To increase awareness, understanding, and access to Assistive Technology (A.T.) services through an engaging, video-based education series that emphasizes the relationship between people, their daily activities, the environments they navigate, and the assistive technologies that support them. Guided by the Human Activity Assistive Technology (H.A.A.T.) Model, the program demonstrates how AT can enhance safety, independence, and participation in everyday life for individuals across North Carolina.
To provide clear, practical, and accessible information about the North Carolina Assistive Technology Program (N.C.A.T.P.) and services available to support individuals, their activities, and environments in daily life. The program aims to help community members understand how Assistive Technology, when matched to the person, activity, and context, can promote functional performance, safety, and well-being.
To provide a platform that equips individuals of all ages and abilities with knowledge and resources tailored to the person, their activities, and environments, supporting safe, independent, and confident living in homes and communities. Through accessible, on-demand video instruction, this program seeks to expand N.C.A.T.P. outreach and reduce barriers to Assistive Technology (A.T.) services.
Figure 1
AT and OT Alignment
This program combines and aligns the nine categories of Assistive Technology with the nine areas of occupation within the scope of Occupational Therapy (O.T.) practice.
See Figure 1 to view these Assistive Technology categories and O.T. occupations
This program strives to make Assistive Technology education accessible for all walks of life via a user-friendly organization of material. This house template was created to break down Assistive Technology equipment into common household roos to help direct client to desired assistive equipment.
See Figure 2 (pictured to the right) to view house template with information on corresponding Assistive Technology categories and areas of occupation that room may address via video-based education.
Figure 2
Household Organization
Figure 3
Video Idea Outlines
Video topics were constructed via input from community members that correlate with household rooms. Each video topic is to include one of each level of tech to demonstrate (low, mid, and high).
See Figure 3 to review chart of video outlines.