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

[Nimer M. Jaber, IC³]

So, you mind sharing this resource?

Thanks.

On 29.03.2012, FRED TCHANG <fred.tchang at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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
>
> Advancing Opportunities
> All Disabilities.  Many Services.  One Agency.
>
>
>
> ---------- 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.
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