Communication Devices

I thought the demonstrations and the skits were a great indication
of what these devices can do and how they can include a child that was
not able to be included in class before. Just imagine not
being able to be included in a game of duck duck goose... I would never
have thought that the plexi glass board was so intense to use. That user
has to have a lot of patience. I joked about the recordable button, but
seriously it is a great tool for students who need to get someone's attention.
The Go Talk is great and we can't wait to try it with Joel to see if he
can use this instead of yelling to get someone's attention. I like the idea
of the choices and the pictures from boardmaker. That takes out a lot of the
guessing games when you are trying to figure out what Joel is saying.

Our iTouch proloquo to go experience has been inspiring to us as well as
the students in Ben's class. The other day we were talking about how he holds
it so Thurs and Friday I paid close attention and before it was in one hand and
using the other to type, NOW I noticed it is in one hand and the thumb of that
hand is the typing finger. He manipulates it so well, and now we have been able to speed up the communication time between Ben and whoever he is talking to by putting
BEN phrases in his school Chat or home chat...I thought I would show more about this on Presentation day....