Downloadable Vocabulary: Access happens

Access Happens

kids and young adults

Access happens: Is a page set designed for individuals to practice using their device, enjoy fun activities while learning a new access method, or as an assessment tool. it will not evaluate scores. Access Happens will guide you towards a better understanding of how an individual does with different access methods and numbers of buttons on the page

Access Happens is set up in sections. the sections are eye gaze practice , single target page , Multi- target page , full-page selection and fun activities . Lets learn about each of these sections , each of which can be accessed from the main page.

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Eye Gaze Practice:

Provides activities to determine if the individual is more accurate with small or large buttons. the “quadrants” activity allows you to assess the accuracy in the different areas of the screen.

Scanning Practices

Provides pages with 8, 16, 60 Buttons per page . It is not a complete page set , but a ample that provides individuals with the feeling of using a page set with that number of buttons on the page.

Single Target:

activities are further segmented by age level. there are different actives at each age level, with the expectation that the individual will select one possible target formal field of medium- sized buttons. depending how the individual does with single target activities

Full Page

Full page activities have more objects to chose from on each page, requiring individuals to discriminate between symbols/ picture’s as well as make an accurate selection

Fun Page:

The Fun page provides suggestions of games, activities , or topics of conversations. rather than provide specific vocabulary, they are deigned to be used with existing vocabulary that are part of the Grid 3 software.

About the Creator of this Page Set

Belva Holman, B.A. ED., ATP/ATACP, is the Clinical Support Specialist & Regional Consultant at Control Bionics. She has years of experience working in special education and product development and is passionate about helping clients customize vocabulary and better use their devices.

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