Have to share this wonderful clip from the documentary "Including Samuel" http://www.includingsamuel.com/preview/ Will be interested in seeing the rest! ...
Hi can anyone offer any words of wisdom on some of the things you and your child encountered when you transitioned from pre-k to Kindergarten (or any change in...
The fact that you have a communication program in place is good. You need to find out something about the experience/knowledge of the speech therapist at the...
I wanted to offer a couple of more observations/ questions to ask. Go for a visit. See if there are other kids similar to your daughter. If not, ask what ...
Claire, thank you for both of your replies. this is exactly the type of information I was looking for. I am still bitter also for a lot of reasons (namely...
Good luck, Christine, and take lots of deep breaths! Relaxation training helps a lot. <grin> Claire ... __________________________________________________ Do...
Hi, Christine! I don't know of any schools in MA or anywhere else that use AAC appropriately. This is a huge unmet need that has a lot of potential to make a...
Hi Christine, I am in Mass. and work in the public school as a Augmentative Consultant. The two schools that came to mind when you asked the question about...
Midlands Center in Columbia SC. We have several residential facilities in the state. We also have two adult day programs in Columbia, SC ( Hope Bridge,...
Christine, I too fought for two years, one at a MR/DD preschool that was MR/DD/Autistic, all but 2 typical kids in each class, and a year in an integrated...
Hi Our son Cecil has just received a new Dynavox Vmax (not designated) where he is using Gateway 60 with its 60 buttons on the screen. Cecil cannot read but...
Hi Our son Cecil will be 10 in January. He has a chromosome abnormality which, amongst other things, is the reason why he has still not much of an expressive...
You can download the package at: http://www.4shared.com/file/28804297/f2324d1/Phonemic_Keyboard.html. Lora [Non-text portions of this message have been...
I agree with Kim (and give her kudos for the work that she does with AAC). I work for an AAC manufacturer and have found that Mass Hospital School and Cotting...
I'm trying to understand the "one laptop" product which starts tomorrow as it looks pretty interesting and unique, especially the "open slate" journal idea if...
Jill Spector
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Nov 12, 2007 2:37 am
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The OLPC program isn't really designed for the United States or other similar countries. It was designed to be a way to provide computers to children in 3rd...
From what I've been able to glean, these 'laptops' are kind of like network-ready PDAs with slightly larger screens and keys. Printing, saving to removable...
pcc@...
Nov 12, 2007 4:46 am
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Hi Magi, Somewhere in the press release, there's a note that these are aimed at kids -- something that I suspected from the presentation. Nevertheless, I...
Bayle Emlein
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Nov 12, 2007 5:21 pm
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I don't know that a Windows 98 machine with Office would serve the needs for job training for US students. It might, but I'm not fully convinced. I have been...
I know the machines are aimed at kids, but they aren't available for United States kids, unless you do the "buy one, give one" program. I am a "former" inner...
Hi Stephan, Welcome! When my son Josh was learning where vocabulary was located, I found it very helpful to make sure he had time to explore the talker on his...
Another board game (or two) that would be helpful for this are: PCI Publications' "Name It", and "Name It 2". The same company has two other games called...
Hi Stephen and Cecil, We started years ago with games to get my daughter, Sophie, (now 13) to use/find words on her talker. One of the first games we did was...
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Nov 13, 2007 9:52 pm
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Please remove me from this group at this time. Thank you. To: PACT@...: pam_harris@...: Tue, 13 Nov 2007 00:55:13 +0000Subject:...
Julia Mowatt-Karter
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Nov 14, 2007 1:31 am
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I work with a very bright 2nd grade boy who has CP and is nonverbal and nonambulatory. He currently uses a Vanguard by PRC and is able to access it thru the...
Have you thought of maybe a proximity switch or an Self-Calibrating Auditory Tone Infrared (SCATIR) switch? There is also the possibility of mercury switch. ...
