AAC Parents Google Group

Re: ASHA and the AAC inst. and Amy ?

mommane...@gmail.com (R. D. Robinson) — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 12:46:54 UT

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

Denise
...Callie and Emma's mom

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Denise Robinson
...Callie and Emma's mom

Re: ASHA and the AAC inst. and Amy ?

csvill...@gmail.com (Trishasmom) — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 10:48:25 UT

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 ?

mommane...@gmail.com (R. D. Robinson) — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 06:30:06 UT

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

lizmou...@aol.com — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 18:27:13 UT

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

csvill...@gmail.com (Trishasmom) — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 15:46:56 UT

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

mcdalz...@aol.com — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 14:55:19 UT

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

mcdalz...@aol.com — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 07:20:05 UT

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

egiriya...@yahoo.com (Eleanor Giriyappa) — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 20:40:39 UT

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

dcaldwell...@comcast.net (Dawn Caldwell) — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 18:13:37 UT

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.

Re: parent teacher conference...input needed

dstier2...@yahoo.com (Denise Stier) — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 17:59:18 UT

Hi Amy,
We just had parent -teacher conference day the other day at our school. I always ask how Melanie is doing with her Dynavox. She uses it with great ease to access the computer to do all her schoolwork, but does not want to use it for communication, which is pretty much the whole purpose of having it :) Melanie wants to use her speech. From what you have said, she has much less comprehensible speech than Kendra does. Her teachers and therapists always agree that Melanie doesn't want to use it because she sooo much wants to be like everyone else. It is just one more thing that sets her apart from her friends.

Explaining "moving" in pictures

gb.or...@telia.com (Gull-Britt Orsén) — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 17:13:47 UT

Hi everyone,

my oldest son is moving to his own flat in two weeks. Any suggestions how to explain this in pictures to Sebastian?

Best regards, Gull-Britt

Re: ASHA and the AAC inst. and Amy ?

csvill...@gmail.com (Trishasmom) — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 15:47:28 UT

To add to what MC was saying, Trisha prefers signing to using her device
and I'm ok with that to a point. But for those who do not understand her
signs or her verbalizations she needs another way to communicate, hence the
communication device. We work on the device to help her learn it but we

ASHA and the AAC inst. and Amy ?

mcdalz...@aol.com — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 12:22:38 UT

Amy,
Could it be that Kendra just wants to be like all the other kids? Doesn't want to stand out as being different? Is this the reason she doesn't want to use the eco in school? I think we all know the school isn't a fan of the eco for what ever reason. Reading your post I get your struggles with the school and stuff (I think any way).

parent teacher conference...input needed

ebunn...@gmail.com (Ebunny59) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:44:29 UT

apparently, Kendra got the highest score on the common testing in her
class, for reading. Although they say she reads at a second grade
level, which I can attest to. This scenarios suggests 2 things to
me. She can comprehend and manipulate the grade level materials, when
they are read to her. It also suggests that their tesing methods

Re: Report card....grrr

greek...@yahoo.com (George Vasilopoulos) — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 16:00:02 UT

Wrong E address

To: "AAC Parents" <aacparents@googlegroups.com>

yes, I ask her, What category or subject matter are you talking
about? If I am directing her to the device, I always ask what part of
speech it is. Once we know that, we get some ideas of what words she
is trying to say.