Chapter
1 The accommodations system model
What Is the Accommodation System Model?
Why Is the Accommodation System Model Important?
What Is the Structure of the Accommodation System Model?
Accommodations as Activity Enablers
1 Accommodation System: Self
The Self in the Context of Employment
The Great 8 in More Detail
Considering Virtues and Strengths in the Employment Context
Forming a Vocational Identity
Defining Vocational Competence
Assistive Technology Functional Skill Domains
Sensory Skills Domain: Visual Functional Capacity
Sensory Skills Domain: Auditory Functional Capacity
Sensory Skills Domain: Tactile (Somatosensory) Functional Capacity
2 Accommodation System: Other
The Self in Relation to Others
Others in Relation to the Self
Separating the Social from the Environment
3 The accommodation System: Environment
Characterizing Environments
Context-Dependent Learning
Environmental Optimization
4 Accommodation System: Accommodations
The Accommodation System: Accommodations
What is an Accommodation?
The Role of Preinterventions
Assistive Technology Skills Domain
5 Accommodation System: Situated experience
The Accommodation System: Situated Experience
Job Development: Identity Goal Striving
Compensatory Strategies to Compensatory Action
Goal Striving and Adaptive Behavior
A Situated Experience Model
The Perception of Control
2 The assistive technology service delivery process
Assistive Technology Service Delivery in the Context of Employment
The Assistive Technology Service Delivery Process
6 Overview of the assistive technology service delivery process: An international perspective
The Assistive Technology System
Assistive Technology Service Delivery
Various Service Delivery Processes
A Global Outlook on the Access to Assistive Technology
Environmental and Personal Factors
The ATD decision-making and device selection process
Environmental Predisposing Elements
Personal predisposing elements
7 Referral, intake, and assessment
The Matching Person and Technology model
Use of a systematic, evidence-based process for decision-making, AT selection, and follow-up
Form 1. Initial Worksheet for the Matching Person & Technology Process
Form 2. History of Support Use
Form 3. Survey of Technology Use (SOTU)
Form 4. Assistive Technology Device Predisposition Assessment (ATD PA)
Form 5. Educational Technology Device Predisposition Assessment (ET PA)
8 Plan development, recommendations, and report writing
Following the Assessment …
Framing Progress Measures: SMART Goals
Assistive Technology Plan, Recommendations, and Report
Problem-Solving for Assistive Technology Solutions
The Importance of Systematic Problem-Solving
A Problem-Solving Methodology
The consumer’s abilities and functional limitations
Observation and measurement
Measurements of the person and work station/tools
Other aspects that may be less easily quantifiable but are also important to note
Restate the Problem and Establish Criteria
Establish Criteria for the Solution
Explore and research possible existing solutions
Evaluate and Select Solutions
10 Assistive technology design and fabrication
A Special Note to Those Who Are Not Designers or Fabricators
The Hierarchy of Solutions
Off-the-Shelf Product Designed for General Use
Off-the-Shelf Product designed Specifically for Use by People With Physical, Sensory, or Cognitive Limitations
Off-the-Shelf Product That Can be Modified
Custom Designed and Fabricated Device or System
Designing Custom Technology Solutions
People with Disabilities as Inventors and Collaborators
The Consumer-Driven Model of Service Delivery
Our Challenge to Designers
The Iterative Design Process
Designing for Shifting Needs
The Principles of Universal Design
Inclusive Design for Software and Websites
Inclusive Design Principles
Fabricating Technology Solutions
11 Implementation, training, support, and maintenance
Assistive Technology Implementation: An Overview
Technology Procurement and Development: Toward Proper Implementation
Assistive Technology Training
Assistive Technology Training within Employment Service Delivery for People with Disabilities
Taking a Closer Look at Job Tasks
Training: Guidelines for Planning, Organizing, and Meaning-Making
12 Follow-up, follow along, service completion, and outcomes
Follow-Up, Follow-Along, Service Completion, Re-Referral
Follow-Up and Case Closure
Follow-Along and Re-Referral
Assistive Technology and Service Delivery Outcomes
Why Do We Need Outcomes Measurements in Assistive Technology Service Delivery?
Identifying and Measuring Assistive Technology Assessment, Implementation, and Outcomes
The Role of Accreditation in Quality Assurance
3 Assistive Technology Toolkit
13 Evidence-based practice
Defining Evidence-Based Practice
The Evidence-Based Continuum
Hierarchical Levels of Evidence
Knowledge Translation: Demystifying Research for Practice
Assistive Technology Practice and the EBP Continuum
Four Step Process for Implementing EBP
Implementation of Evidence-Based Practices: Benefits and Challenges
Effective Integration of Evidence-Based Practice Into Service Delivery
14 Consideration of underserved groups and lower resourced environments
Consideration of Underserved Groups
Defining Underserved Populations
Poverty as a Contributing Factor to Chronic Illness and Disability
Social Determinants of Health
Predictors of Cultural Competence
15 On technology abandonment or discontinuance
Reasons For Not Using The Provided Technology
Solution Didn’t Work as Desired
Poor Collaborative Process
Tasks, Goals, Procedures, or Tools Changed
Skills or Abilities Are Inadequate or Change
Solution Rejected for Subjective Reasons
The User Came Up With an Alternate Solution
16 Assistive technology techniques, tools, and tips
Assistive Technology Toolbox
Case Management Deliverables
Case Note Standardization
The functions of case noting
The practice of case noting
Assistive Technology Case Noting
The Functional Elements of Employment
Matching Person and Technology