Session Description:  Learn how to utilize cool mainstream iPad apps and a virtual assistant (Amazon Alexa) to enable an independent life for individuals with “differing abilities”. These tips and tools can be readily utilized by families, care providers and individuals.  Alice will also discuss and demonstrate two of her favorite low tech tools to promote independence especially in the home!

Speaker Bio:  Alice Brouhard RN is a champion of the use of technology, especially tablet technology, to support independence in individuals with memory and cognitive challenges. She has worked tirelessly to set up a system that allows her daughter who sustained a serious TBI to live independently despite significant disabilities. 

She has presented nationally and internationally on the use of high tech and low tech options to promote self determination. Alice is a founding member of Colorado based “Families at the Forefront of Technology” and has served on the steering committees for their annual conferences. She has served on the Assistive Technology Coalition through the University of Colorado. Alice is passionate about the rights of people with cognitive disabilities to access technology and the internet.

Alice has been a TEDx speaker and her work and use of tech, has been featured in state and national publications.  She is a self-described “appaholic” and loves to find new and innovative mainstream tech products to enable independence for those with “differing abilities.”
Alice, and her husband and daughter live in Glenwood Springs, Colorado. They have been recipients of the Garfield County Humanitarian Service award -“Inspiring Hope.”  Her favorite title is that of MOM…Master of Modifications.

Cost:

NAQ Member:  $20.00

Non-Member:  $25.00

CEUs:  We are pleased to inform you that 1 continuing education hour has been approved for the above training event for the following licensed professionals: Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor, Licensed Clinical Social Worker, Licensed Nursing Home Administrator, Licensed Professional Counselor, Licensed Social Worker, Registered Nurse, Licensed Practical Nurse & Advanced Practice Nurse. Qualified Intellectual Disabilities Professionals (QIDPs) may apply the same hours of continuing education units earned from this conference toward their twelve hour annual continuing education requirement.

Funding provided in whole or in part by The Autism Program of Illinois and the Illinois Department of Human Services

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