{"id":570,"date":"2012-08-14T09:42:15","date_gmt":"2012-08-14T13:42:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.equipmentlink.org\/blog\/?p=570"},"modified":"2012-08-14T09:42:38","modified_gmt":"2012-08-14T13:42:38","slug":"becoming-an-at-specialist-12292011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.equipmentlink.org\/blog\/?p=570","title":{"rendered":"Becoming an AT Specialist, 08\/14\/2012"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s a pretty good guess that if you&#8217;re reading our AT blog then you&#8217;re really interested in AT! Of course so are we. And we know that as technology changes and consumers become more and more comfortable with both mainstream and specialized technologies, there&#8217;s a greater need than ever to have assistive technology specialists guiding consumers through the AT process. Whether they&#8217;re helping someone make a decision on which communication app would best meet a child&#8217;s needs or helping an aging parent determine which video magnifier would best work for reading mail and maintaining independence, the need for AT professionals is growing.<\/p>\n<p>For those interested in becoming certified AT Specialists, perhaps the best place to start to learn about the process is <a href=\"http:\/\/web.resna.org\/certification\/index.dot\">http:\/\/web.resna.org\/certification\/index.dot<\/a>. RESNA, the Rehabilitation Engineering and Assistive Technology Society of North America provides extensive information on how to become certified, testing guidelines, and much more.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, in Maryland, Coppin State University offers an Assistive Technology Certificate Program for AT Specialists interested in enhancing their skill levels. For more information on the graduate certificate program visit <a href=\"http:\/\/legacy.coppin.edu\/rehabcn\/tech.asp\">http:\/\/legacy.coppin.edu\/rehabcn\/tech.asp.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"al2fb_like_button\"><div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n(function(d, s, id) {\n  var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];\n  if (d.getElementById(id)) return;\n  js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;\n  js.src = \"\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/all.js#xfbml=1&appId=149587675112835\";\n  fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);\n}(document, \"script\", \"facebook-jssdk\"));\n<\/script>\n<fb:like href=\"http:\/\/www.equipmentlink.org\/blog\/?p=570\" layout=\"standard\" show_faces=\"true\" share=\"false\" width=\"450\" action=\"like\" font=\"arial\" colorscheme=\"light\" ref=\"AL2FB\"><\/fb:like><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s a pretty good guess that if you&#8217;re reading our AT blog then you&#8217;re really interested in AT! Of course so are we. And we know that as technology changes and consumers become more and more comfortable with both mainstream and specialized technologies, there&#8217;s a greater need than ever to have assistive technology specialists guiding [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_s2mail":"yes","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.equipmentlink.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/570"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.equipmentlink.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.equipmentlink.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.equipmentlink.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.equipmentlink.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=570"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"http:\/\/www.equipmentlink.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/570\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1163,"href":"http:\/\/www.equipmentlink.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/570\/revisions\/1163"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.equipmentlink.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=570"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.equipmentlink.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=570"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.equipmentlink.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=570"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}