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On Windows 10, the Windows Remote Assistance tool is a little hidden. You can still find it by opening the Start menu, searching for “Remote Assistance”, and clicking the “Invite someone to connect to your PC and help you, or offer to help someone” option. Assistive technology empowering people with learning disabilities There are many tools and products created that can help those who have difficulty understanding and recollecting spoken language, organisation, reading and writing.

Modern technology now provides nontraditional ways to support people so they can live in their own homes. Remote supports can be customized to meet the individual needs of each person. This type for home support can provide an exciting option for people with developmental disabilities.
Presently four companies are providing remote supports to individuals with developmental disabilities in the state of Missouri. Clicking on the name of each company will send you to their websites to get further information.
2gethertechassistive technology provides a safe, cost effective alternative to supporting individuals in their own homes. 2getherTECH helps individuals live more independently and have more privacy. Not all people served need 24/7 supports with staff living in their homes. 2getherTECH offers the answer to more independence and privacy, while ensuring a safe and secure home. Using sensors placed around the living space, 2gethertech checks on activity. Sensors and alerts are designed around individual needs and include motion detectors, entry/exit door sensors, toilet sensors, bed sensors, panic sensors, and water sensors.

Night Owl Support Systems, LLC (NOSS) uses a central monitoring station that utilizes alarm receivers and computer software which manage the alarms that come in. NOSS provides monitoring, responder training, ongoing evaluation of each participant, and stresses individualizing the supports to meet the needs of each person. Night Owl works with the individual support teams to ensure that when developing a response system, the person or household's safety, security, and independence is a focal point of the monitoring response system.
Rest Assured uses the latest technology with a secure internet connection to bring clients face-to-face with tele-caregivers. It offers customized care with real-time support and response services, as well as family access to visually and verbally communicate with loved ones via computer. They provide several levels of support including active support, drop-in support, emergency support, family support, and a personal emergency response system. A home security system also provides checks for smoke, carbon monoxide, temperature changes, window and door intrusions and internal motion.
SmartCare is a cloud-based system that is immediate, easy to use, and easy to understand. A complex platform gathers and measures changes in a resident's activity based on multiple data sensors and uniquely 'fused' sensor data. SmartCare requires the use of sensors (activity monitors, temperature sensors, bed and chair pressure pads, i.e.). SmartCare does not rely on wearable sensors. The system uses discrete sensors that baseline activities. In each home, experienced staff collaborates with providers to recommend an appropriate custom system and install it. SmartCare provides training and are available to offer support after installation.

Our team at CreateAbility is always examining challenges in the IDD space from the perspective of technology. While we know that technology should never be a total replacement for the meaningful connection that DSPs have with their person served; we understand how technology can help DSPs optimize their time and save agencies money. Most importantly, technology allows people with IDDs the opportunity to spread their wings a little, gain more independence, and feel more safe/confident when not in the presence of their care provider.

So naturally, when reading the “Positive Behavior Support Training Curriculum” by Dennis Reid and Marsha Parsons, we were thinking of our current solutions, as well as the ones we are working on in the background, and how they fit into the framework of “positive behavior supports”.

Their definition of positive behavioral supports is a multifaceted approach to support people with disabilities to:

Enjoy their lives as much as possible.

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Live as independently as they can in the ways that they choose.
Create a life where they live, work, and play similarly to people without disabilities.
Overcome problem behaviors that prevent these goals.

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Below you will find a quick reference chart that lists these goals, what products support them, and explains HOW it benefits/supports each goal:

MeMinder: Affords people with IDDs who have the goal of gaining/keeping their independence a prompting system that delivers the alerts and instructions necessary to accomplish the days to-do’s. Having this guidance each day helps them overcome behaviors stemming from anxiety and frustration with their disability. When the level of independence they seek is accomplished – increasing life satisfaction and helping them live similarly to people without disabilities.

Employment Suite: This MeMinder-for-work app basically mirrors the benefits that MeMinder achieves applicable to within the work environment.
Evalu8NOW: Evalu8NOW grants care providers and clinicians the ability to measure factors within the lives of the people they serve between office visits. How does this play into positive behavioral supports? Behavioral issues often have indicators that can be recognized before they occur. This system of avatar-led, standardized assessments can provide the data they need to help their clients ward off behavioral and emotional crisesand take a proactive approach to their care plan. In addition, Evalu8NOW offers out-of-the-box surveys that measure their satisfaction with life including their residence, care providers, employment, and more.
avatalk: This talking avatar communication platform allows non-intrusive check-ins with clients in a way they find fun and engaging. It can be used to bridge gaps in remote monitoring and offers an additional layer of monitoring that allows them to gain/keep their independence. Avatalk’s additional photo-showcasing feature allows loved ones/care providers the ability to send photos, messages, artwork and other forms of creative communication to their device; providing closer ties to their circle-of-care, combatting isolation – and increasing life satisfaction.

OnTracker: This technology solution is all about overcoming challenging behaviors! OnTracker teaches people with IDDs how to self-regulate their emotions by identifying personal triggers and boundaries and to refocus on thoughts and actions that are in alignment with their goals. Overcoming challenging behaviors helps individuals with IDDs improve their soft skills which, in turn, increases life enjoyment and [independence] allows them to live life as those without disabilities do.

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Flourish: Everyone establishes and works to achieve goals in life – people with IDDs are no different! This user-friendly app and corresponding dashboard help care providers set up succinct, measurable goals for the people they serve and creates a path to monitor their progress. In addition, it provides a platform to display what motivates/offsets them and their interests that they can carry like an ID to help their care providers work best with them. Achieving goals and improving relationships with their care providers = increased life satisfaction and living life more independently.

For more information about any of CreateAbility’s assistive technology solutions, please email us at info@createabilityinc.com.