WIND ECHO in Assistive Technoloy (WY UCEDD)

December 22, 2014

The Wyoming Institute for Disabilities (WIND) at the University of Wyoming is translating the innovative ECHO model for use in education, specifically for assistive technology (AT). ECHO in AT allows individuals to receive training along with mentoring each week from a multidisciplinary team comprised of speech language pathologists, occupational therapists, assistive technology specialists, general special educators, and national AT trainers in order to allow more effective implementation of assistive technology for students.

Four key components of the successful Project ECHO model are applied to the UW ECHO in AT design for use in education: the use of web-based technology to leverage scarce resources, improving outcomes by reducing variations in AT services and sharing ‘best practices', case-based learning and coaching with a multidisciplinary team of experts, and the monitoring of learner and student outcomes.

To learn more about WIND's work in project ECHO, watch this ECHO Talks video featuring Sandy Root-Elledge, WIND Interim Director: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1jDJdraBnQA.

Interested in joining a session or reading more about the WIND ECHO project? Visit our website at: http://www.uwyo.edu/wind/echo/.