Re: communication devices....got me thinking

[Guest guest]

Hi ,

My son, , will be 8 yrs. old on August 25th and he has the GoTalk 20 for

just the past year. He is also non-verbal and approximates just a handful of

signs. As you probably know, the full picture capacity is 105, of which

requests approx. 20 pictures total at this time with verbal and physical

prompts. His speech therapist will adapt the boardmaker program according to our

needs at home, so it is basically a combo of favoirte food items, toys, songs

and community places/hobbies at this time, and the top " default " row includes

bathroom, help, more, all finished and " I want " . For the first 2 months, the

only item would press would be pudding, his favorite food in the whole

world, lol, but the fact that he was able to press the pudding icon and be

rewarded with the actual item, was something that he picked up relatively

quickly.

Does Angie have a favorite food/ video or drink? Our speech therapist was also

able to find the icons for 's favorite TV show (Little Einsteins) and this

was actually the 2nd icon that he picked up on the GoTalk. BTW, the GOTalk is

transported between home and school daily, which has been an important piece for

consistency for .

I think as long as Angie has a strong pointer finger that she is able to isolate

and press the icons on the Go Talk with, in combination with starting out with

her most favorite items, it is definitely possible for her to learn. It

continues to be a very gradual process for our son, , but he understands

now that he can get his favorite items using this device and it has cut down on

frustration for him and has also enabled our family and friends the opportunity

to get involved with the process too. We will see how it goes, knowing that

this can change, like so many things for our children. I will be requesting an

augmentative eval shortly since we've hit that year mark already.

What does Angies speech pathologist say?

Best,

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From: megsoracco@...

Date: Fri, 14 Jan 2011 13:00:20 -0800

Subject: communication devices....got me thinking

So we are still waiting for software for the Go talk 4 that we got back in

Sept 2010. My thing is, Angie is 8 now. She does not speak, no signs, no

PECS. Is it too late for her to learn how to use it? We throws everything

that does not spin or dangle. I need to get a video of her, doing her normal

stuff to show everyone. I mean, she will NOT hold this device to use etc.

[Guest guest]

Hi ,

One of the benefits of having " slow " kids is that they are developmentally

younger, so she's at her peak learning age of about 2 or 3 years developmentally

- If 60 is the new 40 then for our kids 8 is the new 2!

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communication devices....got me thinking

So we are still waiting for software for the Go talk 4 that we got back in

Sept 2010. My thing is, Angie is 8 now. She does not speak, no signs, no

PECS. Is it too late for her to learn how to use it? We throws everything

that does not spin or dangle. I need to get a video of her, doing her normal

stuff to show everyone. I mean, she will NOT hold this device to use etc.