August 5th Newsletter - Dynavox

1.
Other News
• Tobii
in
Primetime!
-­NBC
will
be
debuting
a
new
show
on
August
5th
(TONIGHT!)
at
8pm
called
“Food
Fighters”.
A
few
months
ago
Tobii
worked
with
NBC
to
provide
an
I-­
Series
device
to
contestant
Annie
Smith,
as
she
was
playing
to
raise
funds
to
purchase
one
for
her
daughter
Rhett.
Annie
can
be
seen
at
the
:16
second
spot
in
the
following
video,
and
be
sure
to
check
out
the
show
on
the
5th!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lz9GQJ30OZM&sns=em
• Medicare
Funding
Update:
-­If
you
have
a
client
who
will
be
receiving
funding
for
a
new
device
through
Medicare,
please
call
me
and
we
can
talk
through
the
process
• Let’s
Schedule
a
Training:
-­As
always,
if
you
would
like
to
schedule
an
in-­service,
training,
or
evaluation
for
your
office
don’t
hesitate
to
contact
me
• Don’t
Forget
About
Office
Hours!
-­Every
Friday
from
10am-­2pm
EST
our
Headquarters
speech
team
is
available
Here
for
Compass
Professional
subscribers
to
ask
questions
and
help
you
learn!
August
5th,
2014
Ben
Henry
Cell:
502-­‐475-­‐2030
Email:
ben.henry@dynavoxtech.com
“The
world
needs
fewer
selfies,
and
more
other
peoplies”
~@IAmKidPresident
Introducing PODD Pageset
What Does PODD Stand For?
Pragmatic Organized Dynamic Display
What Is PODD?
PODD was created by speech pathologist Gayle Porter as a way to organize
way to organize symbol and whole word vocabulary. It is a form of partner
communication facilitated by question asking instead of having the user create
novel messages. If you have ever used a low tech picture board and asked
questions expecting a response then you have used a form of PODD.
You can watch an awesome YouTube video of (almost) 3-year-old Callaghan
using a PODD book by clicking Here! As you can see after watching the video,
having this same capability for communication, but placing it on our editable
T10 device is a huge deal.
PODD User Manual (and helpful How To Use guide)
www.mydynavox.com/content/resources/pdf/podd/us_podd_userguide.pdf
Device Tip: Explore all of the Behavior Supports onboard your Compass Software!
Event Shout-Out
A
big
thanks
to
enTECH
with
Spalding
University
for
inviting
me
to
participate
in
their
KITE
summer
camp.
This
was
a
great
event
that
brought
together
speech,
occupational,
physical,
and
behavioral
therapists
over
four
days.
Seeing
the
interactions
and
the
experiences
the
children
had
was
very
encouraging
for
me.
If
you
are
having
an
event
feel
free
to
invite
me!
I
like
being
able
to
lend
a
hand