SCATP Trash to Treasures Workshop

Thursday, September 18, 2008

Trash to AT Treasures
8:00am * 11:30am
Assistive Technology Resource Room, Midlands Center, Columbia

Presenters: Carol Page O’Day, PhD, CCC-SLP, ATP,
SC Assistive Technology Program, USC School of
Medicine-Center for Disability Resources;
Patricia Quattlebaum, MSP, CCC-SLP, Developmental
Pediatric Clinic, USC School of Medicine-Center for Disability Resources

Class Description: Many assistive technology
devices are available for communication, switch
access, computer access, activities of daily
living, and literacy. Assistive technology
devices can be very expensive, but they don’t
always have to be. Many examples of how to make
assistive technology devices using common objects
around the home will be demonstrated. The
fundamentals of appropriately selecting and using
various assistive technology devices will also be
reviewed. The workshop will conclude with a
make-and-take opportunity for participants to
choose from different projects to construct and
then take the finished product home with them.

Target Group: Speech-language pathologists,
special-education teachers, occupational therapists, parents and caregivers.

Agenda:
8:00-8:30 Registration
8:30-10:00
I. How to Get Started
II.Low Cost AT Solutions: Communication Devices
III.Basic AT Considerations
* Low Cost AT Solutions: Switches
* Low Cost AT Solutions: Computer Access
* Low Cost AT Solutions: Activities of Daily Living

10:00-10:15 Break
10:15-11:30 Make and Take
Cost: $15.00,payable to the University of South
Carolina. Mail checks to: Sally Young, SC
Assistive Technology Program, USC School of
Medicine, CDR , Columbia, SC 29208. Checks or
purchase orders must be received by
9/12/08. This workshop is limited to 14 attendees.

To register for this workshop:
* Option 1: Complete the
online
registration form
* Option 2: Email Sally Young at
Sally.Young@uscmed.sc.edu
* Option 3: Call Sally Young at (803) 935-5263 or 800-915-4522.
* Option 4: Fax your registration information
to (803) 935-5342. Please include your name,
organization, address, email address, phone.