PRC to Host Schuyler’s Monster Author Robert Rummel-Hudson in Booth #1031 at 2008 ASHA Convention
100 Free Copies of Schuyler’s Monster, A Father’s Journey with His Wordless Daughter Offered to ASHA Conference Attendees
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Wooster, OH, November 17, 2008: Prentke Romich Company (PRC), the worldwide leader in alternative and augmentative communication (AAC) language systems and technology, invites ASHA attendees to meet author Robert Rummel-Hudson in Booth #1031 on Friday, November 21, and to enter PRC’s drawing for a free copy of his 2008 book, Schuyler’s Monster, A Father’s Journey with His Wordless Daughter.
In the acclaimed memoir, Rummel-Hudson shares the story of his daughter Schuyler, now eight years old, who was born with a rare neurological brain disorder that prevents her from being able to speak. Using PRC’s Vantage™ Plus speech-output device, the high-spirited youngster is now able to communicate her thoughts and feelings at home and at school.
PRC will be giving away 100 copies of the best-selling book in a random drawing held Friday, November 21. ASHA attendees can enter the drawing by visiting PRC in Booth #1031 on Thursday, November 20, and completing an entry form. Rummel-Hudson will sign books on Friday between 10 am – noon and 3-5 pm. ASHA conference attendees can enter to receive a copy at the conference or are welcome to bring their own copy for the author to sign.
Visitors to the PRC booth also will see the newest of PRC’s AAC devices, Vantage™ Lite, a dedicated device designed for AAC beginners and those ready to advance toward fully independent augmented communication.
The second in PRC’s popular new line of “Lite” devices, Vantage Lite offers the same powerful language and communication features of PRC’s classic Vantage™ Plus but adds an array of hardware and software innovations, including:
- Compact case with built-in handle for greater portability;
- “High Brightness” display with LED backlight and wide viewing angle;
- Magnesium frame that prevents damage from bumps and drops;
- Bluetooth® connectivity for computer access and wireless access;
- Integrated Bluetooth® phone interface, a PRC exclusive.
About PRC
A 100% employee-owned company founded in 1966 and headquartered in Wooster, OH, PRC is a global leader in the development and manufacture of augmentative communication devices, computer access products, and other assistive technology for people with severe disabilities.
In addition to its powerful communication devices – ECO™-14, Vanguard™, Vantage™, SpringBoard™, and the new SpringBoard™ Lite and Vantage ™ Lite – PRC also provides a wide array of high-quality teaching and implementation tools, therapy materials, curriculum sequences, funding assistance, and training to speech-language pathologists, special educators, and the families of AAC communicators.
You can learn more about the book, Schuyler’s Monster, by visiting www.schuylersmonster.com. Learn more about the author by visiting his blog at www.schuylersmonsterblog.com.
For more information on PRC products and services, go to www.prentrom.com or call (800) 262-1984.
12 comments:
Is the book available at bookstores?
I only just found your blog, but it just rocketed to my Top 5 list. I'm looking forward to meeting you at ASHA.
I'm teaching an AAC course this semester and my goal all semester has been to get the students to see kids and adults who use AAC as fully capable people first, and to see the matter of their lack of speech as an individual quirk that we can work around with a little extra effort and the right gear.
I saw this entry from about a month ago: "This is the same little girl about whom some therapists and teachers in her previous schools gently suggested that mainstreaming might not even be possible."
I am trying very hard so that my students do not become that type of therapist.
Adam B., doctoral candidate, Penn State Univ.
Now to see if you can get them to throw in one of those newfangled devices. :)
Also, Julie looks quite radiant here. (I went to say so on Flickr, but couldn't locate this particular photo.) Pass it on!
Is the ASHA convention in Chicago?
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I live very close to Wooster, OH, only about 15 minutes from there and hadn't a clue what exactly PRC manufactured! How crazy is that?
Had my hopes up for a bit that you might actually be IN Wooster but guess I'll have to wait on that :P
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Can't wait to meet you! I appreciate you coming to ASHA. I hope you'll sign my book ...
Congrats on the booth - it must be so surreal for you, this whole book thing. Have you tried the Vantage Lite? We're finding it to be everything we'd hoped and are awaiting our own to arrive since this loaner is just temporary.
"High-spirited youngster." Hee. 'Grats on this latest appearance; it must be a neat kind of synergy. Is Schuyler going to be trying out the Lite version at the booth? It sort of sounds that way...
This is so exciting.
I wish I could go to ASHA to meet you.
If you and Schuyler are a big hit (WHICH IS A GIVEN) and you end up coming to Minneapolis in October for the Closing the Gap Conference (WHICH IS A SUGGESTION), I hope to meet you.
I've been to Closing the Gap and I think a talk by you would be a GREAT Addition - I walked out of one of the talks where a teacher said she liked all her students to have the same device so that the page for a lesson only had to be created once. She wanted specific words on the page so she could ask specific information and get specific answers.
For example, for the solar system, she wanted a page that had the names of all the planets on it so she could ask the whole class, "which planet is the called the red planet" and all the students using AAC could go to the same place on the same page and answer "Mars".
Someone suggested it would be better and server the students better to use words that were already in the core language of their devices. That teacher suggested asking questions like "What can you tell me about Mars", which would give the children the opportunity to use their devices to say things like "4th from the sun; red; 7th largest".
The presenter did not think this would show the child understood the subject and said she NEEDED to ask things like "Which planet is the 7th largest."
Some people should not be allowed near kids.
I hope will see you at AHSA. I have reading your blog from New Zealand and really enjoy your 'down to earth' writing and sharing Schuyler's journey.
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