[nabs-l] Careers in assistive technology

Mon Mar 26 05:33:57 UTC 2012

Ah, ok, I see. Thanks for clearing that up.

On 3/25/12, Joshua Lester <jlester8462 at students.pccua.edu> wrote:
> My idea, is that Jaws will always be outdated, due to the rise of NVDA.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
>> To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
>> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Careers in assistive technology
>>
>> 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 certification which is outdated, hardly ever used or heard of, and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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