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Shaping a National Collaborative for
Assistive Technology Reutilization:
Successful Strategies, Innovative Partnerships, Futures Planning

Co-hosted by the Pass It On Center and the National AT Technical Assistance Partnership

September 15-17, 2009
Omni Hotel at CNN Center, Atlanta, Georgia

Handouts and Presentations

• Agenda (RTF format)
• List of Participants (RTF format)

Tuesday, September 15, 2009 Sessions

Welcome

• General Session: The AT Reuse Scene
  • NISAT - Statewide AT Program Data Reutilization
    
  • National AT Reuse Scene - Jeremy Buzzell
    
  • The National AT Reuse Scene - Accomplishments and National Data - Joy Kniskern
  
  
• General Session: Where We are, What We have Accomplished
  • VT Reuse Leaps and Bounds - Sharon Alderman
    
  • Idaho Assistive Technology Reuse Project - Sarah Johnnes
  
  
• Lunch Panel: AT Reuse: What it Really Means - Stories from Alabama, Mississippi, georgia, Kansas and Vermont
  • Kansas Success Story
    
  • Vermont Success Story
  
  
• Creative Collaborations with Third Party Partners
  • Developing Collaborative Partners for AT/DME Reutilization - Sarah Sack
  
  
• Promising Practices: Tracking Inventory and Data
  • NEED AT - The National Equipment Exchange Depot - Martha Rust
  • Data Tracking: QuickBooks Premier - Nonprofit Edition 2008 - Jerry Rivera
    
  • Rental Vision Software from Vision-Forecasting for AT Inventory Management - Clayton Guffey
    
  • The Significance of Outcome Data at The FREE Foundation - Sonja Schaible
  
  
• Staffing of Reuse Programs
  • Staffing of Reuse Programs (Volunteers) - Cathy Valdez
    
  • Staffing - Joanne Willis
  
  
• Matching Persons to Equipment
  • Matching Persons to Equipment - the NEAT Model - Bruce Stovall
  • Matching Consumers’ Needs with Available AT and DME - Maia Santamaria
  • Matching Persons to Equipment - Lindsey Bean Kampwerth
    
  • Matching Persons to Equipment - Jo Windholz
  
  
• Steps to Collaborating with Veteran Programs
  • Linking Together for Veterans’ Futures - Yvette Marrin
    
  • Building Sustainable Partnerships for addressing Veterans Needs - Leonard McPherson, OT/L, ATP
  
  
• E-Waste and End of Life Disposal
  • E-Waste End of Life - NCF - Bud Rizer
    
  • E-Waste End of Life - Bob Rust
    
  • E-Waste & E-Recycling - Jessica Brodey
    
  • Reuse and the New Laws - Jason Linnell
  
  
• Sanitizing and Evaluation of Equipment
  • Durable Medical Equipment Cleaning/Sanitizing - Chris Brand
  • Sanitizing and Evaluation of Equipment: The Higher Tech Stuff - Kevin Wright
    
  • Sanitization at our Center - Sam Creech
    
  • New Hampshire's Refurbished Equipment Marketplace - Paul Luff
  • Sanitizing and Evaluation of Equipment - Lindsey Bean Kampwerth
  
  
• Computer Refurbishing
  • Computer Refurbishing - Joanne Willis and Alan Rust
  • Making a Difference One Computer at a Time - Janie Worton
    

Wednesday, September 16, 2009 Sessions

• How to Start a Reuse Program - Policies, Procedures, and Regulatory Issues
  • Starting an AT Reutilization Program: Liability, Policies and Procedures - Jessica Brodey
  • How to Start a Reuse Program – Policies, Procedures, and Regulatory Issues - Heather Young & Alma J. Burgess
    • CReATE Power Wheelchair Checklist
      
    • CReATE - How to Start a Reuse Program Policies and Procedures
  
  
• Return on Investment, Budget Development, and Measuring AT Reuse Outcomes
  • Using Return on Investment (ROI) to Guide Programmatic Health - Sara Sack
    
  • Use, Non-Use, and Satisfaction with Assistive Technology Provided by a Reutilization Program - Aimee Duplantis
    
    • AT Outcomes Handout - Aimee Duplantis
  
  
• Marketing Your Reuse Program
  • Marketing Strategies - Helen Baker
  • VT AT Reuse - A Marketing Collaboration- Sharon Alderman
    
  • Project START – Success Through Assistive Rehabilitative Technology - Dorothy Young
    
  • Marketing A Free Online Service to List & Find Equipment in Nebraska - Barbara Schultz
  
  
• Emergency Preparation
  • Emergency Preparedness - Role of AT in Preparing For, Responding to and Recovering from Disaster - Elliot Harkavy
  
  
• General Session: Reuse Programs and Manufacturer/Supplier Partnerships
  • AT Manufacturers, Service Providers & AT Reuse Programs - Caroline Van Howe
    
  • Utilizing Private/Public Partnerships: Establishing and Maintaining Vendor Relationships - Lee Learson
    
  • Manufacturer and Vendor Relationships - Rita Hostak
    • Equipment Recycling Programs: Are PTs Liable? By Ginny Paleg, PT
  
  
• Live Tour of the Cristina Network, an Online Knowledge Sharing Community
  
  
• General Session: Sustainability Planning
  • Sustainability Planning for Re-Use Centers - Chris Brand
    
  • Sustainability Planning - Cathy Valdez
    
  • Durable Medical Equipment Reuse - Barclay M. Shepard
  
  
• General Session: Future of AT Reuse Programs
  • Future of AT Reutilization - Deborah Buck
  • The Future of AT Reutilization: What Has Changed Since We Were Together Last? - Sara Sack

Thursday, September 17, 2009 Sessions

• General Session: Planning for the Future: Sustaining AT Reuse Programs
  
  
• General Session: Quality Indicators and How they are Aiding Identification of New Skills and Future Needs
  • Developing Indicators of Quality for AT Reuse Programs - Lindsey Bean Kampwerth and Trish Redmon
  
  
• General Session: Strategic Future Directions - Recommendations from Work Group Strategy Sessions and Roundtable Discussions