The Mission Project would like to thank the Westerman Foundation and the McGowan Foundation for making this project possible.

Thursday, June 13, 2013

Involving the Parents and Guardians

The involvement of parents and guardians is integral to the success of Mission Project. I am posting the agenda of the parent meeting that launched this month of iPad trainings. In the case that someone would want to duplicate this project, it's important to note how many components there are to consider. 


Parent Meeting agenda:

Inspiring videos
Brief explanation of ipad management system – layered approach
What I’ve been doing to prepare for the launch of this project
Big picture: integration of ipad use throughout calendar activities and daily routines.  Individualized goals!!
The blog – educate yourself, dialogue with one another, follow along, take pics and video for me to post, success stories, follow along!
Logistics of Saturday trainings (time, location, food, drinks, etc)
Volunteers (who, when, how)
Video and photo release
Parent Surveys – turn in if you haven’t. I haven’t reviewed all of them yet but I will soon!
AAC/communication apps  (rehab institute vs SLP consultant, cost of apps, programming, etc)
Responsibility/ethics contract
Progress monitoring
Distribution of colored cases
Cleaning (baggies of wipes)
Ipad practice in June – all supervised and in group format… when??
Ipads go home in July
Integration of Kansas focus support staff in project
Discussion of wifi/internet access
Optional accessories (keyboard, different case, earbuds)
Built in features: notes, calendar, camera, camera roll, videos, calculator, notes
Free starter apps
Questions about Apple IDs?
Restrictions: defaulted,configured settings + individualized restrictions
App store- Creating Itunes account with or without a credit card (receipts of purchased/free apps will go to email addresses associated with Apple account)
Backing up to iCloud with Apple ID
Troubleshooting – who’s the “go-to” (this isn’t figured out yet)
Updates and back-ups
I will do software updates and ipad checks quarterly
Individuals can do app updates (or facilitated during a group)
When to meet again as large group of parents/guardians??
Remaining questions??
Remaining concerns??

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