My brother has been trying to convince me for a long time to do a daily video log. I am finally giving in and giving it a try! So, join me on my journey! I’m just gonna take it a day at a time and talk about what’s on my mind, maybe what we’ve worked on that day, what’s helped Abbey, etc…So much to talk about!
Click on the video below to see my introduction, and talking about poop and a hot temper!
I love how creative the specialist that works with Abbey is. Abbey was having an off day, tired, not motivated, kind of day when she came over yesterday. I pulled out the moon sand like stuff, thinking she needed something sensory to do. So, the specialist, knowing Abbey loves to squish up things made out of moon sand, tried to find a way to work on using her iPad with playing moon sand….and this was the result.:) She’s using the keyboard in Proloquo2Go. I worked on it for a bit after she left, trying to get the most I could out of it!
Click on the video below to see how she did it!
So, have you used the cool new features of Expressions, Sounds and Macros?? If not, you’re totally missing out, so cool!! Here’s how to set them up and how we use them with Abbey! Wait til you hear your kiddo say “please” with expression, talk about tugging at your heart strings!
Click on the video below to see how to use Expressions and Sounds!
Click on the video below to see how to use Macros!
So, I remember, oh so well, how hard it was to first get started! If we had first started out with Proloquo2Go, and oh, how I wish it was around when we were starting out, we would have had to simplify it, to start out with.
Here is THE TRICK TO GET STARTED: JUST DO IT! Yep, there’s no super secret absolute right way! Each child is different and each family is different. So, it’s kind of one of those things that you research the best you can, get therapists’ help and support, if possible, and then just have to learn as you go. You can’t learn as you go until you get started though!
So, I encourage you, to just get started and learn as you go. Start out with what you think will work and go from there, editing on the spot. This is what has worked for us, for Abbey.
Communication is key. Our kids deserve it! They deserve to be able to tell us what they want and what they don’t. And, it will, eventually make their lives more rich and yours much easier, lessening behaviors and understanding more about your child.
So, here is how to show less buttons, to get you started and how to add buttons and folders…quick, easy and to the point! Just click on the videos below…and look at our other posts with tips and how we started with Abbey, how we’ve customized it for Abbey…maybe you’ll get some good ideas that will help.
Hope these help you GET STARTED!
Proloquo2Go has an amazing feature called “List View.” It’s a way of putting the buttons in a vertical list instead of a grid. This helps Abbey figure out that it’s sequential, I think. It’s helped her most with directions, especially with how to cook boxed rice, like the video I posted on here in January.
Oh, and I also included how to “Hide” a button, and why, how we use that, very handy and easy!
So, here is a video of all the ways we use this feature, to help Abbey. Click on the video below to watch!:)
Yes, it’s been a long, hard road…but nothing has been more rewarding! Watching Abbey slowly, gradually be able to tell us more and more, nothing is more amazing! So, I get asked A LOT how we taught Abbey, how we started, what we used and how we have her Proloquo2Go set up. So, I tried to put it all together in a video, hoping that it will help and encourage people to get started and get some good ideas! Hope it helps!
Click on the video below, so see!
Ok, first of all before you watch the video, be aware, there is a really loud squeal, so prepare yourself. No, it’s not from Abbey, it’s from me! Abbey has never, ever said the word “mom”, verbally before or on her iPad without prompting! Once again, had to do with food…but I so don’t care.:) Yes, hearing that was simply amazing, beyond words! I wish I could take credit for that one, but the school is where they have been working hard on her adding the person’s name that she’s talking to…I just love that! And, she’s not only figuring it out, her skill is transferring to home so well! I’m so proud of her! So, here it is, the short, but very sweet video…again, sorry if I hurt your ears.:)
Click on the very short, but very sweet video below, to watch the miracle!
Ok, there are several ways that you can transfer your vocabulary from one device to another, but this seems to be the easiest, for myself. So, here’s a quick video of how I do it….Hope it helps!:) Just click on the short video below! AND, then the video below is how to e-mail the vocabulary to someone else, like their teacher.:)
Child Proof Proloquo2Go…please pass on to Proloquo2Go users!!
Also folks wanting to use Guided Access, Part 2 is a must watch!:)
I get asked very frequently how to child proof Proloquo2Go, so I made a couple of quick videos to show you how! Please share with anyone using Proloquo2Go, so that they can keep all of their work safe!
Here’s the first one! Just click on the videos to view them!
Here’s Part 2: Child Proofing Proloquo2Go, using Guided Access, disabling parts of the screen…anyone using apps with kids could use this one!!:) You learn how to use Guided Access, along the way, too!
I also end the video with how to enable restrictions so that kids can’t delete apps, install apps or in app purchases.
Hope this helps!
Check out our other videos of how we are helping Abbey grow and learn with Proloquo2Go and ‘her’ review on many, many apps!:)
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Abbey is doing it, she’s learning to use sentences! Here’s a video of her asking for waffles..
I’ve been talking to the gals working with Abbey about how to teach her to do this and we’ve been brain storming, then at our last school meeting, the school team and I came up with which words to add to start with, to start the process. It sure has been a long road to get here, but it’s so cool to see her catch on so well! It sure takes a village! Here’s a screen shot of Abbey’s ‘home page’ with the words we added.
Here’s the screen shot of her asking for waffles. In the video, you can see how easily she navigates to find what she wants, another long work in progress! Proloquo2Go is so amazingly easy to add whatever we want and however we need it on there!
So, we used to have just one button for ‘I want’, we started by separating that into two. The school had already really been working on having her add on ‘please’ to the end of her requesting sentences, to that part was easy for her. Then we added ‘to, a, and the’, which I think will take a bit longer for her to learn to use. So, what do you think?:)
Thank you so much for everyone’s help and support, including Abbey’s ‘team’ and the folks at Proloquo2Go!
Don’t forget to check out Abbey’s other videos, there’s a link to them on the home page!
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