Guest guest Posted February 25, 2001 Report Share Posted February 25, 2001 Thanks for your tips Anne. You really have gotten involved with this. I've printed out a few things but since we don't want to get prompt dependent I'm afraid to do anything with her and am waiting for advice from and Estelle. I've been warned to keep everything simple. I got this other very cool program called Quick and Easy for the Home. Have you seen this one? You might find it interesting. We paid for the program. I talked it over with Joy and since we have had to fight for everything I didn't wanted to complicate matters. You gotta choose your battles and I this one didn't seem worth fighting for. does have language so it is hard to justify why we need Boardmaker to them. And this is all further complicated by us having a Mac. So between the program and additional materials Mayer- is $700 richer this week. Ugh. I like the idea of making boards for special occasions like b'day parties, Disneyworld , etc. I'm curious to how Sawtelle is going to react to all of this -- they haven't been interested in using pecs with her because of her language. Anne I will call you once I understand how we are going to deal with Boardmaker. It does look like fun. Have you gotten the program that speaks the words on the computer? Not the augmentative device - I think the program is called sentence maker. Barb << Barb, You're going to LOVE having Boardmaker at your finger tips. I followed the tutorial disk which shows you how to make a board of any size. It was soooo simple, I just dove in. I made boards for all scenarios.....For example, Speech Therapy. I have a board that I use when getting ready to go to speech therapy....I made the board that sequences the events...it shows getting dressed, getting our coat on, car, and a speech therapist (I changed the name above the picture from speech therapist to her actual name).... I laminated it and now it's in a folder I keep handy. Make them for Birthday parties, trips to the mall, etc. Our morning routine.....having breakfast...washing face & hands, brushing teeth, getting dressed, backpack, bus driver/bus.... Make sure you name and save them appropriately so you can recall/reprint or modify without having to start all over (I actually print the file name on the back of the board...i.e. c:\boardmaker\speech). I use boards with the icons in preparation of the augmentative communication device (I'm still waiting for, though I have gotten approval). It's teaching him to " touch " the picture. In sessions and when appropriate, we still use a PECS book which can carry alot of icons and he scans and selects them (i.e. what do you want for dinner...he responds by scanning the inventory of foods and actually picks what he wants...remember to limit the food choices to what you have in house....we've had a few frustrating moments when he picked something and we didn't have anymore). I label EVERYTHING.....and he's doing great with it. He's even approximating " I want " verbally with the icon....it's such a strong visual word reminder and for a non-verbal kid like Chris...it's been very powerful. Feel free to call me if you're having any problems and I'll walk thru creating one.... AQ Did you get your district to pay? Boardmaker-Anne > Anne- > I got my copy of Boardmaker today. I can't wait to figure out how all > this works. I also got " Quick and Easy: Ideas and Materials To Help The > Nonverbal Child Talk At Home " which is basically Boardmaker for preschoolers. > Anne, how did you get started here? Did you just start making boards for > basic activities and routines and revise as you went along? Do you have any > mommie tips you can share? will be here tomorrow and I know she will > be a huge help but you have to live with the child using these symbols. > Anything I should be aware of? > Thanks, > Barb > > > Mosaic meets the 2nd Thursday morning (Paramus Park Food Court) and the 3rd Wednesday evening (The Arc in Hackensack) of every month. All are welcome. > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 25, 2001 Report Share Posted February 25, 2001 Thanks for your tips Anne. You really have gotten involved with this. I've printed out a few things but since we don't want to get prompt dependent I'm afraid to do anything with her and am waiting for advice from and Estelle. I've been warned to keep everything simple. I got this other very cool program called Quick and Easy for the Home. Have you seen this one? You might find it interesting. We paid for the program. I talked it over with Joy and since we have had to fight for everything I didn't wanted to complicate matters. You gotta choose your battles and I this one didn't seem worth fighting for. does have language so it is hard to justify why we need Boardmaker to them. And this is all further complicated by us having a Mac. So between the program and additional materials Mayer- is $700 richer this week. Ugh. I like the idea of making boards for special occasions like b'day parties, Disneyworld , etc. I'm curious to how Sawtelle is going to react to all of this -- they haven't been interested in using pecs with her because of her language. Anne I will call you once I understand how we are going to deal with Boardmaker. It does look like fun. Have you gotten the program that speaks the words on the computer? Not the augmentative device - I think the program is called sentence maker. Barb << Barb, You're going to LOVE having Boardmaker at your finger tips. I followed the tutorial disk which shows you how to make a board of any size. It was soooo simple, I just dove in. I made boards for all scenarios.....For example, Speech Therapy. I have a board that I use when getting ready to go to speech therapy....I made the board that sequences the events...it shows getting dressed, getting our coat on, car, and a speech therapist (I changed the name above the picture from speech therapist to her actual name).... I laminated it and now it's in a folder I keep handy. Make them for Birthday parties, trips to the mall, etc. Our morning routine.....having breakfast...washing face & hands, brushing teeth, getting dressed, backpack, bus driver/bus.... Make sure you name and save them appropriately so you can recall/reprint or modify without having to start all over (I actually print the file name on the back of the board...i.e. c:\boardmaker\speech). I use boards with the icons in preparation of the augmentative communication device (I'm still waiting for, though I have gotten approval). It's teaching him to " touch " the picture. In sessions and when appropriate, we still use a PECS book which can carry alot of icons and he scans and selects them (i.e. what do you want for dinner...he responds by scanning the inventory of foods and actually picks what he wants...remember to limit the food choices to what you have in house....we've had a few frustrating moments when he picked something and we didn't have anymore). I label EVERYTHING.....and he's doing great with it. He's even approximating " I want " verbally with the icon....it's such a strong visual word reminder and for a non-verbal kid like Chris...it's been very powerful. Feel free to call me if you're having any problems and I'll walk thru creating one.... AQ Did you get your district to pay? Boardmaker-Anne > Anne- > I got my copy of Boardmaker today. I can't wait to figure out how all > this works. I also got " Quick and Easy: Ideas and Materials To Help The > Nonverbal Child Talk At Home " which is basically Boardmaker for preschoolers. > Anne, how did you get started here? Did you just start making boards for > basic activities and routines and revise as you went along? Do you have any > mommie tips you can share? will be here tomorrow and I know she will > be a huge help but you have to live with the child using these symbols. > Anything I should be aware of? > Thanks, > Barb > > > Mosaic meets the 2nd Thursday morning (Paramus Park Food Court) and the 3rd Wednesday evening (The Arc in Hackensack) of every month. All are welcome. > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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