Did you know that you can increase the size of the buttons in MyGuide? When playing guides, notice the navigation and control buttons in the corners. If they are too small and you want to make them larger, follow these steps: From the navigation tabs on MyGuide, tap the “Me” Read more…
Meet Lesley Garcia, an occupational therapist using MyGuide in her research with the University of Nottingham. Lesley is researching how technology can launch and support the wellness recovery principles of CHIME (Connectedness, Hope and Optimism, a sense of Identity, a sense of Meaning in Life, and a sense of Empowerment) Read more…
Schedule: The MyGuide calendar enables users to: Set alerts for start and end times Schedule breaks Organize and execute multiple tasks Maintain routines Prompting: With MyGuide, users can create multimedia guides to prompt them with either images, text, or video. MyGuide makes it easy to follow directions for learning and Read more…
This month’s newsletter is dedicated to individuals in our community who make employment a priority and are empowered by MyGuide to support their success. October is National Disability Employment Awareness Month (NDEAM), a commemoration of the accomplishments of people with disabilities and their commitment to America’s workforce. Held annually, National Read more…
Christiana Santos, an Occupational Therapist, and owner of Future Forward Pediatrics uses MyGuide with her clients every day as a tool for facilitating various therapeutic activities, visual schedules, emotion/choice communication, and remote monitoring or Home Exercise Programs. “Remote monitoring is one of the best functions of MyGuide! I can actually Read more…
Caregiver Tips Mark, Caregiver for son with autism MyGuide has helped us by establishing lists of activities and routines that he will carry out on his own if his MyGuide takes him through it. In the past, he would resist or not understand what we were asking of him. He Read more…
Tips & Tricks to Support Self-Expression Preference Assessment: Create guides that ask what MyGuide users like, prefer, and enjoy, and use their responses to inform how you help them build their guides. Provide real-world examples and images in the guide and apply them with the Choices plugin. This can help Read more…
Attending national and local conferences for professionals serving people with developmental disabilities is a powerful way to keep up to date on the latest research, advances, and technology available to professionals in the field. The National ACCSES Fall Summit was held in Tampa in late November. ACCSES is an elite network Read more…
Person-First Language (PFL) is a style of communication that demonstrates respect for people with disabilities by recognizing them as a person first instead of describing them as their disability. Attention to this language helps to eliminate stereotypes and prejudicial language. Chris Martin, Director of Workforce for Soar365 was involved in the early days Read more…
The presumption of competence is the most basic right upon which all others are founded. By Gretchen Ward, MS, OTR/L In 1946, the World Health Organization identified “the highest attainable standard of health as a right to every human being.” But what does that mean for people with disabilities? Often Read more…