Joseph J. Lazzaro, the author of "Adaptive Technologies for Learning and
Work Environments is the instructor for the EASI online course, Train the
Trainer starting January 4 and running for 4 weeks.  The course is one of 9
courses, 5 of which will earn the Certificate in Accessible Information
Technology.
http://easi.cc/workshops/train.htm

Two lawyers from the Office for Civil Rights, at a disability conference in
Boulder last month, maintained in strong terms that colleges and
universities are legally required to provide training for students with
disabilities on any special adaptive computer software that they need to
use to permit them to fully use campus computers and also the World Wide
Web.  Many in the audience argued that staff did not have the time nor the
training on all the various software in common use.  The lawyers continued
to be insistent.

This course is designed to assist both college faculty, K-12 teachers and
librarians with this daunting problem.  The course assumes that trainers
are required to teach beginning basics of software but, beyond that,  could
expect the student to build on that foundation if they wanted to become
power users.  The course provides an introduction to several software
applications and provides handy sheets of tips that the trainer could lean
upon when required to provide training.  All participants will receive a CD
with resources on it including a PowerPoint presentation that would be
useful in training others to be trainers.

The course has the following 8 lessons:

LESSON 1: INTRODUCTION TO TRAINING USERS WITH DISABILITIES ON adaptive
computer technology
LESSON 2 OVERVIEW OF PERSONAL COMPUTER HARDWARE PLATFORMS
LESSON 3 THE WINDOWS OPERATING SYSTEM AND ACCESSIBILITY
LESSON 4 TECHNOLOGY FOR VISUALLY IMPAIRED CONSUMERS
LESSON 5 TECHNOLOGY FOR PERSONS WITH HEARING RELATED DISABILITIES
Lesson 6 ALTERNATIVE INPUT SYSTEMS
Lesson 7 Technology For Persons With Learning Disabilities
Lesson 8 Evaluations and Report Writing

Full syllabus and online registration at http://easi.cc/train.htm

EASI also has 2 monthly 60-minute live voice chat presentations each month:
http://easi.cc/clinic.htm


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                EASI's December, month-long online courses:
Beginner Barrier-free Web Design: http://easi.cc/workshops/easiweb.htm
:Barrier-free Information Technology: http://easi.cc/workshops/adaptit.htm
Learning Disabilities and Accessible IT: http://easi.cc/workshops/ld.htm
(a package of five courses will earn the Certificate in Accessible
Information Technology)
http://easi.cc/workshop.htm

                                        Norman Coombs, Ph.D.
CEO EASI (Equal Access to Software and Information)
22196 Caminito Tasquillo
        Laguna Hills CA 92653
home: (949)  855-4852
        Cell: (949) 922-5992
E-mail: [log in to unmask]
                http://www.rit.edu/~nrcgsh

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Check out EASI New Synchronous Clinics:
http://easi.cc/clinic.htm
EASI Home Page http://www.rit.edu/~easi
Online courses  and Clinics http://easi.cc/workshop.htm
Check the EASI Library Web http://www.rit.edu/~easi/lib.htm

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