3-4 DynaVox Technologies
Chapter 3: Using DynaVox Language Application Page Sets About Page Sets
navigation strategy, see Navigating Within a Page Set on
page 3-13.
12 ADULT MASTER PAGE: 12 ADULT MAIN
The vocabulary is designed to encourage the initiation of dialog and
conversational participation in social, personal and work-related
environments. At the top of many pages in this set are four buttons
that provide immediate access to important vocabulary such as
“hello,” “help,” “please wait” and “what I want to say isn’t here.” There
are over 50 pages in this set, and topics include Daily Activities,
About Me, Restaurant, Bank and Grocery Store.
Behavior Modification Some individuals with limited ways to communicate develop
maladaptive behaviors in place of communication. For example, they
may scream or try to run away between activities because they do
not know the schedule and cannot ask “What are we doing next?”
Other individuals may try to destroy work materials because they
aren’t motivated to work and cannot understand verbal explanations
of why they must work or what will happen after they are done
working.
The Behavior Modification pages offer visual and communicative
strategies to help reduce maladaptive behaviors or replace them with
more socially acceptable forms of communication. These strategies
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