PECS

Assistive Technology Resource for People in NC

June 24, 2008

If you live in North Carolina (like we do), there’s a fantastic resource called Generations-Tadpole that a few people and a couple of therapists mentioned to me. We haven’t used it yet, but I’m sure we will. The best way I can think of to describe them is like Netflix for assistive and augmentative technology. [...]

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Giving Thanks for Therapists – A Season of Transitions

June 22, 2008

Assuming you have good relationships with them – which to a person we’ve had with all of ours – your child’s therapists become your friends; they leave and you mourn. They bring you the one blessing you want as much as anything. They help your child take the one step at a time they need [...]

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I Want to Play My Computer Game, Please

June 17, 2008

Recently we have been laminating fools over here in the Flashlight household. The J-man has really been into his alphabet flashcards, so we decided to laminate them before he completely shredded them. While we were at it, we (OK, Tim) laminated eleventy-seven pictures of things for the J-man to do. Some were therapy related (the [...]

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My Name is (WHAT?)

June 13, 2008

The J-man has a new and exciting talent – the ability to say a whole phrase. That phrase? “My name is ‘J-man’!” It goes like this: Mama: My J-man: muh-muh J-man: na-na Mama: name J-man: i-i Mama: is J-man: na-na! Mama: ‘J-man’! [We assume you know that neither 'na-na' nor 'J-Man' is his name, and [...]

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Assistive Technology – Tell us what you know

June 12, 2008

Given J-Man’s sudden proliferation of letter recognition and continued progress with picture communication, it looks like he may be a prime candidate for some sort of assistive technology device to help him communicate. While I’m a self-professed geek, I don’t know the first thing about what the technological possibilities are for him. I know a [...]

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A is for…

June 6, 2008

Awesome Baby! Pepaw (my dad) gets the award for helping J-Man make one of his best achievements this week. He got him some flash cards at the dollar store. One of the packs was for ABCs, with one letter and a picture under it per card. He put A-F out on the coffee table and [...]

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Our Version of the Picture Exchange Communication System (PECS) in Action!

April 27, 2008

I promised this post a while back. Sorry I’m just now getting around to it. For kids who have severe speech delays and are unable for whatever reason to sign, some variation of the Picture Exchange Communication System (PECS) – known more around here as the ‘picture board’ – is a great way to get [...]

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Yeah Toast!

April 13, 2008

Little Man has decided that the WORD for cheese toast is Coco. He can’t say a “t” you understand. He walks over to the counter where the toaster oven sits, and says, “Coco.” That’s right, he SAYS it. Just to make sure I was understanding correctly the first time, I asked him if he could [...]

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