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Friday, June 28, 2013
Rebecca Signs, Gerald Sings
During last Friday’s CORE/Labor Source art show and performance, Bob and Judy Charles SmartHome resident Rebecca and some of her friends used sign language to interpret a song that others in the group were performing. Way to go, Rebecca! (Also note SH resident Gerald in the background, singing his heart out and rocking the guitar).
Thursday, June 27, 2013
Wednesday, June 26, 2013
Mandy Reads Her Poems
At last Friday night’s CORE/Labor Source art show and performance, Bob and Judy Charles SmartHome resident Mandy read three original poems: “Cupcake Thief,” “Instructions for Snow in April,” and “The On the Air Incident.”
Click here to read “Cupcake Thief”
Click here to read “Cupcake Thief”
Tuesday, June 25, 2013
Technology Tuesday
Welcome to the first edition of “Technology Tuesday.” The SmartHomes team has moved fully into the second phase of our project, where we are taking technology out of the SmartHomes and getting it in other settings and into the hands of other clients beyond just those living in the homes. We want to share those stories with you, hence the new feature. We hope these stories will be short and easy to read insights into how technology is changing the lives of everyone served by Imagine!, not just those living in the SmartHome.
Today’s Technology Tuesday is about “Sam,” an adult receiving services from Imagine!. Sam is verbal, but can’t read or write. We recently set Sam up with an iPad to overcome his illiteracy and increase his ability to communicate.
Sam can’t type, so he uses Siri (Apple’s voice recognition software) to enter voice texts. He uses an iPad reader function (which reads text on the iPad aloud) to read news and to research topics he is interested in, leading to personal growth. He also uses the reader function to read and send email.
Sam has also started to use the calendar function on the iPad to keep better track of his appointments, which has been a challenge for him in the past.
Today’s Technology Tuesday is about “Sam,” an adult receiving services from Imagine!. Sam is verbal, but can’t read or write. We recently set Sam up with an iPad to overcome his illiteracy and increase his ability to communicate.
Sam can’t type, so he uses Siri (Apple’s voice recognition software) to enter voice texts. He uses an iPad reader function (which reads text on the iPad aloud) to read news and to research topics he is interested in, leading to personal growth. He also uses the reader function to read and send email.
Sam has also started to use the calendar function on the iPad to keep better track of his appointments, which has been a challenge for him in the past.
Monday, June 24, 2013
Happy Birthday, Donna!
Wishing the happiest of birthdays to Bob and Judy Charles SmartHome resident Donna. Make it a great one, Donna!
Friday, June 21, 2013
Innovations Advocacy Council Tackles Important Issues
This post came to us because earlier this week, John (pictured below) told us about an Innovations Advocacy Council meeting that he’d be at.
Some of the agenda items from the monthly meeting included a discussion on the brochure they have been working on, titled, “Decision making-how much help do I really need?” The brochure provides information on guardianship and other important areas for people served by Imagine!. Also on yesterday’s agenda were discussions related to ballot issues for the 2013 elections, and how to help people who receive services from Imagine! to reach their full potential for reading.
When we told Donna (also pictured below) that trying to keep up with all the activities that the residents at the Bob and Judy Charles SmartHome participate in makes our heads spin, she replied, “We don’t sit around and let ourselves become couch potatoes.”
Pictured below, from the left, are Innovations Advocacy Council members Donna, Sam Towers (Behavior Health Manager for Imagine!'s Innovations for Children department), Lana, and John. Donna, Lana, and John are Bob and Judy Charles SmartHome residents who have been on the council since it began more than one year ago.
Some of the agenda items from the monthly meeting included a discussion on the brochure they have been working on, titled, “Decision making-how much help do I really need?” The brochure provides information on guardianship and other important areas for people served by Imagine!. Also on yesterday’s agenda were discussions related to ballot issues for the 2013 elections, and how to help people who receive services from Imagine! to reach their full potential for reading.
When we told Donna (also pictured below) that trying to keep up with all the activities that the residents at the Bob and Judy Charles SmartHome participate in makes our heads spin, she replied, “We don’t sit around and let ourselves become couch potatoes.”
Pictured below, from the left, are Innovations Advocacy Council members Donna, Sam Towers (Behavior Health Manager for Imagine!'s Innovations for Children department), Lana, and John. Donna, Lana, and John are Bob and Judy Charles SmartHome residents who have been on the council since it began more than one year ago.
Thursday, June 20, 2013
Gerald At The Fishing Derby
Great pic of SmartHome resident Gerald enjoying some fishing at the Outdoor Buddies Fishing Derby at Swift Pond, north of Windsor. The photos was taken by Shannon Bundy, who works at the Bob and Judy Charles SmartHome.
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