[Trainer-Talk] adaptive tech qualifications

[Nimer Jaber]

Hello,

I have gone through the certification process to teach AT in four 
states, and I can assure you that it wasn't all about learning content 
from a book and being provided answers.  I would say that Texas and 
Minnesota are the most stringent with the requirements they have that I 
have seen, but no state that I've been to was as easy as you put it... 
and frankly I doubt very much that Missouri is like that, although I do 
submit that I don't know.

Thanks.

On 12/29/2015 23:17, David Andrews via Trainer-Talk wrote:
> Brian:
>
> I am not asking people to be "yes men" as you put it. You have been
> beating the same drum about the Missouri agency mistreating you for
> years, and frankly it is getting tiring!
>
> Dave
>
> At 10:04 PM 12/29/2015, you wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> It was just a question!
>> Try being employed with a major company after just reading a book.
>> I didn't say people should quit reading after gaining their degree or
>> certifications.
>> The opinion was someone shouldn't be deemed qualified after taking one
>> course or reciting answers provided by the agency!
>> Obviously only yes men are allowed here.
>> Bryan
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Trainer-Talk [mailto:trainer-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of
>> David Andrews via Trainer-Talk
>> Sent: Tuesday, December 29, 2015 9:47 PM
>> To: List for teachers and trainers of adaptive technology
>> Cc: David Andrews
>> Subject: Re: [Trainer-Talk] adaptive tech qualifications
>>
>> 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.
> E-Mail:  dandrews at visi.com or david.andrews at nfbnet.org
>
>
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