[Trainer-talk] Fwd: assessment of current JAWS / Braillenote skills

[FRED TCHANG]

I just wanted to let people know that I had found some interesting
checklists to assess where someone is starting from / or what they have
learned re: use of JAWS.  Thanks for Mike Barber from Iowa (my old stomping
grounds were in Iowa City- University of Iowa), for his tool aimed at
adults.

I also found some useful forms on the Texas school for the blind website.
 They are dated, but provide a useful base.  I found the one called "Speech
Technology Assessment" to be the most comprehensive single document.
http://tsbvi.edu/resources/21-technology/1005-vi-technology-assessment

I am curious- do others simply decide case by case, as we have, what
someone needs to learn?


Fred Tchang, ATP
RESNA Certified Assistive Technology Professional
Director, Assistive Technology Services

www.assistivetechnologycenter.org

Blog: www.assistivetechnj.blogspot.com

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---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: FRED TCHANG <fred.tchang at gmail.com>
Date: Tue, Mar 20, 2012 at 11:33 AM
Subject: assessment of current JAWS / Braillenote skills
To: trainer-talk at nfbnet.org


We are working with some students who already have some JAWS / Braillenote
skills. To figure out what additional training is needed, we've just done
individual assessments.

Are there any tools out there to help assess where someone's current JAWS
or Braillenote skills are?  This could also be helpful in confirming that
they have actually mastered various skills.

Fred Tchang, ATP
RESNA Certified Assistive Technology Professional
Director, Assistive Technology Services

www.assistivetechnologycenter.org

Blog: www.assistivetechnj.blogspot.com

Advancing Opportunities
All Disabilities.  Many Services.  One Agency.