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Make Going to Speech Fun with Technology

Aug09
2011 Leave a Comment Written by Adelaide Cheng

by Jessie Clinton, SLP

 

Using the HP TouchSmart as a communicative tool to teach speech and language has been refreshing! Today I picked up a preschool student from class for speech therapy. This particular student happens to be non-verbal with developing speech and communicates using signs and pictures. I said to him, “We can use the computer!” My student’s face immediately bounced into an enthusiastic smile! So, off we went to speech. We utilized SoupToys to practice speech sounds, to request a turn, to make sentences, and to model and use spatial concepts (such as in, up, down). The use of technology in
teaching speech and language excited my student to learn more and provided a really fun format for teaching natural turn-taking and communication.

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HTS AT Manual Helps Speech Therapists

May25
2011 Leave a Comment Written by Morgan Brown

By Jessie Clinton, SLP

All the classrooms and the therapy department frequently utilize the HP TouchSmart computers at Hope Technology School.  As a Speech-Language Pathologist, I’m always looking for innovative and creative ways to target speech and language in structured therapy tasks, as well as in a natural context. The HTS AT Manual  provides many useful techniques, websites, and applications useful for teaching children who are on the autism spectrum. In addition, www.hackingautism.org is an exciting project in which family members and professionals can provide ideas to volunteer software developers to create applications. I’m looking forward to utilizing the new applications in therapy sessions!

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Assistive Technology at Hope Technology School

May16
2011 Leave a Comment Written by Morgan Brown

By Jessie Clinton, SLP

At Hope Technology School we use many cutting edge technologies to address specific communication goals in structured therapy and classroom environments. These technologies are also utilized to address functional, pragmatic communication in community and social settings. In addition, the availability of these technologies to all students is abundant and used multiple times throughout the academic day.

This morning in our vocational education class, a non-verbal student was empowered as he played cards alongside peers with the assistance of current technologies. He enjoyed expression as he asked others to join the game, requested, commented, and made jokes. For this blog, I asked him, “Can I take your picture?” He responded, “If I can autograph it!”

Katya Hill, Ph.D., CCC-SLP states in her online course for AAC that the top two values of AAC users is to communicate exactly what they want, and to say it as fast as they can. Any family member, friend, or clinician working with AAC users knows that this can be a challenge. Today at Hope Technology School, one student was able to realize these communication values with the Assistance of Technology.

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