Training

Training to Improve Employment Opportunities

Virgin Islands

VIUCEDD AT program has partnered with local business organizations and disability organizations on an initiative to provide employment opportunities for jobseekers with disabilities.  This initiative provided joint training monthly.

Kits for Social Isolation and Personal Safety

Virginia

VATS staff meet monthly with Virginia No Wrong Door (NWD) to coordinate awareness of and access to assistive technology (AT) devices and services in Virginia’s NWD system.

Conference Collaboration to Increase Vision and Hearing AT Services

South Carolina

SCATP co-hosted a virtual assistive technology leadership conference with the SC Department of Education. The topic was on vision and hearing assistive technology services.

Digital Training for Older Adults

Rhode Island

ATEL an ATAP partner has started a new program to help bridge the digital divide of our older adults, providing monthly awareness, demonstrations, and trainings to older adults in underserved areas.

SCION: Improving Education and Employment Opportunities

New York

The Justice Center and various TRAID Centers have collaborated with staff from the Department of Labor on the New York Systems Change and Inclusive Opportunities Network (SCION.) SCION's goal is to improve education, training and employment opportunities and ou

DDS Partnership to Improve AT Access

New Mexico

NMTAP has partnered with the Developmental Disabilities Services Division (DDSD) of the NM Department of Health in a beta project to improve access and use of AT for participants.

"Byte Size Lunch Series" for Information Sharing

New Jersey

We partnered with Rutgers School of Health, Community Living Education Project to develop and deliver 45-minute lunch and learn on a variety of topics called “Byte Size Lunch Series”.

VR Collaboration for AT Assessments

Nebraska

ATP has an agreement with Nebraska VR (Vocational Rehabilitation) to provide their consumers with assistive technology assessments to assist them in the world of work.

Disability Training for First Responders

Northern Marianas

The AT Program, housed under the Council for Developmental Disabilities, continues to work with the Developmental Disabilities (DD) Network to complete its goal of training all First Responders in the CNMI.