Conaboy & Associates Assistive Technology Services Brochure
What is Assistive Technology?
Assistive Technology (AT) can be defined as any item, piece of equipment, or product system, whether acquired commercially, off the shelf, modified, or customized, that is used to increase, maintain, or improve the functional capabilities of individuals with disabilities.
At Conaboy & Associates, we believe in infinite possibilities for creative home, classroom, and work space design that can support a child’s availability to access learning, a teacher’s ability to maximize potential, and a young person’s ability to participate in his community or career.
While AT can be an invaluable addition to anyone’s life, it can be intimidating, challenging, and expensive. We work with families, teachers, students, school leaders, and work sites on developing effective strategies to support a person’s success and are dedicated to utilizing a range of approaches and solutions.
We have a team of Assistive Technology Professionals (ATP) who are also trained in Education, Recreational Therapy, Physical Therapy, Occupational Therapy, and Speed-Language Pathology providing a rich context to see clients from a holistic, ability perspective.
Assistive Technology Evaluations and Services
- Assessment data
- Home and school recommendations
- Training for staff and caregivers
- Maintenance support
- Support in navigating the health care and educational paperwork systems
What Do We Specialize In?
Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC)
- High tech and low tech devices
- Side by side comparison of the latest devices
- Picture Communication Symbols (CS) in communication systems and schedules to increase communication
- Voice Output Devices (VOD)
- Relationships with quality vendors
Computer Access
- Adaptive keyboard
- Adaptive mouse
- Touch screens
- Switch access
- Screen magnification
- Modified word processors
- Speech to text software
Electronic Aids to Daily Living (EADL)
- Intercom systems
- Voice amplification systems
- Controls for lights
- Infrared controls for devices controlled by a remote: TV, DVD, fans, stereos, etc.
Educational Support Software
- Word prediction
- Text readers
- Talking word processors
- Electronic graphic organizers
- E-books
- Curriculum support
- Social skills software
- Educational applications
Mobility Needs
- Determine optimal posture, mobility, and safety needs
- Power wheelchair
- Power assist wheelchair
- Integration of wheelchair and technology devices
Switch Access and Engineering
- Determine the optimal site and type of switch
- Switch activated toys
- Power wheelchairs
- Computer controls
- Remote controls
- Computer software
- Games and recreation
School Consultation
- Comprehensive evaluation of a child’s technology needs
- Recommendations for success using components of universal design for learning (UDL)
- Classroom re-engineering
- Reading, writing, math, learning, and social skill software
- Free, handmade, no-tech, low-tech, and high tech strategies to access curriculum
- Inclusion support and teacher training
Home Consultation
- Assist in home engineering to support access and universal design components
- Adapt household devices such as remote controls, telephones, or smart phones
- Academic support recommendations for carryover of learning and access needs
- Caregiver training
Who Can Benefit?
Children with:
- Specific Learning Disabilities
- Learning challenges/differences
- Curriculum access challenges
- Autism
- Learning disabilities
- Neuromuscular impairments (i.e. Muscular Dystrophy, Spinal Muscular Atrophy, Cerebral Palsy)
- Intellectual disabilities
- Visual impairments (i.e. Low Vision, Cortical Visual Impairment, Blindness)
- Communication impairments
- Acquired brain injuries (i.e. Traumatic Brain Injury, Anoxic Brain Injury)
- Neurodevelopmental disorders (i.e. Rett Syndrome)
- Degenerative Nervous System Diseases (i.e. Huntington’s Disease, Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease)
- Spinal cord injury