Communication is the primary focus of what we do and being ready to enable the student to express with technology in the classroom context is part of a 21st century Special educators day.
Yesterday we added many folders of chat symbols and sounds to our students Dynavox. A wheelchair mounted (also lap or floor restable) tablet with many features not found in other tablets currently. The process of adding pages involved a short how to with the Occupational Therapist then a lot of time with the student considering what daily communication strategies are going to be able to be built upon. Should it be dry and functional ? Should we include colloquial phrases and in-jokes ? Answer: all of the above.
The dynamic part is that we can adjust the access technology and program more potential interactions into the device as the need arises or even as the day develops !
We can respond to the students needs as the student need becomes more evident. Building resources as we go ! This is the gift of technology and the beauty of a special school where the student is the focus.
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