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S. Marfilius 2009 marfilius@mac.com www.scottmarfilius.com Page 1
Assistive Technology in the Workplace Setting
 
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Traumatic brain injury can often change the person’s career direction in terms of the worker roleand earning’s lost.
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Programs have been created that emphasize cognitive retraining and retraining of importantskills for work adjustment.
O’Neil et all., 1998 
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In the next 10-15 years, technology will virtually eliminate barriers due to disability or limitationsbrought on by accidents or as a natural part of the aging process.
Steven A. Ballmer, CEO, Microsoft Corporation
SETT –S
elf/Individuals Abilities/Needs
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nvironment/Setting
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asks/Work Tasks
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ools/Technology Features
Career Related Issues
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Readiness
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Available resources
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Early intervention
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Skills of the professional
 
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Career development
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Career personality
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Career motivation
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Career needs
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Career competencies
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Career habits
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Career-related physical and mental skills
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Career-related interpersonal skills
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Career goals
 
Work Tasks
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Daily schedule
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Taking breaks
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Getting back from breaks on time
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Managing projects
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Communication
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Informing others of progress
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Expense reports
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Filling out forms
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Jobs with repetitive tasks
Attention and Concentration Issues
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Attention and concentration problems may occur more frequently
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Distractibility or over attentiveness
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Problems with reading
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Following directions
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Holding a conversation
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Certain colors cause sensory overload
 
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Attention and Concentration Supports
 
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Environmental
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eliminate background noise
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earplugs
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sunglasses
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baseball hat
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Time
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Keep a log of times when lose ability toconcentrate
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Task
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use checklist
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programs that help with attention
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Social
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ask to repeat
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recorders to tape conversation to refer to late 
Other Strategies
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Use solitaire game to increase concentration
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Find what time of day you concentrate better 
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Create a list in Word
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Use a headset for phone
Techniques to decrease distraction
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Limit distractions - verbal and visual
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Video Tape to review what should befocused on
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Use Visual prompts
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Arrows, boxes, highlighting, italicizing
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Use words together with pictures
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Highlight key words
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Use techniques to anticipate remainingtime: Time Timer 
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Techniques to compensate for fine motor deficits
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Use breaks to reduce fatigue/frustration
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Consider oral responses instead of written
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Consider a word processor 
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Use extended time to complete tasks
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Memory Issues
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Registration or encoding
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Attention problems may interfere with amount of information you are able to register 
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Storage
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Sensory memory, short-term, long-term
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Retrieval
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Can only occur if both registration and storage took place
Memory Supports
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Clocks
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Calendars
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Palm Calendar 
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Yahoo Calendar 
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Picture Planner 
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Color-code objects by calendar or event
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Post it notes....in color 
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Utilize your to do list...cross off items...don't move on until you finish atask
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Auditory cueing
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PDA
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Reasoning, Planning and Understanding Issues
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Planning
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Organization
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Initiation
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Processing Information
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Comprehension
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Decision-Making
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Learning
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Creativity
Reasoning, Planning and Understanding Supports
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Digital watch - beeps each hour 
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Lists of items on the door of what is ineach item
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Checklist for an outing or meeting
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Color coding of items
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Change environment where you canorganize
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Video to sequence sights and sounds
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Timer to relieve anxiety of upcomingevent
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Designate Start and Stop Times
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Concept maps
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Board games
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Monopoly, Scrabble, Clue, GoFish
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Reading Supports
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Talking Word Processors
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Read Please
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ClipTalk
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WordTalk
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PowerTalk
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Single Word Scanners
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Scan and Read Systems
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TextHelp Read and Write Gold
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Kurzweil 3000
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ClaroRead
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WYNN
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Handheld Spell Checkers
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Writing Supports
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Find the right “pencil”
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Word Prediction
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Recording information then transcribe
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Internet-based Transcription Service
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Forms feature of Word
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Text-to-Speech for proofing
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Tips in Microsoft word for work
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abbreviation/Expansion
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autocorrect
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auto summarize
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auto fill
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Thesaurus
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Spell-check
Spelling & Vocabulary Supports
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Microsoft Word
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Talking Spell Checker 
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Visual Thesauras
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Online Dictionaries
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Math Supports
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Picket size calculator 
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Graph Paper 
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Calculators
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Talking Calculators
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Software for financial support – Quicken
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