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Dear ATOB Subscribers,
The Assistive Technology Industry Association (ATIA) is pleased to announce Volume 11, Issue 1 of Assistive Technology Outcomes and Benefits (ATOB) is now freely available for download via open access on the Journal's website.
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This focused issue titled Maximizing the Benefits of Evolving Assistive Technology Solutions highlights the ways that mainstream technologies are being used in place of or in addition to stand-alone assistive technology devices and interventions. Perspectives from authors in academia, the field, and industry complement one-another to represent technology applications in the workplace, educational environments, community settings, and long term care facilities.
Learn more about the contents through an Introduction to ATOB Volume 11 by Jennifer L. Flagg & Carolyn P. Phillips, or click on the links below to access individual articles.
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Voices from Academia
By Darren Gabbert
- What is this article about? This article uses a case study to highlight a cyclical process for identifying, implementing, and evaluating workplace accommodations for changing functional needs and job requirements.
- Who might be interested in this article? Assistive technology service providers as well as users of AT.
By Karen Erickson, Lori Geist, & Penelope Hatch
- What is this article about? This article describes how self-regulated strategy development can be combined with technology to help elementary school students improve their writing skills.
- Who might be interested in this article? Those who work with struggling writers in grades 3 through 12, including educators, clinicians, and families.
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Voices from Industry
By Pamela J. Mims, Carol Stanger, Robert Pennington, Wendee White, Julie Sears, & Nancy Strickler
- What is this article about? This article describes how an adapted story, iPad app, and writing intervention were used to improve writing skills among middle school students with developmental disabilities.
- Who might be interested in this article? Assistive technology practitioners, including general and special education teachers, speech-language pathologists, and assistive technology specialists who work with students with developmental disabilities.
By Richard D. Steele, Lisa Haynes, & Leland Wheeler
- What is this article about? This article demonstrates the use of online interactive tools for speech and language exercises that were integrated into functional maintenance programs in long-term care facilities.
- Who might be interested in this article? People and institutions serving older adults, including care providers, administrators, policy makers, and family and friends of people living in long-term care facilities.
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Voices from the Field
By Chris Klein
- What is this article about? This article discusses the importance of communication in relationship building, and a mentor-led strategy for improving skills, in language development and relationship building, among people who use augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) devices.
- Who might be interested in this article? People who use augmentative and alternative communication devices, care providers, AAC specialists, researchers, and organizations serving the needs of people who use AAC.
By Diane Nelson Bryen, Juan Bornman, John Morris, Enid Moolman, and F. Mark Sweatman
- What is this article about? This article reports the results of a study on the use of mobile communication technologies by people in the United States and South Africa who use augmentative and alternative communication devices.
- Who might be interested in this article? Mobile device and assistive technology product manufacturers, people who use augmentative and alternative communication devices, and researchers.
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Thank You to Reviewers
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The authors and ATOB Editorial Board hope that you find these articles useful for your work and advocacy efforts. Many thanks to our
ATOB Volume 11 peer reviewers - we appreciate your hard work and dedication.
To contact ATOB with comments on this issue or about plans for future issues, please email
[email protected]
or the ATOB Editor-in-Chief, Jennifer Flagg, at
[email protected]
We welcome your feedback.
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Best wishes
ATOB Editorial Board
Editor-in-Chief
Jennifer L. Flagg, Co-Principal Investigator, Center on Knowledge Translation for Technology Transfer, University at Buffalo
Associate Editors
Kate Herndon, Director of Educational Product Research, American Printing House for the Blind
Carolyn Phillips, Director, Tools for Life, Georgia Assistive Technology Act Program
Copy Editor
Beverly Nau
Production Managers
Victoria A. Holder, Outreach Specialist, Tools for Life, Georgia Institute of Technology
Elizabeth A. Persaud, Training and Outreach Coordinator, Tools for Life, Georgia Institute of Technology
Caroline Van Howe, Chief Operating Officer, ATIA
Editorial Board Members
David Banes, Managing Director, David Banes Access and Inclusion Services
Russell T. Cross
, Director of Clinical Operations, Prentke Romich Company
Anya Evmenova
, Assistant Professor, Assistive and Special Education Technology, George Mason University
Lori Geist,
Research Associate/Project Director, Center for Literacy & Disability Studies, UNC Chapel Hill
Ben Satterfield
, Research Consultant, Center for AT Excellence, GA Tools for Life at Georgia Institute of Technology
Judith Schoonover, Occupational Therapist and Assistive Technology Specialist,
Loudoun County District Public Schools, Virginia.
Melissa Snider, AT Advocate & Writer
Abu Yilla, Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Kinesiology
University of Texas, Arlington
Joy Zabala, Co-Director, National Center on Accessible Educational Materials for Learning, Director of Technical Assistance: CAST
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