[nabs-l] Careers in assistive technology

[Joshua Lester]

My idea, is that Jaws will always be outdated, due to the rise of NVDA.
Blessings, Joshua

On 3/25/12, Ashley Bramlett <bookwormahb at earthlink.net> wrote:
> Hi,
> What is the jaws certification? Why do you say its not worth a lot?
> I believe there are some certifications for teaching assistive tech out
> there.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Nimer M. Jaber, IC³
> Sent: Sunday, March 25, 2012 10:51 PM
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>
> Joshua, she went to Tyler Texas to teach with Jan at the Tyler Light House.
>
> Desiree, as part of the ATI program, clients will receive a set amount
> of hours (that's not really counted) of practical experience which is
> the teaching of students for them that I mentioned, you receive an ic³
> certification which is outdated, hardly ever used or heard of, and
> mostly is unrelated to assistive technology, and because of my request
> that I put forward you now will attempt to pass the Freedom Scientific
> JAWS cert which again, isn't worth a whole lot seeing how it places
> much of its emphasis on how to access help and where to get training
> more than knowing how to most efficiently utilize the functions of the
> screen reader. For all of this, the training supposedly takes nine
> months although I finished up in under four. This was the old program.
> Now, the new instructor has been incorporating lessons on teaching
> modalities, eye conditions, making equipment recommendations and
> communicating with state Rehab counselors, etc etc. You don't receive
> a certification in any of this, unless you call a little piece of
> paper and a pin from WSB telling you good job and that you graduated
> to be a certification. This is why I don't consider WSB to be a
> school. Technically I'm sure they have to have some accreditation or
> other to provide the services that they do, but I'm sure that if they
> are meeting the standards for it, they're barely doing so. And
> sanitation issues in their buildings are pretty bad. They have an
> antiquated heating and cooling system that can not be switched from
> heat to AC quickly meaning that they will only make the switch twice a
> year, there are many bugs and some of the food provided is
> unrecognizable, although when boar members are present they do a half
> decent job.
>
> Thanks.
>
> On 25.03.2012, Desiree Oudinot <turtlepower17 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hi,
>> So, if it's not a school, does that mean the accreditation is
>> worthless? I'm just trying to understand that part of it. I wouldn't
>> attend there, because I've heard some disturbing stories, to put it
>> lightly, about sanitation issues in the dorms.
>>
>> On 3/25/12, Joshua Lester <jlester8462 at students.pccua.edu> wrote:
>>> I attended there, under the influence of my VR counselor.
>>> What a mistake!
>>> I wanted to get in their AT program, but it was too full.
>>> They have an awesome ATI, (Assistive Technology Instructor,) program,
>>> that I would have highly recommended, if they had the instructor, that
>>> I had.
>>> We called her Ms Z.
>>> Anyone remember her?
>>> Blessings,Joshua
>>>
>>> On 3/25/12, Nimer M. Jaber, IC³ <nimerjaber1 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> Joshua,
>>>>
>>>> LWSB is not a school, and I definitely wouldn't recommend it for
>>>> several reasons. First, the program is being modified heavily under
>>>> the influence of a new tech instructor they've just hired, so I would
>>>> say wait till everything's worked out. Second, there are quite a few
>>>> places where mentioning "LWSB" will not land you work because of its
>>>> reputation in the past. And, as mentioned, it is not a school which
>>>> means that you really can't depend on it for finding any kind of
>>>> employment.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks.
>>>>
>>>> On 25.03.2012, Joshua Lester <jlester8462 at students.pccua.edu> wrote:
>>>>> http://www.lwsb.org
>>>>> Blessings, Joshua
>>>>>
>>>>> On 3/25/12, Kayla Paige <kayla.mattox at cox.net> wrote:
>>>>>> Hi, I have a question. What kind of school would you go to for a
>>>>>> career
>>>>>> in
>>>>>> assistive technology? Even though I'm going to school for massage
>>>>>> therapy,
>>>>>> my other interest is assistive technology. Thanks.
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> and above, please click here:
> http://www.nvda-project.org
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