Down Syndrome Awareness - Day 16

Today we picked up a loaner Ipad with Proloquo2go from the Augmentative Communication Department at Children's Hospital. We went for his 6 month checkup/review with them a few weeks ago and it was recommended that since Connor is still not speaking actual words, that we may want to consider a speech output device in addition to his American Sign Language, Pictures, and word approximations. He is a pro at the ipad and my iphone so I think he is going to catch on very quickly and am looking forward to seeing how this will help him with his communication. The speech therapist suggested that recent studies are showing that hearing the ipad talk for him when pushing the pictures may help him with his own sound production. Looking forward to working on this with him and enhancing his communication skills.