[Pibe-division] PIBE-Division Digest, Vol 92, Issue 6

Fri Jan 8 12:15:58 UTC 2016

Marianne,

Have you considered the iPad? I used it with an early elementary student
with microophthalmia (LP only) and significant hypertonia. We started with
a Yes/No program (free!), and I placed sheet styrofoam packing material in
the middle to give him a place to rest his hand between answers. I affixed
this hand rest to the iPad with Velcro on the top and bottom so the iPad
could easily be used by other students in the classroom.

Now, this student had significant hypertonia, so we moved to functional
Braille quickly--via a piece of Braille paper and a small board--one line
of braille, only 18 cells long. I did this to facilitate a move to the
Refreshabraille 18. By the time my student moved, he could choose the
correct answer from two choices of 6 or 8 words about 90% of the time, in
addition to yes or no in response to a question. Questions included: "What
special did you just have?" "What's coming up next?" We had also begun
doing this with days of the week and the month, but we did not get too far
with this before he moved.

Had my student had better motor control, I would have considered using a
program like ProLoQuo2Go and using graphic art tape to provide the
structure on the iPad (which could be followed with fingertips. However,
this would not have worked for my student, so I never pursued the idea.
(Also, Guided Access might help in terms of widening the area along which
the student could follow the graphic art tape without triggering a response
accidentally.

Please keep us up to date as to your progress with your student.

Thank you,

Carlton

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> I just began working with an 9th grade student, 16 years old, who is
> nonverbal.  I met him for the first time today but he appears to be
> very low functioning.  I would like to explore an augmentative
> communication device to see if he can use it to communicate with
> people.  His visual acuity is 20 200 or less but it is hard to know
> exactly what it is.  If you have any suggestions, please let me know.
> I would like something that is portable.  I am aware of the ones that
> you create with real objects.
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> Marianne Denning, TVI, MA
> Teacher of students who are blind or visually impaired
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