Programs in
Assistive Technology Education
for End-Users in Europe

Name of the organisation
    HJELPEMIDDELCENTRALEN
Address
    Heden 11
    5000 ODENSE
    DENMARK
    Fax: +45 45 915894
Key Person of the organisation
    Lena Norregaard, head of the centre

This organisation is a provider of health and social services involved in rehabilitation, information/advice and research. They also develop training activities, which are exclusively addressed to professionals and cover independent living issues and the role of AT.

The educational activities begun less than 5 years ago and the work done so far can be classified as follows:

  • training courses - exclusively non-residential, addressed to a target of professionals: educationalists, rehabilitation professionals and social workers;
  • seminars - (no additional information) addressed to the same target of professionals;
  • information activities - in the most public sense, that is periodicals , exhibitions and congresses;
  • activities addressed to the individual, mainly advice and information services, once again addressed to the same target mentioned above.

The role played by AT in each activity ranges from the "relevant" level to the "very important", while the main areas considered are: household activities, employment, self-care, legislation, general accessibility issues, communication and mobility.

TRAINING COURSES AND SEMINARS

No specific titles of the training activities are available, nor other information such as the specific target, the duration, typology, and so on. Only a general description of the selection process is provided.

Selection

The initiatives were mainly publicised using leaflets (sent to the organisation's database and organisations in the field) and posters. The public is extremely wide, since no selection criteria were adopted. No information is available on teacher selection.