Engaging Teaching Activities with Talkido

PCDI Preschool

Princeton, New Jersey, USA

Asisstant Director

Joyce MacDuff

4-year-old with autism

Speech-Language Impairment

Primary English Speaker

Educational Disabilities

Autism Spectrum Disorder

The user background

Princeton Child Development institution is a private, non-profit program offering a broad spectrum of science-based services to children, youths, and adults with autism.

Challenge

4-year-old girl with autism. She can say words by imitating the sounds heard around, but can't communicate within a meaningful social context. She does not make eye contact. She has a tendency to say scripted words by herself.

Support auditory comprehension and literacy development

Make teaching activities more engaging

Encourage interactions and requesting

How was Talkido implemented?

Asst. Director has used the Talkido to teach how to interact with her teacher.

Recording a phrase related to the activities was easy with the DIY cards provided with the system.

Using the DIY cards has allowed us to customize the language model provided when she places the card over the Mio device.

These cards were attached to visual cues that were part of her daily activity schedule.

The portability of the Mio device that activates the recording is a big advantage.

Outcomes

Portable and Flexible

It allowed to better teach social approach to the conversational recipient.

High Customization Options

The DIY cards provided to customize language model while interacting with the Mio.

Support on Daily Activities

The visual cues attached to DIY cards helped her on daily activity schedule.

Educator Testimonial

"One of the advantages of the Talkido system is the portability of the Mio device that activates the recording. This has allowed us to better teach social approach to the conversational recipient by moving the location of the Mio device. We look forward to exploring other options that the system provides!"