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Passing the RESNA ATP Exam: A Domain-by-Domain Preparation Course

A structured preparation course for the RESNA Assistive Technology Professional (ATP) certification exam. Built directly on the 2022 Exam Content Outline, the course walks through all four weighted job task domains, the funding and procurement knowledge that trips up clinically trained candidates, a survey of major device categories, and the professional conduct lens that runs through every exam question. You will finish with a personal study plan, domain-weighted practice, and a test-day execution strategy.

Dr. Russ L'HommeDieu, DPT
8 Modules
8 Sections
0 Contact Hours

Exam Tools

Four resources that sit alongside the modules. Use them in any order, as often as you like — none of them are graded or required for your certificate.

Readiness Check

Rate your confidence on all 46 job tasks RESNA tests, then get a weighted map of where to study first.

Practice Test

200 original questions with rationales, in blueprint-weighted sets or single-domain drills.

Certification Guide

Eligibility, both application pathways, every fee, scoring, retesting, and recertification.

Reference Library

The 103 sources RESNA's item writers draw on, searchable by title, author, and topic.

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Apply & Reflect

AI-coached practice and reflection

Course Outline

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Module 1: The Credential, the Blueprint, and Your Study Plan
The ATP exam is built from a validated Job Task Analysis with four weighted domains, so an effective study plan allocates time by domain weight and by personal gap, not by familiarity.
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Anatomy of the Exam and a Backward-Designed Study Plan

Module Quiz Required to Progress
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Module 2: Assessment of Need (Domain 1, 29 Percent)
Domain 1 tests a structured, collaborative assessment process that begins with the referral and records, evaluates the client's abilities and environments through a recognized framework, and ends with prioritized, client-owned goals presented in an accessible format.
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From Referral to Prioritized Goals: The Structured Assessment

Module Quiz Required to Progress
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Module 3: Feature Matching and the Action Plan (Domain 2, 29 Percent)
Domain 2 tests disciplined feature matching: translating assessed abilities, goals, and environments into required technology characteristics, testing candidate solutions through demonstrations and trials, integrating client feedback, and documenting a recommendation the client has genuinely chosen and the funder can act on.
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From Assessment Data to a Defensible Recommendation

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Module 4: Funding, Documentation, and Procurement
Assistive technology in the United States is funded through a patchwork of payers, each with its own criteria, vocabulary, and process, and the exam expects candidates to know the major funding streams, the documentation that moves a recommendation through them, and the practitioner's role in advising clients about procurement.
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The Funding Map and the Documents That Move It

Module Quiz Required to Progress
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Module 5: Implementation and Delivery (Domain 3, 23 Percent)
Domain 3 tests the disciplined path from funded approval to competent use: confirming the plan, monitoring procurement, preparing and verifying equipment before delivery, fitting and adjusting at delivery, training the client and stakeholders across environments, and documenting the process until the client demonstrably uses the equipment toward their goals.
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From Funded to Functional: The Delivery Discipline

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Module 6: Outcomes and Follow-Up (Domain 4, 19 Percent)
Domain 4 tests whether the intervention worked and keeps working: documenting qualitative and quantitative outcomes, maintaining a plan to review goal achievement, recognizing the changes that trigger reassessment, and modifying the intervention when the data or the client's evolving needs demand it.
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Measuring What Happened and Catching What Changes

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Module 7: The Device Category Survey
The exam draws scenarios from the full breadth of assistive technology, from seating and wheeled mobility through augmentative communication, computer access, electronic aids to daily living, sensory aids, and accessible transportation, and candidates need working fluency with the core concepts, terminology, and feature logic of each category, especially the ones outside their daily practice.
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A Working Tour of the Field

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Module 8: Professional Conduct and Test-Day Execution
Professional conduct is the unweighted domain that shapes every question, and test-day execution converts preparation into a scaled score: candidates finish by internalizing RESNA's Code of Ethics and Standards of Practice as a question-answering lens and by rehearsing a pacing, triage, and review strategy for a four-hour, 180-question form.
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The Ethics Lens and the Four-Hour Plan

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