October 7 Society Meeting Workshop
A Brain in Your Pocket: Mobile Devices as Aids to Independent Living
Join us Friday evening, October 7 at 7pm for this free workshop on how assistive technology can address the needs of individuals with ASD across the spectrum and across the lifespan!
Smartphones, personal digital assistants, and tablets can be powerful assistive technologies for people with cognitive-behavioral challenges. Portable, versatile, and easily configured with appropriate apps, these devices can be used to address everyday problems at home, work, school and in the community. Professor Tony Gentry, the director of Virginia Commonwealth University’s Assistive Technology for Cognition Laboratory, will discuss strategies for using mobile technologies for time and task management, task-sequencing, way-finding, behavioral adaptation, augmented communication and video modeling, based on the results of a series of community-based trials with populations including students and young adults with autism and brain injury. Case studies will underline successful strategies to solve everyday challenges. Attendees will be provided with a catalog of tried-and-true mobile apps, and links to instructional materials for further learning.
This workshop will take place at River Road United Methodist Church, 8800 River Road Richmond 23229. It is free and open to the public but registration is requested at https://ascvoct.eventbrite.com.