[Athen] athen-list Digest, Vol 113, Issue 19

[Fukuda, Janet]

Northern Arizona University has an Interdisciplinary Graduate Certificate
in AT that is recognized by RESNA.  It is an online program and very
affordable. Janis Doneski-Nicol is the program director.

Yours,
Janet

Janet Brims Fukuda
​Advanced Program Coordinator - Access Technology
Office of Access and Disability Resources
Pima Community  College
Office: 520.206.3018
ADR: 520.206.6688
Follow us on Twitter @PimaADR

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>    1. Input? Adding an Assistive Technology Specialty to my M.Ed.

>       (Adam Kosakowski)

>    2. Re: Input? Adding an Assistive Technology Specialty to my

>       M.Ed. (Maria Bohn)

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> Date: Sat, 20 Jun 2015 15:06:17 -0400

> From: Adam Kosakowski <kosakowskia at wcsu.edu>

> To: "athen-list at u.washington.edu" <athen-list at u.washington.edu>

> Subject: [Athen] Input? Adding an Assistive Technology Specialty to my

>         M.Ed.

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> Hello Everyone!

>

> I have been working in our disability office part time for over a year now

> and I have realized I have a knack and a love for Assistive Technology!  I

> have a Masters of Education, but now I want to augment it with a specialty

> in Assistive Technology so I can one day have a better chance of getting a

> full time Assistive Technology Specialist position.  I have been looking

> into post-graduate programs and it's all pretty confusing to me, so I was

> hoping to get some input.

>

> So far I've found:

>

> 30 credit "Sixth Year" programs like this one:

> http://catalog.southernct.edu/graduate/programs-and-degrees/special-education-sixth-year-professional-diploma-adaptive-technology.html

> 15 credit "Graduate Certificate" programs like this one:

> http://catalog.gmu.edu/preview_program.php?catoid=15&poid=5460&returnto=1028

> and this ATACP program: http://tsengcollege.csun.edu/programs/ATAC  (This

> one is the quickest, so that's a huge plus)

>

> Regardless of what program I complete, after I aim to sit for the ATP exam

> through RESNA:

> http://www.resna.org/certification/certification-directory.dot This I

> already know for sure I want to do!

>

> I guess my questions are: What sort of program would you suggest to get

> the sort of position I want? What post-nominal letters should I aim for?

> What did you do to get such cool positions?

>

> Any input would be greatly appreciated!

>

> Regards,

>

> Adam Kosakowski M.Ed.

> Math Specialist and Assistive Technology Specialist, University Assistant

> AccessAbility Services

> Western Connecticut State University

>

>

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>

> Message: 2

> Date: Sat, 20 Jun 2015 20:26:24 +0000

> From: Maria Bohn <mbohn at bergen.edu>

> To: Access Technology Higher Education Network

>         <athen-list at u.washington.edu>

> Subject: Re: [Athen] Input? Adding an Assistive Technology Specialty

>         to my M.Ed.

> Message-ID: <5B652BA8-3417-494F-BE6C-7023B56BE962 at bergen.edu>

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> I just finished the Atacp thru the tseng college at CSUN it's a wonderful

> program. There was a lot interaction with other students so I made a lot of

> connections and we plan to keep in touch. The Professors are excellent - I

> did do the spring semester where you have to attend a two day mandatory in

> person session I really enjoyed that and happy I chose to do that semester

> I feel the information and content was valuable to my career. I too plan to

> take the RESNA exam in the near future. CSUN also has an MA program in

> assistive technology completely online which I learned about in depth at a

> conference. It looks amazing but unfortunately I have one child just about

> to enter college and two more to go so that will have to wait if I decide

> to pursue it. Good luck!

>

> Maria Bohn

> Senior Resource Accommodation Specialist - Assistive Technology

> Bergen Community College

> Sent from my iPhone

>

> > On Jun 20, 2015, at 3:07 PM, Adam Kosakowski <kosakowskia at wcsu.edu>

> wrote:

> >

> > Hello Everyone!

> >

> > I have been working in our disability office part time for over a year

> now and I have realized I have a knack and a love for Assistive

> Technology!  I have a Masters of Education, but now I want to augment it

> with a specialty in Assistive Technology so I can one day have a better

> chance of getting a full time Assistive Technology Specialist position.  I

> have been looking into post-graduate programs and it's all pretty confusing

> to me, so I was hoping to get some input.

> >

> > So far I've found:

> >

> > 30 credit "Sixth Year" programs like this one:

> http://catalog.southernct.edu/graduate/programs-and-degrees/special-education-sixth-year-professional-diploma-adaptive-technology.html

> > 15 credit "Graduate Certificate" programs like this one:

> http://catalog.gmu.edu/preview_program.php?catoid=15&poid=5460&returnto=1028

> > and this ATACP program: http://tsengcollege.csun.edu/programs/ATAC

> (This one is the quickest, so that's a huge plus)

> >

> > Regardless of what program I complete, after I aim to sit for the ATP

> exam through RESNA:

> http://www.resna.org/certification/certification-directory.dot This I

> already know for sure I want to do!

> >

> > I guess my questions are: What sort of program would you suggest to get

> the sort of position I want? What post-nominal letters should I aim for?

> What did you do to get such cool positions?

> >

> > Any input would be greatly appreciated!

> >

> > Regards,

> >

> > Adam Kosakowski M.Ed.

> > Math Specialist and Assistive Technology Specialist, University Assistant

> > AccessAbility Services

> > Western Connecticut State University

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