Classes were conducted in 1998 in Pasadena, California, Washington, DC, and Dublin, Ireland. Participants have come from 41 states, four U. S. territories, and 11 foreign countries. The Center on Disabilities welcomes other European affiliations. A practical independent or group Certificate Project is required to earn a certificate. A written report is due within 90 days after training is completed.
Emphasis is placed on individual participation and group exercises.
Because parts of the course are offered on-line, those who are interested in taking this course obviously must have access to the World Wide Web. Once accepted into the program, participants are given a password that allows them to access information on-line. On-line participation is through Hypernews, interactive software that encourages participants to enter into electronic dialogue about issues that are presented by the trainers to the participants. As indicated above, this is an in-service course. This assumes that participants come with some prior knowledge of assistive technologies and the assistive technology process.