SCDE AT Specialists

SC Collaborative Assistive Technology Network

http://sccatn.wikispaces.com/

Upstate Region

Counties: Oconee, Pickens, Greenville, Spartanburg, Cherokee, York, Anderson, Union, Chester, Abbeville, Greenwood, Newberry, McCormack, Edgefield, and Saluda

Mark S. Daniels M.S. Ed.
Harley Bonds Career Center
Room 218
505 N. Main Street
Greer, SC 29650  
Phone: 864-968-1912
mdaniels@ed.sc.gov

Midlands Region

Counties: Fairfield, Lancaster, Lexington, Richland, Kershaw, Chesterfield, Marlboro, Calhoun, Sumter, Lee, Darlington, Orangeburg, Clarendon, Florence, Dillon, and Marion

Valeska Gioia, M.S. Ed. ATACP
Midlands Center
8301 Farrow Rd.
Columbia, SC
Phone: 803-935-5389
Fax: 803-935-5342
vgioia@ed.sc.gov

Coastal Region

Counties: Aiken, Barnwell, Allendale, Bamberg, Hampton, Colleton, Dorchester, Berkeley, Williamsburg, Jasper, Beaufort, Charleston, Georgetown, and Horry

Stacy Springer, MS, OTR/L, ATP
Assistive Technology Specialist
Office of Exceptional Children
South Carolina Department of Education
Phone: 843-628-4542
sspringer@ed.sc.gov

SCDE AT Specialists are available to all school districts and schools, for:

  • Presentations, workshops and trainings for districts/regions on assistive technology, both in person and online
  • Collaboration with instructional technology specialists
  • Assistance in inventorying assistive technology hardware in region
  • Needs assessment of assistive technology in region, districts and schools
  • Assistance in the formation of assistive technology teams within districts and schools
  • Assistance in obtaining funding through grants
  • AT consideration consultations
  • Provide local teams the skills needed so they can conduct assistive technology evaluations and assessments

These Specialists assist and support administrators, teachers and other district and school staff. They travel throughout the state to districts and schools. They can provide help in determining appropriate AT in the following categories:

  • environmental control units
  • seating positioning
  • manual powered mobility
  • aids for daily living
  • job site modification
  • augmentative communication devices
  • assistive devices for hearing impairments
  • assistive devices for visual impairments
  • computer access hardware
  • computer access software
  • orientation and mobility
back to top