Subject: Fw: Assistive Technology (AT) Training Opportunities
From: Carole Isakson (cli@u.washington.edu)
Date: Wed Jun 06 2001 - 12:58:18 PDT
Subject: Assistive Technology (AT) Training Opportunities
> Assistive Technology (AT) Training Opportunities
>
> Please consider your interests in this extensive FREE AT Continuing
> Educational Training Opportunity:
>
> The University of Miami School of Medicine has received a US Department of
> Education grant to provide an on-line course (30 topical sessions, each
> consisting of didactic instruction, illustrations, assignments, quizzes,
case
> studies, and a final exam (2 contact hours per course). Check out the
website
> at http://pediatrics.med.miami.edu.
>
> Coursework covers the life span not just pediatric Assisitive Technology
and
> also includes information about laws that provide for AT. The grant is
> offering coursework FREE to service providers, people with disabilities,
and
> others who complete necessary paperwork and apply while scholarship space
> remains.
>
> To learn more about this opportunity, please contact Jenny or Cary at
> 305/243-4466, or email cvega@meds.miami.edu immediately as spaces is going
> fast. The course normally costs $795 per person.
>
> If you want to take these courses and need a scholarship form to waive
course
> costs, please email cvega@peds.med/miami.edu or you can access the
> registration form on line at
http://pediatrics.med.miami.edu/Onlinecrs.htm.
> For other questions, you may call Eugine Pinard, the Program Director at
> 305/243-4466.
>
> Who would most benefit from this training offering? Tools for Life
Assistive
> Technology Resource Center Coordinators, ReBoot, interested people with
> disabilities, Centers for Independent Living and assistive technology
> providers who want to have a well-rounded background in areas beyond the
> immediate scope of their work. Please share this information with others.
>
>
>
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