![]() ![]() This allows the learner to choose a speaker who they identify with most. – You can also choose from a variety of voices for your device. You can select the type of icons you would like, the font, upload pictures of the items rather than cartoon etc. – Proloquo2Go is completely customisable. Learners using Proloquo2Go can have multiple pages for different categories (food, emotions, places etc.), which the learner can click on to find more specific icons. To use Proloquo2Go, a learner can tap onto an icon on the screen, after which the app will vocalise, the request using the device speaker. Proloquo2Go is an app which can be bought and downloaded to devices, most commonly iPads/tablets. – Pictures need to be taken, or found online, printed, and laminated before use. – When learners have many pictures, they use to communicate, the book can become heavy for younger learners to carry. – PECS provides the learner with a clear communication system which can be interpreted by anyone who the learner communicates with. – PECS requires no prerequisite to learn how to use it. ![]() This has also been seen at the Lizard Centre! – Research suggests that the use of PECS has been demonstrated to also increase vocal communication in learners. There are multiple steps involved in teaching PECS, beginning at a single picture, teaching the learner to discriminate between all of the pictures, to having the child create sentences using their PECS book to request and hold conversations. A PECS book is usually comprised of multiple laminated pages, on which are numerous picture cards of the learners’ favourite things, places, people and more. PECS is a system in which a learner will exchange a picture card of the item/ activity/ person etc., that they want access to, to a communicative partner (family, friends, teachers etc.). The most common AACs currently utilised at the Lizard Centre are Picture Exchange Communication System (PECS) and Proloquo20Go. ![]() An ACC as suggested by the name, is an alternative form of communication which may be taught to increase functional skills, vocal communication, and reduced behaviours of concern. When your child starts at the Lizard Centre with these difficulties, an Augmentative and Alternative Communication (ACC) system may be suggested by your Behaviour Support Specialist. A lack of ability to communicate is also a large contributor to behaviour of concern. Often this means that a lot of our learners do not have vocal communication when they start their journey with us.Ĭommunication plays an important role in the development of our learners, as without it, they may not be able to communicate their wants and needs, play with their peers, or participate within their community. Compatible with iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch and Apple Watch.Īvailable in English, Spanish, French, and Dutch.When we meet new families at the Lizard Centre, one of the most common concerns they share with us is early childhood developmental delay in communication skills. Compatibility: Requires iOS 11.4 or later.Accessibility settings support scanning and Apple’s VoiceOver, for users with fine-motor challenges and vision impairments.Comes with more than 25,000 symbols for new words.Buttons, pages, navigation, and access are customizable.This helps communicators by reducing time wasted trying to find words. Thematic templates keep core words in the same places throughout the vocabulary.This helps communicators learn words and their location as their vocabulary gradually grows. Progressive Language feature reveals words step by step.100 natural-sounding free voices across all languages, including children’s voices.Supports regional vocabulary and accent with British, Australian, and American English, Parisian and Canadian French, Castilian and American Spanish, and Dutch and Flemish.Supports bilingual use and can switch languages mid-sentence.Designed for a range of fine-motor and visual skills with options like 23 pre-programmed grid sizes.Uses Crescendo, a complete research-based core word vocabulary with 10,000+ fringe words.Proloquo2Go is a symbol-based augmentative and alternative Communication (AAC) iOS app designed to increase communication skills and language development for people who have difficulty speaking. It is used by people with autism, Down syndrome, cerebral palsy, and other diagnoses. ![]()
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