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| Autism/PDD Software Opens Many Doors Memories of a 'Good Day' with First Words Nouns & Sounds Trains 100 Nouns and the Sounds They Make With The Sentence Master, Your
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Autism/PDD
Software Opens Many Doors
Dear Laureate, Tariq is five years old and has autism spectrum disorder, severe oral motor apraxia, and sensory dysfunction. After initially expanding his receptive language with flash cards, we tried several different language development software packages and the experiences were not very successful. It took a lot of positive reinforcement to keep our son at the computer and engaged. We noticed an immediate difference with Laureate’s Autism/ PDD Package. The lively animation and various levels of support helped him attend and be successful. The positive behavioral momentum helped him rapidly master early vocabulary, syntax, and category concepts. We also have seen his initiation of expressive language increase. Before we started using your software, it was difficult to confirm how much language he was understanding versus what he had learned in the context of environmental cues. With the ability to review our son’s progress at the end of each lesson and track his progress over time, we were able to demonstrate that his understanding of language was not just contextual.In six months, Tariq has worked through Level 1 of the Autism Package and is currently working on Level 2. His ability to follow along when we read to him, read words to us, and work independently on the computer has given him an enormous boost in confidence. He can do what his older sisters can do and is very proud of his accomplishments! Our speech therapists have been extremely impressed with his progress. In the year between evaluations, our son has increased his receptive language skills from 1.5-2 years to 4-6 years. Using his augmentative communication device, his expressive language skills have gone from 1-1.5 years to 2-5 years. Our son’s language skills have soared thanks to your Autism/PDD package. Best of all we have a little boy who understands
so much more of his world, loves to be read to, and is rapidly gaining
much more independence and control over his life. We can’t thank
you enough for the benefits your software has conferred on our family. Memories of a 'Good Day' with First Words It is with great pleasure that I tell you this story even though it took place about 7 years ago. I still remember the feeling of the event but unfortunately do not remember the names of the individuals. A family who lived on the other side of New Jersey came to visit during the Open Access drop-in hours to see how technology could benefit their son. Their son was autistic and about the age of 7. For lack of better terminology, their son was locked in his own special world. He did not seem to pay attention to his family or notice that I was in the room. He did, however, go from one side of the center to the other very quickly looking at everything in the room through a stare that would indicate to most people he was unaware of his surroundings. I brought him over to a computer with a TouchWindow and Laureate's First Words program. I demonstrated how to touch the window to select a picture. From that point on, he selected the correct picture every time as we went through the program. I looked up at his parents and they were crying.
They said they never knew their son was capable of knowing or selecting
these words on his own. We all had a good cry as their son continued
to demonstrate his capabilities at the computer using Laureate's software
programs. Joanne Castellano Nouns & Sounds Trains 100 Nouns and the Sounds They Make "We recently received Nouns
& Sounds for use with our handicapped 21 year old son. It
is a spectacular program. The real photographs are superb and the
voice is the best of any computer program we have. The activities
are different enough that it seems like a huge assortment. My son
enjoys all 7 activities -- I enjoy the wide variety available for
his use. Keep this excellent type of programming coming." With The Sentence
Master, Your Child Will Learn to Read...We Guarantee It!
"Through
the creative design of your program, Ben is not just learning but
also finding excitement and contentment in the process." "The
use of the computer rather than a textbook greatly aided Stephen -
he considered the program more like playing a game than doing work."
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