Training
Training is vital to the consumer and family member in need of the equipment. Project START provides training statewide. Training targets the thirteen poverty areas and individuals who are unable to travel to the nearest Demonstration Center. Hands on training with all types of assistive technology are demonstrated. Resources on where to acquire the technology are also available for consumers or anyone who attends the workshops. All workshops are made available to the public. Information is distributed through the local newspaper where the training will be held, through radio advertisement, television, and the Department of Education’s training website. CEUs are offered either through the Department of Education or Project START.
Training Success Story:
A communication device can range in price from $450.00-$14,000. Project START has loaned the Vantage Lite PRC Device seven times in four different school districts. The Vantage Lite price is $7,900. The resulting cost savings of this one type of communication device alone is $55,300.00 to school districts. If no one is on the waiting list for the device, Project START can re-loan the device to the school district until the child has acquired the device.
In 2009, 53 devices were loaned to school districts by Project START with a cost savings to the districts of $89,140.00.
*Data was obtained from a Training Satisfaction Survey
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