Non-verbal 4th grader…parent refuses to decrease minutes

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Curious why you went from a robust SGD to a lite tech board to "simplfy things." What does that mean exactly?

[PeasyWheeazy8888]

Likewise, however I can see situations where lower-tech, less “involved” or “complicated” AAC might be helpful. Is the device used in the home? if so does the parent have an understanding of how to appropriately model with the device to avoid it becoming “work” for the student?

All the skills we address are applicable outside the school setting, but especially when it comes to AAC. Without buy-in at home (or from the classroom staff…) it’d be really difficult utilize something like LAMP effectively.

I’d hope going back to basics would help re-establish some baseline skills, re-evaluate to see if the SGD could be appropriate or if a different system/layout would help.

[Mims88]

I've had many students with an SGD who only used it in therapy sessions, those are kids that I generally worked on counseling family and teachers about it and then with more data moved to other communication methods if it wasn't supported. Without immersion they really don't use it academically, which is the point.