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School of Adaptive Computer Training
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Enhancing marketable computer skills for people with disabilities and others affected by the digital divide
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Every School of Adaptive Computer Training (SACT) accomplishes its mission through completely adaptive classrooms which use state-of-the-art, adjustable workstations and assistive software and devices that prepare people with disabilities and others to succeed in today's highly competitive job market. Students obtain local and national certifications and receive professional development training. Communities in which the school operates also benefit from customized graduate-employer career placement activities provided by the CPRF Placement Department.
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"A lot of the belief I have in myself was instilled through the SACT staff. When things got rough, they kept telling me: 'Just hang in there.'"
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-- Ryan Hale, 2001 SACT graduate
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Why hire a SACT graduate?
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Click here for a printable SACT Fact Sheet
The School of Adaptive Computer Training is a project of the Cerebral Palsy Research Foundation. Funding by the U.S. Department of Education Rehabilitation Services Administration Projects With Industry program is provided through a more than $825,000 grant awarded to the Cerebral Palsy Research Foundation of Kansas, Inc. About 80 percent of the project is funded through federal sources with 20 percent of the project, about $207,000, financed by non-federal sources. The Atlanta SACT also has been supported by EDS and the EDS Foundation.
Other CPRF Programs & Services
Adult Day Services
Benefits and Tax Research
Case Management
Daniel M. Carney Rehabilitation Engineering Center customized wheelchairs/posture seating/maintenance therapy
Job Placement
Kansas Benefits Counseling Network
Mobile Rehabilitation Engineering Shop
Timber Lines Transportation Services
Timbers Apartments
Vocational Assessment
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