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Commonwealth Consortium for Handheld Technologies: Job Coaching Trial Collaborative Partnership with Virginia Assistive Technology System and Virginia Department of Rehabilitative Services to develop and trial a PDA-based Job Coaching Intervention for Individuals with Cognitive Disability. Principal Investigator: Joseph Wallace, PhD Project Director: Tony Gentry, M.A. OTR/L Co-Investigator: Ken Knorr, VATS director Funding Duration: April 2005-March 2006
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| This project will train a sample of job coaches in Virginia to use PDAs to assist with work reentry interventions for 25 individuals with cognitive disability. Face-to-face and web-based training workshops will be offered to a sample of DRS staff and job coaches. Attendees will learn how to use a PDA-based task management software developed by Ablelink Technologies, Inc. to create audio-visual prompting scripts for on-the-job activities. | ||
| Job coaches will then trial this intervention with at least 25 clients who have cognitive disability. Outcomes will be measured to determine whether the PDA-based intervention improves functional performance and/or reduces the need for on-site job coaching. | ||
| If you are interested in participating in this trial, please contact project director Tony Gentry. | ||