But What if They Can?

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2020 Edition

Robin Pegg, MEd, COTA/L, ATP

Hello!

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Robin Pegg, MEd, COTA/L, ATP

Assistant Professor &

Academic Fieldwork Coordinator

Educational Consultant &

Assistive Technology Specialist

WSA Educational Consultant

Co-Founder #TalkingAAC

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Passionate supporter of learning

Lover of all things technology

Nana, Wife, Daughter, Mom

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@RSPegg

rpegg2014@gmail.com

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PRESENTATION LINK

https://bit.ly/2Q8faDV

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#butwhatiftheycan

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www.praacticalaac.org

Perception

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LANCE

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How does he do it?

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• 1 PRC device with LAMP

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Right Now...

Provide a way to communicate

Quick Communication Boards by Assistiveware

Visuals - EVERYWHERE!

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Seek to understand

Communication Matrix

Pragmatics Profile

Communication Charts

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More Later...

• Assessment

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• High tech tools

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TARA

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How does she do it?

• 3 iPads
• 1 for AAC : Touchchat 48
• 1 for AAC modeling: Touchchat 48
• 1 for Curriculum
• 2 click rule
• Kidspiration
• Clicker Docs

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Right Now...

Provide a way to communicate

Quick Communication Boards by Assistiveware

Visuals - EVERYWHERE!

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Seek to understand

Communication Matrix

Pragmatics Profile

Communication Charts

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More Later...

• Assessment
• Language level

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• High tech tools
• Any other area that need support?

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Expectation

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BEN

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Learning new skills & Independence

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How does he do it?

• 1 iPad
• Pictello
• Word prediction turned on
• Speak selection
• 1 iPod touch
• Later changed out for iPhone
• Banking app
• Pictello
• Video

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Right Now...

Provide a way

Visuals - EVERYWHERE!

• Work arounds
• Colored tape
• Labelmaker
• ANYTHING!
• That crazy thing… it’s probably the right thing!

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Seek to understand

• TASK ANALYSIS
• What is tripping them up?

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More Later...

• Assessment
• Range of motion
• Stamina
• Language needs

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• High tech tools
• Adapted utensils
• Change appliances

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MIA

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Don’t fight their biology!

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• Karen Levine, PhD

How does she do it?

• 1 iPad
• Read2Go
• On board word prediction
• Notability
• Chromebook
• Read & Write for Google Chrome
• EquatIO

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Right Now...

Provide a way

• Might mean to get out of the way
• Wait… Wait for it...

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Seek to understand

• Task Analysis
• Listen
• What CAN they do?
• Start there!

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More Later...

• Assessment
• What else is going on?
• Couple verbal with visual - ALWAYS

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• High tech tools
• How can you simplify?
• Can you consolidate?
• Capitalize on the power of routine!

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Opportunity

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LILLY

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Michigan State Board of Education Meeting - 12/8/2015

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Thinking & Speaking for Yourself = CHOCOLATE!

How does she do it?

• Novachat with Touchchat WordPower 108 & speaker
• 2 iPads
• 1 for AAC modeling: matching vocabulary
• 1 for Curriculum (iPad Pro)
• Notability
• Claro PDF
• Co:Writer
• Read2Go

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Right Now...

Provide a way

Quick Communication Boards by Assistiveware

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Seek to understand

Communication Matrix

Pragmatics Profile

Communication Charts

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PRESUME COMPETENCE!

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More Later...

• Assessment
• ANYTHING ELSE?

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• High tech tools
• Instructional Routines

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Achievement

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KATELYN

Work Samples

Conceptual Rights

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Balancing Chemical Equations

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Great Gatsby

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Dave Ramsey

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How does she do it?

• iPad
• Notability
• Clicker Docs
• Read2Go
• Chromebook
• Read & Write for Google Chrome
• Bookshare WebReader
• Worker bee
• Google Slides!

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Right Now...

Provide a way

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Seek to understand

• Ask the right questions in the right way...
• Talking Mats

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More Later...

• Assessment?
• Training?
• Creativity?
• Curiousity?
• Make it Work mentality

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• WHATEVER IT TAKES

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Simple

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Complex Solutions

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www.praacticalaac.org

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Resources - APP List

• Assistive Technology Resources
• Accessible Instructional Materials
• Accessible Educational Materials Guidelines
• Website Accessibility
• Guidelines
• Accessible PDF Document Conversion - Snapverter
• Closed Captioning in YouTube
• Labeling Pictures
• Chrome based
• Read & Write for Google
• SpeakIt! Translation options for ESL students
• DocHub PDF editor
• Desmos
• EquatIO voice dictate math equations
• Google Voice Typing
• IPad
• SnapType for Occupational Therapy
• Tiny Scanner Picture to a PDF
• Notability More options than DocHub
• ModMath free
• Magnetic ABC free
• Pictello story making - step by step instructions
• Something to think about - Augmentative/Alternative Communication
• www.talkingaac.org
• http://praacticalaac.org/

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Eye Gaze Systems

• TobiiDynavox
• EyeGaze.com
• PCEye Mini
• EyeGaze Edge
• Smartbox Technologies
• Inclusive Technology - all in one solution

• Enabling Devices

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High Tech

Low Tech

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Makers Making Change: Eye Gaze Board Template File

Click to go to website!

Supporting the Lost Generation:

Communication for

Connection,

Choice,

& Control*

Presented by:

Erin Sheldon, MEd

Robin Pegg, MEd, COTA/L, ATP

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ATIA Conference February 2020

*The following slides are excerpts from this presentation...

Communication Boards

Why didn’t we use the Communication Matrix?

Two assessments - two DIFFERENT purposes

Communication Matrix

• Describe present levels/baseline in order to develop goals and an intervention plan.

The Pragmatics Profile

• Describe the communication function of current behaviours in order to develop a consistent, contingent response from communication partners.

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Pragmatics Profile for people who use AAC

Pragmatics Profile for people who use AAC

Pragmatics Profile for People who use AAC

Real choice

Real choice

Decision Making Agreements

• Inventory the decisions occurring for a person
• Ask which of these decisions they can be supported to make themselves
• Identify the tools that allow them to make and share the decision

Decision Making Agreements

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Robin Pegg, MEd, COTA/L, ATP

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Contact Information:

@RSPegg

rpegg@access360edu.com

www.access360edu.com

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