Address, E-mail, Phone
HIAT Services
8001 Lynnbrook Drive
Bethesda, MD 20814
(301) 657-4959
Purpose
HIAT provides support to MCPS staff on accessible technology. HIAT is funded through the Department of Special Education under the Physical Disabilities Program, HIAT's purpose is to build the internal capacity of schools to use technology to improve the performance of struggling students. HIAT focuses on:
- Providing training on accessible technology
- Developing and sharing resources for implementing the principles of universal design for learning (UDL)
- Consulting with MCPS staff on consideration of assistive technology and the SETT framework
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Denise DeCoste, Ed. D., OTR
HIAT, Team Leader
Assistive Technology Consultant, Special Educator, Occupational Therapist
For questions about literacy and digitized reading, Written Productivity Profile, Kurzweil, universal design for learning |
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Kathleen Hamm
IT Services Tech Assistant II
For general questions about HIAT, questions about student consults if you don't have a specific person already assigned, questions about training, E-TIPS hours |
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New! Eithne Ellis, OTR/L
Assistive Technology Consultant, Occupational Therapist
For questions about keyboarding, word prediction, Fusion and Clicker |
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Bill McGrath, MS, OTR/L
Assistive Technology Consultant, Occupational Therapist
For questions about keyboarding, AlphaSmart, Neo, Clicker, writing tools software, math tools software |
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Linda Bastiani Wilson, M.A., Ed.
Assistive Technology Consultant, Special Educator, Webmaster
For questions about accessible technology with students with autistic spectrum disorders, etext formats, Don Johnston SOLO software, Clicker 5
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Carol Hightower, M.S., OTR/L
Assistive Technology Consultant, Occupational Therapist
For questions about keyboarding, AlphaSmart, Neo, Don Johnston writing tools software |
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