Meeting Minutes

Community Access Through Technology (CATT)

Wednesday, Oct. 17, 2001

2:30-4:00 p.m.

Room 329

Tivoli Student Union

Attending: Dr. Jane Broida, Dr. Clark Germann, Candace Grier, Scott Houck, Carol Huserik, (Craig Hospital), Julie Mancuso, Liz Houston (NSCD), Jennifer Hughes (NSCD), Beth Toles, Krzysztof Walder, Charlotte Morgan, Linda Spies, Lonnie Montour, Harold Bouchard, Donna white, Dody Erickson

The meeting started at 2:33 PM. During introductions and welcoming of Council members, Dr. Germann setup equipment to demonstrate the VR of Winter Park and news clips. Before the update on the Pepsi Center research, Dr. Broida a provided a brief recap of the project to bring all up-to-date, starting with the 20th StreetGym, which is now posted on the Web Parks and Recreation Web site. Currently, Pepsi Center research is being conducted with Craig Hospital newly disabled, still in-patient groups. There are four groups for the research: a control group; an unassisted VR only group; a recreation therapist-assisted VR group; and a traditional leisure education without VR group. For this research a physiological measure of anxiety was added; in the Gym research, it could not be determined whether heart rates were due to exertion or anxiety. In the Pepsi Center, salivary cortisol is collected through small cotton cords and sent for analysis in Pennsylvania. An April date is now expected for completion of data.

Dr. Broida stated that the project has gotten good media coverage, and a clip from Fox of Lonnie at the 20th Street Gym was shown.

Krzysztoph Walder presented the update on the National Sports Center for the Disabled. A community-based population of subjects who are new skiers is being used. Beth will be working with subjects, and six agencies are working with the project to sponsor skiers to NSCD. There will be a control group was no VR, an automatically guided tour on the VR, and VR with a therapist. Research will began in mid-November and be finished in January 2002. After being shown features of the completed VR, attendees broke up into groups to explore the NSCD site on their own and provide any feedback, as well as get refreshments. The meeting was reconvened at 4:05 PM.

The meeting ended with presenting the date and format of the next meeting: Tuesday Aug. 13, 2000, 1:30 to 5 PM. This will also be a symposium to share the technology and research results, inviting people from allied health fields among others and will be held at the Tivoli building, room 320. After reviewing the campus Disability Day schedule, the meeting was adjourned.