April News You Can Use Oklahoma County - 3rd Quarter Recognition Winner
Spotlight on Success
AT Training Report
AT Tip: Funding Resources
3rd Quarter Recognition Winner
Way to Go!
Oklahoma County Wins the $500 Recognition Award
Thank you to all teams who submitted AT demonstrations to ABLE Tech for the months of January, February, and March! Collectively, you turned in 405 demonstrations! This is a good increase from last quarter’s demos which reached a total of 370. Thank you so much for your timely reporting!!
Recognition Winner - April 2017 Winner of the $500 Recognition Award for the 3rd quarter is Oklahoma County! The team met all criteria for the award including:
Increasing the number of AT demonstrations submitted over last quarter
Having high decision-making and satisfaction reports
Having more than one discipline report
Submitting a success story
Spotlight on Success This little one was working hard to communicate with his family but, due to his motor impairment, was struggling to speak and use his hands to sign. That’s when his SoonerStart team looked into him using a communication device.The family trialed an iPad with various apps for speech generation through ABLE Tech and found one, GoTalk Now! He is now able to communicate through the iPad and choose what he wants. He is using some short sentences, and he's learning to request help and greet people with his device. He will point to the device at times to let his mom know he wants to ask for something. With continued intervention he should be able to express himself very well in the future.
AT Training Report
On April 10th, ABLE Tech teamed up with the Oklahoma State Department of Education and Tulsa County SoonerStart to provide an in-person training to further support the success of infants and toddlers with disabilities in Tulsa County. The training content focused on funding assistive technology and transitioning it with kiddos as they turn three and enter school services.
Approximately 40 people were in attendance and all received an updated funding notebook including information sheets, blank forms, and sample forms to guide them through the process of acquiring AT for kiddos on their caseloads. The group participated by sharing stories of successes and barriers to acquiring AT which helped those in attendance further understand the process. In the future, ABLE Tech plans to support other counties in this way as the Statewide Systemic Improvement Plan (SSIP) scales up to expand its impact across the state!
AT Tip: Funding Resources
ABLE Tech continuously updates funding information for both public and private entities that are known to provide AT to people of all ages and disabilities across the state. The most common funding resources to provide AT to infants and toddlers with disabilities across the state include:
To view a complete list of AT funding resources, both public and private, please visit fundingguide.okstate.edu.
At times our own light goes out
and is rekindled by a spark from another person.
Each of us has cause to think with deep gratitude of those
who have lighted the flame within us. Albert Schweitzer
Need funding to assist in the purchase of assistive devices? Oklahoma ABLE Tech offers a comprehensive online guide for Oklahoma Funding for AT. Additionally, ABLE Tech offers two types of financial funding – both at LOW interest rates! A direct loan from ABLE Tech can help you purchase devices up to $2,500 (5% fixed rate, $15 closing fee, 12, 24 or 36 month repayment terms). For devices or accommodations over $2,500, ABLE Tech, along with OkAT and BancFirst offer either a 5% secured loan (60-month repayment) or 6% unsecured loan with a 36-month repayment schedule. Call Shelley Gladden today (888) 885-5588 with any questions.
Allyson Robinson,
Speech-Language Pathologist and Assistive Technology Specialist
Oklahoma ABLE Tech
Oklahoma State University
1514 W. Hall of Fame, Stillwater, OK 74078
Phone: 800.257.1705
Email: allyson.robinson@okstate.edu
On April 10th, ABLE Tech teamed up with the Oklahoma State Department of Education and Tulsa County SoonerStart to provide an in-person training to further support the success of infants and toddlers with disabilities in Tulsa County. The training content focused on funding assistive technology and transitioning it with kiddos as they turn three and enter school services.
