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

Sat Mar 31 20:56:55 UTC 2012

Thanks for bringing this one back to my attention. I had this one when
I was going through becoming a contracted vendor and forgot all about
it in my move up here.

Thanks, and if anyone has any other resources they would like to
share, please pass them along.

Nimer J

On 31.03.2012, Jeanine Lineback <jeanine.lineback at gmail.com> wrote:
> Okay here  is the link for our agencies standards and guidelines for
> Assistive Technology contract trainers. This includes the most current
> assessment documents. Our training center, The Criss Cole
> Rehabilitation center, uses a different assessment, which is still
> being updated. Contract trainers are not employees of the state of
> Texas, Division for Blind Services.
> http://www.dars.state.tx.us/dbs/standards/assistivetech/default.htm
>
> On 3/31/12, Jeanine Lineback <jeanine.lineback at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Our agencies technology unit has their own in house assessments that
>> we have created. I didn't respond initially because they are not
>> currently available to the public, as they are being updated.
>> Thank you for this conversation.
>> I think it is difficult in many cases for trainers in the field to
>> determine what diagnostic tools are and should be used for blind
>> adults to assess technology training needs.
>>
>> On 3/30/12, Nimer M. Jaber, IC³ <nimerjaber1 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> 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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