Biomedical Engineering Reference
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TABLe 6.1 (COnTInUeD)
Matching Person and Technology (MPT) Assessment Process and Forms
Remembering information about people or events
Remembering where I put things
Managing appointments and doing things on time
Solving problems that come up in daily life
Reading
•Educational:
Educational Technology Device Predisposition Assessment—Student
Educational Technology Device Predisposition Assessment—Teacher
The ET PA is a 43-item form designed to assess student and educator perspectives in four key areas: (1)
educational goal and need, (2) particular educational technology under consideration, (3) psychosocial
environments in which the technology will be used, and (4) student learning style and preferences.
• Workplace:
Workplace Technology Device Predisposition Assessment—Individual
Workplace Technology Device Predisposition Assessment—Employer
The 28 items in the WT PA address key characteristics of the technology being proposed, the person or
employee, and the workplace.
•Healthcare:
Healthcare Technology Device Predisposition Assessment—Professional
The 42-item HCT PA is a checklist addressing characteristics of the particular health problem, health-
care technology, likely consequence of HCT use, personal issues, and attitudes of significant others
toward the course of treatment.
Each of the individual forms may serve as a guide for an oral interview, if that seems more appropriate
for the situation. The professional completes the professional version of the same form and identifies
any discrepancies in perspective between the professional's and the individual's responses. These
discrepancies then become a topic for discussion and counseling.
Step Four: The professional discusses with the individual those factors that may indicate problems with
his or her acceptance or appropriate use of the technology.
Step Five: After problem areas (barriers, limitations) have been noted, the professional and individual
work to identify specific intervention strategies and devise an action plan to address the problems.
Step Six: The strategies and action plans are committed to writing because experience has shown that
plans that are merely verbalized are not implemented as frequently as written plans. Written plans also
serve as documentation and can provide the justification for any subsequent actions such as requests for
funding or release time for training.
Step Seven: A follow-up assessment is conducted to determine any adjustments to or accommodations
needed for the technology and to inquire into realization of benefit, goal achievement, and whether the
individual consumer has changed priorities. The measures in step three are used at baseline/initial
assessment and then again at follow-up to determine change over time for a particular person.
6.6 Case Study
6.6.1 A real-Life example of a Vocational rehabilitation Counselor's Solution-
Seeking for James, Who Has early Onset Alzheimer's Disease
James is a 53-year-old Caucasian male with early-onset Alzheimer's disease. He is cur-
rently functioning in stage 5 of the disease. He is a high-school graduate with two semes-
ters of college. He is a very intelligent man and takes pride in the fact that most of his
education was self-taught and he continues to take a proactive approach to learning. His
overall physical health is good, but he does have other medical conditions such as diabetes
and high blood pressure, but these conditions have been stable for the past five years. He
 
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