{"id":153,"date":"2011-07-26T16:00:00","date_gmt":"2011-07-26T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abilitytools.org\/blog\/?p=153"},"modified":"2014-07-16T22:26:56","modified_gmt":"2014-07-16T22:26:56","slug":"what-is-an-atp-and-why-you-should-work-with-one","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abilitytools.org\/blog\/what-is-an-atp-and-why-you-should-work-with-one\/","title":{"rendered":"What is an ATP, and why you should work with one"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><i>by Fred Tchang, ATP and Director, Assistive Technology Services in New Jersey<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">People working in the field of assistive technology have many different backgrounds&#8211;education, technology, therapy.&nbsp; The one credential that unites us is the RESNA Assistive Technology Professional (ATP).&nbsp; <o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">How does a credential differ from a training course?&nbsp; Training courses are great for learning new material. The ATP is not a training course\u2014it is a credential that recognizes professionals who have reached an internationally accepted standard of knowledge in assistive technology.&nbsp; The certification process includes work\/education eligibility, the passing of a 200-item examination, and an on-going commitment to practice at the highest ethical standard in the field of assistive technology.&nbsp; <o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">Why do people seek to earn the ATP?&nbsp; Earning an ATP identifies the certificant as a trustworthy, dedicated expert.&nbsp; Those who hold the ATP credential are listed on RESNA\u2019s website for easy identification and referral.&nbsp; An ATP certified&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">professional takes a holistic approach to every situation, assessing your situation and influences, and then determining what equipment will enable you to optimize your life at home, school, work and in the community.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div><b><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">Know where to find an RESNA certified AT professional (ATP)?&nbsp;<\/span><\/b><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">Visit <b><a href=\"http:\/\/www.resna.org\/\">www.resna.org<\/a> <\/b>and click on \u201cFind a Certified AT Professional.\u201d&nbsp;<\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Fred Tchang, ATP and Director, Assistive Technology Services in New Jersey People working in the field of assistive technology have many different backgrounds&#8211;education, technology, therapy.&nbsp; The one credential that unites us is the RESNA Assistive Technology Professional (ATP).&nbsp; How does a credential differ from a training course?&nbsp; Training courses are great for learning new&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[7],"class_list":["post-153","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","tag-at-professional"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abilitytools.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/153","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abilitytools.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abilitytools.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abilitytools.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abilitytools.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=153"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/abilitytools.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/153\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abilitytools.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=153"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abilitytools.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=153"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abilitytools.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=153"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}