Barbara Locke, B.S.

Barbara Locke  is a project coordinator of outreach services for the Wyoming Institute for Disabilities Assistive Technology Resource Center.  She is based in Lander.  Barbara is an enrolled member of the Eastern Shoshone Tribe.

Barbara helps to implement use of assistive technology with Wyoming school districts, developmental preschools, and Division of Vocational Rehabilitation clients. She also provides consultations, device demonstrations, and training within the topics of implementation of assistive technology in educational or vocational settings.

Before working with WATR, Barbara served as a behavior analyst, case manager and program manager at the WY Life Resource Center.  After leaving the WLRC, she taught preschool in a fully-integrated, computer-based classroom in Ft. Washakie.  She later served as the director of Region 14 of the Developmental Preschools, where she also acted as grant coordinator for a federal grant project awarded to the Eastern Shoshone Tribe from the Department of Indian Education. The project worked in conjunction with WIND to develop assessment and implementation processes for assistive technology in early childhood settings.

Barbara holds a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Utah and a Wyoming Teacher Certification in Early Childhood Special Education. She is a both CSUN and RESNA certified assistive technology professional.

Contact

E-mail: blocke@uwyo.edu
Phone: (307) 349-3547

Presentations

Regan, D. & Locke, B.  (2012, November). Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) and Assistive Technology. Sublette County School District #9, Big Piney, WY

Regan, D. & Locke, B. (2012, September). Augmentative and Alternative Communication.  Casper College/University of North Dakota Therapist Training Program, Casper, WY.