[nabs-l] Careers in assistive technology

Mon Mar 26 14:22:20 UTC 2012

Why are they in business if clients can't find work afterwards.  Also when 
board members are present why do they disguise their food to something they 
are not?  Is it just a way to "cover their asses?" If someone was brave 
enough to put a youtube video on about the goings on when board members 
aren't present then would WSB end up in trouble?  I've always wondered this.
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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certification which is outdated, hardly ever used or heard of, and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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To get more information about a free and accessible operating system,
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