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My name is Brenda and my son Leon is 6 and has Down's Syndrome.
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He has challenges with communication.
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He has a lot to say but he can't always get it from his brain to his mouth.
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A lot of his words sound similar. It's hard to differentiate different words.
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When he was about three years old we came to Pacer, with our speech therapist from school.
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Our school people have been with us all the way and a private therapist as well.
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fantastic team his whole life- surrounded by really good people.
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So then we tried out the "Go Talk" low tech communication system when he was younger
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and then we tried the iPod Touch from Pacer.
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Found that he was a little too young for that at the time and finally bought the iPad
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it was bigger and easier for him to learn on.
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So he has had an iPad and Proloquo2go for about a year and a half. He is using it
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as a supplement to his communication. He signs, talks, and uses the iPad to supplement.
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So many of his words are similar sounding, if there is a c or k or a p or and m. So it's really hard to differentiate.
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So our process to use it was ...Proloquo comes loaded with tons of things. I started his own page
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and added things slowly to it as he got better
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Now he's getting pretty good. It's not his most primary mode of communication but it's really really nice backup.
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I see it as really beneficial in the sense that he sees it, hears it, and repeats it.
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It's another layer of communication for him.
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[device] I got sugar.
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Leo, it's your turn.
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Ak
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Tap what you got, Leo.
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[device] Ak
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Good.
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There's a lot of professionals out there that can help.
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Leo's been blessed with lot's of good good people.
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It's been really good for him and I only see good things for the future.
