AT Services
- AT Information – the Center for AT Excellence is an information resource for schools, agencies, and families across Georgia.
- AT Demonstrations – explore and discover the features of selected AT products with Center for AT Excellence staff.
- AT Loans – try out selected AT products before you buy. Short term loans are also facilitated through the GA Tools for Life Network.
- AT Reuse – partner with us to foster the appropriate reuse of AT so that people with disabilities can get the affordable AT they need in order to live, learn, work and play more independently.
- Professional Development Webinars – look for the webinar schedule on our web site and on Face-to-Face Training – call or email us to arrange these events.
- Evaluation Support – Center for AT Excellence staff support local teams in AT and AAC consideration for individual students as part of the GA Tools for Life network on a fee-for-service basis.
Consulting Services
Professional Development:
Examples of Customized Workshops:
* iPads as AAC Devices: Challenges & Opportunities
* Integrating AT in Alternative Assessment
* AT Support for Collaborative Classrooms
* Using AT to Enhance Literacy Skills
* Developing Learning & Study Skills with AT
* Success with Core Curriculum Through Core Vocabulary
* Continuum of AT and AAC Solutions
* Creating Adapted Books
* Increasing Literacy Opportunities for Older Individuals with Complex Disabilities
Educational Consulting:
* Assessing District resources, including educational technology and Assistive Technology already in place and needs assessment
* “Best Practice” professional development training that supports inclusion, marrying strategies and needed AT support
* Capacity building: AT team development, modeling and coaching.
* Core teacher development – teams of skilled teachers who can model and mentor AT use
* Product specific training where needed
* Curriculum integration projects summer and year round to develop instructional
materials using AT tools to support the district’s general curriculum.
Research Consulting:
* Working with AT manufacturers & publishers on expanding research opportunities for their products.
* Partnering with schools, hospitals and universities to conduct small group & single subject research
* Developing tools to assist clinicians and teachers in the conduct single subject research as part of Evidence Based Practice.
* ATIA Research Committee
* Research Strand Advisors to ATIA Conference
* ATIA/RESNA Research Symposium
Family Services:
* Personalized AT Recommendations
* IEP Support
* Tutoring
* Custom Software design
* Home School Support
* Classroom Observation
* Product Specific Training
Examples of Customized Workshops:
* iPads as AAC Devices: Challenges & Opportunities
* Integrating AT in Alternative Assessment
* AT Support for Collaborative Classrooms
* Using AT to Enhance Literacy Skills
* Developing Learning & Study Skills with AT
* Success with Core Curriculum Through Core Vocabulary
* Continuum of AT and AAC Solutions
* Creating Adapted Books
* Increasing Literacy Opportunities for Older Individuals with Complex Disabilities
Educational Consulting:
* Assessing District resources, including educational technology and Assistive Technology already in place and needs assessment
* “Best Practice” professional development training that supports inclusion, marrying strategies and needed AT support
* Capacity building: AT team development, modeling and coaching.
* Core teacher development – teams of skilled teachers who can model and mentor AT use
* Product specific training where needed
* Curriculum integration projects summer and year round to develop instructional
materials using AT tools to support the district’s general curriculum.
Research Consulting:
* Working with AT manufacturers & publishers on expanding research opportunities for their products.
* Partnering with schools, hospitals and universities to conduct small group & single subject research
* Developing tools to assist clinicians and teachers in the conduct single subject research as part of Evidence Based Practice.
* ATIA Research Committee
* Research Strand Advisors to ATIA Conference
* ATIA/RESNA Research Symposium
Family Services:
* Personalized AT Recommendations
* IEP Support
* Tutoring
* Custom Software design
* Home School Support
* Classroom Observation
* Product Specific Training