Communication Systems IDEAS FOR THE IPAD, PECS, SIGN LANGUAGE, VISUAL SCHEDULES, AND VISUAL REMINDERS CHAPTER 4 EASTER SEALS SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN START EARLY, START STRONG PROGRAM

Communication  Proloquo2go  App available for purchase on iPad, iPhone, iPod touch  Customize to your communication needs

 Contains multiple picture symbols and an extensive word

vocabulary  Choose picture symbols/words and press to hear them spoken  Easy to create communication boards and folders  Can hold a variety of programs (ex: sign language board and school related boards).

Communication  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E2LnUxFAaM

Q&feature=player_embedded  This video shows a little boy navigating through

Proloquo2go.  Note the wide array of folders and programs, clear graphics, and easy to understand voice

Communication • One Voice  App available for free or purchase on iPad, iPhone,

iPod Touch  Customize to your communication needs  Picture symbols look more like real life objects  Can add your own photos  Write sentences using the picture symbols provided or add your own vocabulary  Build a sentence and then press to hear it

Communication  Tap to Talk  Available for free or purchase on iPad, iPhone, iPod

touch, Android phones, PC’s, Nook, Kindle, and other tablets  Multiple picture symbols to choose from and can add your own  Can use text to speech or record your own voice  Can create many albums with multiple pictures

Communication on iPad  Go Talk Now  Available for free or purchase on the iPad  Three styles of communication pages: Standard,

Express, Scene  Can use images from system or your photo library  Can use text to speech or record your own voice  Can create unlimited amount of communication pages

PECS  “PECS” stands for Picture Exchange Communication

System  Developed for younger children, but is now used with people of all ages  First addresses initiating communication through exchanging a picture for a desired item  Evolves to initiating communication related to wants, needs, etc  The end result is an individual who can initiate spontaneous communication

PECS  PECS resources  Boardmaker  Picture SET website (free pictures)

 Do2Learn website (some pictures free)  PECS 4 Autism website (pictures, activities, etc

available for purchase)  Picture This… CD from Silver Lining Multimedia, Inc • Contains many pictures of animals, colors, shapes, household items, actions, What’s wrong pictures, etc • Pictures are not labeled

Sign Language  Sign Language  Different Types include but are not limited to: • American Sign Language (ASL)  Includes signs made with the hands and other movements, as

well as body posture and facial expressions  Main form of communication for the Deaf throughout the United States. • Signed English  Has a sign to represent each word in the English language • Signed Supported English  Mainly used by hearing individuals to communicate with people in the Deaf community

Sign Language  Children who have little communication or are

completely non-verbal can utilize sign language to initiate basic needs and wants.  Sign Language apps are available for download for use on iPads, iPhones, the iPod touch, and on a variety of tablets and other phones.  Can be incorporated into programs such as Proloquo2go.

Sign Language  Helpful Sign Language websites are:  www.lifeprint.com • Includes pictures and videos to view the signs

• Can email instructor of the website with questions

about signs  www.aslpro.com • Has an extensive library of signs • Has video modeling of every sign

Visual Schedules  Shows client what will be happening throughout the

course of the session  Client can see what is coming next  Can be involved through taking off the picture symbols as the task is completed.  Can include work and play symbols as well as symbols for a variety of other activities the client or therapist can choose from throughout a session.

Visual Schedules  Example Schedules

Visual Supports  Visual supports are any tool presented visually that

supports an individual as he or she moves through the day. Visual supports might include, but are not limited to, pictures, written words, objects within the environment, arrangement of the environment or visual boundaries, schedules, maps, labels, organization systems, timelines, and scripts. They are used across settings to support individuals with ASD (National Research Council, 2001).

Visual Supports  Can be used for a variety of reasons such as…  Reminders of how to complete certain tasks, such as

getting on the bus or to communicate feelings

Visual Supports  Other visual supports such as the light switch can be

used as a reminder to turn off scripting behavior or the first/then cards can be used to show what a client has to complete first in order to get a reinforcing activity or item after.

Questions  State two communication programs that you learned 

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about. What communication program can be used on the most devices? What does PECS stand for? What are two PECS resource sites? What are two types of sign language? Visual schedules can show an entire schedule or show what is happening ________. (next) What is one type of visual support mentioned in the presentation?