KUDDOS FOR KEYBOARD TOWN PALS!!

Hello Donna and the KBTP family,

What a wonderful little piece of software! My Down Syndrome son who is 12 immediately was taken by the warm and charming characters (rather reminiscent of Sesame,  so familiar to him, in a way) and wanted to sit down and watch the whole thing through.

Once that was done he had no problem following directions (with me by his side as a prompter) and was able to finish one hand (left) in an hour long session.

I will say that for a Down Syndrome individual or an individual with impaired cognitive and motor ability, it might be a little too fast...I remedied this by pressing the pause button until he was ready for the next piece of info. Not really a problem but something to consider if there is a re-issue for a special needs version.

Also we took an hour on just one hand...which we actually had to break into two sessions because of attention and fatigue issues.

We practiced one hand, watching the sessions over until I felt comfortable with it and then went to the other hand, following the same daily pattern.

Result: IN ABOUT A 10  DAY PERIOD OF TIME, MY DOWN SYNDROME SON HAS LEARNED ALL HIS FINGER POSITIONS WITH 98% ACCURACY. HE CAN NOW TYPE AT 5WPM.

This does not mean that he has the speed but the basic "how to" is there...and I credit KBTP for this.

Now we use another typing program, for the practice, speed and the games. He asks for KBTP almost daily and we now use it as a brush-up program or just for fun...

The interesting thing is that he asks for KBTP almost daily and goes through it at a much faster speed than at the beginning. Also, when he is on the other typing program and just doing his lessons, he tells himself where to put his fingers for each key USING KBTP CHARACTERS...isn't that cool...!

He is writing 10 - 12 sentence paragraphs on subjects that interest him. Writing will probably never be his forte so typing is a wonderful option for him. Once he writes his creative writing he proceeds to type it!

I would like to add that my operating system was not being very cooperative with the KBTP CD version and two wonderful people stayed with me and my trials until we made it work. Thank you Donna and Dan for your patience.!

Now I am waiting for a Mac version of the CD so that my son Robin can keep on using it on his MacBook at school.

Thank you again for a wonderful program!

Keep up the awesome work!

Gri and Robin Buongiorne




Here is Donna Kunz response to my letter...she is the CEO of the company I believe...
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Hi,

Thanks so much for the beautiful letter.  But I was not expecting to scroll down and see Robin smiling holding the KTP box. I was really blown away. It is a great picture. 

 

With your permission we will post this letter and picture on our site.  I will let you know when my web designer gets it up. Please ask Robin to type us his own letter and we will post that as well.  How cool is that!

 

Donna
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Hi,

Everyone loves your letter and the picture of Robin holding the KTP box and smiling. Thanks so much for putting it on Amazon.  That is really helpful.

We put it up on the website.  Go to Media Page and click on the Articles.  It is the first one. I also saw the blog.  Terrific.  We are going away for Thanksgiving so when we return I am sure your check we be here and I will mail the MAC version.

The best part is that Robin is typing and expressing himself.  If you ever have updates about how he is doing or something that he wrote, please keep us posted. Followup is something teachers appreciate.

Thanks again,

Donna

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