessibility features and interface access for switch control, the iPad can be used for many leisure, work and environmental tasks. In this session, you will learn and see video case studies of persons using switch and voice control for leisure activities such as game apps, listening to music, reading a book, compose and send an email and use face time to make a call.

Content Disclosure: This presentation will focus exclusively on products and services from Apple, Tecla, Ablenet and Amazon and will not include information on other similar or related products or services.

Learning Objectives

  1. Identify and compare two interfaces for switch control on the iPad.
  2. Describe one or more ways how voice control is used on the iPad for leisure, work and environmental tasks.
  3. Describe one or more ways how switch control is used on the iPad for leisure, work and environmental tasks.

Primary & Secondary Strand

AT for Physical Access and Participation

Target Audience

  • Accessibility Professional
  • AT Specialists
  • Consumers/Individuals with Disabilities
  • Consultants/Trainers
  • Disability Services
  • Educators
  • Faculty/Instructors - Higher Education
  • Family Members
  • Instructional Technologist
  • Occupational Therapists
  • Paraprofessionals
  • Special Education Educators

Experience Level

Intermediate

Primary Life Cycle Addressed

Elementary - Secondary (K-12);Higher Education; Adult/Senior

Session Delivery Format

In-person presentation with live-stream

Course Schedule

This course was given at the ATIA 2023 Conference on Friday, February 3 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 course 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 19, 2025
Please refer to the CRC AT for Physical Access and Participation Series (2024-2025) page for further information on how to submit your CRC CEUs for this course to CRCC.

Speaker/s:

Mary Jane Frick, OTR/L, ATP, CDP

Good Shepherd Rehabilitation Network-Long Term Care Division, Occupational Therapy Program Coordinator

Biography

MaryJane Frick OTR/L, ATP, CDP is an Occupational Therapist additionally certified as an Assistive Technology Professional and Dementia Practitioner. She has over thirty years of experience as an Occupational Therapist. She began her career working as a staff therapist at Good Shepherd Rehabilitation Network in the Long Term Care Division in 1988. There she worked with a residential population that was highly involved physically with varying levels of cognitive as well as visual deficits. It was here that she began her journey specializing in assistive technology in order to find ways for these individuals to be as independent as possible maximizing their quality of life overall. She became certified as an Assistive Technology Professional through the Rehabilitation Engineering and Assistive Technology Society of North America RESNA in 1999. Seeing the difference that assistive technology brought to so many of the residents with whom she worked, she decided to share this message and began publishing and providing workshops, in-services and presenting at conferences at the local and national level in regard to the use of assistive technologies in order to enhance the lives for people who are differently abled. She began teaching assistive technology to students at the very start of this journey but in 2012 she began teaching at the international level to Bio-Engineering students as to the benefits of these technologies. They then shared what they had learned to varying countries throughout Central and South America. MaryJane specializes in both adaptive computer technologies and environmental adaptations. In 2017 MaryJane was then confronted with more and more problems dealing with residents who were now aging and experiencing dementia. As this population had aged so was the need for further specialization so in 2017 MaryJane became certified as a Dementia Practitioner through The National Council of Certified Dementia Practitioner's. Adding this area of specialization allowed her to truly focus on the cognitive needs of this aging population. Trying to further reach as many people as possible MaryJane then co-published two courses: "Assistive Technology: Evolving Therapy to Address Aging" and "Assistive Technology and Dementia: Therapeutic Tools to Enhance the Lives of Clients with Dementia". These courses were both published through OTCourses.com. It has been MaryJane's life work to share the message of how the use of assistive technology can truly enhance the lives of all individuals who are differently abled. It is now with the development of this company that she hopes to continue to share this message and her expertise with those who have need. MaryJane lives with her husband on their farm in Coopersburg Pennsylvania. They have been blessed by three wonderful children and two grandchildren who gather at the farm frequently to share in its riches.

Relevant Financial Relationship: Yes
MaryJane Frick is employed by Good Shepherd Rehabilitation Network in Allentown, Pennsylvania. MaryJane is a partner with Kolipinski and Frick Assistive Technology Consultants LLC. MaryJane has co authored two courses for OTCourses.com and receives royalty payments.

Relevant Non-Financial Relationship: No

Wanda Kolipinski, ATP, ATS, COTA/L

Kolipinski and Frick Assistive Technology Consultants, Assistive Technology Professional

Biography

Wanda M. Kolipinski COTA/L, ATP, ATS, CBIS, IMC has been working in the field of Occupational Therapy and Assistive Technology for over 35 years. She began her career in occupational therapy as a Certified Occupational Therapy Assistant and Therapeutic Recreation Coordinator working in a skilled nursing facility. A career move brought her to Good Shepherd Rehabilitation Network where she began her work in Adult Inpatient and Outpatient Rehabilitation Occupational Therapy. Her introduction to assistive technology began when she transferred to Good Shepherd's Outpatient Pediatric Program. When working with children, she discovered how assistive technology could make a difference in a child's life. Her passion for assistive technology began as a treatment modality to reach and engage many of the children she worked with. To further her knowledge and understanding of assistive technology, she completed The Assistive Technology Specialist Certificate in Occupational Therapy at Penn State University in 2002. Learning how assistive technology touched many areas such as; mobility, vision, cognition, learning and communication she went on to become certified as an Assistive Technology Professional through the Rehabilitation Engineering and Assistive Technology Society of North America - RESNA in 2004. Recognizing how assistive technology has helped so many of the children she has worked with, she began sharing her knowledge by publishing, providing workshops and in-services and presenting at local and national conferences. Wanda specializes in adaptive computer technologies and mobile technologies to support education and rehabilitation. Wanda has co-published two courses: "Assistive Technology: Evolving Therapy to Address Aging" and "Assistive Technology and Dementia: Therapeutic Tools to Enhance the Lives of Clients with Dementia". Wanda is passionate in her effort to share the message of how the use of assistive technology can empower individuals of all ages and ability. With the collaborative development of Kolipinski and Frick Assistive Technology Consultants LLC they plan to grow along with technology in order to provide expertise to all persons who have a need. Wanda lives with her husband in Pennsylvania. She is the proud mother of two wonderful children and four grandchildren.

Relevant Financial Relationship: Yes
Wanda Kolipinski is a partner with Kolipinski and Frick Assistive Technology Consultants LLC. Wanda has also co authored two courses for OTCourses.com and receives royalty payments.

Relevant Non-Financial Relationship: No