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Live Broadcast Date: March 31, 2015

Earn 1.5 Contact Hours

Overview: 

New technologies and services of smart homes have potential to increase effectiveness and efficiency of independent living for seniors and individuals with functional and access needs. This session will discuss the concept and nature of smart home technologies and environmental control. Special focus will be placed on access technology for individuals with physical access needs as well as an intellectual or cognitive impairment. Attendees will be introduced to various levels of technology solutions (i.e. low, mid and high tech) currently used to overcome barriers in the home, such as turning on and off lighting, appliances, and entertainment.

Learning Objectives:

1)     Participants will be able to identify three potential barriers for an individual with physical access needs in the home environment.

2)     Participants will be able to identify two smart home solutions for accessing room lighting.

3)     Participants will be able to identify two resources for information on smart home or environmental control technologies.

Speaker Bio/s:

Jamie Arasz Prioli is a RESNA (Rehabilitation Engineering and Assistive Technology Society of North America) Certified Assistive Technology Specialist at the Institute on Disabilities, Pennsylvania’s University Center of Excellence in Developmental Disabilities. She is the program coordinator of the Reused and Exchanged Equipment Partnership (REEP), a program of the Commonwealth’s statewide program under the federal Assistive Technology Act of 2004 (Pennsylvania’s Initiative on Assistive Technology [PIAT]). Jamie provides technical assistance focused on emergency preparedness activities to the national technical assistance center on assistive technology reutilization (“Pass It On Center”). She has developed training materials for the Mid-Atlantic ADA Center promoting AT in the workplace, reasonable accommodations and emergency preparedness and is a frequent speaker for several national and regional organizations on this topic. In addition, Jamie has published articles on emergency preparedness and persons with functional and access needs (ARC PA 2012). She currently serves on the Board of Directors for RESNA. She received her Bachelor of Science from West Chester University in Pennsylvania and post-baccalaureate studies at Montclair State University in New Jersey.

End Date: 9/30/17