Speaker(s): Jamie Prioli, Program Coordinator, Pennsylvania's Initiative on Assistive Technology, a program of the Institute on Disabilities at Temple University
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Live Broadcast Date: March 17, 2015
Earn 1.5 Contact Hours
Overview:
There are a several excellent reasons for employers to embrace technology in the workplace, but one reason frequently overlooked is its ability to attract, retain, and better accommodate employees with disabilities, including returning veterans. Electronic and assistive technologies, including smart technologies, are frequently used as a reasonable accommodation and may be needed to enable employees with disabilities to perform the essential functions of their jobs, in the office and at alternate work locations. This session will provide an overview of smart technologies and how they can be used in the workplace to support and accommodate employees with reading and organization difficulties.
Learning Objectives:
1) Participants will be able to identify four (4) apps to help an individual with reading text materials in the workplace.
2) Participants will be able to identify four (4) features to consider prior to use of smart technology in the workplace.
3) Participants will be able to identify three (3) apps to help an individual with personal organization in the workplace.
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
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