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AT resources from CATT-NW
Are you learning or teaching AT? Check out these free resources from CATT-NW!
The Center for Advanced Technology Training Northwest (CATT-NW) offers a variety of free technology resources designed to help students who are blind or have low vision effectively utilize technology and achieve success. Have you explored these valuable tools yet?
What is CATT?
The Center for Assistive Technology Training (CATT) program is funded by a federal appropriation and works in partnership with the American Printing House for the Blind (APH) and Alabama Institute for the Deaf and Blind (AIDB).
Their mission is to provide assistive technology and related training to teachers of blind and low vision students, utilizing a “train the trainer” model, while also providing support/training to parents, caregivers and community partners who work with blind or low vision children, including those with additional disabilities.
Assistive technology options are provided through APH, and free training is provided by trainers employed within regional CATT programs.
There are currently 3 CATT programs that cover only half of the U.S.
- CATT-NW (Washington State School for the Blind – WSSB)
- Alaska, American Samoa, California, Guam, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Northern Mariana Islands, Oregon, Washington and Wyoming
- CATT-SW (Foundation for Blind Children – FBC)
- Arizona, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico and Utah
- CATT-SE (Alabama Institute for the Deaf and Blind – AIDB)
- Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina and Tennessee
What if your state is not specifically covered by a CATT program? No problem! CATT-NW offers FREE resources for everyone!
Learn more about CATT-NW in this video, The CATT-NW Philosophy:
Free resources from CATT-NW
- AT Resources website – 1 stop shop for all tech info related to the AT from APH
- CATT-NW Slack – a communications app for same-day tech support for any of the AT from APH. Make a free Slack account first, then click the link to join our CATT-NW workspace.
- @CATT-APH YouTube channel
- TADA! Tangible Art and Design Adventures – a free, online workbook that anyone can use to teach nonvisual drawing and design, intro to accessible coding concepts and how to get kids to design and emboss their own tactile graphics.
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