Assistive Technology Volunteer Positions

Do you have a knack for working with computers and various software programs?  PROVAIL's Assistive Technology and Therapeutic Clinic needs volunteers who like to be challenged and enjoy bringing people with a wide range of disabilities closer to their dreams of living a full and dignified life.  

The clinic works with individuals from childhood through all ages of adulthood using adaptive and assistive technology such as computer software programs, adaptive equipment, including telephones, computers and speech generating devices.

If you have the computer skills and desire to learn, we can teach the programs and duties.

Volunteers may spend time accessing websites for switch-accessible software for literacy and other educational purposes, creating new songs in Switch Ensemble, web research for clinic and client products, computer workstation maintenance, scheduling and assisting clients in our computer groups, work independently on a windows-based computer and a variety of other computer skills.

Volunteer commitment is flexible, from 1-2 hours per week for up to 12 weeks or more, Mon - Fri 8:30 am - 5:00 pm.

Other useful skills:

Creating computers from donated equipment, computer workstation maintenance, light electrical work like soldering, etc., creating custom plastics.

To apply, contact Gabriel Laigo by email or call 206-826-1050

Augmentative communication and
speech therapy

These volunteer opportunities are available for individuals with backgrounds in psychology or education.

The volunteer will be under direct supervision of a Speech Language Pathologist and will implement what is directed as part of the overall client treatment goal.

Current opportunities are:

• Programming and development of a communication notebook and a Dynamyte for an adult male with cerebral palsy
• Page review and reprogramming of a Dynamyte for an adult female with cerebral palsy
• Therapy material development and clinic device development for Speech Therapy to be used with children and adults with autism and developmental disabilities for therapy and evaluation
• Programming and development of a Chat PC for a 11 year old boy with speech apraxia
• Therapy material goal bank development for increasing skills with augmentative communication device users
• Developing training materials for staff who work in community living programs to improve device implementation
• Creating videotapes of current adaptive telephone and communication device users
• Creating communication profiles for nonverbal or dysarthic clients for their community living program
• Creating back up communication book for an elderly male client with cerebral palsy and recent CVA
• Creating one page handouts for clients on available devices and clinical process for obtaining communication devices.
• Cataloging CD ROMS according to skill area and language/cognitive level
• Assisting in social communication group therapy with adults with developmental disabilities

Please view the Internships page for further opportunities.

For further information, please contact David Park by email or call 206.363.7303.

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