Description:
Cognitive Support Technology (CST) is a relatively new area of technology use which supports people who have difficultly remembering tasks or sequences that are complicated for them.   They are being used by students and adults with developmental disabilities, autism, cognitive and learning disabilities, as well as people who have sustained a head injury.  Overall, people with cognitive disabilities who use CST require fewer prompts, make fewer errors, complete more tasks successfully and complete more complex tasks. The session will explore ways that CST can support people with cognitive disabilities and examine some examples of dedicated cognitive support technology.

Learning Outcomes:
As a result of this activity, participants will be able to:

1. As a result of this activity, participants will be able to list at least three ways that specially cognitive support technology can improve performance and  increase independence and functional skills for people with cognitive and memory difficulties.
2. As a result of this activity, participants will be able to analyze a sample task and identify technology supports that might help an individual with memory difficulties to complete all or part of the task more independently.
3. As a result of this activity, participants will be able to describe a variety of commonly used mainstream and assistive technology devices that can be used as cognitive supports.

 

Additional Information: http://www.atia.org/i4a/pages/index.cfm?pageid=3628

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CEUs
AAC Institute has been reviewed and approved as an Authorized Provider by the International Association for Continuing Education and Training (IACET). This activity is offered for up to 0.2 CEUs (1.5 hours of instruction).

To register for CEUs, click on the link below to download the Evaluation and Learning Assessment Form, complete the form, and save the file using this file name model:

2010-ATIA-Webinar-MakingMemory-Lastname-Firstname.rtf.

Then send the file as an email attachment to ceus@aacinstitute.org. If any difficulty is encountered in using this form, write to ceus@aacinstitute.org to request an alternative file format. In the body of the email, include:

Name
Assistive Technology Role (SLP, OT, family, etc.)
State (if USA), Province (if Canada), or other country

Download Evaluation and Learning Assessment Form now.

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Certificates are sent as .pdf email attachments.