Everyday support
Modelling, structuring the day, reading and writing, being understood.
- 1 Model, wait, respond: the communication partner’s role
Model on the tool, wait 5 to 10 seconds, respond to every attempt: the practical guide for AAC communication partners.
9 min - 2 Visual supports: schedule, sequences and timer
Visual schedule, ‘first / then’, sequences, timer: how to use visual supports to make sense of the day, at any age.
6 min - 3 AAC and literacy: learning to read and write
Someone who doesn’t speak can learn to read and write: what to teach, how to adapt the teaching, and a keyboard from the start.
5 min - 4 Behaviours that challenge: a message to decode with AAC
Shouting, hitting, running off: a behaviour that challenges is often a message. Functional communication helps to replace it with a word on the AAC tool.
5 min - 5 Being understood: the ‘How to talk to me’ card, GP and hospital
A ‘How to talk to me’ card to copy, a communication dictionary, a hospital passport and a hospital kit: helping others understand how to communicate with the person.
8 min
From reading to practice
Pictalk Buddy: communication boards, a visual schedule and sequences. Pay what you want, with no locked features.