Stacy Springer, MS, OTR/L, ATP
STACY SPRINGER CONSULTING
Stacy Springer, MS, OTR/L, ATP
Assistive Technology Specialist
Occupational Therapist
Special Educator
Stacy is currently the Program Director for AT&AEM Center at OCALI and therefore not offering services as a private consultant. Please feel free to contact me with questions and I will do my best to provide relevant resources.
Consulting, training, and technical assistance in all areas of Assistive Technology including academics, literacy, communication, organization, play, and alternative access (i.e. switch, eye gaze). Available for AT assessment, implementation, IEP guidance, professional development, and capacity building for teams and districts. Additional services for Special Education with a focus on related services (OT/PT/SLP), teacher training, and curriculum for students with significant complex disabilities.
ABOUT STACY
Stacy has over 20 years of experience in Special Education, Occupational Therapy, Assistive Technology, and Universal Design for Learning. She completed her Masters in Occupational Therapy from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and her Assistive Technology Practitioner certificate from Rehabilitation Engineering and Assistive Technology Society of North America (RESNA). Stacy started her career in Special Education as a Preschool Special Education teacher serving children with multiple complex disabilities. Since then she has worked in a variety of school-based settings across the country, both private and public, as a Special Education Teacher, Occupational Therapist, and Assistive Technology Specialist. Stacy has developed and built teams at the state and district level aligning them to educational best practices such as Multi-Tiered Systems of Supports (MTSS).
Stacy has held multiple faculty positions for Occupational Therapy programs including Samuel Merritt University, Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC), and UNC-Chapel Hill focusing on areas of assistive technology.
Stacy has traveled abroad with the CITTI project, building capacity in communities in Ecuador to create low-cost sustainable adaptations and tools to improve the function and participation of individuals with disabilities at home, school, and their community. As a team coordinator traveling during summers over 5 years, Stacy assisted in developing two publications that provide examples and strategies of how to create resources from locally available materials for increasing participation at home and school.
CONTACT ME
Cleveland Ohio