Do you know about the 4000 Imagine Symbol set that is free for personal use. You can go to www.imaginesymbols.com and download the entire brightly colored set of picture symbols. There are also low cost options to liscense the symbols. Don't forget that you can load them into your iPhoto library for easy use with various applications.
When a visitor hover their mouse over a word, a request is sent to a dedicated symbolisation servers. A list of appropriate symbols is compiled and the results are displayed seemlessly to the visitor without interrupting their browsing experience.
Ideas here teach students to use concrete objects to symbolize their feelings. Useful when students are upset and lack self control or developmental ability to verbalize. The objects are:
- Toolbox: tools to handle conflicts
- Bubble or bubble wand: personal space
- Foam dice: choice of actions to rectify a situation OR choices of communication
Etc.
Simple Speech is an easy-to-use, affordable, Windows-based augmentative communication software program that allows the user express themselves easily through an array of picture communication symbols. Free 15-day trial available. Costs $40.
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