ADAPT Assistive Technology Training

The series of AT Training Units range from the introductory ‘Foundations of Assistive Technology’ to more focussed areas of AT. Participants are invited to choose the level that they feel best suits them.

Click on each unit below to find out more. Please note that some units are still under development and will be available later in the year.

Unit 1: Foundations of Assistive Technology

This free online training Unit is an introductory course for Health Care Professionals (HCP’s) on Assistive Technology (AT). It provides a general introduction for people who work with AT, or are likely to in the future.

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unit 2: understanding disability

This free online training unit is aimed at Health Care Professionals (HCP's), trainees and users of Assistive Technology (AT). It provides discussion of definitions, models, classification frameworks and approaches to understanding disability.

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unit 3: assistive technology for posture and mobility

This free online training unit is aimed at health and social care professionals and students, as well as design and bioengineers. It enhances knowledge and skills in the management of posture and mobility issues using Assistive Technology.

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Unit 4: Assistive Technology for communication

This free online training unit is aimed at Health Care Professionals (HCP's), trainees and users of Assistive Technology (AT). This unit is for those who would like to enhance knowledge and skills in how AT may aid people with communication difficulties.

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unit 5: Evidence-Based Practice for Assistive Technology

This free online training unit is aimed at health and social care professionals and trainees and focusses on the knowledge and skills required to critically appraise available evidence for Assistive Technology (AT) and apply it in their practice.

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ADAPT Assistive Technology Training

Unit 1: Foundations of Assistive Technology

unit 2: understanding disability

unit 3: assistive technology for posture and mobility

Unit 4: Assistive Technology for communication

unit 5: Evidence-Based Practice for Assistive Technology

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