Assistive Technologies QQI Level 6

This course aims to facilitate the participant to enhance their knowledge of Assistive Technology and develop the skills required to conduct an Assistive Technology Assessment.

COURSE DESCRIPTION

• Definition and Understanding of
Assistive Technology
• Recognition of the benefits
associated with the use of Assistive
Technology – Sensory disabilities,
Physical and neurological disabilities,
Developmental disabilities
• Identify the funding streams available
to people with disabilities SENO, HSE,
Department of Education and Science,
Department of Health and Children
• Develop an understanding of how
technologies used can be adapted to
make them more accessible – Laptop,
Accessibility Options in Microsoft
Systems, Ease of Access, Switch
access, Magnifier, Narrator, On-screen
keyboard, Speech narrator
• Conducting an Assistive Technology
Assessment – principles of good
practice when conducting an
assessment – Person Centred
Assessments b, select a client,
Research the disability involved,
Matching the client with the
technology, Assistive Technology
abandonment, Assessment Forms,
Statement of Need, Review, Applying
best practice
• Challenges presented when
conducting an Assistive Technology
Assessment
• How to Act as an advocate for a
person with a disability / client
when accessing or using Assistive
Technology
• Technology as applied in an
Educational Setting – Microsoft
accessibility options mind- mapping
software etc
• Examining own organisation – key
issues relating to current legislation,
rights of the person to education,
support services available etc