VSD PPT

Enhancing Learning Through

Visual Scene Displays

Presented April 22, 2008

Power Up Conference

By Lesley McGilligan, Cari Jesse, & Terry Huff

Who are we?• Lesley McGilligan,

SLP/Augmentative Communication Facilitator - Special School District of St. Louis County

• Terry Huff, SLP/Augmentative Communication Facilitator - Special School District of St. Louis County

• Cari Jesse , SLP/ Sales Consultant, Dynavox and Mayer-Johnson

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Today, we will…Discuss the

• What

• Why

• When &

• How

of using visual scene displays in your teaching/therapeutic

practices.

Handout & References

What is a Visual Scene Display?

“…VSDs portray events, people, actions, objects andActivities against the backgrounds in which they occur or exist.” Blackstone, 2004

Magnetic Scenes

Colorforms

PHOTOGRAPHS!!!

Flannel Boards

Background Scene

IN OTHER WORDS, VSDS CAN BE:

Why are we hearing so much about VSDs?

Blackstone

Shane

Beukelman

When would I use VSDs?

ANYTIME YOU WANT TO MAKE YOUR LESSONS MORE ENGAGING, BUT

SPECIFICALLY FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH:

•LIMITED COMMUNICATION

•COGNITIVE DEFICITS

•FINE MOTOR ISSUES

•ATTENTION CONCERNS

The Function of Visual Supports

Visual Instructional

Visual Instructional

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Shane, 2006

Visual Expressive

Visual Organizatio

nal

How do I create VSDs?

Today we will be showing you a variety of

• no tech,

• low tech and

• high tech options

for creating visual scene displays.

The good news is…You don’t have to be Martha Stewart or aRocket scientist to

Make a visual scene.

Felt/Flannel BoardsThefeltsource.com

Got a cookie sheet?

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Communication Board

Communication Board

AAC-RERC Spread the WordLow-tech Visual Scenes Templates: Available now

by Kristy S. E. Weissling and David R. Beukelman

Communication Book-VSD Based

• Frees your lessons from the computer and puts them into the hands of the learner!

• Can be used with Boardmaker boards, greeting cards, photos, magazine pages, newspaper clippings, worksheets and workbook pages to breathe new life into existing paper activities!

• SmartPockets!

• Switch accessible!

Boardmaker Activity PadBy Mayer-Johnson

Static Display Device - Super TalkerStatic Display Device - Super Talker

Static Display Device - Static Display Device - Smart 128 by AMDiSmart 128 by AMDi

• Bring Boardmaker activities to life and make the computer a student

learning tool with Boardmaker Plus!

software.

Boardmaker Plus or Speaking Dynamically Pro

BOARDMAKER ADDENDUMS AND ADD-ON SOFTWARE

• Scene Detective

• This is the One I Want

Power Point

Classroom Suite

http://aex.intellitools.com/searchdetails.php?act_keya=categories0

Many activities with visual scenes imbedded are available through

IntelliShare: Classroom Activity Exchange - FREE

Dynamic Display Device - Dynavox V

Uses InterAACt software incorporatingVisual scenes.

Dynamic Display Device - ECO-14 by PRC

Online Sources for Interactive Visual Scenes

Sunnykidsplay.com Geocities.com

Disneyclips.com

Starwarsspoofs.com

Questions?