Helps people with special needs, their families, teachers, community teams and others find and learn how to use technology for everyday tasks.
Technology might include:
- specialized equipment
- computer software and applications
- other tools, such as word/picture boards
- strategies that are used by both clients and the people around them
Services include assessment, consultation, training, and follow-up relating to:
- communication technology to help people interact with others, if they have problems with face-to-face communication
- technology and software to help people use computers , when they can't use a standard mouse and keyboard
- equipment and software to help people read, if they have problems with reading text on their own
- software and devices that help people write, when they have trouble with printing / handwriting equipment to help people control their environment, like phones or lights
- special power mobility equipment so that people can control their wheelchairs on their own, when they can’t use a standard joystick