Switch Basics

The classic Switch Basics helps a student learn how access a switch. Eight engaging activities give students experiences from cause-and-effect to row-column scanning. The SoftTouch Steps to Learning Program gives you control over the learning experience. You select the activities and place them in the desired order, select the number of presses and more. Use the data collection to assess student progress in control of the switch, intentionality and timing. Students have fun as they learn to attend and build switch skills.

Student Goals

• Learn when to press and release switch
• Learn linear scanning skills
• Learn row-column scanning skills
• Learn social turn-taking skills
• Learn to press switch repeatedly as a precursor to step scanning

Features Benefits

• 8 activities teach a variety of switch skills including cause-and-effect, simple and row-column scanning
• Variety of music, images and animation keeps the student engaged and motivated
• Three types of two-switch access for building access skills
• Collect data to track student performance

System Requirements

Macintosh OSX

Intel Core™ Duo 1.83GHz or faster processor; PowerPC® G4 1GHz or faster processor Mac OS X 10.4.11 or Mac OS X 10.5.4, 10.5.5, and 10.6 (Not available in 10.7 and above) 512MB of RAM

Windows

Intel® Pentium® III 1GHz or faster processor, 512MB of RAM Recommended: Pentium 4 2GHZ or faster, 1GB RAM Windows 7, Windows Vista® Home Premium, Business, Ultimate, or Enterprise including 64 bit editions, Windows Vista SP1, Windows XP Tablet PC Edition SP2 and SP3, Windows XP SP2 and SP3, Windows 2000 SP4, Windows 2003 Server