AAC Parents Google Group

Re: Happy Thanksgiving!

2009-11-26T14:51:53Z

Thank you! Happy Thanksgiving to everyone. I hope everyone has lots of
good eats and keeps safe. I'm thankful for my kids for being just who they
are.

Carol
Trishasmom
If we always do what we've always done, we'll always get what we've always
gotten

Happy Thanksgiving!

2009-11-26T13:45:45Z

Wishing everyone a quiet, uneventful and peace-filled day with family &
friends! I hope that all of us may find reason for thanks amidst the
normal, happy chaos of life.

Merlie (Jessie's mom.....the coolest teenager in the world)

Always remember......the mighty oak is just one little crazy nut that

Re: Telling Time

2009-11-25T20:44:37Z

We don't use VMax although use SDP... does the VMax software allow for
use of variables in button actions and does your child comprehend
their use? Is there at least one or two blank buttons currently on the
telling time board that could be set as variable buttons?

Using a variable, if your child selected the variable then the '5'

Re: Digest for aacparents@googlegroups.com - 6 Messages in 1 Topic

2009-11-24T15:47:37Z

Thank you for sending this out. I love seeing other kids who use AAC. Here in our town, Melanie is the only child that has ever had a device and I think that adds to her feeling different. She goes to a camp every summer where all the kids use AAC and it was there that she first saw other kids who had devices. She was very excited to see others like her.

Re: Telling Time

2009-11-24T11:15:34Z

Vicky, Our son didn't use a vmax but is there a page with numbers on it?
I recall I was programing his device for his school theme and it was
tropical so I was adding icon's to the activity row but our private SLP said if
something is already on the device don't reinvent it. It was a pineapple.

Telling Time

2009-11-24T04:38:23Z

To Parents of kids who us the VMax,

I was hoping to get ideas on how your kids' pages are set up to tell time.
My daughter mainly uses a 40-button page which has been functional when she
first started learning how to tell time. We were able to program the hours
and increments of 5. Now that she is learning to tell time up to the

Re: ASHA and the AAC inst. and Amy ?

2009-11-23T12:46:54Z

I totally agree. Sometimes I just doubt myself. Thanks again for the
reassurance!

Denise
...Callie and Emma's mom

--
Denise Robinson
...Callie and Emma's mom

Re: ASHA and the AAC inst. and Amy ?

2009-11-23T10:48:25Z

Denis,

It's all about communication and it should be all about what is most
comfortable for each person. I have always said follow Trisha's lead, if
she uses her voice fine, device fine, or sign it's all fine. Even writing is
a form of communication. All of us use different ways to communicate

Re: ASHA and the AAC inst. and Amy ?

2009-11-23T06:30:06Z

Thanks for saying that! My daughter has recently decided she wants to sign
again. We haven't really worked on signs for over a year. She has always
signed eat and drink, but she has recently picked up boy and girl, something
she seems to want to talk about a lot here lately. I was wondering if this

Re: Digest for aacparents@googlegroups.com - 6 Messages in 1 Topic

2009-11-22T18:27:13Z

Dear Amy and Denise

I rarely post but what you said about Melanie and Kendra made me think how
like my daughter they are, she has always wanted to speak but now at 15
makes very pragmatic decisions about what is the best way of communicating in
each/every situation. Here is something she and 2 friends put together

Re: Explaining "moving" in pictures

2009-11-22T15:46:56Z

When we moved the last time, we explained to Trisha we were going to a new
home and when we got to the new home we set her room up the way it was at
the old house so she would feel comfortable. We did a social story that
talked about how we would move our furniture over to the new home, and
showed trucks picking up our things and delivering it to the new home. We

Re: Explaining "moving" in pictures

2009-11-22T14:55:19Z

How about Cinderella? She moved from her step Mother's house to the
castle? Just a thought.....I will still be thinking on this one. M-C

Re: Explaining "moving" in pictures

2009-11-22T07:20:05Z

Britt, I am wondering if Sebastian has a favorite story with anyone in it
has moved? I am off to bed now but will think about this and get back to
you. M-C

Re: parent teacher conference...input needed

2009-11-21T20:40:39Z

We have decided not to even introduce my daughter's ACC into her new school until we can get Class Room Suite 4 under control. Why CRS4? it is more academic. Our speech consultants that we see 2 times a year suggested that we use one for academics and Vanguard for social.

CRS4 can be used for many types of children so the teacher is more willing to use it. The teacher taughter her first class last week using CRS4, which is on my daughter's computer she brings from home, because the school has not installed CRS4 on the school computers. The teacher was so excited because it worked so well for the autistic kids plus the non verbal kids.

Re: parent teacher conference...input needed

2009-11-21T18:13:37Z

Sorry, I may not have caught all of this.

At the Closing the Gap conference, I went to the Communication Circles seminar with Carolyn Musselwhite and Jane Odom. They were talking about children who are not as understandable and how, when they formed these small groups of desired/motivated peers and the peers explained (gently) that they did not understand them (during these games and fun activities) and that they understood them better when they used the device, the kids used the device a LOT more (to the point of proficient usage) . Now, if your goal is to continue the motivation to improve spoken clarity, perhaps a communication circle that is focused on improving speech could be the goal.