Affiliations: [a] Institute for Matching Person & Technology, Inc., 486 Lake Road, Webster, NY 14580, USA. Tel./Fax: +1 716 671 3461; E-mail: IMPT97@ aol.com | [b] Client Technical Services, Central Remedial Clinic, Vernon Avenue, Clontarf, Dublin 3, Ireland | iRv, Institute for Rehabilitation Research, P.O. Box 192, 6430 AD Hoensbroek, The Netherlands. Http: www.irv.nl; E-mail; gj.gelderblom@irv.nl
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Abstract: The Matching Person & Technology (MPT) assessment process is a set of person-centered measures, all of which examine the self-reported perspectives of adult consumers regarding strengths/capabilities, needs/goals, preferences and psychosocial characteristics, and expected technology benefit. There are separate measures for general, assistive, educational, workplace, and healthcare technology use; in Ireland, the measures were used to assess outcomes of assistive technology (AT) provision for (a) people throughout the country participating in a new localized AT service delivery process and (b) students transitioning from secondary education. There are companion provider forms so that consumer-provider shared perspectives can be assessed and to ensure that the matching process is a collaborative one; the Irish version assumes collaboration from the start. Each measure can be used when evaluating a person for technology use and as person-centered, ideographic, outcomes measure. The measures have been determined to have good reliability and validity.
