The 4to24 App for Parents and Students - Building Skills Toward Employment

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Description

Parental expectations play a vital role in the education of youth with blindness or low vision. The 4to24 app provides information to parents to empower and engage them in their children’s growth. Starting young to build skills, knowledge, and confidence is beneficial to future success. This session will describe the 4to24 app, how it works, and what it offers to families to support transition.

Session Objectives

Participants will learn about the development process of the 4to24 app.
Participants will be able to describe the target audience for the 4to24 app and what it offers.
Participants will learn how the 4to24 app provides customized information to parents to support their child's learning and independence over time.

This session is presented by Karla Antonelli, Research Scientist I, National Research & Training Center on Blindness & Low Vision, Mississippi State University.

Contributors

Dr. Karla Antonelli

Karla Antonelli is a Research Scientist at the National Research and Training Center on Blindness and Low Vision. She has a doctorate in cognitive science from Mississippi State University which included a study on human factors design and usability testing of computer systems for end users. Her work at the NRTC began as a graduate student worker assisting with research projects seven years ago. As a principal investigator, she has since contributed to projects on mentoring, transportation, and transition for people with blindness or low vision.

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Session Objectives

Contributors

Dr. Karla Antonelli