[Trainer-Talk] adaptive tech qualifications

[David Andrews]

Brian, books seem like a perfectly good way to learn something 
new.  Frankly, almost everything you write ends up being a thinly 
veiled shot at Missouri Rehab who has supposedly done you wrong.  I 
don't know whether or not it is true, but I do know that you won't 
change tyhe situation by going on lists, trashing them, and generally 
being negative as you do.

Dave

At 07:37 PM 12/29/2015, you wrote:
>Hi,
>
>I appreciate seeing how others are willing to offer sources to learn vo/mac
>over the last several days but want to ask a question.
>Does anyone see an issue with reading a book and being able to call yourself
>an adaptive technology trainer?
>That's kin to watching judge Judy for six months and calling yourself a
>lawyer.
>I don't mean to criticize anyone but just think that adaptive tech trainers
>or contractors should have to obtain nationally recognized certifications
>instead of just reading keyboard commands or studying answers to the exact
>questions asked during an interview with state agency staff then depend on a
>district supervisor liking you in order to succeed or be forced to return to
>your original state due to how clients are distributed.
>Bryan

         David Andrews and long white cane Harry.
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