Introduction to Vantage Lite

Introduction to Vantage Lite

8:30am – 3:30pm, Poplar Conference Room, Poplar Building, at Midlands Center in Columbia

Presenter: Sandy Baldwin, M.S.,CCC-SLP, Regional Consultant/Augmentative Communication Specialist, Prentke Romich Company

Description: This course will introduce the participant to the Vantage Lite communication device. The participant will briefly learn about the hardware of the Vantage Lite as well as the Exploration Wizard and Page-based Language Options. The course will cover the various levels of Unity that are found in the most recent software version of the Vantage Lite. Our focus for this training will be on the Unity 45 and 60 Language Patterns.

The participant will learn how to customize the Vantage Lite for the augmented communicator. Participants will learn to create additional vocabulary and modify current vocabulary through creating and modifying activities and pages as well as modifying core vocabulary. Participants will learn how to modify selection techniques, speech and word pronunciations. Participants will learn how to hide/show core keys, hide/show an activity, hide/show a page, and create visual scene page with a link. A brief amount of time will be spent on additional device features such as importing digital images and using the Vocabulary Builder feature.

Participant will need to bring a Vantage Lite or laptop computer.

Cost: Free, but pre-registration is required. This class is limited to 12 participants.

Registration: To register and obtain additional information, visit http://www.prentrom.com/training

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