![]() I feel it is crucial to individualise the app for each child/student to meet their particulat communication needs. I have read the comments made with interest, I am a SALT working in UK special schools, the age range of children using this app ranges from 4, sometimes younger, to 19. So, the feedback I received made me think that there might be a 'need' for my services of reorganizing/personalizing Proloquo2Go young-older population.ĭo you think there is a need? If there is a need, where do I go from here? I appreciate your help!!Ĭomments for Technology-iPad: Proloquo2Go Communication App My goal was to make navigation easier for the student. ![]() She really liked how I reorganized the students iPad. I received positive feedback from one of my students private SLP's. Therefore, I spent hours of my personal time, reorganizing and presonalizing students iPads to better meet their communication wants and needs. I found it rather difficult to target each students individual goals using the two pre-programmed vocabulary organizations to choose from-Core Word and Basic Communication. My caseload, last school year, consisted of several students who used an iPad with the communication app, Proloquo2Go. Buttons can be copied and pasted into a different location or rearranged by simply dragging them to the desired new location.Technology-iPad: Proloquo2Go Communication App The pages, grid layout, buttons, messages, and symbols are fully customizable. ![]() These boards range from 20 buttons per page to 80 buttons per page, allowing the child to have access to as many buttons as his motor skills will allow. There are specific boards for adolescents with bigger buttons for those who aren’t ready for the sophisticated boards but who need more advanced language than a preschooler would need. For example, you can start with elementary boards designed for young children with developmental delays or move up to a more sophisticated device. You have the option to choose from many different pre-programmed boards. “Touch Chat with Word Power” vocabulary, which is more expensive but gives you access to the word power boards, allowing for much more language use. It is easy for parents, teachers, and speech therapists to learn how to use it The "Lock" function blocks a specific page on the screen so you can teach the words on that page without navigating to another page when you push a button. The option that changes certain words on the screen when one button is pushed, allowing the device to predict what you may be trying to say. This is helpful for children with vision or motor problems and those just starting with AAC. You can turn off any feature that you find you don't need. ![]() The Search feature allows educators, therapists, and parents to find vocabulary quickly. This means that the user will never have to repeat those words. The words the user learns never change position. The "Hide Words" feature allows users to begin with only one word and add new comments to the vocabulary at their own pace. You can use your own photos by taking pictures within the app or selecting them from your photo library. Current communication skills don't matter - it supports both beginning and advanced communicators. You can choose between Female or Male symbols. The symbols were created to make the app user-friendly Symbols designed by French artists, based on research.
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