SLIDE 1 Implementation Strategies for Eye Gaze Users
Katelyn Oeser SLP Brenda Del Monte SLP
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They are doing it with their eyes!
SLIDE 3 Why do we put kiddos on eye gaze?
- Vision is a relative strength
- Direct Select with a pointer finger is not reliable
- Eye gaze can be better than Switches
SLIDE 4 “But we have switches……”
SLIDE 5 Set up for success
- Visual feedback for dwell time
- Pointer
- Highlight
- Shrinking dot
- Clock dial
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What does is look like on the ACCENT?
SLIDE 7 Let’s take a look…
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What does the Tobii eye gaze look like?
SLIDE 9 Let’s take a look….
SLIDE 10 Positioning
- Promotes head stability
- Fosters a learning level of alertness
- This is not the time to work on the positioning you “hope” to have
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Check this out…
SLIDE 12 Distance
- 18-22 inches
- Keep with in mind when deciding size of buttons
SLIDE 13 Expanding field activities could help
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What about glasses?
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Building eye gaze endurance
SLIDE 16 She one years old…..
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Its like weightlifting
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Near and Far
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Magic Wand
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Let’s Take a Look…
SLIDE 21 It’s still just a language system
- Choice Making
- Social Language – phrase based language
- Core Words
- Acceptance and Rejection
- Don’t be afraid of two choice contrasting pages
SLIDE 22 Let’s start the very beginning….
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Navigation
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Trust me…..they meant to say that!
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Teaching not Testing
SLIDE 26 Model Model Model
SLIDE 27 How do you progress?
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