Prentke Romich Company

Features

Products

Resources

Adult

Unity 128 Version Semantic Dictionary

The Unity 128 Semantic Dictionary provides a list of the category and subcategory icon patterns used in Unity 128.
Read more...

Cootie

Play the game of Cootie®.
Read more...

Fun with Descriptions

1. Participants learn to say describing words. 2. They learn pronoun-verb phrases. 3. Participants are shown a picture or given a name of a famous person or character. The first to make up a sentence about him or her scores a point. Play until a pre-set number of points is reached.
Read more...

Association of Meaning with Icon

Learning language isn't just about committing a list of words into your memory. It is learning about the relationships between words and the world in general. Let's take a simple - an apple.
Read more...

Ideas for using your device for Computer Access

Here are some suggested activities utilizing computer access for the AAC device user.
Read more...

Reinforcement of Target Vocabulary

For an older individual using a DeltaTalker™, Liberator™, or Pathfinder™, here is one technique for reinforcing target vocabulary. Make a list of the target vocabulary. Be sure the Icon Tutor is turned on. For practice, ask the individual to use Spell Mode to enter the word in the device. This will trigger the Icon Tutor, from which they can learn the icon sequence for that word.
Read more...

Tips for Transition from Static to Dynamic Display

Are you feeling challenged at the thought of how to transition an augmented communicator who as been using a static display such as that on an AlphaTalker™ to the dynamic display on a SpringBoard? After replicating the static display on the SpringBoard, using “Import Icons” if necessary, consider creating a paper copy of the SpringBoard display, and place it on the SpringBoard screen under the keyguard. As the user acclimates to the new device, the paper overlay can be removed. The paper overlay can continue to be used as a back-up system for activities such as swimming.