Teach your nonverbal child to
spell, read
and communicate!
Your nonverbal child can learn to communicate. Many students with severe disabilities and documented low IQs have learned to spell and communicate.
If your child can brush his teeth, put on an item of clothing, manipulate toys, then your child has the skills needed to learn spelled communication.
Spell As U Go™ is a program that teaches spelling to non-speaking children using an Orton-Gillingham-based method. Instead of writing out words, your child demonstrates spelling knowledge by pointing to a letter board. This program teaches both spelling (academics) and how to use a letter board (motor planning).
I developed the Spell As U Go program because I believe every child deserves to have a voice. No matter your child's diagnosis, his or her brain is working all the time. It is taking in information, categorizing it to make sense of it, and communicating knowledge and ideas. However, when sensory issues or motor planning gets in the way, your child may not be able to communicate thoughts in a meaningful way.
There are many options for communication for nonspeaking or minimally speaking children, but one stands out above the rest:
Spelled communication allows your child to say anything he or she wants in a way that others can readily understand.
No more guessing games about what your child is trying to say.
No more having to interpret your child's communication efforts to others.
No expensive high tech with limited vocabulary.
Using letter boards like those pictured here, your child can learn to spell his or her thoughts.