PROGRAMS

ATRIEV is the Adaptive Technology for Rehabilitation, Integration, and Empowerment of the Visually Impaired; a non-profit organization that facilitates access by visually impaired persons to post-secondary education, mainstream employment, and similar opportunities through the use of adaptive technology.

Our core project is information technology-related training which revolves around computer training for the visually impaired. ATRIEV implements this in partnership with the Overbrook-Nippon Network on Educational Technology (ON-NET), Christoffel-Blindenmission / Christian Blind Mission (CBM), Liliane Foundation Philippines, Commission on Information and Communications Technology (CICT)/National Computer Center (NCC) among others.

Computer Literacy Training

ATRIEV offers regular training courses and special tutorials for blind and visually impaired persons and persons/groups working with/for persons with visual impairment. These are designed to provide computer skills for greater access to education and employment/livelihood opportunities. Current course offerings include the following:

Course Title: PC Operations with Access Technology

Course Description: a feeder course for high school graduates, college under-graduates and college graduates with blindness or vision impairment, that trains them in basic computer literacy, especially in the use of a screen reader (i.e., JAWS for Windows) for most commonly used applications (e.g., Microsoft Office including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access, and Internet Explorer,) plus email, instant messeging, basic trouble shooting, and competencies in work ethics and quality standards
Tuition Fee: Php500.00 registration fee plus Php20,000.00 tuition fee
(Note: Sponsorships are available for trainees who will pass eligibility criteria.)
Course Duration: 2 months (please refer to NEWS AND EVENTS page for more information.

Course Title: Digital Early Intervention Training (DEIT) for Kids

Course Description: The training curriculum is focused on teaching Grades IV to VI elementary pupils from Metro Manila the basics of computer with the use of adaptive technology.
Venue: ACLC - AMA COMPUTER LEARNING CENTER, Pedro Gil corner Agoncillo Sts., Malate, Manila
Tuition Fee: Php500.00 registration fee plus Php5,000.00 tuition fee
(Note: Sponsorships are available for trainees who will pass eligibility criteria.)
Course Duration: 1 month

Course Title: MIDI musical Transcription (MMT) course

Course Description: This course is intended for blind and visually impaired persons who have completed high school, at a minimum, and who already completed and passed the access technology module with musical background. Students are taught how to “sequence” or translate analog music into digital format. Sequencing is the replication and arrangement of musical instruments by the computer with the use of a special software. The digital recording is then made into ring tones or karaoke music. The final phase of the course is an on-the-job training in partnership with a prospective employer.
Venue: ATRIEV Training Center, 2nd Floor, 1680 E. Rodriguez Sr. Boulevard cor. Los Angeles St. Cubao, Quezon City
Tuition Fee: Php500.00 registration fee plus Php50,000.00 tuition fee
Course Duration: 50 sessions; conduct of the training shall be based on the number of trainees

Course Title: Corporate and Voice Mail Transcription

Course Description: a pre-employment course for college graduates and undergraduates with blindness or vision impairment that prepares them for medical transcription work with the use of a screen reader and applications used for transcription. the course includes corporate transcription guidelines, voice mail transcription guidelines and actual audio training and transcription. after the course, qualified trainees proceed to on-the-job training with partner employers that are open to hiring those who meet industry speed and accuracy standards.
Venue: ATRIEV Training Center, 2nd Floor, 1680 E. Rodriguez Sr. Boulevard cor. Los Angeles St. Cubao, Quezon City
Tuition Fee: Php500.00 registration fee plus Php20,000.00 tuition fee
Course Duration: 2 months

OTHER COMPUTER-RELATED TRAINING

ATRIEV also offers training programs that will help visually impaired persons and their families become self-sufficient either through wage employment or livelihood programs. Below is a list of courses currently being offered by ATRIEV in order to achieve such goal.

Course Title: English Language Communication (ELC)

Course Description: intended for high school graduates and college level/graduates designed to make visually impaired persons more competitive in the open job market. The course covers workplace communications including English grammar, reading / listening comprehension, written and verbal communications, including business writing, conversation, presentation, and public speaking skills
Venue: ATRIEV Training Center, 2rd Floor, 1680 E. Rodriguez Sr. Boulevard cor. Los Angeles St. Cubao, Quezon City
Tuition Fees: Php500.00 registration fee plus Php20,000.00 tuition fee
(Note: Sponsorships are available for trainees who will pass eligibility criteria.)
Course Duration: 2 months (please refer to NEWS AND EVENTS page for more information.

Entrepreneurship Workshops

Background:

Since ATRIEV embarked on the job placement of its graduates, the training group realized that not all of its trainees are employable. Reasons for not meeting the employer’s standards include lack of communication, technical and social skills, mismatch between the educational background and the job requirement, etc. ATRIEV partnered with the Center for Small Entrepreneurs to provide training in entrepreneurship. The three basic modules offered to budding entrepreneurs are:

Start your Own Business Enterprise (SYOBE)
Entrepreneurial Basics in Marketing
Costing and Financial basics

Course Title: Start Your Own Business Enterprise (SYOBE)

Course Description: This module on Start Your Own Business Enterprise (SYOBE) has been designed for those who are planning to put up their own business. It is a toll for effectively assessing oneself if one is mentally, emotionally and physically fit to set up an enterprise. It contains a lot of information and step-by-step guide to make it easy for the thinking entrepreneur to turn his business ideas into a beneficial project. A business plan preparation and explanation is included among others, which will be very useful not only as theoretical training, but also for practical purposes.
Course Duration: To be announced

Course Title: Entrepreneurial Basics on Marketing (EBM)

Course Description: The EB-Marketing seminar has been designed to provide entrepreneurs with ideas on how to increase their market and productivity, to avoid common business mistakes and to make smarter decisions. It is a follow-up module to the SYOBE.
Course Duration: To be announced

REQUIREMENTS:

Completely filled up trainee application Form available for download, or at the ATRIEV office
2 pieces (1 x 1) ID photo
Personal interview by a member of the ATRIEV training team
Photocopy of diploma / certificates (whichever is applicable)
Photocopy of report card or transcript of records (whichever is applicable)
Consent of parent or guardian (for minors and those supported by parents)
Medical certificate for visual acuity
Income Tax Return (ITR)

DOWNLOADS

You may download the trainee application form and the 2009 training schedule by clicking the links below. (note: if pressing enter does not work, Please right-click on the link and select the "Save Target As" option, then follow instructions of succeeding pop-up dialogue boxes).

Trainee Application Form, (194KB Word document).
Sponsorship Fliers, (42KB Word document).

For further inquiry regarding our training courses, please send your e-mail to the info@atriev.org.ph or atriev.inc@gmail.com. You may also call us at +63.2.725.4191 or +63.2.431.9257.

ATRIEV

Adaptive Technology for Rehabilitation, Integration and Empowerment of the Visually Impaired