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Environmental Control as an Assessment Tool

Environmental Control as an Assessment Tool. Jackie Ayre Occupational Therapist Katharine Buckley Speech and Language Therapist. What do we mean by environmental control in the context of assessment.

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Environmental Control as an Assessment Tool

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  1. Environmental Control as an Assessment Tool Jackie Ayre Occupational Therapist Katharine Buckley Speech and Language Therapist

  2. What do we mean by environmental control in the context of assessment Any activity that enables the child to directly control their environment. This direct control results in something significant happening.

  3. Why use Environmental Control? • Motivation • Access to technology • A focus for communication

  4. Why use Environmental Control? • Fun way of exploring access. • Significant effect resulting from physical input. • Demonstrate how a child can be involved in activities, both at home and in school. • A communicative activity. • This is particularly useful for those who are very physically complex, demotivated and /or passive.

  5. Equipment and Activities • Latching boxes • Battery operated toys, mains equipment. • Simple communication devices. • Eg Little Macks, Tech Talk ECU • Communication devices / Computers with environmental control unit. • Infra red toys e.g Cars, Robosapien • Room controls e.g door, curtains, plugs, stereo, TV • Infra red speaker phone • Bluetooth mobile phone

  6. Latching boxes • Looking for optimum switch site or sites. • Emphasis on activity • Examples • Music, bubble machine, disco light, fan, vacuum cleaner, twirl paint. • Video Jamie

  7. EC and Communication

  8. Simple communication devices • Single message devices • Little Mack, 4talk4 for battery operated toys (Toy is activated while the recorded message plays) • May use with switch latching box • Tech Talk Plus ECU • On / Off control of four wireless mains sockets • Switch input version appears to control 8 battery operated toys

  9. Communication devices / Computers with environmental control unit. • Infra red toys e.g Cars, Robosapien • Room controls e.g door, curtains, plugs, stereo, TV • Infra red speaker telephone • Bluetooth mobile phone. • Flexible means of assessment

  10. Infra red toys e.g Cars, Robosapiens • Video Sam

  11. Room controls e.g door • Alistair

  12. M is 19 and ‘turned off’ using his old communication aid No functional vision Reassessment of switches required Independent control of a stereo proved to be the ‘way in’ Rolling Stones CD well played that day! Options on the page included: Next track, previous track, play, pause, radio / CD, power on/off, volume up, volume down Room controls e.g stereo

  13. Flexible access

  14. Flexible Access

  15. Flexible Access

  16. Giving control!

  17. Giving Control!

  18. Giving Control!

  19. Giving Control!

  20. Giving Control!

  21. Using communication software for sending SMS messages • V motivating, using popular mainstream equipment.

  22. Using communication software for sending SMS messages • Or using a dedicated communication aid for SMS plus calls

  23. Environmental control is a fantastic assessment tool: give it a go and have fun!!!

  24. Please download handouts from our websitewww.ace-centre.org.uk • buckley@ace-centre.org.uk • ayre@ace-centre.org.uk

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