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How Goally Helps Addison Build Life Skills

Frances Elenbaas is a mom to Addison, and was recommended Goally by her daughter’s therapist. She gave Goally a try- and the rest is history.

“Purchasing a Goally has without a doubt been the best decision we have made for her!” she shared with our parent support team.

After hearing more of her story, we couldn’t help but want to share her inspiring parenting journey, and how Goally has helped her navigate it. So without further ado, Meet Frances and Addison!

Frances’ Story

“Our 7 year old daughter has always struggled with communicating her needs and doing things independently. Every time she became upset she would become non-verbal and we had no way of knowing how to help her until she was calm again. Emotional regulation was not one of her strong suits. Meltdowns every 2 hours were normal for our family.

A little girl washes her hands while using her Goally device.

Our daughter thrived having a consistent schedule, yet every daily calendar or laminated visual schedule we tried to implement for her was always unsuccessful. Then her therapist recommended Goally to us. I was skeptical about Goally at first, as I didn’t know if it would be worth the price. We decided to give it a try and initially paid for just the app and used it on an older iPad mini for her.

Within a week of using Goally’s CoPilot with visual schedules, reminders, and Mood Tuner, our daughter was going through her schedule with ease and very few meltdowns! 

We saw such a change in her that we decided to purchase the Goally tablet. Her excitement when her tablet got delivered was the sweetest thing to watch.

She started using all the amazing features offered by Goally and loved to use the Game Garage, Puzzles, and Graffiti Garage apps. She also loves watching the ASMR videos in the Chill Zone to help her relax.

She recently even started using the AAC Talker app to communicate with us when she is upset! We went from having meltdowns every few hours, to being able to understand what her needs are when she’s upset. It has made a world of difference! 

model train videos. a picture of the Goally tablet with the chill zone app.

“It was such an emotional moment for our family to see her be able to do some of these tasks independently.” – Frances E.

How Addison Uses Goally to Learn Life Skills

The best thing we love about Goally is the Goal Mine. Our daughter was almost completely dependent on us for her self-care. After a month of using Goally, our daughter can now dress herself, brush her hair and teeth, and use the bathroom independently. She even learned how to pour herself a cup of milk and prepare a bowl of cereal for herself! When we told her how proud we are of her, her was response was, “Thanks, I learned it from my Goally!”

We are excited to see her continue to flourish and learn new things with her Goally. It has changed our family’s life for the better!”

—Written by Frances Elenbaas

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