Autism
Low tech device: schedules- this is a very low tech assistive device that allows students to know and be prepared for what class or activity is happening next. this can assembly any alleviate unnecessary stress for the student who needs to know what is happening throughout the day. A con for this type of device is that it is not as easy to change the schedule right away to alert the student of something that is coming up like an assembly that is happening or a fire drill.
Mid tech: Go talk 9+
this device allows students who are not up to the verbal skill level a typically developing student the same age is at. this device is a basic version of a communication device that allows a student to answer a question or tell a peer or adult what they want or what they need. this device is not the most ideal way for a student who is older to communicate with to peer or adults.
this device allows students who are not up to the verbal skill level a typically developing student the same age is at. this device is a basic version of a communication device that allows a student to answer a question or tell a peer or adult what they want or what they need. this device is not the most ideal way for a student who is older to communicate with to peer or adults.
High tech: Tobbi/Dynavox
It is a free standing device similar to an iPad, but this device is strictly used for communication this device requires the person using it and the people around the person using to take part in a training program to understand how to use this device. a great pro of this device is that an adult can easily add more work or sentences to the device for the person using it as needed, and it allows the person to hold a conversation with someone more so than the Go talk. A con is that someone around the person using this device will need to take a training for it and they may not have the time to do this or a new person comes into their life who does not know how to use it.
It is a free standing device similar to an iPad, but this device is strictly used for communication this device requires the person using it and the people around the person using to take part in a training program to understand how to use this device. a great pro of this device is that an adult can easily add more work or sentences to the device for the person using it as needed, and it allows the person to hold a conversation with someone more so than the Go talk. A con is that someone around the person using this device will need to take a training for it and they may not have the time to do this or a new person comes into their life who does not know how to use it.