The Unconventional Guide to Interspecies Communication

If every learner is different, why do we have best practices?

Whether you’re new, stuck, or ready to go further, this is the guide to fixing where standard advice breaks down, then taking it to the next level. That’s what we did ourselves.

Our 3-step framework separates cognition from the tool. It outlines how we teach, why we do it differently, and busts a few myths along the way.

We’ve only just learned that our teaching approach accidentally mirrors cognitive linguistics.

Augmentative Interspecies Communication (AIC) isn't just about buttons. Our multi-modal buttons & boops approach gives us a greater depth of conversation.

The proof is in the pudding. Henry is the pudding.

This is what happens when a scientist tries to teach a distinguished gentleman a second language.

Learn Why Henry can

Use HOT PEE to describe symptoms of a bladder inflammation, not just a general OUCH.

Qualitative internal state analysis

Call the starving cats in Africa BRAVE.

Displaced empathy and abstract reasoning

Tell a story about MEDICINE, without actually requesting it for himself or his mum.

Causal reasoning and Theory of Mind

Who this is for

This is right up your alley if:

You want to learn to teach words properly.
You’re weighing up buttons and hand choices.
The usual advice hasn’t worked for you, and you're ready to try something different.
You're curious about how far you can go communicating with your learner.
Your success measure is how well you can understand each other.

This probably won't hit the spot if:

You want a simple step-by-step to start buttons. FluentPet’s free 101 is great for that.
You prefer to introduce new words with buttons.
You want to follow industry best practices.
You prefer structured training sessions to teaching through everyday life.
Your success measure is button count and long sentences.

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AN UNCONVENTIONAL GUIDE

Mr Henry Knows | The ORIGINAL FRAMEWORK