[nabs-l] Careers in assistive technology
Chris Nusbaum
dotkid.nusbaum at gmail.com
Thu Mar 29 01:34:18 UTC 2012
Hi Ashley,
The JAWS Certification is a certification offered by Freedom
Scientific. You just answer questions about JAWS on Freedom
Scientific's Web site, then if you pass the test, you can say, as
a bragging right, that you're officially JAWS-CERTIFIED. Then
you can buy a plaque you can hang in your house which says you
are certified. That's about it; bragging rights. If you want a
career in assistive technology, the JAWS certification probably
won't do much to help you.
Chris Nusbaum
Sent from my BrailleNote
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ashley Bramlett" <bookwormahb at earthlink.net
To: <nimerjaber1 at gmail.com>,"National Association of Blind
Students mailing list" <nabs-l at nfbnet.org
sent: Sun, 25 Mar 2012 23:05:06 -0400
Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Careers in assistive technology
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certification which is outdated, hardly ever used or heard of,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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