How the professional training of Assistive Technologists can inform a future research agenda

Rohan Slaughter, Annalu Waller and Tom Griffiths

Chapter 8 in A Research Agenda for Disability and Technology, 2024, pp 167-194 from Edward Elgar Publishing

Abstract: This chapter discusses how the experience gained from developing training to support the professionalisation of the Assistive Technologist role may support and shape the AT research agenda. Through exploring the approach taken in developing the unique MSc Educational AT (MSc EduAT) the authors will describe their motivations for the curriculum design, which is founded on extensive experience of AT service delivery at all levels and a significant track record of leading AT (AT) and Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) research at the University of Dundee. In order to support the development of evidence-based AT policy with regards to the professionalisation of Assistive Technologists the authors propose that three particular areas of research are needed: (1) identifying the social return on investment generated by specialist AT roles; (2) AT assessment tool development and (3) development of an AT training framework and discovery tool.

Keywords: Economics and Finance; Innovations and Technology; Sociology and Social Policy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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