With communication devices, we have to guess what the students want to communicate, which is a downside. Which is to say, we as teachers need to program the software to allow for what the children want to say. We also have to ensure that the student knows how to use the device. Role play can be a helpful way to ensure that this is happening. Walking the students through the process of making simple sentences will be a great way to foster the all important relationships that we have with students.
3 things that we need to communicate-
1 Joint attention
2. common language
3 communication partner
Proloquo2Go has a lot of incredible accessibility options. You can create the size of the grid. You can create the size of the buttons, the size of the text screen, and the size of the toolbar. You can space out the buttons to make it easier for students with visual impairment, and also students with trouble with fine motor skills. You can create buttons, by either searching for a picture or by importing a picture. You can create folders and have categories within these folders for students who are currently able to look for buttons within folders, or you can create separate folders for those who require more basic access.
Proloquo2go is designed for an individual, so it is best for students to not share a device that has this app. Each folder always has the core buttons in the same place so the student will always know where to find them.
Good morning Mark,
ReplyDeleteGreat work making your blog clean and accessible to all readers by choosing simple fonts. Thanks for your reflections on our daily in class learning! Have a great Sunday. Starr*
Hey Mark,
ReplyDeleteWhen we are working with non or low verbal kids, there is incredible power in providing a voice. How do you think we can problem solve around finding the words these kids want to say?
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